2025 Tony Awards Reactions Thread- Page 21

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 11:44am

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "mshalo18 said: 

Or just maybe, we could have skipped Hamilton and give new shows a chance to be spotlighted."

Agree!

I enjoy Hamilton… but so what who cares 10 years … all it did for me was say out loud… everyone’s gotten old"

As annoyingly hyped as it was (really? There's a Hamilton performance coming? Has it been mentioned 50 times already?), it was there for the ratings, and it appears justified.

Of the show clips on Youtube, Cynthia's opening number currently has 125k views, Groff has 52k, DBH has 48k, MHE has 46K...

The Hamilton performance has 305k and growing. It's definitely still a thing.

[bear88]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 11:48am

Call_me_jorge said: "Only thing I didn’t like about the Hamilton performance was the design, like the lcd background and the costuming. Felt like it was a Jamie Lloyd show.

The most frustrating thing about the Maybe Happy Endingsweep was the lack of recognition for Helen J. Shen. The nominating committee could remember James Monroe Iglehart, but couldn’t give Shen a nomination? She will certainly be nominated in the future, but she deserved the recognition this season."

I wish the nominating committee had found a way to nominate Helen J. Shen because she’s a big part of that show’s success - and her role isn’t as easy as she made it look. But as that didn’t happen, last night went rather well for her. Shen sounded and looked as wonderful as ever in the Maybe Happy Ending performance, she got a shoutout from her Tony-winning co-star during his speech, her show swept every other major category, and she’s an above-the-title star in this year’s Best Musical.

Not bad for a Broadway debut.

 

[BentleyB]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 11:48am

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "mshalo18 said: "singerunlimited said: "MemorableUserName said: "singerunlimited said: "They could've easily shortened their performances to make room for shorter numbers from the other 2 shows. "

No, they really couldn't have. RWHC's number was 2 minutes and 28 seconds. Just in Time ended at 2:38. A major problem with most of the numbers were that they were so rushed. RWHC in particular could have used more time to breathe and come off less frantic. (For those who think they should have done the title song, it clocks in at 3:46. How were they supposed to do that and provide the necessary context for why these women are taking their clothes off so it didn't seem exploitative?)

Those non-nominated shows also received less time than the nominated shows, most of which got three and a half minutes. Audra got 4:10.

"

Fair enough. I guess my feelings are irritation that they purposefully excludedBOOPandSMASH, both of whom were ready and willing to pay, while making room for these other two performances."

Or just maybe, we could have skipped Hamilton and give new shows a chance to be spotlighted."

Agree!

I enjoy Hamilton… but so what who cares 10 years … all it did for me was say out loud… everyone’s gotten old"

So we were at the Tony Awards, which all of our friends knew we were going to.  For them it was nice we were going, but not a big deal.  When they saw the Hamilton reunion was going to be included people were going crazy about it.  After the performance, we got a ton of texts saying how crazy good it was and this was from people who generally never watch the Tony Awards.  

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 12:39pm

Has anyone even mentioned Stokes yet? I thought he was a pretty good announcer, a nice switcheroo from ceremonies past. 

[Jeremiah]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 12:50pm

Cole Escola being shady towards Nicole backstage and then posing for pics with her after. 
Safe space indeed huh? 

[Dancingthrulife2]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 12:50pm

binau said: "iluvtheatertrash said: "chernjam said: "caitlinette said: "I’m neutral on Nicole‘s win, just honestly a bit surprised that she would still win after aligning herself with beliefs that are the antithesis of so many in the theater community."

Amazing how people continue to peddle this crap that had been put to bed months ago"

But it hasn’t been put to bed. We also we saw. We saw it multiple times. We know that she is “pro-life”. We know that she supports RFK. We know that she is friends with a serial r^pist. We know these things and people continue to celebrate her."

All I know is she gave one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen, has given us ‘new ways to dream’ and has pushed the boundaries in terms of vocal acting and performance that yes right now in this moment even Audra wasn’t able to compete with even in the greatest of all time role star vehicle. THAT is what is being celebrated. This is the Tony Awards that is celebrating excellence in theatre not anything else.

When will people get a life and stop with this madness."

She certainly gave me some new ways to dream nightmares of self-indulgent bad acting, not unsimilar to Patti Lupone's Mama Rose that I found to be flat and craft-less.

[Bwaygurl2]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 1:19pm

Dancingthrulife2 said: "binau said: "iluvtheatertrash said: "chernjam said: "caitlinette said: "I’m neutral on Nicole‘s win, just honestly a bit surprised that she would still win after aligning herself with beliefs that are the antithesis of so many in the theater community."

