Where the 2006 Tony Nominees Went to School (or Not)

<p>Okay, I see a trend! The UK & Scottish Academies are faring quite well in these lists. Hmmmm, should we be looking across the pond??</p>

<p>Wow. Waaay too much time on your hands. Would it be too much trouble to note which actor/actress won with an asterisk (*) or something? Just 'cause I like random facts like that and I'm too lazy to look it up for myself!</p>

<p>2005 **
**BEST PERFORMANCE - LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Bill Irwin, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?- BA, Oberlin College; Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Clown College
BEST PERFORMANCE - LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Cherry Jones, Doubt – BFA, Carnegie Mellon University
BEST PERFORMANCE - LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – BFA, Webster University; MFA, Alabama Shakespeare Festival
BEST PERFORMANCE - LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza – Music Degree from Yale University
BEST PERFORMANCE - FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Liev Schreiber, Glengarry Glen Ross – BA, Hampshire College; MFA, Yale School of Drama; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
BEST PERFORMANCE - FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Adriane Lenox, Doubt - Lambuth University
BEST PERFORMANCE - FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Dan Fogler, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee –BFA Acting, Boston University
BEST PERFORMANCE - FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sara Ramirez, Monty Python's Spamalot- BFA Drama, The Juilliard School</p>

<p>2004
*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife – BA, Yale University; MFA Acting, UC San Diego
*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun – BFA, Howard University
*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
Hugh Jackman, The Boy from Oz – BA Communications University of Technology, Sydney; Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Idina Menzel, Wicked – BFA Drama, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts in a now defunct studio.
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Brían F. O'Byrne, Frozen - Samuel Beckett Center, Trinity College, Dublin
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Audra McDonald, A Raisin in the Sun – BM Classical Voice, The Juilliard School
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Michael Cerveris, Assassins – Music Degree, Yale University
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change – American Conservatory Theater</p>

<p>2003
*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Brian Dennehy, Long Day's Journey Into Night –BA History, Columbia University, Yale School of Drama
*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Vanessa Redgrave, Long Day's Journey Into Night - Central School of Speech and Drama
*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray – BFA Art, Pratt Institute
*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Marissa Jaret Winokur, Hairspray - American Musical and Dramatic Academy
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Denis O'Hare (Take Me Out) – BS Theatre, Northwestern University
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Michele Pawk, Hollywood Arms – BFA Musical Theatre, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; Transferred from Allegheny College.
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Dick Latessa, Hairspray - ???
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Jane Krakowski, Nine - None</p>

<p>2002
*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Alan Bates (Fortune's Fool) - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Lindsay Duncan (Private Lives) - Central School of Speech & Drama
*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
John Lithgow (Sweet Smell of Success) - BA History, Harvard University; London Academy of Music and Drama
*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie) – Carnegie Mellon University (dropped out after a year)
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Frank Langella (Fortune's Fool) - Drama Degree from Syracuse University, Also studied with Elia Kazan at the Lincoln Repertory Theatre
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Katie Finneran (Noises Off) – Attended Carnegie Mellon University for one year before leaving to study with Uta Hagen
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Shuler Hensley (Oklahoma!) – BM Opera, Manhattan School of Music, MM, Curtis School of Music
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie) – BFA Drama, The Juilliard School</p>

<p>2001
*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Richard Easton (The Invention of Love) - Central School of Speech and Drama
*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Mary-Louise Parker (Proof) – Diploma in Acting, North Carolina School of the Arts
*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
Nathan Lane (The Producers) – None.
*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Christine Ebersole (42nd Street) - MacMurray College; American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Robert Sean Leonard (The Invention of Love) – BA General Studies, Columbia University
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Viola Davis (King Hedley II) – BFA Drama, The Juilliard School
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Gary Beach (The Producers) – BFA Drama, North Carolina School of the Arts
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Cady Huffman (The Producers) - ???</p>

