Lackluster TONY year....

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:11pm

So I am actually pondering not watching at all.
The two biggest Money shows of the year;
POPPINS, which is just a mess of songs, weak book writing and has no heart at all, is bringing in the bucks thanks to the DISNEY name and machine of selling tickets.
and LEGALLY BLONDE which may not be the best musical in years, but is entertaining didn't even get a best nod for some strange reason.
And the two artistic shows GREY GARDENS (my favorite of the year) and SPRING AWAKENING ( a different, successful show but hardly the break through musical of the last ten years).
SPRING AWAKENING will probably take the prize but it will never be the hit that JERSEY BOYS is.
Best performances;
Ebersole, who I adore
Esparza, who I abhor
will win, but neither performance got people in the seats.
So why watch?
Too bad Audra and Donna came so late in the season.
Duncan Sheik says he is totally against his show doing a "medly"
a word he couldn't even utter.
Ebersole doing REVOLUTIONARY COSTUME, Brilliant but I've seen it in context.
CURTAINS, doing something I could actually sit through again.
and POPPINS. I may vomit looking at those ugly costumes again.
Actually POPPINS will gain the rewards because they may be in the first hour and people will hear a song or two they know.

You can watch any of the morning shows in New York this week and see the songs and you don't have to sit through speeches like John Lloyd Young made last year.

I used to love the TONYS.

[BDavis0092]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:14pm

I'd have to disagree with you. I think that Spring Awakening and Grey Gardens are both WONDERFUL shows. I do think that Legally blonde should have been nominated for best musical in place of Mary Poppins but I think there are 4 or so GREAT musicals in this season.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:16pm

I love the "Adore/abhor" line.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:20pm

That should be WHOM I adore/abhor.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:22pm

Wow, you know the word "abhor"? AND you wrote us another poem, how generously artistic!

So don't watch. Watch The Sopranos instead. Bang your head against the wall. Twiddle your thumbs. I doubt many people here really give a damn what you do, despite the fact that you felt it necessary to both draw this much attention to the announcement of your plight to all of us, and self-importantly beat your own dead horses yet again.

Updated On: 6/4/07 at 11:22 PM

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:22pm

StageManager2 - That's a good way to lose a man.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:25pm

I'm surprised he didn't mention the inevitable lack of nudity at the TONYS.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:27pm

I think GREY GARDENS is an amazing show and SPRING AWAKENING is interesting, but they were exciting last year Off-Broadway and have lost some excitement for this year.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:28pm

Maybe that awful, ugly jerk Raúl Esparza will strip and we'll have finally found nudity that CPD isn't just BEGGING to see.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:35pm

The lack of nudity on the TONYs is something that also bothers me.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:37pm

Not since 2001, huh?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:39pm

yup

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:39pm

yup

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:42pm

You'll HAVE to watch. Otherwise you won't be able to keep up with the inside jokes!

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:44pm

LizzieCurry, what's your avatar all about?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:46pm

Like Goat boy thanking his boyfriend and his wife?

[Bobby Maler]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:50pm

CurtainPullDowner, has there ever been a year where you ADORED every single artist and evey single nominated show, where every show was a blockbuster hit (not sure why you're making this correlation..the awards reward artistry, not box office), and you ADORED every single live performance? If there was, then you used to be a much more positive person and you need to find that child inside yourself again. If there wasn't, then you need to realize that this year isn't any different from the others, stop whining, and look seriously at why you need so desperately to call attention to yourself. I'm watching the Tony's because I ADORE Broadway, and appreciate the Broadway community having an avenue to applaud each other for good work.

Personally, I think this year's offerings are far superior than last year's, or actually any year in recent memory. There are some hotly contested races this year with plenty of surprises possible.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:56pm

I was thinking about that child in me,
When I looked forward to seeing Gwen Verdon dance or John Raitt sing.
And when they would do an actual number from the show and not a "medly", or the years when they would bring back legendary STARS of the past.
ahhh.
Updated On: 6/4/07 at 11:56 PM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 12:00am

Wait, no nudity on this year's Tony? Guess they just lost another viewer.

[i.heart.link]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 12:07am

is there anybody you really want to see naked at the tonys? lol i'd really pass on seeing Raúl Esparza strip down. But actually i might actually like seeing Jonathan Groff naked

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 12:08am

Well, ray, off the record, I hear that one revival will be re-envisioning their number. Now, I can't say which show, but I can say it rhymes with "a porous swine."

Bit of trivia: that was the second time in 10 minutes on BWW that I used the old "it rhymes with..." bit.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 12:09am

^Same show both times?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 12:11am

Thank God, Bso! That should make an interesting, big fat long...line (tacky joke, I know, but you used "it rhymes with").
Tonys aren't sounded that lackluster anymore, are they, CPD?

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 12:17am

No, B3. The other one was "massive erection" disguised as "passive c-section."

Now, ray, I'm quickly trying to think of a witty way of changing a cast member's name to something sexual to tack on to this rather unfunny joke. I thought I had something with "d'Amboise" and "boobs" but that was a dead end...actually, I just thought of something. But I will refrain from saying it.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 12:17am

nope