NO TONY HOST???- Page 2

[Just_John]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 6:38pm

Well this Really pisses me off because I'm going. And I really wouldn't of complained if it was just ANYONE. My top choice would of been the cast of Will and Grace. But they could have gotten Julia Roberts, Bernadette Peter, Rosie and I would be alot happier.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 6:39pm

Wasn't Elaine Stritch available? At least we'd get to see full productions of each nominated show. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[emo_geek]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 6:44pm

What about having ushers from every theatre host it. hmmmmm

Updated On: 5/23/06 at 06:44 PM

[Come Back to Me]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 6:51pm

I wish Jackman could do it again

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 6:51pm

My top choice would of been the cast of Will and Grace.

You can't be serious. Seriously?

Updated On: 5/23/06 at 06:51 PM

[Phantom2]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 7:00pm

No doubt he will be back next year.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 7:01pm

I respectively disagree with Sueleen.

Nuh-uh. There should be a host. Someone who represents the evening. The evening is about Broadway, and the host should be the person who makes it about that.

If it were Oprah, I'd rather have no host, however. Depends on how she'd do it.

To me, the best hosts are the ones who make the evening enjoyable, smooth, tied together, and fast. Hugh Jackman did this in 2004. (Not at all in 2003 and not so much in 2005).

I've always wanted to run the entire Tonys or Oscars. In the case of the Tonys:

1) Get a host who is funny, liked, and can take control.
2) In addition to musical numbers from shows, add one or two numbers for the host.
3) Give the host the breakdown of the evening and tell him/her to make all jokes/gags short.

But the BIGGEST change I would make is to cut the role of the announcer. That is something the HOST should be doing. The host can make these announcements from backstage if it's simply "Please welcome blah blah blah," just like the announcer does. It's ridiculous not to have the host do this. An announcer should only be used at times when the host is unavailable.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 7:02pm

La Swit will be crushed by this news. She thought she had the job tied up.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 7:07pm

Maybe they thought they didnt need one since they're going to have 7 performances which will take up a lot of time.

I think the idea of having the usher's host is kinda funny. Maybe not host, but present an award. Maybe one of the lesser-known ones or maybe have one usher from each of the nominated musicals to introduce them.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 7:17pm

Capn, the HOST does not control the show. The director does. The host stands there, says some stupid jokes (see Harvey at the Drama Desks) and poops when the director tells them to. The best you can say about the best hosts is they weren't as bad as so and so and didn't totally suck.

If not the ushers, then how about the stage door men?

[Trekkie2]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 7:19pm

F***

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 7:26pm

Sueleen,

Who takes control of the show AS a host. The host has to appear as if they are the one who runs the show. The audience never sees the Director. I know the difference.

[jsrocks]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 7:31pm

Martin Short is going to be a presenter. *sigh* I was hoping they would wake up and make him the host b/c he'd do a wonderful job!! He can sing and he's hilarious!! Plus he's a Tony Award winner so it's not like it's someone totally random who isn't connected with Broadway. And he's got his new Broadway show Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me coming to New York soon.

Great choice not taken... tsk, tsk!!

Updated On: 5/23/06 at 07:31 PM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 7:35pm

jsrocks - I 100% agree

[WiiCKED x3]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 8:23pm

I think the whole ideas pretty odd. But it might be o.k

I guess.

[Brodybaby03]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 8:24pm

if Oprah was the host I wouldn't watch.....she's crap.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 8:25pm

When the Golden Globes did this, it was a disaster and ratings plummeted.

Good way to kill off a dying awards show.

And I agree w/ everyone who wanted Martin Short Updated On: 5/23/06 at 08:25 PM

[jasobres]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 8:31pm

I had a feeling this would happen as well. It happened in 1999 before.

[rosekwbp]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 8:39pm

No host? Oh this is gonna be interesting. I would have loved to see Bernadette Peters or Martin Short host but at least they're presenting.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 8:41pm

It's a shame Oprah isn't hosting.
"The theater scene this year was transcendent. TRANSCENDENT!!!!! Especially 'The Color Purple'!"

[senortenor]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 8:59pm

Oprah is going to be a presenter. I think they actually have a great idea going on with basically 60 presenter/hosts, each one representing a year in the life of the Tonys.

[bryan]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 9:19pm

i think that there should be a host but it should be some one who love theatre like i do. it should be a fan.

[jsrocks]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 9:23pm

It should be all of us!

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 9:50pm

"Hell, I would've liked Ellen to host. Even though she really does not have a connection with Bway."

Wait, the Tonys have something to do with Broadway?

Updated On: 5/23/06 at 09:50 PM

[cturtle]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 10:01pm

yay! wonderful news! i agree with sue and keg ... having a host just wastes time and takes away from what the awards are really about.