I have watched the Tony Awards for years. Being in the theater as long as I have it is just something you do each year usually with your current cast of whatever you are working on.<\/p>\n
This year I thought Neil Patrick Harris did a mighty fine job as the MC. I thought that overall the show was a good showcase for the Broadway stage and I liked that they did add some road companies to encourage seeing a road show when it comes into the viewers area. The most amazing thing was at the end where NPH sang a song about what we had just seen while watching the Tonys. And it only ran over 3 minutes. Take that Oscar.<\/p>\n
Best presentation had to go to Frank Langella for taking a poke at the Theater Wing and himself before presenting the award.<\/p>\n
Best speech I would give to the Billy Elliots (collectively) since they got up there and tried to be like the adults but the “OMG WOW I JUST WON A TONY” came bleeding through. I give the theater wing points for nominating all three boys rather than one. Angela Lansbury was up there too.<\/p>\n
My one complaint was the lack of time spent on plays. Musicals were getting all the time they needed for full numbers but plays seem to get a minute at most and it was video rather than on the Tony stage. I wanted to see a little more of that scene in “Gods of Carnage” among others. Also revival plays didn’t get any airtime were as the musicals did. I wanted to see a piece from “waiting for Godot” (which they pronounced correctly or rather as the playwright wanted it said) and I have worked on “Joe Turner has come and gone” so I wanted to see what this production looked like.<\/p>\n
Plays are not the red-headed b*st*ard step children of the musical. And I really hate when they are treated as such. <\/p>\n
I am grateful that we watched and enjoyed the Tonys as a family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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