The Annual Tony Awards - General Discussion

[aradia22]

WOO! Great Comet wins. But shitty that none of it is really making the broadcast. That isn't going to sell tickets, not that technical awards really do.

[ebk57]

Tommy Tune looks fabulous!  And is fabulous!!

[aradia22]

Here we go, Penny in Your Pocket. LAME. We want Bette!

I feel like this should be funny but I can't focus enough. And DHP kind of has dead eyes.

[ebk57]

3 minutes ago, aradia22 said:

Here we go, Penny in Your Pocket. LAME. We want Bette!

I feel like this should be funny but I can't focus enough. And DHP kind of has dead eyes.

Bless his heart, he's in an almost no-win situation.  The number is fine, just not what we want tonight.

[mtlchick]

Right now I'm getting "Niles Crane sings."  And I normally love DHP but this was not doing it for me. 

[Jordan Baker]

2 minutes ago, aradia22 said:

Here we go, Penny in Your Pocket. LAME. We want Bette!

I love David Hyde Pierce (even if he did beat Raul Esparza for Best Actor in a Musical . . . yes, I know it's been a decade, but I'm not over it yet!), but, man, this does NOT make me want to see the show.

[aradia22]

NOW, we get Bette? Ooh, Rudin. I'm still not over him closing Shuffle Along.

[ebk57]

Love Bette's dress

[aradia22]

Laurie over Laura. Sigh... They were both in fabulous dresses, though I really want a better look at Laura's. 

[mtlchick]

1 minute ago, ebk57 said:

Love Bette's dress

She looks like a glorious mermaid ready to go to a  ball.  

[aradia22]

Ooh, a little slit in the back of Metcalf's gown. Wasn't expecting that. 

Well, at least they're sort of giving James Earl Jones some time. 

WOO! Sara!!! Love her so much. Wish I could have seen her one more time in Waitress.

Also, Patina looking gorgeous.

I know this is Rachel's but I'm rooting for Stephanie.

Stephanie's "I'm Breaking Down" is INCREDIBLE. Watch Falsettos when it airs. 

Rachel Bay Jones in a winner dress. GIGANTIC ball gown says give me that Tony. 

[Charlie Baker]

Rachel Bay Jones probably wins Most Endearing Acceptance Speech.

[aradia22]

The Oh, Hello jokes are lame to me so I went to look up the blue ribbons.

Quote

Some Tony Award nominees are wearing politics on their lapels tonight as they walk the red carpet outside of Radio City Music Hall.

The ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and other organizations reached out to many nominees in advance asking them to demonstrate support by wearing ribbons.

http://variety.com/2017/legit/awards/tony-award-nominees-red-carpet-support-aclu-planned-parenthood-ribbons-1202461968/

[Charlie Baker]

Oh, hello, I'm laughing in spite of myself.

[aradia22]

LESLIE ODOM JR!!!

BEST PERFORMANCE

I know he just started. 

OH MY GOD, AND CYNTHIA TOO!

I need these two to make one of those old fashioned duets albums.

YES YES YES

Too short

[ebk57]

Leslie and Cynthia - kinda of a waste of 2 great talents.  We need more!!

[aradia22]

I wonder if the blue ribbons translates to the blue suits or if that was just a fashion choice.

[mtlchick]

"The greatest city in New York State!" I was expecting them to say "Suck it, Utica!"

[shoregirl]

Besides getting to listen to Leslie Odom Jr and Cynthia erivo were the Rockettes really necassary. Im kind of finding this years Tonys really underwhelming nothing has really blown me away.

Edited June 12, 2017 by shoregirl

[aradia22]

Chris Jackson's SUIT!

[ebk57]

I love Allison Janney!  And I love her dress!!

And of course I love Christopher Jackson.

[aradia22]

It's going to be Sher. 

[Charlie Baker]

Allison Janney looking spectacular.

[aradia22]

WHAT!?! A woman won!?! 

Pleasantly shocked

[ebk57]

ooooooo.....nice win for Rebecca and Indecent!!

 

Also love Rebecca's dress!

