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The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
#375The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:44pmBERNADETTE!!!!!!!! *blush*
rmusic11322
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/07
#376The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:44pmBP jokes and Annie are a beautiful mix.
#377The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:44pmShe's the BP that isn't ruining the planet.
#378The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
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
#379The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:45pmHelen Mirren... *exhale*
#380The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:45pmNow this is a "Hollywood type" that I can totally support coming 'round Broadway.
#381The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
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
--Aristotle
#382The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:46pmsomeone stole Jan Maxwell's bag.
And I Am Always So Vitriolic
#383The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:46pmOh... Jordan is going to be PISSED.
srg129
Stand-by Joined: 7/15/08
#384The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:47pmHelen Mirren is always total class!
#385The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:48pmpoor 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
#386The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:49pmWow! Helen Mirren! Wow- what a stunner! My teenage daughter said that's a pretty dress and her hair looks great! But wow!
quitetheatrical23
Understudy Joined: 1/30/10
#387The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:49pmwas it just me or did Viola Davis just not thank Denzel?
#388The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
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
Wanting life but never knowing how
#389The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:50pmi just asked myself the same thing. What about Denzel?
And I Am Always So Vitriolic
#390The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:50pmHave no love and hatred to Denzel, but totally congraz to him!
#391The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:50pm
I do want to look like Helen Mirren NOW.
Well Viola can thank Denzel backstage.
#392The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:50pmCZJs performance came across as an audition for Norma Desmond...
srg129
Stand-by Joined: 7/15/08
#393The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:50pmAnd Best Actor in Play "to Grace Us with Their Presence on a Broadway Stage this year" goes to...
#394The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:51pmJada? Jada? Jada? What are you wearing and why do you look so unhappy?
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Luscious
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#395The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:51pm
Ugh. Denzel Washington. How unfortunate.
#396The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:51pmPlease, Denzel doesn't even know who to thank!
"The price of love is loss, but still we pay; We love anyway."
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#397The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:51pmI wanted Molina to get this so much! I thought he was brilliant.
raker
Stand-by Joined: 12/27/08
#398The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:51pmIsn't Denzel a good sport, not complaining about being woken up to accept the Whatchamacallit Award from the whatstheirnames.
#399The Official 2010 Tony Awards Discussion Thread
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"
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