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Renly Hall again.
Two months ago, Renly won his first Olivier Award for his performance in Les Misérables at the Almeida Theatre..
A month ago, Renly successfully won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his impressive performance in "The Balladeer".
Now, the 67th Tony Awards are about to kick off at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Can Renly continue his strong run?？
Renly-Hall! Renly-Hall! Renly-Hall! Or Renly Hall?！
Cliché, endless, thunderous, boring, and repeated without any new ideas. For some viewers, they are bound to feel bored or even rejected from the heart, as if this one actor is the only one left in the world. , you can see this name and that face in every corner and every moment, it is really annoying.
But for more viewers, they are witnessing an era and a period of history.
Strictly speaking, Renly is not the kind of actor that everyone loves, at least not compared with Robert Downey Jr. and Johnny Depp, because he has starred in too few commercial movies, and in artistic works It is often difficult for his performances to win recognition from a large audience; but no one can deny that Renly is excellent and outstanding, and he has carved out a world of his own..
In the history of the film industry, there are countless actors who have had their own moments and even periods, but there have been very few actors who have left their own mark..
After all, popularity is just a bubble. Unless they can become the sex/sense/symbol of the entire era like Rita Hayworth or Marilyn Monroe, otherwise they will eventually be submerged in the long river of time. cease to exist.
The real factor that measures an actor is his work, whether commercial or artistic. Those classic works have settled down after the waves and become an indelible part of the history of film development. Only then can they be called famous in history..
Now, Renly is walking on this path, step by step, steady and strong.
No one knows whether he can reach the peak and write miracles; but what is certain is that he is now continuing to move in the right direction. This is precisely the most wonderful part of history. Only after waiting for time to settle, can people It’s really hard to describe the feeling of understanding what I have experienced and what I have witnessed, and reliving the years I spent in it..
This year's Tony Awards may be just such a moment.
In early May, shortly after the Olivier Awards ended, the Tony Awards officially announced this year's nomination list, and "Boots" became the biggest winner in the nomination stage..
2005In 2006, a British film "The Lady in Boots" adapted from a true story came out, which attracted a lot of attention in the UK. Then Broadway started adapting it, because the subject matter was too eccentric, and the preparation work and market prospects were not good enough. Optimistic, it was not until October 2012 that they held an audition in Chicago, and gradually toured other North American cities for auditions. After accumulating enough reputation, they officially returned to the Broadway stage in April..
Unexpectedly, once it was staged, it completely exploded the reputation of theater critics. It can be said that it was born out of nowhere..
Among the Tony Award nominations, "Jackass" received a total of thirteen nominations, including Best Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Best Director of a Musical, All important award categories such as Best Musical Screenplay are endless and unparalleled..
In addition, two revival musicals are also very popular, "Matilda" and "The Story of Peppin", which received 12 and 10 nominations respectively..
The former is a rearrangement of the most successful London West End musical of the same name in the past decade. It has also achieved great success on Broadway. After sweeping ten trophies on top of the Olivier Awards in 2010, it is now also welcoming on top of the Tony Awards. A good opportunity to reach the top. The story is adapted from children's literature. A large number of underage child actors have been given the opportunity to showcase themselves. They also carry the future of drama..
The latter is an adaptation of the 1972 Tony Award-winning classic play. It focuses on the real historical figures Prince Pepin and Emperor Charlemagne as they continue to seek the value of life. It won ten nominations and five trophies that year, and was revived in early 2013. After that, it created a frenzy where the audience had to queue up, and it even reached a height where it was hard to get a ticket. This was another excellent work besides "Les Miserables" that reawakened the market craze..
Of course, "Les Misérables" is definitely a player that should not be underestimated this year.
Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Screenplay of a Musical, Best Sound Design of a Musical, Best Score Drama set design, best musical lighting design, best choreography, etc..
Among them, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical won two nominations. Adding up to a total of eleven nominations, "Les Misérables" was also one of the biggest winners in the nomination stage, which further intensified the competition and direction of this year's awards..
