The Official TONY Awards Thread- Page 32

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:05pm

DA HELL KINKY BOOTS?

anyway, i love Audra So much, Can i please marry her?? Her version of ESOM was beautiful!!

"Oh to be a fly on the wall backstage when Patti and Bernadette crossed paths. And Bernadette gets to present the biggest award of the night over Patti. Yikes."

Fool please you don't even know..

[After Eight]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:06pm

Glad to see Brantley get his comeuppance.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:08pm

I'll admit, the microphone drop at the end from Audra bothered me. Like that's an expensive piece of equipment. How can you just do that to something like that?

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:08pm

This might be the first year we don't see a slew of closing notices go up Tuesday morning.

[Broadway Joe]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:09pm

This was a much better show compared to the last few years

[jv92]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:09pm

LuPone and Bernadette hugged Sondheim AT THE SAME TIME at Avery Fisher for his 80th Birthday. I doubt there's any real malice there.

Honestly though, how in God's name did Tim Minchin get honored for BEST LYRICS at the Drama Desks? I couldn't understand 2/3rds of them, and they were mostly mis-accented and poorly rhymed. At least Lauper wrote a dozen really great tunes.

[latitudex1]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:09pm

Camera and mic work during the performances aside, it was a slick production this year. And I can understand the performances as they don't get much time to set these things up.

And, yes, Audra's stint in NPH's closing number was a highlight.

[Visceral_Fella]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:10pm

Brantley was rightfully shaded.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:10pm

Not a bad Tony show overall.

My two major negatives... I know it's been said but didn't like the introductions of the presenters by the character names..AND I didn't like that Anthony Warlow who I hoped would be nominated didn't even get to perform in the Annie medley.

But otherwise...Yay Kinky Boots! And yay to all the winners.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:10pm

I'll admit, the microphone drop at the end from Audra bothered me. Like that's an expensive piece of equipment. How can you just do that to something like that?

Because handheld mics are sturdy. She didn't do it in the moment, they obviously planned for considering it would blow people's ears out when she dropped if they didn't turn it off.

Updated On: 6/9/13 at 11:10 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:10pm

Definitely one of the best telecasts in years!!

[blaxx]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:10pm

LuPone and Bernadette hugged Sondheim AT THE SAME TIME at Avery Fisher for his 80th Birthday. I doubt there's any real malice there.

Thy also held hands going on stage during the 80th birthday concert.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:10pm

The real question is how long will the Tony winners stay with their respective shows?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:11pm

The Oscars need to take note on how to do an awards show.

[broadwayfever]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:12pm

If I were a Broadway virgin and saw this show, I would never go to Broadway.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:13pm

Kinky Boots has already updated its website. As has Pippin.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:13pm

The lyrics in MATILDA are leagues better than KINKY's. They're pretty genius, in fact. And I do think KINKY has a fun, well-crafted, catchy score...and I probably would have voted for it to win. So I'm glad it did.

But Minchin's Drama Desk win was for his lyrics, not for the poor annunciation (which I agree with you about) of the performers. It was well-deserved.

I'd still love to see the Tonys split have two separate categories for Best Music and Best Lyrics.

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:14pm

I'd be shocked if they hadn't updated their sites.

[evic]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:14pm

Screw Scarlett Johansson and Alan Cummings- your shows flopped. You should be grateful that the League even asked you to present. Should have been classy like Sigourney who really deserved a nomination- but there are only 5 slots. Glad they didn't give the choreography award to Chet Walker who basically used a lot if not all of the steps of the original Pippin. Show was too long. Opening was phenomenal and Cecily's speech was the best. And Jake Gyllenhaal is gorgeous. No desire to see Matilda or Kinky from what was shown.

[jv92]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:14pm

blaxx, I did not remember that, but it makes sense. I've never heard Bernadette say a bad word about Patti, and I think Patti's humorous 'Well, Bernadette got the role...' remarks are...well...meant to be humorous.

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:14pm

Very happy with this year! I really can't think of anything negatives...

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:14pm

Other than Phantom and the Rascals, I thought it went pretty well for THE WORST TONY BROADCAST EVER.

[hanabana]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:15pm

It was a good show, I enjoyed it. So happy for everyone who won, and yay for Kinky Boots! I was hoping they'd win Best Score and Best Actor, and they did, along with Best Musical Yay!

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:15pm

Cinderella has updated theres as well as the "TONY AWARD WINNING MUSICAL".

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:15pm

When Sondheim won for Company, he won one award for best lyrics and one for best music.

http://youtu.be/2fGIhWmVn9A