Edited June 12, 2017 by ebk57

[Charlie Baker]

I thought it would be Sher, too, he's a Tony favorite.  But Ms. T.'s work is excellent.

[aradia22]

Rebecca trying to make her Trump reference. 

RACHEL CHAVKIN

Make it happen, Tony's. Don't fuck with me.

GOD DAMN IT

Grrr.... angry.

Why in the hell are they playing "Lovely" from Forum for Uma Thurman and not something from Producers?

[Charlie Baker]

Uma dressed down.

[aradia22]

I want to see War Paint SO BADLY.

Though I feel like we're getting a lot of songs that are hard to get invested in outside of the context of the show.

[ebk57]

Just now, aradia22 said:

I want to see War Paint SO BADLY.

I also want to see it.

 

I do have to say that the camera work on that number made me dizzy.  Not fun...

[aradia22]

Rachel Bloom with a TINIER hat!

Best part was her reacting to Patti. "Patti Lupone! Oh my God..."

[Charlie Baker]

And that, kids, is how it's done.  Brava!

I do think taking songs out of context and engaging an unfamiliar audience is tricky.

[bosawks]

See War Paint!  Ebersole and La Lupone chewing the scenery from stem to stern in the BEST way possible!

 

Sigh.....

[Inquisitionist]

The songs from the original musical nominees are pretty underwhelming.

[aradia22]

:( Cruel lie. I would love to see Josh Gad in Forum.

[Irlandesa]

4 minutes ago, Charlie Baker said:

I do think taking songs out of context and engaging an unfamiliar audience is tricky.

That's why I think the song from Groundhog Day worked best because even though I haven't seen the musical (haven't seen any of these) most people have likely seen the movie so there was context.  The performance was great too.

Although, I do think Come From Away.  There was a lot of narration but it did have a sound that I dig.  Plus, it felt a bit more upbeat than a lot of these songs.  I don't mind slower songs in musicals but I think the bar is higher when it comes to engagement.  But if you have some toe tapping songs?  Much easier to get hooked on.

[aradia22]

Aw, Ben's reaction about bumping Hillary off the Time list was great. He's a good sport. 

Why hasn't Orlando Bloom aged?

[mtlchick]

I choked on my tongue on that email line. 

[aradia22]

Come on Little Foxes. 

I didn't see Jitney. Thought about it but couldn't commit to it. 

[mtlchick]

John Legend, start writing tv theme songs or SNL dittys now and get that EGOT! 

[aradia22]

Keegan Michael Key is going to be in Hamlet!?!

Why is he introducing Great Comet?

Ooh, Great Comet gets their sputnik chandelier.

[ebk57]

I feel like this show has been on so long that I'll probably get through the entire bottle of wine...

[aradia22]

I've made this joke before but Lucas Steele as Anatole is handsome the way beautiful anime boys are handsome. He doesn't do it for me.

Aw, I love this cast. I love seeing them roam around. 

They did a pretty great job translating the theater to the stage at Radio City. 

And look Scott Rudin, no one is falling into the pit. :/

[ebk57]

This show is such a wonderful experience!  And it's working much better here that it did on the Today Show.

[aradia22]

OK, I think I want to see Josh again. 

[shoregirl]

This more like it!!  That was so fun.

[Charlie Baker]

Nailed it, Great Comet!

[Irlandesa]

I don't know that I understood what was happening in The Great Comet performance better than some other performances. Except a lot of stuff was happening and it was entertaining.  Very well done.

I should have gone to NY to try to see Josh in this.  But I didn't. Darn fear of flying.

Edited June 12, 2017 by Irlandesa

[Inquisitionist]

13 minutes ago, Irlandesa said:

That's why I think the song from Groundhog Day worked best because even though I haven't seen the musical (haven't seen any of these) most people have likely seen the movie so there was context.  The performance was great too.

I had to Ffwd through it.  I consider Groundhog Day a near-perfect movie.  Making it into a music feels like sacrilege.

[ebk57]

Grant Thornton.  Not PWC

Ha!