The 74th Annual Tony Awards (2021) - News & Discussion Thread- Page 11

[unclevictor]

Posted: 1/4/21 at 3:30pm

Oh wow we’re still talking about this? I had no idea! Anyway, digital Tony awards is a dumb idea. Just show some stock footage or some B roll of all the shows that were closed because of the pandemic at the next, live Tony Awards and call it a day. Add it to “in memoriam” part of the show. Everyone clap, cry, blah blah blah and move on. It sucks for the shows and everyone involved but that’s life. Move on!

[gypsy101]

Posted: 5/10/21 at 5:47pm

are these awards ever gonna happen?

[rkade21]

Posted: 5/10/21 at 6:04pm

gypsy101 said: "are these awards ever gonna happen?"

surely soonish to help the hype of Broadway return and wash over the calls for systemic change 

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 5/12/21 at 12:10pm

Maybe in August to welcome the upcoming season?

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/12/21 at 12:29pm

surely soonish to help the hype of Broadway return and wash over the calls for systemic change

Sadly, that is the most likely scenario. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/13/21 at 8:53pm

Curious if today’s announcement allowing vaccinated people to gather indoors again in large groups will mean the awards get a bigger than planned ceremony now.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 5/13/21 at 9:11pm

I mean they've been doing awards shows during Covid. They could have utilized all the outdoor spaces in NYC and done something similar to the Grammys. But I don't think they know what to do. 

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 8/11/21 at 3:22pm

https://broadwaynews.com/2021/08/11/tony-awards-to-take-place-at-the-winter-garden-theatre/

The 2019-2020 Tony Awards will be held at the Winter Garden Theatre this September in front of an audience.

The Tony Awards will also host a viewing party, including live entertainment and hosts, for industry members at the Broadway Theatre. A tented after-party will follow, according to the invite. 

All guests will need to provide proof of vaccination for entry and both events have set a black tie dress code. The details were sent to Tony voters in invites Wednesday and confirmed by a spokesperson for the Tony Awards. 

Details on what will take place in the Winter Garden Theatre remain unclear. The Tony Awards had previously announced that the ceremony will be held Sept. 26, 2021, in a two-part event airing across different CBS platforms.

At 7 p.m. that night, a presentation of awards is scheduled to air on Paramount+. At 9 p.m., CBS is scheduled to air a special featuring performances from the Tony-nominated musicals, as well as a live presentation of the awards for Best Play, Best Revival of a Play and Best Musical. 

A spokesperson for the Tony Awards did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the details of the invite. 

The Winter Garden Theatre is home to “The Music Man,” which is scheduled to begin performances Dec. 20. The Broadway Theatre was previously home to “West Side Story,” which announced Monday that it will not reopen.

In recent years, the Tony Awards ceremony has been held at Radio City Music Hall. The 2019-2020 Tony Awards were originally scheduled to take place at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2020, but the event was postponed by the pandemic. 

Due to the pandemic, Tony Award organizers decided to only consider productions in a shortened season, with an eligibility cut-off date of Feb. 19, 2020. Voting for the 18 eligible productions took place in March 2021. 

The Tony Awards ceremony has been broadcast on CBS since 1978. This is the first time the event will air on the new subscription service Paramount+.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/11/21 at 3:27pm

This marks the first time since 1975 that the Tonys will be held at the Winter Garden. Exciting!

[ACL2006]

Posted: 8/11/21 at 3:50pm

So the awards will be handed out at the Winter Garden and the Broadway Theater will host a viewing party? Curious where all the performances will happen?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/11/21 at 3:52pm

This is a very confusing Tony Awards.

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 8/11/21 at 4:22pm

I like the idea of it in a Broadway house like it used to be. 

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 8/11/21 at 4:49pm

Congratulations to all the free and unnecessary advertising for The Music Man.

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 8/11/21 at 6:51pm

I’m hoping they get Beanie all set up with a solo vocal performance from FUNNY GIRL that will blow the roof of the Winter Garden…and then have all of this board’s naysayers scrambling for tickets.