<p>2000
*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Stephen Dillane (The Real Thing) – History and Politics Degree, University of Exeter; Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Jennifer Ehle (The Real Thing) – BFA Drama, North Carolina School of the Arts; Central School of Speech and Drama
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Roy Dotrice (A Moon For The Misbegotten) – None. Started acting at a POW camp during WWII and later apprenticed with The Royal Shakespeare Company
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Blair Brown (Copenhagen) – National Theatre School of Canada
*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate) - None. Began professional career in high school studying acting and voice privately in San Diego
*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Heather Headley (Aida) – BS Theatre w/ Musical Theatre Certificate, Northwestern University
** ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) **
Boyd Gaines (Contact) – BFA Drama, The Juilliard School
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Karen Ziemba (Contact) – BFA Dance, University of Akron (also studied voice)</p>

<p>1999
*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Brian Dennehy (Death of a Salesman) - BA History, Columbia University; Yale School of Drama
*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Judi Dench (Amy's View) - Central School of Speech and Drama
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Frank Wood (Side Man) – BA Drama, Wesleyan University; MFA Acting, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Elizabeth Franz (Death of a Salesman) - American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York
*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
Martin Short (Little Me) – BA Social Work, McMaster University
*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Bernadette Peters (Annie Get Your Gun) - None.
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Roger Bart (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) – BFA Acting, Rutgers University/Mason Gross School of the Arts
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Kristin Chenoweth (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) - BM in Musical Theatre and MM in Opera Performance, Oklahoma City University</p>

<p>1998
*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Anthony LaPaglia (A View from the Bridge) - Rostrevor College
*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Marie Mullen (The Beauty Queen of Leenane) - ???
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Tom Murphy (The Beauty Queen of Leenane) - ???
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Anna Manahan (The Beauty Queen of Leenane) - Gaiety School of Acting
*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
Alan Cumming (Cabaret) - Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Natasha Richardson (Cabaret) - Central School of Speech and Drama
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Ron Rifkin (Cabaret) – BA Psychology, NYU; Trained at the Actors Studio
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Audra McDonald (Ragtime) – BM Classical Voice, The Juilliard School</p>

<p>1997
ACTOR (PLAY) **
Christopher Plummer (Barrymore) – None. Trained with the Canadian Repertory Company
*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Janet McTeer (A Dolls House) – Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Owen Teale (A Doll's House) - Guildford School of Acting
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Lynne Thigpen (An American Daughter) – BA Theatre, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign (R.I.P 3/12/03)
**ACTOR (MUSICAL)

James Naughton (Chicago) – BA American Civilization, Brown University; MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama
*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago) – BFA Dance, The Juilliard School
*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Chuck Cooper (The Life) – BFA Theatre, Ohio University
*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Chuck Cooper (The Life) – BFA Theatre, Ohio University</p>

<p>The Juilliard School Drama Division
Nominations: 16</p>

<h1>Actors: 15</h1>

<p>Plays: 10
Musicals: 6
Winners: 4
* Two nominees did not graduate.</p>

<p>Yale School of Drama
Nominations: 12</p>

<h1>Actors: 9</h1>

<p>Plays: 9
Musicals: 3
Winners: 3
* Two nominees with three nominations including two wins did not graduate.</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Nominations: 12</p>

<h1>Actors: 8</h1>

<p>Plays: 4
Musicals: 8
Winners: 3
* Two nominees with four nominations including two winners did not graduate.</p>

<p>Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Nominations: 11</p>

<h1>Actors: 10</h1>

<p>Plays: 10
Musicals: 1
Winners: 2</p>

<p>Central School of Speech and Drama
Nominations: 8</p>

<h1>Actors: 7</h1>

<p>Plays: 7
Musicals: 1
Winners: 5</p>

<p>Northwestern University
Nominations: 8</p>

<h1>Actors: 7</h1>

<p>Plays: 2
Musicals: 6
Winners: 1</p>

<p>Brown University
Nominations: 8</p>

<h1>Actors: 6</h1>

<p>Plays: 5
Musicals: 3
Winners: 1
* Five nominees and the winner got their professional training in graduate school.</p>

<p>London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Nominations: 8</p>

<h1>Actors: 7</h1>

<p>Plays: 8
Musicals: 0
Winners: 0</p>

<p>NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, BFA Drama
Nominations: 7</p>

<h1>Actors: 7</h1>

<p>Plays: 3
Musicals: 4
Winners: 1
* Graduates between 10 and 15 times as many students each year as the other schools.</p>