Amazing how people continue to peddle this crap that had been put to bed months ago"

But it hasn’t been put to bed. We also we saw. We saw it multiple times. We know that she is “pro-life”. We know that she supports RFK. We know that she is friends with a serial r^pist. We know these things and people continue to celebrate her."

All I know is she gave one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen, has given us ‘new ways to dream’ and has pushed the boundaries in terms of vocal acting and performance that yes right now in this moment even Audra wasn’t able to compete with even in the greatest of all time role star vehicle. THAT is what is being celebrated. This is the Tony Awards that is celebrating excellence in theatre not anything else.

When will people get a life and stop with this madness."

She certainly gave me some new ways to dreamnightmares of self-indulgent bad acting, not unsimilar to Patti Lupone's Mama Rose that I found to be flat and craft-less."

No one cares about your opinions on these actors. 

[MB124]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 1:23pm

Dancingthrulife2 said: "binau said: "iluvtheatertrash said: "chernjam said: "caitlinette said: "I’m neutral on Nicole‘s win, just honestly a bit surprised that she would still win after aligning herself with beliefs that are the antithesis of so many in the theater community."

Amazing how people continue to peddle this crap that had been put to bed months ago"

But it hasn’t been put to bed. We also we saw. We saw it multiple times. We know that she is “pro-life”. We know that she supports RFK. We know that she is friends with a serial r^pist. We know these things and people continue to celebrate her."

All I know is she gave one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen, has given us ‘new ways to dream’ and has pushed the boundaries in terms of vocal acting and performance that yes right now in this moment even Audra wasn’t able to compete with even in the greatest of all time role star vehicle. THAT is what is being celebrated. This is the Tony Awards that is celebrating excellence in theatre not anything else.

When will people get a life and stop with this madness."

She certainly gave me some new ways to dreamnightmares of self-indulgent bad acting, not unsimilar to Patti Lupone's Mama Rose that I found to be flat and craft-less."

We heard you the first 64 times you trolled us about hating both of these performances. 

And both won countless prestigious awards this year.

They both somehow survived your BS, believe it or not! What a concept!

Get over it. 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 1:24pm

Jeremiah said: "Cole Escola being shady towards Nicole backstage and then posing for pics with her after.
Safe space indeed huh?"

Uh, what?

[DAME]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 1:25pm

Honey; that is called being catty.  Nothing wrong with that.  Everyone needs to lighten up.

[MB124]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 1:29pm

ColorTheHours048 said: "Jeremiah said: "Cole Escola being shady towards Nicole backstage and then posing for pics with her after.
Safe space indeed huh?"

Uh, what?"

I’m assuming this is in reference to the joke they made in the press room. Nicole won and Sam Pinkleton said “the speculation is over!” and Cole said “four more years.”

It was a ****ing JOKE that has nothing to do with the hat debacle. They were JOKING, comparing a presidential election to the competitiveness of the Lead Actress category this season. 

Not everything is “shade” or some undercover political statement. 

My lord…

Updated On: 6/9/25 at 01:29 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 1:56pm

Cole was right. Let the states decide. 

[CurtainsUpat8]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 2:11pm

Oprah was only there to stir up trouble. Shame on her. The "feud"  between Patti and others should have never been brought up.  Oprah thought she was going to show up to hand the award to Audra. 

Producing Two Broadway shows is not a great contribution. There are dozens of Producers who have done more.
 

[Kad]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 2:14pm

CurtainsUpat8 said: "Oprah was only there to stir up trouble. Shame on her. The "feud" between Patti and others should have never been brought up. Oprah thought she was going to show up to hand the award to Audra.”

So we’re at the point where people are making things up and then getting pissy about them? 

Updated On: 6/9/25 at 02:14 PM

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 2:17pm

CurtainsUpat8 said: "Oprah was only there to stir up trouble. Shame on her. The "feud" between Patti and others should have never been brought up. Oprah thought she was going to show up to hand the award to Audra.

Producing Two Broadway shows is not a great contribution. There are dozens of Producers who have done more.
"

LMAO - HUH??!!

[verywellthensigh]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 2:29pm

Congrats to Maybe Happy Ending.  Not too shabby for a show that had everyone like, "It's about...what?" when it was first announced. 

