Sunday Morning

[cvapb]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 10:31pm

Hey everyone. I am not sure if someone has mentioned this or not, but if they have I apologize. Sunday morning at 8, there is a show on A&E. It is going to be interviews with Tony nominees. Just in case anyone is interested, I thought I would let everyone know :)

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 10:37pm

There's also a Tony Awards Special on CBS from 8 to 9am. Also, Sunday evening there is a live "red carpet" preview to the Tonys on NY1 (for those in NYC with Time Warner Cable) from 6:30pm to 8pm.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 10:40pm

Thanx guys!

[cvapb]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 10:47pm

Im sad I cant see the red carpet. I live in Fl, so I guess I will be watching it online

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 10:50pm

That's ok cvapb, I live in FL 2
Misery ruvs company

[Wicked_Elphie]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 10:53pm

ugh what are they doing to me with showing two Tony award programs at the same time....can't chose...guess I'll just have to tape one and bribe a friend to do the other!

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 10:55pm

They broadcast NY1 on the internet? Oh bother...

[cvapb]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 11:47pm

You can watch the live red carpet on Tonyawards.com and playbill.com i believe. I know for sure tonyawards.com.

Posted: 6/3/04 at 11:48pm

(Off-topic to cvapb: did you understand the PM on how to get Chat loaded?)

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 6/5/04 at 7:18am

Hey cvapb... Will they re-air it on tonyawards.com? Because I am going to be out of the country tomorrow... I leave in an hour

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 6/5/04 at 11:31am

Wait! Which do I watch?!?! Does anybody suggest one over the other?

[SCMmom]

Posted: 6/5/04 at 11:57am

any idea who will be on the A&E one? playbill.com announced the CBS one yesterday but i hadn't heard about A&E's show

[Wicked_Elphie]

Posted: 6/5/04 at 1:44pm

Breakfast on Broadway: This morning on Breakfast
with the Arts we talk to the Tony nominated
actors, actresses, directors and writers of this
year’s theatre season.

Wicked / Wonderful Town: Wicked, a reimagiation
of the witches from the Wizard of Oz, is
nominated for 10 Tonys including Best Musical and
Best Actress in a Musical for it’s stars Kristen
Chenoweth and Idina Menzel. Wonderful Town, the
story of two sisters from Ohio braving the Big
Apple, earned 5 nominations including Best
Revival of a Musical and performances by a
Leading and Featured Actress in a Musical for
Donna Murphy and Jennifer Westfeldt.

Avenue Q: The irreverent puppets who have won
over audiences and critics alike, garnered six
Tony nominations including Best Musical and Best
Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for
John Tartaglia and Best Performance by a Leading
Actress for Stephanie D’Abruzzo.

Fiddler on the Roof: Alfred Molina’s Fiddler on
the Roof garnered six Tony nominations including
Best Revival of a Musical and Best Performance by
a Leading Actor in a Musical.

Anne Heche: Actress Anne Heche is nominated for
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
for Twentieth Century. This is her second Tony
nomination.

Tovah Feldshuh: For her portrayal of Golda
Meir, Tovah Feldshuh has earned another Tony
nomination for Golda’s Balcony.

Jimmy Smits: Anna in the Tropics which earned
the Pulitzer Prize for Drama this year also
garnered Tony nominations for Best Play and Best
Featured Actress. Actor Jimmy Smits discusses
his role in the production.

Hong Kong Highlights: Highlights from BWTA’s
recent visit to Hong Kong.

Producer’s Note:
In a theatre season of potty-mouthed puppets,
singing assassins, the witches of Oz, The Boy
from Oz and revivals full of tradition, theatre
goers were met with imagination, wit, challenges,
intelligence and an abundance of talent. On the
morning of the Tony Awards, BWTA wishes all of
the nominees the best of luck. Break a leg!

Shelley Hoffmann, Producer

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Copyright 2004 The Christian Science Publishing
Society

Christian Science Monitor
(Boston, MA)

June 4, 2004, Friday

HEADLINE: Witches, puppets, and a boy from Oz vie
for Tonys

BYLINE: By Kim Campbell Staff writer of The
Christian Science Monitor

DATELINE: NEW YORK


Tune in to the Tony awards on Sunday night and
you may feel there's little going on culturally
that doesn't involve characters who are green.

The most nominated show on Broadway is
"Wicked" - which jauntily explores the early
years of the witches of Oz, including the one who
lived in the West and whose skin is a color only
Shrek's mother could love.

The musical, which has been more popular with
audiences than critics, has 10 nominations that
could garner it a "Lord of the Rings"-style sweep
at the awards show, which comes at the end of a
season of mixed success for Broadway. But some
attendees are counting on the Tonys to provide
more variety than was displayed at this year's
Oscars.

