2025 Tony Awards Reactions Thread- Page 9

[ElephantLoveMedley]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:30pm

I don't think that was a great song choice for Maybe Happy Ending.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:30pm

Did I miss something? Did they give out Best Play before Best Director of A Play?

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:30pm

Don't pay this racist any more mind, all. Let's focus on the good of the night. F*ck off, whoever you are!

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:30pm

BOM said: "DEI wins once again."


Ew.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:31pm

Maybe Happy Ending without their set .... eh.

[Luscious]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:32pm

MHE… Zzzzzzzzzz

And I’m rooting for it to win.

[DanS3]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:33pm

Wow a lot of b*tchy armchair critics here. 🤣🤣

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:34pm

Alexander Lamar said: "In the dress rehearsal thread, someone said both Megan and Jennifer performed from Death Becomes Her - was that a lie or did the performance change from yesterday?"

Was surprised they didnt do something to feature both of them. Hilty flubbed a line, and the dog catch at the end seemed out of place- i wonder if this was a late change?

[pacificnorthwest]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:34pm

I enjoyed the MHE performance, but agree with Jesse Green's take (which is somewhat of a rare thing for me to say):

“Never Fly Away” looked lovely enough in that excerpt from “Maybe Happy Ending” — but it is overwhelmingly beautiful in the actual staging at the Belasco Theater. See it there.

Updated On: 6/8/25 at 09:34 PM

[Dreamboy3]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:35pm

gibsons2 said: "How did MHE win the best score? This song was a bit... dreadful"

Total mystery.  The scene in the show itself is beautiful but the song like the rest of the score is completely underwhelming. 

[DanS3]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:35pm

CoffeeBreak said: "Maybe Happy Ending without their set .... eh."

Dude, everyone knows you hated MHE.

[DrMonicaDeMoneco]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:35pm

Luscious said: "After that performance, if I had a ticket to Pirates, I’d be selling it."

Good. They don’t want u there 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:38pm

What an odd song choice for MHE. I’ve heard from a few folks how special the firefly scene is, and I have to assume that wasn’t how it’s presented in the show because it was sort of nothing. Cute, but not a great showcase for what is ostensibly the frontrunner for Best Musical after its early wins.

[Dan6]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:38pm

I’ve seen all the nominees and honestly, other than Sunset Blvd., there hasn’t been a single performance yet that hasn’t had me wondering why they made THAT choice. Maybe Happy Ending, Just in Time, and Pirates in particular could have done so much better. 

[Luscious]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:38pm

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Luscious said: "After that performance, if I had a ticket to Pirates, I’d be selling it."

Good. They don’t want u there"

F**k you, Asswipe.

Updated On: 6/8/25 at 09:38 PM

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:39pm

This excerpt isn't selling me on Floyd Collins ...

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:40pm

i loved Maybe Happy Ending but its magic was the complete sum of its parts- its score is underwhelming on its own, and that performance did it no favors in that regard. 

if the Tonys were actually about merit, Score would have gone to Yazbeck or the brilliant minds at Mincemeat, which is no dig at the wonder that is MHE. 

[DrMonicaDeMoneco]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:40pm

poisonivy2 said: "This excerpt isn't selling me on Floyd Collins ..."

Agreed that wasn’t very good 

Updated On: 6/8/25 at 09:40 PM

[bjh2114]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:40pm

Dan6 said: "I’ve seen all the nominees and honestly, other than Sunset Blvd., there hasn’t been a single performance yet that hasn’t had me wondering why they made THAT choice. Maybe Happy Ending, Just in Time, and Pirates in particular could have done so much better."

I think Buena Vista Social Club chose well, but I agree about the rest. I sound like a broken clock, but a performance from Boop! would have been better than most of the ones we've seen.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:41pm

I can see why Floyd Collins isn’t selling. Watching Jordan slide along the floor isn’t compelling. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:42pm

These performances tonight highlight something ive said for a long time - they should be filmed in their own theaters with their own sets and then edited and submitted for broadcast. They’re selling a product, why do they constantly offer a “lesser” quality look at what they’re selling?

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:42pm

DanS3 said: "CoffeeBreak said: "Maybe Happy Ending without their set .... eh."

Dude, everyone knows you hated MHE."

Once again, don't hate it.  It's just not all that - and even more clear without its set, it's biggest star.

[ElephantLoveMedley]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:42pm

Eureka Day wins Best Revival of a Play.

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:43pm

I was very underwhelmed by Floyd Collins, but i thought that was a gorgeous performance actually- and thought that highlighted how powerful Jeremy Jordan is in it. 

And I agree that BVSC is the only production that did a nice job picking 4 minutes to sell some tickets.

[broadway86]

Posted: 6/8/25 at 9:43pm

PipingHotPiccolo said: "i loved Maybe Happy Ending but its magic was the complete sum of its parts- its score is underwhelming on its own, and that performance did it no favors in that regard.

if the Tonys were actually about merit, Score would have gone to Yazbeck or the brilliant minds at Mincemeat, which is no dig at the wonder that is MHE."

 

Agreed. I would’ve given score to Dead Outlaw, book to Mincemeat, Direction and Musical to MHE.