The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!- Page 10
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#225
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:21pm
Congrats to Alden Ehrenreich--I thought this was going to Chris Abbott. I thought Metcalf was more than good, but it was Lane and Abbott who stood out as next level. Again no slight to Ehrenreich who was of course great- but as he mentions Linda Emond, I am reminded of the snub of the season.
THIS PACING IS SO WEIRD. All thats left now are Best Actor and Best Actress in a musical which are hardly competitive? Aside from musical which feels like it could go any of two to three ways...
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#226
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:23pm
Joe, Ali, and Alden. All my boys are winners tonight 
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#227
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:24pm
BrodyFosse123 said: "ACL2006 said: "TheatreFan4 said: "Ohhh Pink's going into Chicago isn't she?"
i wish. I doubt the show could afford whatever she would want in terms of a salary. Maybe her daughter, Willow?"
Her daughter Willow is a 15 year old teenager. Where in CHICAGO does she fit?!Tell us. 🤣"
Roxie next summer?
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#228
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:25pm
Sutton Ross said: "Here comes to haters slamming their decision about Ragime and how everything is corrupt and blah blah blah blah blah blah...............Quizking (who slammed and insulted Ragtime for 8 months imploded). Because everyone knows if Cats won, the Ragtime fans would be told to "calm down". Love.
The most entertaining thing about this entire thread is witnessing Sutton “America’s Sweetheart” Ross get meaner (and drunker) in real time!
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#229
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:26pm
I had tickets to Becky Shaw and got sick and couldn’t make it back before it closed and ughhh
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#230
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:26pm
WTF was that disaster from LOST BOYS!?!?
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#231
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:27pm
Lost Boys = a phenomenal Tony performance from a mediocre show. Do they do that slow down effect in the show or was that for TV? It was brilliant.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#232
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:27pm
I don’t know if I understood this performance. Where are the vampires? Are they the ones in the band?
Updated On: 6/7/26 at 10:27 PM
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The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#233
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:27pm
I might remind you that it opened at City Centers right when this country was descending into fascist madness, and that these actors singing these lyrics was cathartic heaven in that moment. I might also remind you that the show has been mostly sold out from the jump, a monster hit. Grow up.
100%
Incredible performance by The Lost Boys cast. Coolest new musical of the year with two newly minted Tony Award Winners!
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#234
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:28pm
ACL2006 said: "WTF was that disaster from LOST BOYS!?!?"
Shhh, people here think it's better than Sondheim, I kid you not.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#235
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:28pm
So glad "Ragtime" won. Saw the original production and it stayed with me for a long time. Still one of the most stunning opening numbers I have seen in a show. JMO
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#236
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:28pm
I can't imagine The Lost Boys sold any tickets from that, specifically, but their cast has done a very good job tonight selling their show.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#237
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:28pm
Disappointed Revival didn’t go to Jellicle, but let’s not act like this was a rejection of the production. It took Costume, Choreo, and most importantly Direction, signaling a pretty clear embrace of the production and its concepts. Ragtime getting Revival feels like a compromise win, considering its only creative win was (somewhat arbitrarily) sound design. They are both strong and well-received productions; it seems silly to fight over it when both are winners tonight
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The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#238
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:29pm
The show that sold the most tickets tonight from the performance segments was Chicago lol - and that about sums up this season of commercial musicals on Broadway.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#239
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:29pm
quizking101 said: "Ali Louis Bourzgui with the upset of the night!!!!!"
A well deserved WIN over Andre!
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#240
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:30pm
ViniFromBrazil said: "I don’t know if I understood this performance. Where are the vampires? Are they the ones in the band?"
Yes and they did a hell of a job.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#241
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:30pm
Blaxx you can walk it back, I guess, but the idea that Bway doesnt know what its doing by recognizing Ragtime is a patently silly comment since Broadway producers would LOVE to have six Ragtimes running every year--sold out houses, beloved brilliant actors, a beautiful message, etc.
Youre just mad the show you liked more didnt win (...this award. Its technical elements WERE actually recognized by the Tony folks).