"I think it's going to be a very tight race in
many categories," says Anika Noni Rose, nominated
for her supporting role in the Tony Kushner civil
rights-era musical, "Caroline, or Change." "We
have a phenomenal amount of talent on Broadway
this year."

The awards program, broadcast on CBS, is
hosted for the second year by actor Hugh Jackman,
whose transition from "X-Men" to Broadway is
complete with his nomination as best leading
actor in a musical for "Boy From Oz," about the
late Australian entertainer Peter Allen.

In recent years, producers of the annual
Antoinette Perry "Tony" awards have aimed at
broader - and younger - audiences than usual,
tapping popular figures like Rosie O'Donnell and
Mr. Jackman to host. This year, performers will
feature non-Broadway acts such as Tony Bennett
and hip-hop artist Mary J. Blige. Capturing the
energy of New York is also a goal, and
performances from the nominated musicals and
plays will be televised from around the city.

"This is not about converting football fans to
watch the Tony awards, this is about getting
theater fans to watch," says Jed Bernstein,
president of the League of American Theaters and
Producers.

Despite the enthusiasm in the run-up to the
Tonys, there wasn't always a lot to clap about
during this Broadway season, where one show
opened and closed in the same night, some
celebrity casting fell flat, and bad weather was
blamed for a dearth of ticket sales during the
winter. Recent positive signs have been the
word-of-mouth success of the revival of the play
"A Raisin in the Sun," with rapper Sean "P.
Diddy" Combs in a starring role (though his
co-stars earned the critical praise and Tony
nominations), and the profitability of another
Tony nominee, "Avenue Q," the irreverent musical
featuring puppets.

"It's been kind of a mixed season," says
Arthur Kopit, one of the writers of "Nine," which
won the 2003 Tony for best musical revival. "I
don't think there have been any musicals with
both the popular and critical acclaim of
[previous years' winners] 'Producers' or a
'Hairspray.' "

One of the most competitive categories this
year is that of leading actress in a musical, in
which the women playing the "good" witch and the
"bad" witch in "Wicked" - Kristin Chenoweth and
Idina Menzel - are both nominated, along with
Tonya Pinkins, the lead in "Caroline, or Change,"
Donna Murphy for a revival of "Wonderful Town,"
and Stephanie D'Abruzzo for her puppetry and
vocal talents in "Avenue Q."

Contenders for Best Play include Pulitzer
Prize winners "Anna in the Tropics, " and "I Am
My Own Wife." Those plays vying for Best Revival
of a Play include "Henry IV" and "A Raisin in the
Sun."

Around Tony time, critics often grouse that
the awards don't reflect American theater as a
whole. This year, a high-profile attack came from
Daniel Okrent, the readers' representative of The
New York Times. He called the awards "an
artistically meaningless, blatantly commercial,
shamefully exclusionary and culturally corrosive
award competition."

Still, winning a Tony can affect the future of
a Broadway production - from box office returns
to touring. Those involved in the theater
acknowledge the value of an award as a marketing
tool, but are quick to add that the winners
deserve their recognition.

"Nobody I know takes [the Tonys] like the
Nobel Prize or even the Pulitzer," says Mr.
Kopit, a Tony voter and a past nominator. "Yes,
the Tonys are commercial, but they do honor
excellence."

"The Tonys have never pretended to be anything
other than a Broadway award," says Mr. Bernstein,
addressing the charge that other New York and
regional theater work is left out.

Those in contention try to keep the awards in
perspective.

While Ms. Rose does not allow herself to
concentrate too much on her nomination, she
remains passionate about "Caroline, or Change."
"It's very touching, and it's very honest, and
it's time for us to recognize some honesty," she
says.

"Caroline" is vying for Best Musical, along
with "Avenue Q," which hasn't been shy about
courting Tony voters.

The approach is in keeping with the humor of
this saucy "Sesame Street" for
adults: A note at the bottom of recent ads says
the campaign is "Paid for by the Friends of
Avenue Q Committee to win the 2004 Tony Award for
Best Musical."

"We just kind of ... have fun with it and
don't take it too seriously," says one of the "Q"
producers, Kevin McCollum, who nevertheless adds,
"But [we] are very serious about how good our
show is."


All of this is from the Breakfast with the Arts site

[WhatDoINeedWithLove?]

Posted: 6/5/04 at 4:00pm

Or more simply, this is what the digital cable description reads:

"Nominees for the 2004 Tony Awards are interviewed. Included: Kristin Chenoweth, Nilo Cruz, Donna Murphy, David Leveaux, Alfred Molina, Tony Kushner."

Sounds good, i wish i knew what the CBS show was gonna be like