The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast! — Page 16

Fred Mason said: "I thought they did a really good job hyping up Broadway especially that amazing monologue Pink did at the beginning. Truly a great night for theater. I feel like Pink hosting opens the door to a lot of other non theater people hosting like Julianne Hough or Kelly Ripa"

Why would anyone WANT Kelly Ripa or Julianne Hough to host? I certainly would not.

Georgeanddot2 said: "Matt Rogers said: "Georgeanddot2 said: "Why is Titanique on Broadway? Does no one have any standards anymore? Has everyone eviscerated their frontal lobes with legal weed? Musical theatre has always been stupid (for the most part), but at least there used to be craft and creativity.

I thought Cats looked contemporary and thrilling. Tacky, sure, but Cats has always been tacky. It looked like true queer creativity.

The musical theatre community has always been deeply anti-intellectual ("just have fun!",so this full slip into braindead nonsense is not shocking. It's probably a CIA psyop to make gay people look bad.

Also, Rachel Zegler has always reminded me of someone and I realized last nightit was Ann Margret (complementary)."

Unless you have seen Titanique on Broadway, take a seat. It is an extremely entertaining evening. I’ve been multiple times and will be seeing it again. The audience roars with laughter from start to finish."

Just sink down into that warm bath of SLOP and DROWN.

Woah.

Jarethan said: "Fred Mason said: "I thought they did a really good job hyping up Broadway especially that amazing monologue Pink did at the beginning. Truly a great night for theater. I feel like Pink hosting opens the door to a lot of other non theater people hosting like Julianne Hough or Kelly Ripa"

Why would anyone WANT Kelly Ripa or Julianne Hough to host? I certainly would not."

Forget hosting the Tonys. I want Ripa and Hough in "Chicago" alternating roles at each performance, with Mark and Derek taking turns as Billy.

A line I overlooked in the opening number at the time...

"Highflying Vampires, Glam Rock Evil

Lost Boys in Harnesses, But not at The Eagle"

TheatreFan4 said: "A line I overlooked in the opening number at the time...

"Highflying Vampires, Glam Rock Evil

Lost Boys in Harnesses, But not at The Eagle""

I had to watch this back with subtitles to get it and I’m dying at the clever lyric choices. This (and Pink) honestly competes with my all-time favorite Tony Awards opening number — Hugh Jackman doing “One Night Only”, circa 2004!

Updated On: 6/10/26 at 12:04 AM

''Schmigadoon! is the fifth musical with a score that isn’t 100% original to win Best Score following Gigi in 1974, Cats in 1983, The Who’s Tommy (in a tie with Kiss of the Spider Woman) in 1993, and Newsies in 2012.''

Jeffrey: I really enjoyed your 26 Tony Trivia Facts for GoldDerby.com, but shouldn't this tidbit include ''The Producers''? The Tony-winning score to the 2001 Broadway musical includes 3 songs from the 1967 movie: ''Springtime for Hitler,'' ''Prisoners of Love'' and ''Haben Sie Gehoert Das Deutsche Band.''

The Producers at least didn’t have a good deal of the score lifted from the original film.

While the music in Cats was original, most of the lyrics weren’t as they were these T. S. Eliot poems turned into songs.

Updated On: 6/10/26 at 06:09 AM