The 79th Annual Tony Awards Telecast! — Page 4

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

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.

ViniFromBrazil said: "I liked Schmigadoon’s number"

It was wonderful! So nice to see art that comes from the heart this season!

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

I loved Ragtime.


That number was not the right choice imo.

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.

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.

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.

ViniFromBrazil said: "the Cats’ fans are really cool"

They really did hone in on an image that is readable from anywhere.

I don’t know who got ahold of the Tonys but the show looks MUCH better, almost richer. Better graphics, camera shots, stage, etc.

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?

Titanique sounds awful. So many pitch problems it's embarrassing.

Um, is Marla sick? Why is everyone so f*cking pitchy???