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Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
jawjuhh
Stand-by Joined: 5/29/11
#275Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:42pmHedwig was amazing, I've never had any interest in this show before this moment
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#276Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:42pmAmazing how some speeches seem to go on and on forever and yet others like those by Cranston get the bums rush.
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bwayobsessed
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/13
#277Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:42pmAm i the only one who has no desire to see Hedwig?
Emobacca2
Chorus Member Joined: 8/13/13
#278Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:43pmYeah add me to the Hedwig lovefest. I am not at all familiar with the work and if it was possible to get tickets, I would do so immediately.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#279Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:45pmEven if I had a desire to see it,$400 tickets would cure me of that desire real quick.
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beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#280Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:45pmCongrats to Audra and Bryan! Well-deserved!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#281Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:47pm
Yes, it is.
SRG-- this has nothing to do with "friends". Have you paid attention to ANYTHING that's been said about this show and Neil's performance? Obviously not.
On Friday I was looking for tix for Hedwig and found quite a few available, but to be fair, I only needed a singleton, making it easier. Didn't buy yon, but was grateful they weren't already sold out. This morning, I checked again, thinking I should secure my ticket before the Tony awards. There were far fewer, but I still had my choices. At about 7 tonight I finally figured out which dates I could attend, and found a great deal of what I had seen to be gone.
Got one however, full price, at about 180 including fees.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#282Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:48pmI bought $49 tickets to Hedwig when it was in previews and saw it on Friday finally. So glad I had the insight to think beyond.
#283Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:49pm
@ dramamama611 - where is you're seat?
Darreyl with an L!
Updated On: 6/8/14 at 09:49 PM
#284Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:51pm
This shows where the importance of plays - as opposed to musicals - is on Broadway now. The award for best play so early in the eve.
Updated On: 6/8/14 at 09:51 PM
#285Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:55pm
You can tell that they are trying to think of ways to recognise them though. A speech by each playwright and a video clip of each play is certainly more than they've done in the past.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 6/8/14 at 09:55 PM
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#286Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:55pmRow M of the orch....off to the far side.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
loliveve
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/12
#287Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:56pm
This shows where the importance of plays - as opposed to musicals - is on Broadway now. The award for best play so early in the eve.
Aren't there only 5 more awards until the end (that will be broadcast)?
ETA: qolbinau- I agree; that was a nice touch.
Updated On: 6/8/14 at 09:56 PM
#288Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:57pmBryan Cranston seems to have mastered LBJ's facial expressions, but when he's just himself, I think he looks a LOT like a much younger version of President Bush the elder.
Audrey, the Phantom Phanatic, who nonetheless would rather be Jean Valjean, who knew how to make lemonade out of lemons.
#289Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:57pmHaha Hugh playing poker backstage
OperaBwayLover
Broadway Star Joined: 5/17/07
#290Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:57pmI did like the introduction/montage for the Best Play nominees. Still, it saddens me that we don't get live excerpts ala the original production of Fences. Not everyone can make it to New York to see the plays (and not every play tours), so this is their only real chance for national exposure.
bwayobsessed
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/13
#291Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:57pm
Okay, thus far I think Violet has given the best performance. It really made me truly want to get out of my seat and see it.
Also, is it just me or is the camera work awful tonight?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#292Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:58pmYou forgot 4,000 more commercials.
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#293Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:58pm
"I bought $49 tickets to Hedwig when it was in previews and saw it on Friday finally. So glad I had the insight to think beyond."
You bought a cheap ticket for a Broadway show staring a recognizable celebrity. That isn't insight, that's you being frugal. Please don't give yourself credit for buying tickets to a show that was a hot commodity the second it was announced.
#294Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 9:59pm
^ I noticed that at the beginning- when Patti came out for After Midnight- it took a little bit for the camera to find her.
Darreyl with an L!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#295Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 10:00pmWhen All The Way was announced it sealed the end for Mothers.
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#296Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 10:00pm
I'm also bitter that Iglehart won a Featured Actor Tony for a leading performance, when poor Bertie Carvel still has no Tony cos he was put in Lead for what was also a Featured performance
At least, the Disney producers didn't make the same mistake as the arrogant Matilda producers did. Lesson: If they have a MUCH bigger chance of a winning in a Featured Role category than Leading role, go for an easy win!
Updated On: 6/8/14 at 10:00 PM
RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#297Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 10:03pmLet's see whatcha got The Last Ship
MVintheheartland
Featured Actor Joined: 11/19/13
#298Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 10:04pmI can't believe that they awarded best score during the commercial. Come on. I feel this show is really rushed. And why are they spending time on Sting and his show which hasn't even opened yet?
barcelona20
Broadway Star Joined: 1/19/08
#299Official 2013 - 2014 Tony Awards Thread
Posted: 6/8/14 at 10:04pmThe Last Ship = $150 for a 2 hour nap. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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