It is no exaggeration to say that compared with the musical department, the drama department has completely fallen behind this year. Whether it is word-of-mouth or popularity, whether in the industry or outside the industry, all the focus is on the musical department, especially the rearrangement. The musical re-creates the peak of the golden age——
Among the four nominations for Best Revival of a Musical, in addition to "The True Story of Pepin", "Matilda" and "Les Misérables", the last "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella" is also a major nominee. Hot work, winning a total of nine nominations.
After the nomination list came out, the top five with the most nominations were all taken by musicals, four of which were revival musicals, and all of them won the nomination for Best Revival Musical. Such competition can be described as a bayonet seeing red. There is no problem. This has also become one of the biggest highlights of this year's Tony Awards ceremony..
Of course, all the focus cannot compare with the competition for Best Actor in a Musical. Even members of the American Theater Association have privately stated many times that this may be the most competitive event in the millennium..
In other words, Renly is down on his luck..
At the Olivier Award two months ago, despite the suspense, Renly's overall performance was actually very strong, and his chances of winning the award far exceeded those of several other competitors - in comparison, the awards ceremony at that time Above all, the competition for best drama actor is truly fierce..
But the Tony Awards just changed the position.
This year’s competition for Best Actor in a Musical for the Tony Awards is no less intense than Best Revival of a Musical. The five nominees are equally matched, and even the works of the nominees are so important that it is difficult to distinguish them. Xuanyuan.
“Billy-Porter and Stark Sanders of "The Lady in Boots", Bertie-Carvel of "Matilda", "Rodgers and Hammerstein" Santino-Fontana in "Cinderella" and Renly Hall in "Les Misérables".
All five actors are from this year's most high-profile nominees for Best New/Revival Musical. The competition is so fierce that Patina-Miller, the leading actor of "Peppin's Story" ) are eliminated directly during the nomination stage.
Among the five nominees, four are celebrities who have been on Broadway for many years..
Billy Porter, 44, has starred in a series of classic works such as "Grease", "Dreamgirls", and "Angels in America". He can be seen on Broadway and Off-Broadway over the past two decades. figure, this is a professional theater actor.
Although Stark-Sance is only thirty-five years old, his works such as "Journey's End," "Twelfth Night," and "American Idiot" have already won numerous rave reviews on Broadway and won him a Tony Award for Outstanding New Star. , in addition, he has also appeared in many movies and TV series, including the classic American TV series "Six Feet Under", "Family Guy", "Plastic Surgery Room", etc..
By the way, not long ago, he just co-starred with Renly in "The Ballad of Drunken Country". He played Troy Nelson, the soldier singer who was spotted by Albert Grossman. He also co-starred with Jim and Jane. Chorus of "Five Hundred Miles”.
Bertie Cavill is the leading actor in the original London West End version of "Matilda". For this role, he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical last year; in addition, he also starred in the film version of "Les Misérables" last year. Among them, the role of the police sergeant who tried to smear and arrest Fantine.
Sandino Fontana is a movie actor. He is the voice of Hans in "Frozen". In addition, he can be seen in "The Good Wife" and "Desire" figure; of course, stage plays are still his forte, and works such as "So Far", "Hamlet" and "Breathless" have all won numerous accolades on Broadway..
In comparison, Renly is undoubtedly the most junior one..
Interestingly, none of these five nominees have ever won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Drama. It will be the first time for any one of them to win..
Despite this, the competition between the five actors is still difficult to choose. Each actor has given the best performance in his own work, and has received unanimous praise on Broadway. In other words, this It's a battle between powerful players and a peak showdown. The judges must choose the "better" among the "best".”.
Undoubtedly, this is a difficult problem, an extremely difficult and extremely fatal problem.
Everyone knows that Renly is only one Tony Award away from becoming EGOT. Moreover, the performance of "Les Misérables" is so strong this year. It seems that the right time, place and people have come together perfectly. For the layman, Said, without knowing anything, choosing Renly is a natural choice; but for an expert, it is a cruel torture.——
They may create a piece of history, or they may kill a piece of history.
However, Renly's competitors did not make the choice easy this time. There is no dispute that any one of the five nominees will win in the end. So, this means...it all depends on personal preference.？
The Tony Awards, which have always respected professionalism and authority, have actually reached this point of personal preference? This, is not good？
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