THE OFFICIAL 2018 TONY AWARDS VIEWING THREAD — Page 21

pacificnorthwest said: "This is the board for people who love theater, and the thread for discussing recognition for excellence in theater. I am on exactly the right board. I will not keep my morals and ideals in the closet any more than you will.

Morals? So those of us who believe in live and let live, inclusivity,kindness are immoral, by your yardstick?It's disturbing that you claim to be a theater fan yet are entirelyunaffected by its power to touch hearts and open minds."

I actually came to believe in a Higher Power through my theater experiences -- exactly as you state: because I was affected and touched by it. I believe in live and let live, inclusivity, and kindness. Not sure where you got the opposite idea.

After Eight said: "

Couldn't bring myself to watch, knowing the outcome was going to be grim, grim, grim. Glad I didn't. The outcome was grim, grim,grim.

The tuneless, crashing bore received the expected coronation by the sages known as the Tony Award voters.

The critics had already hyped the thing to the nth degree, got it to transfer to Broadway, and got it to to play to sellout audiences. Then a funny thing happened. Word of mouth started to spread that the tuneless bore was ..... a tuneless bore. And then the critics' darling stopped selling out.

No way that could stand. The eminent sages known as Tony Award voters came riding to the rescue, showering it with awards galore. Awards that will once again lure unsuspecting members of the public to buy tickets to something they will hate, and push the thing to sellout status once again. That is, until word of mouth spreads anew.

The critics, the Tony voters, the theatrical elite must be so pleased this evening! They win once again.

Don't they always?

Unfortunately, the public loses. Once again.

And the theatre, too."



I saw it and loved it. I’m part of that public. I’d see it again if I didn’t already have tickets to “My Fair Lady” and “Hello, Dolly!” with Bette Midler. Your taste isn’t my taste. At least I have some.

brdway411 said: "It's not original. It's based on a movie"



I knew that, so isn’t “Frozen” and TV’s “Sponge Bob”. They lost.

Updated On: 6/10/18 at 11:19 PM

THE BAND'S VISIT winning had more to do with the other nominated musicals just not being that good. I still say had COME FROM AWAY or GREAT COMET opened this season instead, they would have won Best Musical.

Robbie2 said: "Frenchbacon said: "In my opinion based on the disappointing performance, TBV did NOT deserve Best Musical. But, as always, the ATW can never be relied on."



The performance - Omar Sharif from TBV showcased Lena and must been seen in the show and not out of context as performed on the TONYS.

Did you see the show?"

We shouldn't have to. As he already said, his opinion is based on the Tony performances - which is what many people use to decide whether a show is worth seeing. If based on that performance someone decides they wouldn't like the show, they are free to. Or would you seriously suggest people should pay hundreds of dollars to see something that they already know they're going to dislike based on a portion they've already seen?

Elegance101 said: "Are we really asking a theatre award show to be less gay?"

A theatre awards show should have no sexual preference. In what other awards shows is it highlighted? The public, your customers, really would rather not know.

Some thoughts:

Alex Newell & Caissie Levy win the night, showing up the nominators.

The Band's Visit will have the distinction as one of the most decorated best musicals, that people will forget. Regional theatres will not be producing this in years to come.

Tomorrow's headline will be De Niro's. And the awards will not have mattered.

GeorgeandDot said: "I disagree, The Band's Visit still would've taken Best Musical over Come From Away and The Great Comet."

I am not a fan of Comet, but would love to have seen CFA vs TBV. 2 of my favs.

Tag said: "Some thoughts:

Alex Newell & Caissie Levy win the night, showing up thenominators."

Agree with you on Newell, not much on Levy. For me, she redeemed the show after FTFTIF gave a weak performance.

Give me a break. Every single awards show where a man thanks his wife or a woman thanks her husband. That is where. And that is most of them.