The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread- Page 16

[PauloFanClem]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#375

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:44pm

BERNADETTE!!!!!!!! *blush*

[rmusic11322]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#376

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:44pm

BP jokes and Annie are a beautiful mix.

[strummergirl]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#377

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:44pm

She's the BP that isn't ruining the planet.

[aspiringactress]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#378

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:45pm

I'm sorry, but the performance that I saw CZJ give in the theater was not that far from what I saw tonight.

Too much meaningless (distracting, even) head movement, not enough meaningful interpretation of some of Sondheim's best (and most famous) music and lyrics.

"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too." - Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck

[PauloFanClem]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#379

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:45pm

Helen Mirren... *exhale*

[strummergirl]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#380

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:45pm

Now this is a "Hollywood type" that I can totally support coming 'round Broadway.

[CapnHook]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#381

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:46pm

Piper3500 -- well then who do we blame?

Yes, I admit I am blaming "the sound guy" whose fault it MAY NOT be. However, for the same exact issues to be happening two years in a row brings up a lot of questions. You would think management would want to make sure that, after last year, viewers could HEAR this year.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[MissAnneThrop]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#382

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:46pm

someone stole Jan Maxwell's bag.

And I Am Always So Vitriolic

[PauloFanClem]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#383

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:46pm

Oh... Jordan is going to be PISSED.

[srg129]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#384

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:47pm

Helen Mirren is always total class!

[iflip4musicals]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#385

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:48pm

poor Jan... VIOLA VIOLA VIOLA or SCARLETT SCARLETT SCARLETT!

"I've never encountered such religiously, you know, loyal fans as Broadway musical theater fans. It's amazing." --Allison Janney

[supportivemom]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#386

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:49pm

Wow! Helen Mirren! Wow- what a stunner! My teenage daughter said that's a pretty dress and her hair looks great! But wow!

[quitetheatrical23]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#387

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:49pm

was it just me or did Viola Davis just not thank Denzel?

[orangeskittles]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#388

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:49pm

So if the excuse for CZJ's performance is that it's an abbreviated, out of context performance, how come Christiane Noll entered the song halfway through at the climax and still nailed it?


I really liked the clips of the plays. Very well done.

Yay Fences!

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

[MissAnneThrop]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#389

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:50pm

i just asked myself the same thing. What about Denzel?

And I Am Always So Vitriolic

[PauloFanClem]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#390

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:50pm

Have no love and hatred to Denzel, but totally congraz to him!

[strummergirl]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#391

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:50pm

I do want to look like Helen Mirren NOW.

Well Viola can thank Denzel backstage.

[AAO26]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#392

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:50pm

CZJs performance came across as an audition for Norma Desmond...

[srg129]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#393

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:50pm

And Best Actor in Play "to Grace Us with Their Presence on a Broadway Stage this year" goes to...

[MissAnneThrop]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#394

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:51pm

Jada? Jada? Jada? What are you wearing and why do you look so unhappy?

And I Am Always So Vitriolic

[Luscious]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#395

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:51pm

Ugh. Denzel Washington. How unfortunate.

Updated On: 6/13/10 at 09:51 PM

[GatorNY]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#396

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:51pm

Please, Denzel doesn't even know who to thank!

"The price of love is loss, but still we pay; We love anyway."

[wonkit]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#397

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:51pm

I wanted Molina to get this so much! I thought he was brilliant.

[raker]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#398

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:51pm

Isn't Denzel a good sport, not complaining about being woken up to accept the Whatchamacallit Award from the whatstheirnames.

[Piper3500]

The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread#399

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:54pm

Viola has done stage before.
anyway, both she and Denzel deserved these. brilliance!!! enough of this Hollywood crap. their performances were amazing. i guess they knew what they were doing putting Viola up for best and not featured.

i was hoping for a featured actor win for it as well, i was happy about the choice.

I am not into FELA at all...i can take a break.

"it's a dirty little war"