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So.... was Will Swenson acting?? Was he trying to sound bad?

Broadway61004 said: "BroadwayNYC2 said: "“4.5 hours.”

just cause you sat there watching the pre-show does not make the show 4.5 hours."

What are you talking about? We're talking about the actual Tony awards. Not the telecast, but the actual ceremony. The ceremony began tonight at 6:30 and went until 11:00. The Tonys ran for 4.5 hours. We're saying we feel 4.5 hours is too long for the ceremony. Just because you only watched the last 3 hours of it doesn't mean it was only 3 hours."

Excuse the bitchery. Some people just don't like to admit they were wrong...

Tonight's ceremony was one of the best Tony shows in a long time. I agree with others that this format should be used going forward. Although I'm disappointed that some of the people I wanted to win did not, I can honestly say that I'm not mad at who actually won. I think overall, the Tonys got it right this year. As for performances, there were two shows that I haven't seen and I'm on the fence about - & Juliet and Shucked. The performance for & Juliet came off to me like a Super Bowl half-time show. Shucked came off to me like a bad variety TV show from the 70s. I really thought I'd be moved to buy tickets by tonight's performances.

Kimberly Akimbo is finally off TDF! Happy for them, but sad for me who wanted to see it another 4 times! Great win!

Bettyboy72 said: "Made me really sad to see Joel and John trotted out and then turned around by a mugging Ariana and Julianne like they were aides in a nursing home. Can the men not speak for a moment? Really bizarre.

Also really livid for Stephen McKinley Henderson. The man is a legendary actor. Sean Hayes, who was wonderful, doesn’t touch the mastery of SMH. That Tony was a joke. Doug Wright is a sitcom writer. He did not write a legendary play."

Joel Grey and John Kander had their pre-telecast moments and they were not brief. And agree about the extreme disappointment that Stephen McKinley Henderson was not up on stage with the Tony in his hands.

MBFan said: "So.... was Will Swenson acting?? Was he trying to sound bad?"

I thought it was just me but he didn’t seem right.

SFFrontRow said: "Joel Grey and John Kander had their pre-telecast moments and they were not brief."

In hindsight might have just been better not to bring them up a second time –– just assemble a quick clip package and an intro of "earlier tonight we presented Lifetime Achievement Awards to John Kander and Joel Grey." And then cut to them in the audience. But the Pluto segments for Grey & Kander were so good that I can't even be mad at the CBS version.

Overall I really liked the clip packages this year of the shows & folks involved talking about them (mostly).

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "SFFrontRow said: "Joel Grey and John Kander had their pre-telecast moments and they were not brief."

In hindsight might have just been better not to bring them up a second time –– just assemble a quick clip package and an intro of "earlier tonight we presented Lifetime Achievement Awards to John Kander and Joel Grey." And then cut to them in the audience. But the Pluto segments for Grey & Kander were so good that I can't even be mad at the CBS version.

Overall I really liked the clip packages this year of the shows & folks involved talking about them (mostly)."

Tony Awards 2023: The Best, ‘Worst’ and Wildest Moments From This Year’s Unscripted Ceremony

https://tvline.com/lists/tony-awards-2023-biggest-moments-tonys-recap-review/tonys-2023-liza-minnelli/

Kimberly is now selling through December 17.

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."

Fwiw, its genuinely laugh out loud funny, and there are more than a few solid musical numbers. Its not going to change your life but I cant imagine someone not enjoying the experience of watching it.