#426
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:51pm
Is it just me or was Kate Walsh apart of the in memoriam...um...she didn't die.
THE OFFICIAL 2017 TONY AWARDS VIEWING THREAD — Page 18
#427
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:51pm
JBC3 said: "Bandstand had great energy but to me it comes off as very generic and unmemorable. Nothing distinctive about it."
Yes. While the performers were fantastic, it wasn't eye-opening and fresh like Great Comet. It was familiar. Maybe this will help it appeal to a more commercial audience, at least.
#428
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:51pm
PalJoey said: "
I HOPE SCOTT RUDIN FALLS INTO THE F*CKING PASSARELLE!"
Thank you, PalJoey, for making this thread a lot more entertaining than the 2017 Tonys.
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#429
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:52pm
I enjoyed this Tony show but when Colbert started his tired schtick, I turned it off.
#430
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:52pm
It just struck me that both of the original Molly Browns -- Tammy Grimes from the show and Debbie Reynolds from the movie -- were in that In Memoriam tribute. Miss them both! It was a lovely tribute altogether.
#431
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:52pm
CallMeAl2 said: "ACL2006 said: "GREAT COMET just sold a ton of tickets!!"
... until they find out there are no tickets left to see Josh Groban before he leaves the show in July.
"
true they want to see Josh...
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
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#432
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:52pm
I think Midler herself is to blame as well for not performing. If she really wanted to get up there and sing "I Put My Hand In" or "So Long Dearie" Im sure she would've made it happen.
#433
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:53pm
loveinnewyorkcity said: "JBC3 said: "Bandstand had great energy but to me it comes off as very generic and unmemorable. Nothing distinctive about it."
Yes. While the performers were fantastic, it wasn't eye-opening and fresh like Great Comet. It was familiar. Maybe this will help it appeal to a more commercial audience, at least.
"
Yeah, I thought bandstand was dull.
#434
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:54pm
Princeton78 said: "disneybroadwayfan22 said: "n2nbaby said: "Can we talk about the following things?
1. Midler almost didn't get up on stage. She literally had to be dragged up there.
2. As much as I hate Rudin, she was literally talking during his speech and then someone said what looked like "watch" and she made a face, said ok and walked away.
"
Wonder what will happen in her Tony speech
"
At this point, I'm hoping she doesn't get to make one. "
I said that earlier and second it again here. I hope she loses big time. Give it to someone who is brave enough to crawl up on the stage and actually sing. Ironic since she is such an incredible live performer.
I feel for the people at home who wanted to, but will never get to see her do a number from this show. Why not "Before the Parade Passes By"?
We can only hope that someone video'd a live performance and posts it on YouTube. When I saw her, the voice seemed strained. I guess one extra number one extra day of one week will ruin her for the paying customers. What a selfish display, or lack of a display of the draw of the year on Broadway. And yes, IF she wanted to, she could have insisted on performing some number from the show. Don't bother coming back to Broadway, you no longer belong.
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#435
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:56pm
Yay Ben Platt! Really well-deserved, no matter what you thought about the morals/message/music of DEH.
#436
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:56pm
Was still secretly hoping he and Andy Karl would tie... but so very happy for Ben Platt! Well deserved.
#437
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:56pm
I love how genuinely startled Ben looked when his name was called. As if it were a surprise! 
Congrats to him!
#438
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:57pm
Great speech from ben. And very fast too!
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#439
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:58pm
Karen Walsh died. Did they really write Kate?
#440
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:58pm
I will have to wait until next year to 'hear' the Tonys.
Darlings
#441
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:58pm
How awkward would that have been if Glenn gave the Tony to Patti
#442
Posted: 6/11/17 at 10:59pm
Congrats Ben...everyone stood for you....Bette can't say the same.
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"
#443
Posted: 6/11/17 at 11:00pm
chernjam said: "How awkward would that have been if Glenn gave the Tony to Patti
"
I'm shook, now I have another reason why I didn't want Bette to win.
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My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
#444
Posted: 6/11/17 at 11:01pm
Damn it, Bette... still making me love her to pieces in this speech. So damn funny (and she was bleeped!!).
#445
Posted: 6/11/17 at 11:01pm
Audience not really laughing at Bette's jokes.
#446
Posted: 6/11/17 at 11:01pm
She forgot her cast members?! What the hell.
My father (AIDS)
My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
#447
Posted: 6/11/17 at 11:01pm
Felt like Ben Platt got played off too soon and yet Bette Middler not soon enough.
Updated On: 6/11/17 at 11:01 PM
#448
Posted: 6/11/17 at 11:02pm
oh my, what did she say?????
#449
Posted: 6/11/17 at 11:02pm
Cut her off.
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"
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