[UnwoundFantasies]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 2:47pm

Anyone know where to watch the Act One preshow? Or at least where to find Celia’s speech? It doesn’t seem to be available on Pluto anymore, or paramount plus. 

[SteveSanders]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 2:47pm

CurtainsUpat8 said: "Oprah was only there to stir up trouble. Shame on her. The "feud" between Patti and others should have never been brought up. Oprah thought she was going to show up to hand the award to Audra.

Producing Two Broadway shows is not a great contribution. There are dozens of Producers who have done more."

Keep digging and soon you'll find Jeremy Jordan in the great Sand Cave.

Do you think the producers of the telecast said "We know you only want to be on the show to stir up trouble.  We'll happily let you do that, but the price for doing so is being in two bits with Cynthia Erivo"?  Some of the players involved clearly wanted her to be a part of the show.

Nothing you are suggesting is grounded in anything close to reality and I doubt very few others producers (to address your response) have the worldwide recognizability or star power of Oprah.

 

Updated On: 6/9/25 at 02:47 PM

[JSquared2]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 2:58pm

CurtainsUpat8 said: "Oprah was only there to stir up trouble. Shame on her. The "feud" between Patti and others should have never been brought up. Oprah thought she was going to show up to hand the award to Audra.

Producing Two Broadway shows is not a great contribution. There are dozens of Producers who have done more.
"

I see somebody drank their batsh*t crazy juice this morning!

 

[RussT2]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 3:18pm

My husband and I watched from beginning to end and we both agreed it was a very well put together show. One thing that I felt could have been improved were the choices of songs picked to be performed by the casts of the musicals. For many of these shows, this is the only chance they have to give the TV audience a feel for what their show is about. If the right song is performed, it could make people want to see the show and especially if they will be in NYC visiting. I think MHE, BVSC, OMM and Pirates chose well. Dead Outlaw and Floyd Collins in my opinion, did not.

Updated On: 6/9/25 at 03:18 PM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 3:19pm

Gee, I thought her comment was strictly about "us" debating whether Audra or Nicole would win. I didn't take it as ANYTHING related to Patti at all 

[SteveSanders]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 3:32pm

UnwoundFantasies said: "Anyone know where to watch the Act One preshow? Or at least where to find Celia’s speech? It doesn’t seem to be available on Pluto anymore, or paramount plus."

I find that sometimes a full day or two needs to pass before the recorded show appears and am hoping that is the case here with Pluto.

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 4:20pm

Tony Awards Up 38% From 2024 To Draw Best Audience In 6 Years On CBS

And...that's why they had Hamilton perform. (Though perhaps Erivo's Wicked popularity helped?)

 

"The 78th Annual Tony Awards delivered its largest broadcast audience in six years on Sunday night.

The 2025 ceremony, hosted by Cynthia Erivo, boasted 4.85M viewers on CBS, per live + same-day Nielsen data. That’s up 38% over last year’s audience of 3.53M.

At just over three hours long, the telecast also drew the largest streaming audience ever for Paramount+, parent company Paramount Global touted Monday afternoon. Apparently, viewership on the streamer was up 208% year-over-year, though actual numbers were not disclosed."

[Kad]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 4:27pm

Woah, I was not expecting such a jump. But I think there were a number of things working in favor for that this year: Erivo and the Wicked wave, a number of shows having big success on social media (it may not reliably translate to ticket sales, but going from TikTok to watching the Tonys makes sense to me), Hamilton’s reunion, competitive categories, and a higher profile season overall. 

Updated On: 6/9/25 at 04:27 PM

[gibsons2]

Posted: 6/9/25 at 4:29pm

MemorableUserName said: "Tony Awards Up 38% From 2024 To Draw Best Audience In 6 Years On CBS

And...that's why they had Hamilton perform. (Though perhaps Erivo's Wicked popularity helped?)



"The 78th Annual Tony Awards delivered its largest broadcast audience in six years on Sunday night.

The 2025 ceremony, hosted by Cynthia Erivo, boasted 4.85M viewers on CBS, per live + same-day Nielsen data. That’s up 38% over last year’s audience of 3.53M.

At just over three hours long, the telecast also drew the largest streaming audience ever for Paramount+, parent company Paramount Global touted Monday afternoon. Apparently, viewership on the streamer was up 208% year-over-year, though actual numbers were not disclosed.""

 Tony producers should send Patti flowers for shaking things up and bringing a little bit of drama and talk to the show that not a lot of people watch. Even Oprah showed up to give Tony to Audra.

Updated On: 6/9/25 at 04:29 PM