21 People Who Are This Close to an EGOT
Legend as a producer of Best Revival of a Play winner Jitney and Midler for Best Actress in a Musical for Hello, Dolly! -- put them one award away from the elusive EGOT.
Only 12 people have accomplished the feat, most recently songwriter Robert Lopez, who at 39 became the youngest and fastest to complete it (10 years) when he won an Oscar for co-writing Frozen's "Let It Go" in 2014.
There are 53 living people who are three-quarters of the way to joining the elite club.
Of the three, his best chance is for the song (music nominees are determined via separate paneling), but if it doesn't happen this year, Legend has diversified his portfolio enough now -- he's a Tony-winning producer! -- that he won't have to just rely on writing tunes to EGOT.
Hell, just host an episode of Saturday Night Live, and he could become a living legend.
Three Tonys (most recent 2016), two Grammys (most recent 2016), one Emmy (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "Bigger!" from the 67th Tony Awards, 2014)
Pasek and Paul, who just won a Tony for Dear Evan Hansen, could win an Emmy for "Running Home to You" from The Flash musical and then will -- yes, will -- win a Grammy for Dear Evan Hansen next year, which would make them the first EGOTers to win all four awards in a row.
[...] she's never done theater because she wants to be home to tuck her kids in at night.
Look, anyone who is missing a Grammy can just record an audiobook to win a spoken word album statuette.
[...] if Ryan Murphy can't bribe her to return for more American Horror Story, he should think about starting a companion book series for Lange to narrate.
Two Tonys (most recent 2010), one Emmy (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for How to Get Away with Murder, 2015), one Oscar (Best Supporting Actress for Fences, 2017)
Release a spoken word album that's just a compilation of all of her acceptance speeches.
Two Tonys (most recent 2017), two Emmys (most rece