The Official TONY Random Comments Thread. — Page 23

According to Broadway.com, Reidel predicted Raul to win.

~Steven

I would think that was his wife Rotel. And am i have to ask am I the only one who is so happy for SA. People seem to just be bashing it and praise it every other day. It is so good and im so happy for the cast. I also forgot to say that audra made me want to go buy the 110 cd.

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I miss Julie Andrews!

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I must say, I knew Spring Awakening would win all it did tonight since the show opened. It's amazing to me that a show that people said wouldn't last until the Tony's has won Best Musical. I had a break down when Gallagher won. I also had an attack when Sater gave a Guilty Ones shout out. I was thinking "I mod there, that's me!" I know that sound incredibly nerdy but, I just had to get all that out.

HAHA, jennyish. I was thinking the same thing about the mothers. Damn you, Douglas Carter Beane for permanently emblazoning that thought in my head.

Totally F*CKed was about the same speed it is onstage, which is much faster than on the CR.

Raúl looked devastated. Double-blink, jaw-clench, clap. So sad.

I love Grey Gardens and Christine and even I felt the performance was lacking. She was audibly hoarse; I was praying she'd make it through the song. It was rough, especially with the early entrance on "staunch." But we can't be perfect all of the time!

Even DHP predicted Raúl would take it; I'm fairly sure I read that somewhere, but his face when they announced his name and subsequent "ode" to Raúl made that clear. Shocked, and disappointed for the latter, but happy for Pierce.

Had a great time tonight at two Tony parties!

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I just finished re-reading this entire thread. Seriously! BWWers REALLY seem to hate Spring Awakening? Why are you so against it? I understand we can't have classics like Mame, West Side Story, Kiss Me Kate anymore but this is new Broadway. What do you expect? There's just going to be a lot more modern musicals. So you're all comparing Avenue Q, A BEST MUSICAL WINNER, to West Side Story? Are you comparing Hairspray, A BEST MUSICAL WINNER, to My Fair Lady? Okay, yeah the medley was a terrible representation of the show but could you honestly look past those songs they picked and look at something like "Touch Me"? "Mirror Blue Night"? Or even "Those You've Known"? I know I'm young and I'm gonna be completely bashed for saying all this with stuff like "you have no idea what you're talking about silly little child" but I just have seen so much hate in this one thread alone. I think I see like three positive Spring Awakening comments in this entire 26 page or whatever thread. I'm amazed.

Again, I don't agree with your opinions on the choreography at all. PLEASE stop looking at it LITERALLY. It all has a FIGURATIVE interpretation. The choreography that appears throughout the entire show, the movements during "Touch Me", are very carefully crafted.

First day of rehearsals Bill T. Jones asked Lea Michele, "what would you do if you were looking at yourself naked in a mirror?" She covered her eyes. That's the first step in the movements. It's not just random. There's a reason for each motion. Bill T. Jones is an amazing dancer, and finally stepping into musical theatre is a great move for him. I'm hoping he sticks to theatre and does some more amazing work for us. When it comes to the "jumping around", notice how it's in the rock numbers. When the music explodes, so do the character's inner selves. Do you honestly remember being a teenager and just feeling so STRESSED OUT that you just want to scream your head off or just flip out? Yeah, seems familiar, doesn't it?

Oh, and don't judge the score based on something like "Totally F'd". Sheik & Sater have some haunting melodies. "Left Behind" is so emotionally draining. I don't think it's fair you're judging based on the fact that they're trying to sell tickets to TEENAGERS so DUH when they advertise they will advertise the ROCK stuff that TEENAGERS want to SEE.


PARISinNYC was banned from BWW three days later. I can see it now.

I absolutely loved Spring Awakening performance, and the girls singing "Mama Who Bore Me" were amazing!
Great medley, I wish Grey Gardens would have done the same thing, or at least if Christine could have sang a part of "Another Winter" at least to show her real singing voice for a little bit. She doesn't showcase her voice with the song she performed...

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I actually thought that as awards shows go, looking at it as objectively as I can, this one was really pretty good television. It moved along quickly (except for a few speeches that dragged on a bit too long), there was a lot of music, lots of nice shots of Broadway marquees (making NYC's theater district look enticing), and not too many horribly awkward, scripted speeches by the presenters. I didn't even really miss an official "host".
In terms of the awards, my sons and I were really shocked and disappointed that Raul didn't win, but if someone had to win over him, I'm glad it was DHP. I kind of resent the comment made earlier on this thread that DHP somehow used "business" or "connections" to get the vote. I'm sure that he did what any actor or actress in his situation would have done, which is to go out and do publicity for the benefit of his show--I'm sure Raul did the same. But to imply that DHP somehow engineered his win in an underhanded way is, I think, insulting to an actor who has always been gracious to all of his fellow actors, put his show before himself, and worked hard for his craft for a good number of years. I honestly can't say if I think he deserved the win over Raul, but I do think he deserved to win, if that makes sense.
And I will just add that after the upset with DHP, we were holding our breaths until we heard Christine's name read out!

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My Random Comments on the Tony Awards:

STEVE SATER WINNING FOR "BEST BOOK":
OH, COME ON! How stupid...

MARY LOUISE WILSON FOR "GREY GARDENS"
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I agree.

I can't believe she had the balls to say "I don't believe I didn't deserve this".

BILL T. JONES WINNING "BEST CHOREOGRAPHY"
This man has brought new meaning to the phrase "victory walk". And it was awesome!

DAVID HYDE PIERCE WINNING OVER RAUL ESPARZA IN "BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL":
Last night, when I saw Steven Sater win the Best Book award over someone like Doug Wright or Rupert Holmes, I yelled at the TV and pretty much raged for a couple of seconds.

But when David Hyde won the award over Raul, I... just... groaned...

I saw it coming, unfortunately - I didn't want to believe it, and yet I knew it would happen.

It was all because they didn't give the Book award to Rupert Holmes; the one award that could have gone to them and it wouldn't have felt like a snub. But they didn't, and now they were stuck in the situation where they had to snub Raul just to give "the very LAST Kander and Ebb show EVER" an award SOMEHOW.

How freakin' disappointing.

Well, I guess this'll be a smack in the face to anyone who tries, in the future, to say that someone or something is a sure thing. "Well, remember Raul?"

*I'm sure I'll think of more later.

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"I can't believe she had the balls to say 'I don't believe I didn't deserve this"

I didn't like that comment, Mary Louise Wilson lacks humility.
Not saying she doesn't deserve the award, since I found her to be brilliant in the show.
Although I must add that the real character that she played hit higher notes, and was a better singer, I think. That can be seen on the documentary.

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Theatreboy, you're not alone. I couldn't be happier for Spring Awakening's win. It is, in my book, an experience not to be missed.

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