Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
#1Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/12/23 at 11:05am
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
Updated On: 4/12/23 at 11:05 AM
dyemery
Swing Joined: 4/5/22
#2Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/12/23 at 11:50am
And... I will now 100% check it out for good and all!
Updated On: 4/12/23 at 11:50 AM
fbueller
Leading Actor Joined: 9/30/07
#3Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/12/23 at 11:57am
Will there be a rap opening number?
#4Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/12/23 at 12:13pm
Angela Bassett better do the thing!
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#5Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/12/23 at 12:39pm
She can sing, act, dance and isn’t afraid to laugh at herself. Perfect host and such a fun venue. Love.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
BorisTomashevsky
Broadway Star Joined: 4/30/22
#7Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/12/23 at 12:51pm
This will have them tuning in by the tens.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/12/23 at 1:00pm
The Tony Awards will NEVER appeal to a mass audience. Heck, small numbers watch the far more accessible Oscars. People simply aren't interested in things they have no connection to. Even people that see one or two shows a year don't have a vested interest. The Oscars this year (while up from the previous 2 years) was still ranked as the 3rd lowest viewing.
Can't tell you how many negative comments I've seen about Hollywood awarding Hollywood.
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.
#9Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/13/23 at 4:23pm
She is talented but I would have preferred someone who has never done it before.
#10Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/13/23 at 4:48pm
Time to pass the microphone to someone else to be the host.
#11Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/13/23 at 5:06pm
Meh, boring.
we need Rosie!!!
we need NPH!!!
we need Hugh!!!
we need all 3 of them to host!
#12Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/13/23 at 6:17pm
David10086, she's only hosted it one other time.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#13Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/13/23 at 6:46pm
nealb1 said: "David10086, she's only hosted it one other time."
One time was 30 times too many. She’s becoming the next James Corden. Time to put her on the shelf for a bit.
PipingHotPiccolo
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/22
#14Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 4/13/23 at 9:13pm
BrodyFosse123 said:
One time was 30 times too many. She’s becoming the next James Corden. Time to put her on the shelf for a bit."
Corden theoretically can bring in his audience, and is a face of the network. He a non-theater person lending cred to theater world. DeBose is...not that.
I take no position re her career trajectory, but does anyone think shes good at this? Its not that shes hosting stuff too much, its that shes hosted it more than once, and never well.
#15Ariana Debose to Host 2023 Tony Awards
Posted: 7/5/23 at 3:43pm
Bumping this thread. Ariana did a fantastic job hosting this year.
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