Awards and Nominations

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Brian Stokes Mitchell, Heather Headley, Jennifer Ehle and Stephen Dillane

Photo by Stan Honda

Variety  

Tuesday June 6, 2000

Broadway Bows to the Union Jack -- Again  (an excerpt)

by Matt Wolf

At the Tony Awards, the empire struck back.

So what else is new, one might ask, given that the Tonys have often provided a spectacle of English hegemony over homegrown American fare?

But the surprising show of British victors at Sunday night's ceremonies -- often in categories where a more than credible American recipient was overlooked -- suggests that you don't need an onslaught of London transfers for English accents to dominate proceedings; one or two will do nicely --the 1999 spring season offered up eight within 11 weeks -- and cultural genuflection does the rest.

Variety  

Monday June 5, 2000

Backstage Notes:  Tony Awards  (an excerpt)

by Robert Hofler

Will all the Tonys help extend the run of Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing?” “Nothing planned,” said Stephen Dillane, who won the actor Tony. He said the play has changed a bit since it traveled across the Atlantic. “It demands that we be a little bit more outgoing. Maybe audiences here want a bit more razzmatazz than they did in England.”

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Best Revival of a Play

The Real Thing, by Tom Stoppard
 

Other nominees

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Jennifer Ehle, The Real Thing
 

Other nominees

Jayne Atkinson, The Rainmaker
Rosemary Harris, Waiting In The Wings
Cherry Jones, A Moon For The Misbegotten

Theatre.com  

Wednesday May 31, 2000

Inside the 2000 Tony Category: Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play  (an excerpt)

by Randy Gener

British actor Stephen Dillane also undergoes an emotional journey in Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing. As Henry, he plays a quick-witted, snobby playwright who ditches his wife for a wayward actress while trying to write a play. Making his American stage debut, Dillane invests the role with rue and wit. He is reprising on Broadway the performance he gave at London’s Donmar Warehouse, which Stoppard saw and described as filled with “such integrity as to scare the life out of an author.”

The Times  (London)  

Monday June 12, 2000

TheatreMania  

Monday May 29, 2000

Tony Bytes
Take one: the players of the plays.

by Kathy Henderson  (an excerpt)

STEPHEN DILLANE
Best Actor nominee for playing Henry in The Real Thing

Has Broadway been what you expected?

I’m not sure that I expected anything. [Indicates the packed party room at Sardi’s] All of this has been a bit of a surprise! But we’re having a fantastic time. I find New York very friendly, and I’m surprised by that. I quite like the fact that you have to move faster. You feel your body becoming tenser and tenser as the week goes on; it’s exhausting, but it’s also a thrill.

How you feel about your character?

I love him when I feel I’m doing him well.

Did you see any of the original productions of The Real Thing?

May 8, 2000 - The Real Thing garnered 5 Tony nominations:

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