I will defer to DR ELMORE.
I just thought he was short sighted to turn down his Tony Award Nomination because it placed him in the Supporting Actor category for 1776 - on a technicality.....
Tony Winner - is hardly ever followed by the category you won it for....I think Tom Bosley won in the featured category for his Title Role performance in FIORELLO!
He was pissed, and I would be, too. He drove that musical, and he was the leading role. Don't forget that Rita Moreno accepted the supporting actress nomination for
The Ritz, and when she won, she said something like, "In this show the only thing I support are my earrings." Her comic lead was to
The Ritz what Daniels was to
1776, and I am so grateful I caught both performances live. I'm equally glad both were preserved to film.
