I love Rob McClure and I think he totally deserves a nomination. I think he will be nominated, but he really has no chance of winning since Chaplin is no longer on Broadway.
I thought he gave a winning performance in a terrible show. Not easy to do. I certainly hope he gets nominated. But I'm not sure winning is in his future. But what do any of us know, right?
Except that Rob McClure will have Billy Porter, Stark Sands, and Bertie Carvel to contend with and they are all formidible. Rumor also has it that Hugh Jackman will play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl so there's that too.
Well Patricia Routledge definitley won for DArling of the DAy and that was closed. Leslie Uggams won fo rHallelujah Baby and I fairly certain that was also closed.
I will be upset if McClure isn't nominated. He was wonderful. But really, who are other leading actors in musicals this year?? I doubt Matthew James Thomas will win for Pippin (and this is coming from someone who is moderately obsessed with that production...at least based on the run at the A.R.T.).
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Posted: 2/27/13 at 04:57pm