In a springtime of illustrious leading ladies on Broadway — Bette Midler in “Hello, Dolly!,” Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole in “War Paint,”Glenn Close in “Sunset Boulevard,” among others — Gyllenhaal adds vital, measurable wattage on the masculine half of the musical ledger. Ben Platt of “Dear Evan Hansen”and Josh Groban of “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” have earned popularity, too, in other spheres and are front-runners for Tony nominations. But Gyllenhaal is the only bona fide male movie star doing the acting-and-singing thing on the theater world’s biggest platform this season (even as the producers of “Sunday in the Park,” with its limited run, opted to take the show out of the Tony running).
在百老汇初期著名的领导女性——在《你好多里》中的女主角贝蒂米勒,“战争”,在《War Paint》中的帕蒂卢波恩和克里斯汀· 艾伯塞尔,“在《日落大道》的格伦·克洛斯等等,吉伦哈尔说至关重要,可测量的功率在男性化的音乐分类的一半。本·普拉特的《致埃文·汉森》和乔许·葛洛班的《Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812》已经赚了人气,也在其他领域也是托尼提名的领跑者。但在剧院世界上最大的平台本赛季吉伦哈尔是唯一一个真正的男性电影明星做表演和唱歌的事情(即使《星期天和乔治在公园》,与有限的运行,选择采取显示出托尼运行)。