Profile for Ms Miranda Joyce Childe

Oh, come on. If there is one thing we theatre people love it is DRAMA. And DiNiro certainly delivered. He was, of course, preaching to the choir, but the choir needs an outlet lately as it sees the dangers lurking being the Trump presidency. On the other hand, I totally agree that there are ways to create drama without using the "F" word. This kind of outburst brings him down to the level of discourse our president has normalized. In my opinion, we all have a right to make our voices heard in...

I agree with you. It seems the best way to avoid the outrage this presentation has caused. And yet, while I agree it is best to honor each lifetime achiever individually, I also believe there has been an overreaction to the decision to go this way. Maybe their decision had a good reason behind it. One theory: ALW was selected as the honoree when an insider on the board the dish that Chita may not make it until next year alive, hence the shared award. I know...just saying. I'd love to hear fro...

As a former gypsy myself, I absolutely LOVED the way Bareilles and Grogan aimed the Tonys at performers and not at the theatre goers or TV viewers.Their song To the Losers, Why Eight Shows a Week,and other original works harmonized beautifully were a great big Thank You to those of us who have dedicated our lives to the joy and pain of the theatre. Kudos to them! They could have made the show about themselves, like Neil Patrick Harris and Hugh Jackman, but they didn't. They chose to honor the...