#1
Posted: 9/14/08 at 12:57am
Thoughts or predicitions? Guesses or wants?
The 2009 Tony Awards Host Will Be...
#2
Posted: 9/14/08 at 12:59am
I'd like to see Whoopi again.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#3
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:00am
Sarah Palin.
"I think of avant-garde as downtown shows where you rub waffles and chocolate on yourself."- Hunter Bell
#4
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:01am
Elaine Stritch.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#5
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:05am
I realy would love for Rosie to host the show again. My second choice is Whoopi.
Updated On: 9/14/08 at 01:05 AM
#6
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:05am
Whoever hosts, I just want an opening monologue. All the other awards shows have it, and I think the Tonys should too.
#7
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:07am
Kristin Chenoweth!
She was HILARIOUS as host of the Drama Desks two years ago, and now that she's a name in Hollywood, she would be perfect for the job!
Plus, she can sing -- something that Whoopi didn't have.
She was HILARIOUS as host of the Drama Desks two years ago, and now that she's a name in Hollywood, she would be perfect for the job!
Plus, she can sing -- something that Whoopi didn't have.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#8
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:08am
I second Elaine Stritch 
And though they'd never do it, Jackie Hoffman and Mary Testa might make the show much more entertaining.
And though they'd never do it, Jackie Hoffman and Mary Testa might make the show much more entertaining.
"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"
#9
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:12am
Kristen Chenoweth(sp?)would be good. I thought it was hilarious whens he said "If I hear one damn cellphone go off I'll make this mother 5 hours long."
#10
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:32am
Reanimated Ethel Merman. Or if the technology isn't available Mary & Jackie!
#11
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:35am
Billy Crystal.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#12
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:43am
Because she has nothing to do with Broadway whatsoever.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#13
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:48am
Kristin Chenoweth would be amazing.
#14
Posted: 9/14/08 at 1:53am
I'd love to see Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris co-host the ceremony. They had so much chemistry announcing the Emmy nominations, making fun of themselves, and Harris actually said that he would love to be in a show with her. So why not start with the Tonys?
I agree with WannaBe that she was great at the Drama Desks. I thought she was hilarious.
I agree with WannaBe that she was great at the Drama Desks. I thought she was hilarious.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#15
Posted: 9/14/08 at 2:05am
Kristin Chenoweth was a bit too annoying at the 2006 Drama Desk Awards.
I'll second Rosie or Whoopi.
I'll second Rosie or Whoopi.
"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!"
-Family Guy
#16
Posted: 9/14/08 at 2:06am
If they know what is best for them they will hire Whoopi.
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#17
Posted: 9/14/08 at 2:19am
I can assure you Rosie will turn people OFF!
#19
Posted: 9/14/08 at 2:43am
Ratings are such crap now for the Tony Awards that big name or not, they're going to be for ****. Having said that, Kristin Chenoweth is definitely a rising name in Hollywood, and I think she'd be a fabulous host. And I don't say that as, "OH MY GOD I LOVE KRISTIN CHENOWETH SO MUCH SHE WAS SO SO GOOD IN WICKED SHE SHOULD HOST THE TONY AWARDS!" I say it because of her charm, charisma, and the fact that she had a damn fantastic year.
#21
Posted: 9/14/08 at 6:30am
... yup, "Bradford Whitley" is still funny. XD
I did find Chenoweth really annoying at the Drama Desk awards, but if they did see fit to pair her with Neil Patrick Harris, I'd cope.
I did find Chenoweth really annoying at the Drama Desk awards, but if they did see fit to pair her with Neil Patrick Harris, I'd cope.
#22
Posted: 9/14/08 at 6:57am
"She was HILARIOUS as host of the Drama Desks two years ago, and now that she's a name in Hollywood, she would be perfect for the job!"
Talented (if overrated and irritating) gal, but a name in Hollywood? Based on what, her scene-stealing gig in the beloved "Bewitched"? Or that classic, "RV"? "Deck the Halls"? Oh, I know! Her star turn as the voice of that freakish-headed monster in "Space Chimps"!
She's yet to be cast in (a) any sizable role, (b) any decent movie, (c) any movie that people actually went to see. Most of America has no idea who she is, she'd be a terrible choice to attract more viewers to the Tonys.
Talented (if overrated and irritating) gal, but a name in Hollywood? Based on what, her scene-stealing gig in the beloved "Bewitched"? Or that classic, "RV"? "Deck the Halls"? Oh, I know! Her star turn as the voice of that freakish-headed monster in "Space Chimps"!
She's yet to be cast in (a) any sizable role, (b) any decent movie, (c) any movie that people actually went to see. Most of America has no idea who she is, she'd be a terrible choice to attract more viewers to the Tonys.
Updated On: 9/14/08 at 06:57 AM
#23
Posted: 9/14/08 at 7:33am
^Actually KC has been making a good name for herself on the small screen with 'The West Wing' and 'Pushing Daisies'.
#24
Posted: 9/14/08 at 9:33am
Bernadette Peters - she hosted before and did a great job.
#25
Posted: 9/14/08 at 9:52am
MiracleElixir, Kristin Chenoweth just received a Primetime Emmy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on "Pushing Daisies."
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
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