<p>*Yale University *
Nominations: 7</p>

<h1>Actors: 6</h1>

<p>Plays: 5
Musicals: 3
Winners: 1
* Three nominees got their professional training in graduate school. The winner majored in music.</p>

<p>*NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, MFA Acting *
Nominations: 7</p>

<h1>Actors: 6</h1>

<p>Plays: 5
Musicals: 2
Winners: 0
* One nominee did not graduate.</p>

<p>University of Michigan
Nominations: 7</p>

<h1>Actors: 7</h1>

<p>Plays: 1
Musicals: 6
Winners: 0</p>

<p>Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre
Nominations: 6</p>

<h1>Actors: 4</h1>

<p>Plays: 4
Musicals: 2
Winners: 0</p>

<p>North Carolina School of the Arts
Nominations: 6</p>

<h1>Actors: 4</h1>

<p>Plays: 5
Musicals: 1
Winners: 3 </p>

<p>Columbia University
Nominations: 6</p>

<h1>Actors: 4</h1>

<p>Plays: 4
Musicals: 2
Winners: 2
* Three nominees including two-time winner Brian Dennehy pursued professional training in graduate school though Dennehy apparently didn’t finish Yale Drama.</p>

<p>UCLA
Nominations: 5</p>

<h1>Actors: 4</h1>

<p>Plays: 1
Musicals: 4
Winners: 0</p>

<p>Guildhall School of Speech and Drama
Nominations: 5</p>

<h1>Actors: 4</h1>

<p>Plays: 4
Musicals: 1
Winners: 0</p>

<p>Yes. WAY too much time on my hands. :) 1,412 hits so far, though! Holla!</p>

<p>And the winner is........................Fishbowlfreshman! :D</p>

<p>The Juilliard School Music Division
Nominations: 6</p>

<h1>Actors: 4</h1>

<p>Plays: 3
Musicals: 3
Winners: 2
* One of the wins was Audra McDonald in the straight play “Raisin in the Sun!”</p>

<p>
[quote]
And the winner is........................Fishbowlfreshman!

[/quote]
I definitely won a sore right shoulder! LOL</p>

<p>Gyaaah … I messed up again … Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy … So gimme an F or fire me …</p>

<p>1997
ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL)
Lillias White (The Life) - ???</p>

<p>London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, BA
Nominations: 9</p>

<h1>Actors: 8</h1>

<p>Plays: 8
Musicals: 1
Winners: 1
* It’s unclear if John Lithgow did the full LAMDA program or just took one of their short post-graduate courses.</p>

<p>Yale University
Nominations: 7</p>

<h1>Actors: 6</h1>

<p>Plays: 1
Musicals: 6
Winners: 3
* Three nominees got their professional training in graduate school. Two winners majored in music and list no graduate school.</p>

<p>If anybody sees anything else I got wrong or knows where some of the ??? people went to school, chime right on in.</p>

<p>Are you kidding me? We won't fire you; no one else wants your job - ha ha! We really appreciate you going through all this trouble!</p>

<p>Fishbowl - This is cool! Thanks for going through the trouble of putting it together! Something that could be useful is to know which ones graduated from wherever they went in the last 10 years if you are still bored enough to check. A lot of these actors are as old as Methuselah.</p>

<p>actressfosho, you're right, it is cool but you're also right that most of these actors have been out of school for a LONG time! On that final list, Marissa Jaret Winokur is one of the very few who graduated less than ten years ago.</p>

<p>Yay for more randomness! Okay ... I'm on it though it might be kinda hard to find the real ages of a lot of the leading ladies. ;)</p>

<p>Kelli O’Hara – The Light in the Piazza and The Pajama Game – Featured Actress Musical 2005 and Leading Actress Musical 2006 - BM Voice, Oklahoma City University; Studied acting with Kate Wilson and Ralph Zito of The Juilliard School, Lola Cohen and Mauricio Bustamante of the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, and Bartlett Sher in Seattle. Took dance classes at OCU and the Broadway Dance Center – Class of 1996 or 1997 </p>

<p>Samuel Barnett – The History Boys – Featured Actor Play 2006 - London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Class of 2002 </p>

