2017 Tony Awards In Memoriam

[alliez92092]

Posted: 5/26/17 at 11:14am

The Tony Awards have released the list of those to be included on the In Memoriam, and the list includes Roger Ailes. He may have produced a Broadway show, but I think this is an awful decision and sends a terrible message for the Tonys to honor this man.

 

http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/news/articles/2017-05-25/in_memoriam_2017.html?promo=rss

[Kad]

Posted: 5/26/17 at 11:23am

That's absurd. He has one producing credit to his name... a flop from 1972.

Both Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos have producing credits, as well. Will they then be included when they die?

Updated On: 5/26/17 at 11:23 AM

[newintown]

Posted: 5/26/17 at 11:30am

I hope that Radio City either breaks out in hisses or utter silence when that name comes up.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 5/26/17 at 11:41am

Are ALL these people going to be mentioned at the telecast? I can't imagine so since the list is huge. I would imagine that most will just be honored on the Tony page and just a select few will be honored during the broadcast.

 Hopefully they will pick the right people. 

[alliez92092]

Posted: 5/26/17 at 12:45pm

Yeah, I can't imagine they're going to do everyone, but Ailes shouldn''t even be on this list.

[jbird5]

Posted: 5/26/17 at 3:59pm

Don't they normally just blow through them, just stopping to linger when one of the well known ones comes up?

[PurpleSummerHathaway]

Posted: 5/26/17 at 6:16pm

If you scroll down on that page there are a series of pictures of the 33 most well known people on the list. I would not be surprised if those are the people shown on the telecast. Roger Ailes isn't one of them (thank god). 

Also, hello! Long time lurker, first time poster. 

[evic]

Posted: 5/27/17 at 1:01am

Before they announce Ailes' name and show his pic the orchestra should play 8 rousing bars of happy days are here again

[jdrye222]

Posted: 5/22/19 at 4:16pm

Does anyone know where to find the list for this year, 2019??