THE OFFICIAL 2018 TONY AWARDS VIEWING THREAD — Page 24

denali.fire said: "HeyMrMusic said: "The Band’s Visit wins for Sound Design of a Musical"

Strange. I sat in first row mezz and had a real tough time hearing. We all laughed saying it would not win sound design. I guess you couldn't hear anything at all in the other shows!!!

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Tony voters usually get comp house seats so that doesn't really concern them.

"sees nine-year-olds in porn addiction clinics"



LOL. If Broadway stars could just marry the opposite sex and/or just pretend to be straight this porn scourge would no doubt disappear!

My fourteen year old saw Falsettos and the porn still seems under control.

Maybe you need a God-fearing and strictly heterosexual awards show to avoid scaring the horses, Broadway obviously doesn't appeal to everyone with its mere multi-billion dollar turnover each season. Something with wider appeal might help.

GeorgeandDot said: "My Fair Lady was awkward, but good."

The awkwardness was because they had to rush "Rain in Spain" and "I Could Have Danced All Night" and weirdly transition to "Take Me to the Church", but I think they made the right choice despite that because people seemed to take to the both Lauren Ambrose and that whole production number online. I think it helped that it followed Mean Girls and the differences between the two performances in terms of directing and focus were like night and day. I think it made it clearer why Sher got that Directing nomination and made it confusing why Mean Girls got one.

GeorgeandDot said: "Yeah. I kind of wish they had just picked one song. I thought it seemed super rushed."

It just seemed so odd. That last note of "I Could Have Danced All Night" always deserves a beat and a pause for the audience. I think they wanted to applaud it but could not because of that rushed transition.

Olivia11 said: "Children are not born with morals or values. Or shelter, either. Areligious person like myself looks at the world, sees nine-year-olds in porn addiction clinics, and chooses to take an active role. It is the parent's responsibility to shelter their children -- physically, emotionally, and spiritually -- until they are mature enough to be taught all the facts of life, to be taught respect for life, and to be given the responsibility to make their own choices even as they are to be tolerantof those who would choose differently.(I am not addressing those religions that actually do teach hate and intolerance, and those religions unfortunately do exist.)"

Equating porn addiction with an unwillingness to allow your children to hear a loving human being thanking their same sex spouse shows that your religion is teaching hate and intolerance. I’m not going to convince you of that, but I hope you might think on it.

Ok I wrote a snarky response, but I'm editing it now and taking it back. I will continue via PM if anyone is interested. I don't mean to get anyone angry, I really do love the theater and want to be part of the community.

Updated On: 6/11/18 at 01:41 AM

I think it would have been an interesting race between TBV and Comet. Especially in the acting and design categories. In almost every case, TBV makes the quiet choice where Comet makes the flashy one so it's about preference. Personally, I think TBV trounces CFA in terms of quality but CFA might have put up a fight because of the sentimentality and because it's a cheesy crowd pleaser. CFA is like Kinky Boots or Memphis to me.

Mark69 said: ""sees nine-year-olds in porn addiction clinics"



LOL. If Broadway stars could just marry the opposite sex and/or just pretend to be straight this porn scourge would no doubt disappear!

My fourteenyear old saw Falsettos and the porn still seems under control.

Maybe you need a God-fearing and strictly heterosexual awards show to avoid scaring the horses, Broadway obviously doesn't appeal to everyone with itsmere multi-billion dollar turnover each season. Something with wider appeal might help."

Cute, but my point about porn was just to say that parents have some responsibility for what their kids are exposed to. Society should also. I also think that, just as there is global warming, where we are all responsible to each other, there is also a moral "climate" where our actions affect each other.

Just out of curiosity, how do you know that your 14 year old has the porn "under control"?

I would actually love a Tonys award show where maybe one out of the two dozen winners actually thanked God for giving them the talent and circumstances that made the award possible. I know in previous years there were one or two. You have to admire the courage at least.

Can we please talk about the Tonys rather than feeding some troll?

Simón Bolívar said: "What a terrible season . Like a **** hole of a season.



So glad its over."



Have to agree more or less, although Spongebob was a pleasant surprise IMO.

It's just so lovely to read such bigotry and homophobia on a Broadway Message Board, of all places. Gay winners can't thank their legal spouses? Should they call them their "roommate" to please the small amount of people watching the Tonys who are offended by such things?

And apparently if you like something that someone doesn't (coughaftereightcough) you're a trend following tool incapable of forming your own opinions. I'm all for varied opinions, but calling people's tastes and reasons for liking something into question just makes you look like the real snob here.

People really take these awards show way too seriously. Good for The Band's Visit. Nice to see something innovative and thought provoking win. As for Katrina Lenk's performance, it was nice to hear a singer favor emotion over vocal perfection. Watched with my Mom, who typically favors razzle dazzle numbers over slower ones, and she loved the number.

In a time where visible diversity is more essential than ever, it was nice to see so much of that on the telecast.

What a weird Broadcast.. taking every opportunity to distract us from the Theatre community with pop and TV celebrities. Was not a fan of Bareilles and Groban as a duo - their styles really CLASH and they're awkward in that setting.

Some really bizarre performances too.. are there any 2 legends with careers that overlap LESS the ALW and Chita?? Not to mention the fact that their speeches weren't televised but then they did a rushed sloppy dual tribute anyway. CAROUSEL doing "Blow High Blow Low??" I understand wanting to showcase the coreo but it was an odd choice. And then the painful Brice Springsteen saga.

Highlights for me were definitely the DEH In Memorial, the BAND's VISIT performance as well as the speeches from TBV winners. I never imagined it would sweep and I'm happy it did (though I too would probably have given actor to Ethan Slater). Spongebob rightly won Set Design, and as much as I adored the THREE TALL WOMEN set I can understand why HP won.

And the Instagram comments left me shook. I never wanna talk to a teen Broadway fan I think I would have to leap a cliff. Just because they are not emotionally mature or intelligent enough to understand or appreciate THE BAND's VISIT doesn't give them an excuse to behave like vigilante lunatics.