The 75th Annual TONY Awards! — Page 17

YvanEhtNioj said: " Plus that opening number was FIRE."

Maybe in the theatre. On TV it just seemed chaotic.

The only performances that came across well on TV were Six, Billy Crystal, Bernadette Peters, the reunion number from Spring Awakening, & maybe MJ. Company should have only done part of that number & then segued into parts of other numbers.

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "kdogg36 said: "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, includingClybourne ParkandVanya and Sonya...that won Best Play and nothing else.)"

From the clicking around I did, you’d have to go back to RAISIN in 1974 for a Best Musical Tony-winner that had only one other win to it’s name."

Thanks so much! I also found Two Gentlemen of Verona. Yours is more recent.

I wonder what Christine Ebersole is doing tonight.

MCW1227 said: "
I was thinking of going to see this but was very turned off by their number. Mare Winningham shouldn’t be singing Dylan. I get that it’s out of context but I don’t think that number helped the show sell tickets."

I have to agree. She had some very strange mannerisms while performing. After reading so many comments praising her for the last few years, I was rather shocked at how strange & off putting her performance was.

BCfitasafiddle said: "I wonder what Christine Ebersole is doing tonight."

Probably sat at home & watched the show on the new wide screen TV she bought with her pay cheque from being on a hit CBS sitcom.

EllieRose2 said: "ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure said: "EllieRose2 said: "There will be a boycott movement for MJ.

Lol. It's been open for 7 months and it's doing amazing in sales. Zero protests and everyone loves it including the Broadway community.

I haven’t seen the show so I have no opinion on it, but it’s definitely not loved by everyone."

Then don't see it, your problem it solved. It's always weird to me that people complain about a show they have never or will never see. Do actual research (not just Lifetime!) and don't crap on people's joy of the show.

Congrats to MJ, Company, A Strange Loop, and Paradise Square, what a night!

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How was what I said remotely complaining or crapping on others’ joy? I pointed out that you’re off on saying everyone loves it, as the show’s clearly gotten its share of criticism in addition to love. Acknowledging a show’s been critiqued isn’t an attack on it.

And it’s weird to me that you felt the need to get all upset and confrontational over a simple correction.

We know ratings will be bad, but will be interesting to see HOW bad (all-time low or slightly up from last year?), and how much of an impact the Tonys will have on the box office for this specific group of winners.

The 7pm hour preshow felt like a good experiment to see if it drew any substantial number of viewers. (My guess is it didn't.) Which means we're probably back to a not-streamed first hour of creative arts awards next year.

Will also be interesting to see what impact this has on COVID within companies. I know they had to test before attending tonight, but there's a lot of humans AND a lot of afterparties.

Updated On: 6/13/22 at 12:31 AM

Bettyboy72 said: "hearthemsing22 said: "Erm. I feel bad saying this…but ASL just didn’t do it for me. I know not every show is for every person. And I respect the heck out of what they do. But…not my favorite. Congratulations to them for the win though!!!"

I do wonder if/how this will tour? Touring houses had patron problems with Spring Awakening back in the day. Oklahoma also caused tons of complaints, walkouts, refund fights and subscription cancellations.


I loved ASL but I wonder if touring promoters will want it so soon after the Oklahoma issues. This would be a hot button show for audiences."

A lot of subscription based touring Broadway Series invented a "Swap-a-Show" option the year Spring Awakening first went out on tour. Before that there was no such thing (in general). Cleveland even sent out notices about Spring Awakening and its content and explained that's why they came up with the Swap option. Thankfully, more and more touring series picked up and now most of them offer it to subscribers each year - the ability to swap out of 1 show.

inception said: "MCW1227 said: "
I was thinking of going to see this but was very turned off by their number. Mare Winningham shouldn’t be singing Dylan. I get that it’s out of context but I don’t think that number helped the show sell tickets."

I have to agree. She had some very strange mannerisms while performing. After reading so many comments praising her for the last few years, I was rather shocked at how strange & off putting her performance was."

Definitely a case of "out of context" hurting. Her mannerisms make perfect sense in the show due to what her character is going through, but without the build up of that knowledge it seemed weird and out of place. A shame as I thought hers was one of the best performances I've seen on Broadway in a long time.

Gotta say, while I think it was a mostly underwhelming evening, I think it was a pretty consistent show. While none of the shows truly wowed me, I don’t think any other of their performances were weak. I thought the best of the night was Spring Awakening, followed by Bernadette’s tribute to Sondheim. I don’t mind the simple approach, I think Steve wouldn’t have wanted anything too over the top.

The hosts were alright. Darren and Julianne didn’t have enough time to do much, but they were solid and inoffensive in their little material. Ariana’s material wasn’t very strong, but she was giving it her all and is a charismatic performer. I disagree that she comes off as fake, but I do think she was leaning too much into shtick tonight.

I thought Ariana’s singing was superb, even though I didn’t like the actual numbers. Hoping she brings her vocals back to Broadway some day soon.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Last thought of the night:

We'll never know, but would love to see those final vote tallies –– not just how many people voted, but how many votes separated a winner from a loser. I bet things were CLOSE in a lot of categories."

This point intrigues me quite a bit- I feel like Six and MJ could have split votes and caused ASL to win, although I am not complaining as I absolutely believe ASL should've won over Six.Likewise, best Actress may have been due to a split as well.