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The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#75
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:25pm
James2 said: "Schmigadoon is performing first, which makes me doubt its Best Musical chances. Except for Moulin Rouge in 2021, no Best Musical winner has performed first in the 25 years I've been watching this show."
Ok
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#76
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:27pm
James2 said: "Schmigadoon is performing first, which makes me doubt its Best Musical chances. Except for Moulin Rouge in 2021, no Best Musical winner has performed first in the 25 years I've been watching this show."
Schmigadoon! isn't winning anything until Best Musical so it makes sense they would be first instead of coming out of the blue at the end and then winning the big award. Plus, the fact that you mention Moulin Rouge during the COVID year which doesn't really count as a Tony show is laughable
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#77
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:27pm
Play Esq. said: "Soo…Schmigadoon for the least effective performance?"
It's so basic and vanilla, how embarrassing it might win Best Musical. AI slop at its finest.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#79
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:32pm
ViniFromBrazil said: "I liked Schmigadoon’s number"
It was wonderful! So nice to see art that comes from the heart this season!
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#80
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:34pm
Ragtime we’ve seen this before come on
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#81
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:37pm
djoko84 said: "James2 said: "Schmigadoon is performing first, which makes me doubt its Best Musical chances. Except for Moulin Rouge in 2021, no Best Musical winner has performed first in the 25 years I've been watching this show."
Schmigadoon! isn't winning anything until Best Musical so it makes sense they would be first instead of coming out of the blue at the end and then winning the big award. Plus, the fact that you mention Moulin Rouge during the COVID year which doesn't really count as a Tony show is laughable"
It's been a noticeable pattern. These were the first Best Musical nominee performances each year I've been watching:
2001: The Full Monty
2002: Mamma Mia!
2003: Movin' Out
2004: Caroline, or Change
2005: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
2006: The Drowsy Chaperone
2007: Curtains
2008: Cry-Baby
2009: Shrek
2010: Million Dollar Quartet
2011: Catch Me If You Can
2012: Newsies
2013: Matilda
2014: After Midnight
2015: Something Rotten!
2016: School of Rock
2017: Come From Away
2018: Mean Girls
2019: Ain't Too Proud
2021: Moulin Rouge!
2022: MJ
2023: New York, New York
2024: Hell's Kitchen
2025: Death Becomes Her
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#82
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:37pm
Really feel like they should've done "New Music." The prologue just fell flat in abbreviated form.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#83
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:37pm
I loved Ragtime.
That number was not the right choice imo.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#84
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:38pm
Is it too late to nominate the opening number for Best Musical this season?
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#85
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:40pm
WldKingdomHM said: "Ragtime we’ve seen this before come on"
I loved this production, but still hate this show. This number made me want to see it one more time.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#86
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:40pm
Hairspray0901 said: "Pink understood the assignment!!!! That was the BEST opening since NPH’s “bigger”."
my first thought
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#87
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:41pm
Schmigadoon and Ragtime were some of the most uninspired performances I’ve seen in while.
I’m here upstairs and the people around me were just like “Meh”
Ragtime made even less of a case for Revival and Direction awards with that.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#88
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:42pm
Sutton Ross said: "Play Esq. said: "Soo…Schmigadoon for the least effective performance?"
It's sobasic and vanilla,how embarrassing it might win Best Musical. AI slop at its finest."
I was late to the game, but finally saw Titanique today. Would much rather that win or Two Strangers, over this.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#89
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:43pm
John Lithgow’s triumph is complete, having already won the Olivier already against tough competition from Nathan Lane in the acclaimed Death of a Salesman revival.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#91
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:47pm
ViniFromBrazil said: "the Cats’ fans are really cool"
They really did hone in on an image that is readable from anywhere.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#92
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:48pm
ZHAILON AND BILL FOR DIRECTION!
TAG TEAM PERFORMANCE!!!!!!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#93
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:49pm
I don’t know who got ahold of the Tonys but the show looks MUCH better, almost richer. Better graphics, camera shots, stage, etc.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#94
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:49pm
Play Esq. said: "Sutton Ross said: "Play Esq. said: "Soo…Schmigadoon for the least effective performance?"
It's sobasic and vanilla,how embarrassing it might win Best Musical. AI slop at its finest."
I was late to the game, but finally saw Titanique today. Would much rather that win or Two Strangers, over this."
I thought Schmigadoon’s performance was spectacular. I thought them starting outside was so clever and I was so caught off guard when they started performing. I thought it captured the whole vibe of the show.
I agree that the Ragtime performance was meh and they definitely should have gone with New Music or Wheels of a Dream.
Think Pink is a fantastic host and can’t believe she hasn’t been on Broadway yet. Opening Number was great.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#95
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:49pm
So did Ragtime give almost step for step, note for note the same performance the OBC gave 30 years ago? How embarrassing. Why is it close between this and Cats?
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/08
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#96
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:50pm
Does anyone know why Adrien Brody didn’t say anything about Ragtime? I remembered them always introducing the shows before the performance with a bit about the show (like what Bowen just did for Titanique)
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#97
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:53pm
Titanique sounds awful. So many pitch problems it's embarrassing.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast!#99
Posted: 6/7/26 at 8:54pm
Um, is Marla sick? Why is everyone so f*cking pitchy???
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