The Official TONY Awards Thread- Page 21
The Official TONY Awards Thread
Rick906
Swing Joined: 9/12/09
BL5965
Swing Joined: 10/9/11
#501The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:07pmGoing back to the earlier Matilda performance, I noticed Oona's bit at the start is in a much higher key than how it's usually sung in the show.. does anyone know why they'd do that?
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#502The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:07pm
'Thanks Mike Bloomberg for turning Times Square into a theme park, and putting a Duane Reade on every corner in NYC. Broadway's biggest fan! Woo! '
Um that was Rudy Giuliani
MMm that Matilda book writer is cute!
#503The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:07pm
How f**king stupid do you have to be to not go to the microphone that the presenters just announced your win at?
Considering your mental state in the moment and the mammoth size of that stage and theatre, and a microphone set up right where you walk up to the stage, I'd say it's a pretty easy mistake. There should have been a better effort at ushering them to the correct microphone. I'd probably be so amped up on adrenaline, endorphind, booze, caffeine and Xanax, I'd walk into a camera, trip on the steps, go to the wrong microphone, drop an f-bomb, forget my speech and walk off left instead of right.
Jesus, they're just PEOPLE. It happens.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#504The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:07pmThis audience is on fire, that's for sure!
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#506The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:08pmWell they could have just turned on that mic sooner!
Rick906
Swing Joined: 9/12/09
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#508The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:08pmThen don't WHAT????
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#509The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:09pmBL5965, so they can transition to "Revolting Children" in the medley.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#510The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:09pmIt's really nice to see the Tonys spreading the love this year! Doesn't happen very often. Also, I'm shocked PIPPIN hasn't won more awards so far. I thought for sure it would take a few of the awards KINKY BOOTS did. This is gonna be a nail-biter right up until Best Musical is announced.
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#512The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:10pmWell, at least they stood for someone really good.
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#514The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:11pm
God they screw it up even when it's two people on stage.
I like the production values here
#515The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:11pmThey have to stand for Hal. He's like the Godfather.
zamedy
Broadway Star Joined: 6/27/07
#516The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:12pmAnyone else think it looks like the Phantom is lip-synching?
JayKurnitz
Chorus Member Joined: 7/4/11
#517The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:12pmOh, you've got to be kidding me. Hal Prince just introduced the longest running show in Broadway history and then they get up there and lip sync? What a joke.
#518The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:12pmOh, dear. I'm not digging this Phantom at all. Sounds like he's on helium. Love her, but it's like a lesbian duet.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#519The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:12pm
Lip Syncing is what Phantom does. Like 40% of the show is lip syncing.
Updated On: 6/9/13 at 10:12 PM
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#521The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:12pmThis show is so campy lol.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#523The Official TONY Awards Thread
Posted: 6/9/13 at 10:13pmYay another triple threat: cant act , sing or dance Matthew Broderick
theaternut
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/4/03
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