#201
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:40pm
At this point Fun Home is a lock for best musical as it won best score, book and direction by Sam Gold.
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#202
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:41pm
So happy for Ruthie! What a great surprise! And OTTC was wonderful!
#203
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:41pm
So happy for Ruthie! What a great surprise! And OTTC was wonderful!
#204
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:41pm
anyone got a count so far i think Fun Home and An American In Paris are tied at 3 a piece right now?
#205
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:41pm
"Where does Kristen Chenoweth get all that energy?"
I saw Kristin on the Today Show, Seen Kelli live and she is amazing performer. I just think Kristin is doing a very difficult role.
#206
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:42pm
movie trailer with Mark Rylance during the commercials -- very excited !!!
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#207
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:44pm
"At this point Fun Home is a lock for best musical as it won best score, book and direction by Sam Gold."
If only this were true, but is still can go in other directions.
#208
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:44pm
So, Chita could win, huh?
#209
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:44pm
I don't think these "medley" numbers are doing these shows any favors. So far, both FUN HOME and SOMETHING ROTTEN have created the greatest impression, and those were single number performances.
I don't know that ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY and (especially) AMERICAN IN PARIS showed themselves in the most positive light by going the medley route. [The medley for KING & I was at least understandable, due to the familiarity of the piece.]
#210
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:47pm
"So, Chita could win, huh?"
that makes actually alot of sense. The Industry loves Kander and Ebb and would want to give them something
#211
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:49pm
please let Steven Boyer pull an upset, if Hand To God gets totally shut out ill be heartbroken.
#212
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:50pm
"I don't think these "medley" numbers are doing these shows any favors. So far, both FUN HOME and SOMETHING ROTTEN have created the greatest impression, and those were single number performances.
I don't know that ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY and (especially) AMERICAN IN PARIS showed themselves in the most positive light by going the medley route. [The medley for KING & I was at least understandable, due to the familiarity of the piece.]"
Medleys so rarely work on the Tonys, and I agree that shows that chose a single number came off better than the shows that chose to do medleys.
That being said, while I haven't seen An American in Paris and don't know what they should've done, I DO think it was a smart decision to start with the pas de deux and build to a large ensemble number. I think On the Twentieth Century tried to fit too much into their number, but I think everything has come across better than The King and I. (I also thought South Pacific had a weak Tony performance, though.)
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#213
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:51pm
"please let Steven Boyer pull an upset, if Hand To God gets totally shut out ill be heartbroken. "
Yes!!!!
#214
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:51pm
I'm running behind, and I just saw Ruthie Ann Miles win the Tony. I'm speechless. I naturally assumed Sydney or Judy would win, this is crazy.
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#215
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:52pm
"I don't think these "medley" numbers are doing these shows any favors. So far, both FUN HOME and SOMETHING ROTTEN have created the greatest impression, and those were single number performances.
I don't know that ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY and (especially) AMERICAN IN PARIS showed themselves in the most positive light by going the medley route. [The medley for KING & I was at least understandable, due to the familiarity of the piece.]"
Agreed.
#216
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:53pm
Curious incident deserved that win, but for ****s sakes AMERICAN PRODUCERS WAKE UP!!!! START PRODUCING MORE ORIGINAL AMERICAN WORK ON BROADWAY!!!!
#217
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:54pm
Another number I wouldn't have chosen. *Sigh* But Chita sold it the best she could.
#218
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:54pm
Um, that performance from The Visit was actually terrible.
#219
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:55pm
"Curious incident deserved that win, but for ****s sakes AMERICAN PRODUCERS WAKE UP!!!! START PRODUCING MORE ORIGINAL AMERICAN WORK ON BROADWAY!!!!"
The National Theater produces so many great plays. But The American Government and Producers need to give grants to things that could work.
#220
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:56pm
The Visit actually surprised me. I liked it more than I thought I would. But, it definitely is one of the weaker performances for me.
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#221
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:57pm
"I'm running behind, and I just saw Ruthie Ann Miles win the Tony. I'm speechless. I naturally assumed Sydney or Judy would win, this is crazy."
An example where the 3 FH nominees split the vote and cancelled each other out. But Ruthie Ann Miles is a very deserving winner, in my opinion
#222
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:58pm
I honestly think THE VISIT should have just done "Love and Love Alone". Throwing in "I Will Never Leave You" really cocked up what could have been a beautiful performance.
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#223
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:58pm
The Theater Talk panel basically predicted that Ruthie Ann Miles would win, so it's not a HUGE surprise, but a lovely one. She delivers a stunningly understated performance.
#224
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:58pm
That performance for The Visit was quite bad... Thankfully I already saw it because I would have been put off.
#225
Posted: 6/7/15 at 9:59pm
Yeah, The Visit was bizarre IMO.
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