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#242
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:31pm
This production of Ragtime left me cold. The direction made the problems in the book much more glaring that they already were in the original production. It was a good revival for checking all the boxes, but it feels much more superficial/fluffy than Cats despite the topics it engages with.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#243
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:31pm
Kad said: "Disappointed Revival didn’t go to Jellicle, but let’s not act like this was a rejection of the production. It took Costume, Choreo, and most importantly Direction, signaling a pretty clear embrace of the production and its concepts. Ragtime getting Revival feels like a compromise win, considering its only creative win was (somewhat arbitrarily) sound design. They are both strong and well-received productions; it seems silly to fight over it when both are winners tonight"
I would almost agree, I just think that sales wise, Cats could have really benefited from that win. I'm not sure if it would have been enough to save it, but could've helped.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#244
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:32pm
PipingHotPiccolo said: "blaxx said: "Princeton78 said: "Mediocrity rewarded. Let’s give it to whiny white people
It was a perfect representation of how Broadway doesn't know what it needs most nowadays. This is why most new musicals will be closing within months, the edge is gone."
I understand all the reasons why CATS is more deserving in terms of REVIVING a show given the creativity, but its lazy and silly to now pretend that RAGTIME is some unworthy unloved flop.
What ignorance, as if CATS means theres no place for anything else on Broadway?
I might remind you that it opened at City Centers right when this country was descending into fascist madness, and that these actors singing these lyrics was cathartic heaven in that moment. I might also remind you that the show has been mostly sold out from the jump, a monster hit. Grow up.
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This production of Ragtime (which is a good show) is lazy and does nothing to elevate the original material. In fact, it felt like a watered down version (albeit with some great performances) moved from the Lyric to the Beaumont. Cathartic though the lyrics may be, the revival itself of not groundbreaking and didn’t deserve the award.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#245
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:32pm
pagereynolds said: "I can't imagine The Lost Boys sold any tickets from that, specifically, but their cast has done a very good job tonight selling their show."
this makes no sense as a statement.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#246
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:32pm
PipingHotPiccolo said: "
I might remind you that it opened at City Centers right when this country was descending into fascist madness, and that these actors singing these lyrics was cathartic heaven in that moment. I might also remind you that the show has been mostly sold out from the jump, a monster hit. Grow up.
I feel like for a show to be worthy of Best Revival there's an imperative to not just be an inferior version of the original production which from all I hear about Ragtime is that is all this production is. That's not to say there's not good performances in it, but that's not what Best Revival is rewarding.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#247
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:35pm
Princeton78 said: "PipingHotPiccolo said: "blaxx said: "Princeton78 said: "Mediocrity rewarded. Let’s give it to whiny white people
It was a perfect representation of how Broadway doesn't know what it needs most nowadays. This is why most new musicals will be closing within months, the edge is gone."
I understand all the reasons why CATS is more deserving in terms of REVIVING a show given the creativity, but its lazy and silly to now pretend that RAGTIME is some unworthy unloved flop.
What ignorance, as if CATS means theres no place for anything else on Broadway?
I might remind you that it opened at City Centers right when this country was descending into fascist madness, and that these actors singing these lyrics was cathartic heaven in that moment. I might also remind you that the show has been mostly sold out from the jump, a monster hit. Grow up.
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This production of Ragtime (which is a good show) is lazy and does nothing to elevate the original material. In fact, it felt like a watered down version (albeit with some great performances) moved from the Lyric to the Beaumont. Cathartic though the lyrics may be, the revival itself of not groundbreaking and didn’t deserve the award."
This is a reasoned and certainly valid opinion re Ragtime-- and I actually agree with it. I enjoyed Ragtime overall much more than CATS, but thats because the underlying material is so much stronger (imho). But earlier you, Princeton, said Ragtime won because of whiny white people, so really, you've removed yourself from this conversation as far as I'm concerned.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#248
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:36pm
Letting Nathan Lane give that speech for the production was a classy move.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#249
Posted: 6/7/26 at 10:37pm
Why didn’t Joe Mantello go up with them?
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