The 76th Annual TONY Awards!- Page 13

[OhHiii]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:40pm

Why in the world did Shucked attempt that medley instead of just doing Independently Owned?

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:40pm

For anyone who cares, the remaining tickets for Leopoldstat are being snapped up so grab them while you can

 

[Leaf Coneybear]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:41pm

Generally I hate medleys but Shucked's work pretty well. I don't think it'll convince anyone who hates corny (ha) shows to see it, but for stupid joke lovers like me I think it'll push some tickets.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:41pm

SporkGoddess said: "Will this make Parade more likely to get a national tour?"

Best revial now so will they extend after August 6?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:41pm

Penna2 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Joaquina sounded so beautiful."

Really, I was just listening, not watching and she sounded awful to me."

I felt she had trouble sustaining her notes. I heard her wobble several times.

[bear88]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:41pm

I enjoyed Shucked, but I thought that performance was too hyperactive. Trying to cram in so many songs was too much.

[Luminaire2]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:41pm

Well now I really want to see Shucked. That was a blast! 

[IHeartNY2]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:42pm

Shucked all the way!!!!!

[uncageg]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:42pm

TotallyEffed said: "I might be missing out but I don’t think you could pay me to sit through a performance of Shucked. Looks like musical theatre hell to me."

 

I don't know your taste in Musicals, but if you like to laugh just go and see it. It is just so much fun. I was not in a great mood when I saw it and almost didn't go. I came out of the theater feeling much better than when I walked in!

 

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:42pm

I'd say that performance of Shucked is a good representation of the show, for better or worse.

[Marlothom]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:42pm

I hope strong word of mouth keeps Shucked open for a while.  IMHO, the book is the best part and it's tough to showcase that in a Tony performance.  Aside from that, they could have done the overplayed (yet wonderful) Independently Owned. 

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:44pm

I thought "Independently Owned" and the shows many ballads were the best parts of the show. I could see why others liked the show, but the style of comedy wasn't necessarily my cup of tea.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:44pm

Robbie2 said: "Det95 said: "Shucked sold some tickets in my house tonight"



We hated it! So bad. No desire seeing it."

Honestly that's probably the best endorsement the show could ask for.

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:45pm

Geez, the last page and half of reactions to Shucked have been a real roller coaster. Good and bad, I'm not sure any performance got as much of a response.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:46pm

Yay !!! Totally expected, but crying anyway !!! Love Victoria so much!!!

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:47pm

Annaleigh just can’t help herself, she had to pull focus even when they were announcing the damn winner!

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:47pm

·        Im going to see Akimbo again (only saw it Off Bway). What a lovely little performance. And you really can see the mastery in Clark’s performance here, no?  All that said I don’t know if this is the number that will sell the tickets that they desperately need to be sold?

 

·        These clips of Riverside/Crazy and Cost of Living make me even less appreciative of Leopolstadt, which was obviously moving but not all that creative or interesting to me. I thought Stoppard’s line about writers/CHATGPT was more interesting that anything in the play itself.

 

·        Shucked giving a master class in how to do a montage, huh?

 

·        It is very odd to me that they are not letting any singing into any of the little montages of the performances.

 

·        Clark is such a class act. Nothing over the top. From the heart and authentic, but totally put together and well spoken. Well deserved.

[JasonC3]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:48pm

Jesse Green's tribute to Clark on the NYT live thread:

"It would have been enough to hand Victoria Clark the Tony if voters were scoring purely on difficulty points. The role of a girl turning 16 who has the body (and expected remaining lifespan) of a woman in her 70s could easily come off as cute or embarrassing in less skilled hands. But in turning the play “Kimberly Akimbo” into a musical, the authors created a role that was even more difficult, asking that character to live in song. I don’t know of anyone else who could have done it."

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:49pm

Lovely acceptance speech from Clark.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:50pm

They were smart to choose those numbers as a medley for Shucked. They were the best songs in what was otherwise kind of a dud of a score. The book is the best part, but the book and score feel like different shows.

[steven22]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:51pm

poisonivy2 said: "Lovely acceptance speech from Clark."

I’m thrilled she won. What a well deserved win!

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:52pm

Victoria Clark has given us two of the great musical theatre performances of our time with The Light in the Piazza and now Kimberly Akimbo. It’s only right that she won.

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:55pm

Well she sounds leaps and bounds better than the first time she sang this on the Tonys. 

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:55pm

Wow Lea Michele killed that!!!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/11/23 at 10:55pm

Penna2 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Joaquina sounded so beautiful."

Really, I was just listening, not watching and she sounded awful to me."

I felt she had trouble sustaining her notes. I heard her wobble several times.