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fox ([personal profile] fox) wrote2008-06-25 11:01 pm
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also, has any show been revived more times?

You know, it's interesting, if you play Mama Rose in Gypsy on Broadway, if history is anything to go by (which of course it isn't, but bear with me), the odds are pretty good that you will win a Tony.  I mean, right?  There have been two women who have not won the Tony for playing Mama Rose.  Can anyone name them, please?

[identity profile] darthfox.livejournal.com 2008-06-26 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Quite! But, you know, so I don't think three out of five people playing the same part in any of those shows has won the Tony -- meaning, Mama Rose is the Tony-winningest role in Broadway history, y/n?

[identity profile] jgesteve.livejournal.com 2008-06-26 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
And, the other two were both nominated. So, yeah, it's kinda the Broadway Diva Cap role ;-)

BTW... that horrible pun in my second comment was completely 100% unintentional.

[identity profile] jgesteve.livejournal.com 2008-06-26 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, both Bette and Rosalind won Golden Globes for their performances of the role, but oddly didn't win the Oscar/Emmy for it.