<p>Pablo Schreiber – Awake and Sing! – Featured Actor Play 2006 – BFA Drama, Carnegie Mellon University – Class of 2000 </p>

<p>Brandon Victor Dixon – The Color Purple – Featured Actor Musical 2006 - BA Music, Columbia University - Class of 2003 </p>

<p>Manoel Felciano – Sweeney Todd – Featured Actor Musical 2006 - BA Yale University, MFA Acting NYU/Tisch – Class of ??? “Early 30s”</p>

<p>Mireille Enos, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Featured Actress Play 2005 - BFA, Brigham Young University – Class of 1998</p>

<p>Dan Fogler, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Featured Actor Musical 2005 - BFA Acting, Boston University – Class of 1999</p>

<p>Matthew Morrison, The Light in the Piazza – Featured Actor Musical 2005 - BFA, Tisch/CAP21 – Class of 2001</p>

<p>Celia Keenan-Bolger, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Featured Actress Musical - BFA, University of Michigan – Class of 2000 </p>

<p>Sara Ramirez, Monty Python's Spamalot – Featured Actress Musical 2005 - BFA Drama, Juilliard School – Class of 1998 </p>

<p>Omar Metwally, Sixteen Wounded – Featured Actor Play 2004 - BA History, UC Berkeley; MFA Acting, American Conservatory Theater – Class of 2000 </p>

<p>Sanaa Lathan, A Raisin in the Sun – Featured Actress Play - BA English, UC Berkeley; MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama – Class of 1999 </p>

<p>Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change – Featured Actress Musical 2004 - BA Theatre, Florida A&M University; MFA Acting, American Conservatory Theater – Class of 1998</p>

<p>Daniel Sunjata, Take Me Out – Featured Actor Play 2003 - BFA, Southwestern Louisiana University; MFA Acting, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts – Class of 2000 </p>

<p>Gavin Creel (Thoroughly Modern Millie) – Leading Actor Musical 2002 - BFA Musical Theatre, University of Michigan – Class of 1999</p>

<p>Jennifer Laura Thompson (Urinetown The Musical) – Leading Actress Musical 2002 - BFA Musical Theatre, University of Michigan – Class of ??? 30 or younger.</p>

<p>Tsidii Le Loka (The Lion King) – Featured Actress Musical 1998 - BA Economics and BA Music, University of Massachusetts, Amherst - Class of 1997</p>

<ul>
<li>Graduation dates are mostly approximate. They are based on dates of birth or other information and assume the nominee finished undergrad at twenty-two or grad school at twenty-five. </li>
</ul>

<p>** Wins are bolded</p>

<p>Wow Fishbowl- I am impressed. You must be a great student. It's fun to witness someone who isn't afraid of a little research. Good work!</p>

<p>Hey, this is our Superbowl! Somebody's gotta keep the stats. :)</p>

<p>I'm not into Musical Theater Major, but I saw this thread and am majorly impressed by your hard work! <em>claps</em> Nice going!</p>

<p>Received Tony Nominations at the Age of 65 or Older …</p>

<p>2006</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Chita Rivera – Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life - George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet – dob 1/23/33</p>

<p>2005</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Philip Bosco, Twelve Angry Men – BA, Catholic University – dob 9/26/30</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
James Earl Jones, On Golden Pond – University of Michigan – dob 1/17/31</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Alan Alda, Glengarry Glen Ross- BA, Fordham University – dob 1/28/36 </p>

<p>*2004 *</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Christopher Plummer, King Lear – No College. Studied with the Canadian Repertory Company in Ottowa – dob 12/13/29</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Eileen Atkins, The Retreat from Moscow – Guildhall School of Music and Drama (UK) – dob 6/16/34</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Tom Aldredge, Twentieth Century- ??? – dob 2/28/28</p>

<p>2003</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Brian Bedford, Tartuffe - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK) – dob 2/16/35</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Brian Dennehy, Long Day's Journey –BA History, Columbia University, Yale School of Drama (Can’t tell if he finished) – dob 7/9/38</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Paul Newman, Our Town –BA English, Kenyon College; Yale School of Drama (Didn’t finish); The Actors Studio – dob 1/26/25</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Vanessa Redgrave, Long Day's Journey - Central School of Speech and Drama (UK) – dob 1/30/37</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Marian Seldes, Dinner at Eight – None. Apprenticed with Katharine Cornell – dob 8/23/28</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Chita Rivera, Nine - George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet – dob 1/23/33</p>

