The 75th Annual TONY Awards! — Page 15

I still can't get over all of those f*cking empty seats.

Dylan Smith4 said: "Sorry, but Jaquel deserved that!"

I was rooting for Rob McClure. He was the hardest working of them all.

ljay889 said: "TBV was the expected winner in 2018. It wasn’t an upset."

It kinda was, everyone was expecting Mean Girls to win big as well as Ethan Slater winning Best Actor, but that did not happen. I have come to see why TBV won back in 2018, but still. I was disappointed in tonight's ceremony and the fact that MJ won so many awards makes me sad. Strange Loop deserved so much more in the creative categories as well as Jaquel for Best Actor. I just hope next season is better, but we always say that at the end of every Broadway season.

RippedMan said: "Vocally everyone sounded strained. Is performing 8x a week after 2 years off just getting to everyone? Interesting that no one really had terrific vocals."

A few had rehearsal, and a show, and red carpet and then Tony performance. It's not easy.

After the past few years of steamroller Best Musicals, I do like all the wealth-spreading tonight. It helps illustrate the lowercase-d diversity of the musicals this season.

So who's posting closing notices tomorrow ?

The camera work was AWFUL!!!! The uber closeups. The cut to audience members watching the performers. Why? Give the performers their due. Nobody needs to see an audience member WATCHING a performance. The odd cuts from one angle to another. Lordy! Please do not bring the same director back next year. It was very amateur hour. Simon Beale's speech was I thought the best. And let the In Memoriam be just that. It seemed secondary to Billy Porter's.....who I will say rocked the Bride of Frankenstein look...........performance with close ups! AGAIN with the closeups!

A weird night and weird broadcast for a weird season. Even the “surprise” wins weren’t that surprising since there wasn’t a lot of consensus on a lot of categories.

A few days ago I saw a link on one of these threads to an hour-long video with interviews of and performances by several nominees, including Jacquel doing “Inner White Girl” and Joaquina doing “Let it Burn.” Sorry, but I can’t find it now…does anyone have the link? Thanks!

Dylan Smith4 said: "ljay889 said: "TBV was the expected winner in 2018. It wasn’t an upset."

It kinda was, everyone was expecting Mean Girls to win big as well as Ethan Slater winning Best Actor, but that did not happen. I have come to see why TBV won back in 2018, but still. I was disappointed in tonight's ceremony and the fact that MJ won so many awards makes me sad. Strange Loop deserved so much more in the creative categories as well as Jaquel for Best Actor. I just hope next season is better, but we always say that at the end of every Broadway season.

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CBS was so sure Tina Fey was winning Best Book in 2018 that they televised the category when score was left to the commercial breaks. TBV was not the assumed favorite for that award but carried it in the sweep.

A Strange Loop (which I loved) won Best Musical and only one other award, Best Book. Is there any other Best Musical winner that won so few awards overall? (I'm aware of several plays, including Clybourne Park and Vanya and Sonya... that won Best Play and nothing else.)

Updated On: 6/12/22 at 11:27 PM

While Ariana is very charismatic, her voice is kind of middling. Parts of it sound very good, but then her head voice is nonexistent. It's interesting to see how she's fooled people into thinking she's a better singer than she actually is. She's a magnetic host despite that.