The Tony Awards are Sunday! Let’s hear it for people named Tony who are also really awesome!
Tony Sheldon: If Tony (Sheldon) wins a Tony (Award) this year, well… that headline just wrote itself. Born into an Australian showbiz family – his aunt is Helen Reddy – Sheldon helped make Priscilla Queen of the Desert a hit down under and then on West End. Giving a sweet-as-pie performance as the gracefully aging Bernadette, he’s is the emotional center of the whole show. That’s no small feat in a musical whose biggest stars are sequins and chiffon, in that order. And no, those aren’t the names of drag queens.
Tony Vincent: No one walks the rockstar/theaterperson line quite as well as Tony Vincent. With a bestselling album years before he ever set foot on Broadway, and sit-up-and-take-notice performances in Jesus Christ Superstar and American Idiot, he brings a whiff of mystery – and real rockstar cred – to his roles. Plus, HE’S NAMED TONY. When he wins one, the award, quite literally, already has his name on it.
Tony Kushner: Yeah, whatever, he’s the greatest American playwright of all time. And he’s a brilliant thinker and a champion of the theater, of language, of justice and knowledge. You know, the small stuff. And in fact, he’s won two Tonys already – both for Best Play, and for each half of his opus, Angels in America. Also, we bet that he secretly thinks to himself on occasion, “My name is Tony and I’ve won Tony Awards, and as someone who cares deeply about language, that feels totally satisfying.”
Anthony Crivello: Sure, this Tony has also already won a Tony – plying Valentin in Kander & Ebb’s Kiss of the Spider Woman. But we’re loving this handsome actor’s most recent gig. He’s currently playing the Phantom in the abbreviated-but-still-fabulous Las Vegas version of The Phantom of the Opera. We’re itchy to see it, and not just because we hear that Vegas got a way better chandelier. (Damnit, it always does.) We also hear that the man behind the mask himself is killing it – and representing Broadway well in that little desert town.
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Tony Crivello is brilliant as the Phantom in Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular. I can’t keep count of the number of times I’ve seen this magnificent Broadway show. His range of emotions as the Phantom are depicted and easily recognized in every song he sings. You feel his pain, his anger, his self-loathing, his love, his anguish, etc.
Tony is an amazing and talented actor and singer. He gives his all in each performance and makes you feel as if you’re seeing Phantom for the first time. I cry at every performance. No wonder it’s been in Vegas for 5 years. There’s only one thing you can say about Tony and that is BRAVO!!!!