<p>2002</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Alan Bates (Fortune's Fool) - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK) – dob 2/17/34</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
John Cullum (Urinetown The Musical) – BA Speech and graduate studies in Finance, University of Tennessee – dob 3/2/30</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brian Murray (The Crucible) - King Edward VII School, South Africa – dob 9/10/37</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Estelle Parsons (Morning's at Seven) – Connecticut College. Studied Law – dob 11/20/27</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Frances Sternhagen (Morning's at Seven) – BA Drama, Vassar College; Perry-Mansfield School of the Theatre; Neighborhood Playhouse – dob 1/13/30</p>

<p>2001</p>

<p>*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Richard Easton (The Invention of Love) - Central School of Speech and Drama (UK) – dob 12/19/28</p>

<p>ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY)
Charles Brown (King Hedley II) - ??? – dob 9/13/22 (R.I.P 1/08/04)</p>

<p>ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL)
Polly Bergen (Follies) – None – dob 7/14/30</p>

<p>ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL)
Kathleen Freeman (The Full Monty) – BA Drama, UCLA (Changed major from music) – dob 2/17/19 (R.I.P. 8/23/01 just days after her final performance.)</p>

<p>2000</p>

<p>ACTRESS (PLAY)
Rosemary Harris (Waiting In The Wings) – Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK) – dob 1930</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Roy Dotrice (A Moon For The Misbegotten) – None. Started acting at a POW camp during WWII and later apprenticed with The Royal Shakespeare Company (UK) – dob 5/26/23</p>

<p>ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY)
Derek Smith (The Green Bird) - ??? – dob 4/17/31</p>

<p>ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY)
Helen Stenborg (Waiting In The Wings) ??? – dob 1/24/25</p>

<p>ACTOR (MUSICAL)
George Hearn (Putting It Together) – Philosophy, Southwestern University; Trained with Irene Dailey – dob 6/18/34 </p>

<p>1999</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Judi Dench (Amy's View) - Central School of Speech and Drama (UK) – dob 12/9/34 </p>

<p>ACTRESS (PLAY)
Marian Seldes (Ring Round the Moon) – None. Studied at The Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner. Taught at The Juilliard School from 1967-1991. Now adjunct faculty at Fordham University – dob 8/23/28 </p>

<p>ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY)
Claire Bloom (Electra) - Central School of Speech and Drama (UK) – dob 2/15/31</p>

<p>ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Sian Phillips (Marlene) - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK) – dob 5/14/34</p>

<p>1998</p>

<p>ACTRESS (PLAY)
Geraldine McEwan (The Chairs) – None. Started professional career at 14 and was in long-running West End productions by 18. Her husband was the Principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art – dob 5/9/32 </p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Anna Manahan (The Beauty Queen of Leenane) - Gaiety School of Acting (Ireland) – dob 10/18/24 </p>

<p>ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL)
Mary Louise Wilson (Cabaret) - ??? – dob 11/12/32 </p>

<p>*1997 *</p>

<p>*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Christopher Plummer (Barrymore) – None. Trained with the Canadian Repertory Company – dob 12/13/27 </p>

<ul>
<li>Winners in bold.</li>
</ul>

<p>May we all be able to bring it for eight shows a week at that age! Here’s to a healthy diet and lotsa yoga …</p>

<p>Leading Actor Play – 52
Featured Actor Play – 47.6
Leading Actor Musical – 43.6
Featured Actor Musical – 42.6</p>

<p>Leading Actress Play – 53.2
Featured Actress Play – 51
Leading Actress Musical – 40.4
Featured Actress Musical – 42.25</p>

<p>Leading Actor: 5’11.3”
Leading Actress: 5’5.9”</p>

<p>This is based on incomplete data and actors often "fudge" their heights, but I figured I'd use what I have ... random as it is.</p>

<p>It is actually quite a relief to see that many of these sucessful nominees didn't ALL go to places like UMich and CCM. It gives me a little bit of hope in the fact that I may be successful despite the fact that I'm not attending an MT "Ivy League"</p>