MOST EMBARASSING MOMENT OF TONY'S

I love Hugh Jackmand and think it is wonderful he hosted. But WHO wrote that version of SOLILOQUOY he sang? It was painfully unfunny.

Sarah J P and Matthew were charm personified- maybe THEY should host some year!

And congrats to everyone who was nominated- it is not as easy path

I thought that he did a great job at the host. He should have sung something from The Boy from Oz instead of just plugging it.

TheaterBuff

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Bernadette losing to Marissa. Not only the most embarassing moment of the night, but possibly the most embarassing moment ever for the Tony Awards.

Yes Bernedette has won 2 Tony's but I still say that Mama Rose is a much more challenging part than Marissa's is.

Andrew

A challenge is a challenge ONLY if you meet it.

She gave a nice performance. She gave her all and in the end, it was just fine.

Marrisa took the challenge and walked off with the show.

So what's all fuss about???

Albin-
The Look Of Love had a few shining moments but on the whole it was nothing that special. It was not in the same league as the other shows.
It was entertaining to a few of us(I admit I liked it) but compared to Hairspray ha ha ha no!

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Let's talk about some of the things the winners and presenters should have been embarassed about.

Vanessa Redgrave....would a little lipstick have hurt? Was she going out of her way to look as old and dowdy as possible with that grey beadspread she had draped oevr herself and not a bit of make up?

Hugh Jackman was way too much fun flipping the hair extensions around.....hmmm

Chita....I love her, I adore her, I think she is a goddess but, that wig has got to go. She needs something that isn't light absorbing black with a less harsh style.

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I also thought in terms of nominations that IMAGINARY FRIENDS was robbed, and sometimes by plays that closed longer ago and more quickly than it did. For pity's sake, if FROG & TOAD deserved a nomination...

I think I'm gonna start a thread about it and see what kind of response I get. Did anyone else see it?

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They are extensions for his role in Van Helsing that he is filming in LA. Personally I thought he was charming and I am counting the days until first preview of BFO!

PigletH13
(Who also wished that Hugh would have sang something from BFO last night!)

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They cut to Antonio several times after harvey was announced and was heading to the stage.


Twyla scares me a little after last night. Did anyone notice how when they called her name, she was alrady half way down the aisle???? Even if you know you won before hand, that is just wrong. Seeing that, I wished that Jerry would have JUST so that she would have looked like a damn fool.

No, I saw where she was sitting and I saw where she was when they said her name. She was half up the aisle.

Thank you Billy Lawlor. Some people just think they know everything. I loved the look on Jerry's face as she walked up the aisle several people around Jerry stood as he just sat there. I can't believe he actually thought he had a chance with his choreography "based on five moves"

Bernadette's rendition of "Rose's Turn" was hideously dreadful. The range of the song is beyond her vocal ability and she was pushing so hard for the lower notes that per pitch was waivering. She sounded extremely hoarse in that register. When the music got up to her "comfort zone" she sounded fine, but her sweet, little girl voice is not what the character of Rose is about.

Additionally, she looked horrible. Now, I'm not demeaning her physical looks: Bernadette Peters is lovely. However, I think the television cameras were in the orchestra pit and were shooting "up" at her. It gave her a deformed look, that was only accentuated by her wig and costume. She looked like a little Italian woman from Bensonhurst who would be more at home in a pork store than on a Broadway stage.

Would someone please tell Bernadette that this she is woefully miscast in this role and that she should step down gracefully so that Patti LuPone or Betty Buckley can take over. The integirty of the show is at stake!

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