I don’t know if it will happen, but it would be so deliciously fitting.

[Playbill_Trash]

Posted: 8/11/21 at 8:29pm

I bet each show’s performance will be pre taped from their theatre.

[VotePeron]

Posted: 8/11/21 at 8:41pm

Playbill_Trash said: "I bet each show’s performance will be pre taped from their theatre."

I would bet against this. The Tonys are notoriously against this, even when it lost them Bette Midler performing from Hello, Dolly. 
 

I imagine the casts will perform on stage at the Winter Garden and is why the majority of the audience will be at the Broadway. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/11/21 at 8:58pm

everythingtaboo said: "Congratulations to all the free and unnecessary advertising for The Music Man."

Haha. Right?

 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/11/21 at 9:03pm

Good luck getting a large part of your audience - older people, to figure this out and subscribe and pay to watch the awards show that’s always free on Channel 2.

And will the Theater Wing have a special 800 Number to help Grandma figure out how to log onto Paramount+ and tell her if she doesn’t want to watch it on her Jitterbug phone that she’ll have to watch it on her computer and then explain SmartTV to her and how to set that up.

[John Adams]

Posted: 8/12/21 at 11:00am

Jordan Catalano said: "Good luck getting a large part of your audience - older people, to figure this out and subscribe and pay to watch the awards show that’s always free on Channel 2.

And will the Theater Wing have a special 800 Number to help Grandma figure out how to log onto Paramount+ and tell her if she doesn’t want to watch it on her Jitterbug phone that she’ll have to watch it on her computer and then explain SmartTV to her and how to set that up."

Well... That's just unnecessarily insulting. We are the TV generation, after all. We were born, and grew up with OTA TV, and we're here to witness its unfortunate demise.

It's not that we can't "figure this out". Speaking for myself, it's that I choose not to make a [bad] choice to pay for a subscription based on ONE show (or ONE live, OTA network channel for that matter).  I've already done the free trial, and it didn't take very long to burn through the limited smattering of content ("thanks!", pandemic) that I found worth watching. Normally, I never watch CBS, save for once a year when the Tonys are broadcast. 

If we truly are "a large part" of the viewing audience for the Tonys, then the powers that be may have made a decision that bites them in the patootie, later (who knows?). Since "The awards are a commercial for theater and there’s nothing to advertise right now", I don't see myself paying for a subscription to Paramount+ just to watch the Tonys.

Patience is a virtue. I mean, it's not like that content won't be available the following day (Heaven forbid!! Must.Have.NOW!), or even in real time via alternate (free and legal) Internet sources.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 9/13/21 at 10:08am

The Tonys this year will be cohosted by Audra and Leslie Odom Jr.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Audra-McDonald-Leslie-Odom-Jr-Will-Host-the-Tony-Awards-and-CBS-Broadways-Back-Special-Tickets-Available-Starting-Today-20210913

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 9/13/21 at 10:19am

While I'm a little annoyed that Audra will be hosting the Paramount Plus exclusive portion, it makes sense seeing she's a lead on The Good Fight, and also it's the more "prestige" section of the evening. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 9/13/21 at 10:45am

I'd guess and say all the awards get handed out within an hour and then all performances will be on the CBS Broadway's Back broadcast?

[unclevictor]

Posted: 9/13/21 at 11:03am

ACL2006 said: "I'd guess and say all the awards get handed out within an hour and then all performances will be on the CBS Broadway's Back broadcast?"

I hope the awards get passed out super fast, one right after another with no speeches (cause everyone is gonna say the same damn thing about Covid-19)  because honestly… who cares? Unless Aaron Tveit loses. Then I want everything to slow down! 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 9/13/21 at 11:09am

“Moulin Rouge!” will be using “Your Song” as its potential win music, according to co-orchestrator Charlie Rosen.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 9/13/21 at 2:51pm

Telecharge has some $1495 mezzanine seats available for the ceremony at the Winter Garden.