Video Flashback! The Book of Mormon's Andrew Rannells Recalls Losing His Mind Over Spider Woman and More

In the final days leading up to the 2011 Tony telecast, Broadway.com is posting videos of favorite Tony memories of this year’s nominees, with their own commentary. Andrew Rannells, a Best Actor nominee for his performance as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, recalls the nominated musicals of the 1993 ceremony.

“I watched the Tonys a lot as a kid, but the first one I really remember obsessing about was the year Blood Brothers, The Goodbye Girl, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Tommy were nominated. Seeing all those shows perform their numbers, [Broadway] all seemed so cool and new. I just lost my mind about that one. I think that’s when I made an internal decision that acting is what I wanted to do with my life.”