Tony Winning Shows Tonight

Was anyone at either Kinky Boots, Pippin or Vanya and Sonia... tonight, each shows' first performance post-Tony win??

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I was at Kinky Boots. Obviously, great night to have tickets..audience was extremely supportive and applause was deafening at times. The actors had to wait to continue the scenes here and there. You could tell everyone (actors - audience both) appreciated it was their first post-show. I was with someone who was seeing it for the first time..she had a great time and was thrilled about the date we were there.

Jerry Mitchell was there and he gave a little mini thank you speech at the end, thanking all the stage hands, tech people and orchestra - people that don't get normally thanked...as well as the cast. I think everyone was very appreciative of being in the position they were in...after many worked on this show for over two years.

Cindy has been often at the theater but she is out of town doing some promotion for something.

It was funny = Billy had to sit down during the speech - I guess the heels got to him and his feet were hurting. Everyone laughed.

There was a short talk back after the show..Stark, Marcus (the foreman at the factory), Dan who plays Don, the kids, a few of the factory women, the stage manager came out. They stayed for maybe 15 minutes.

That's about it.

God, I'd love to have been at KINKY BOOTS tonight!

For what it's worth, I finally saw LUCKY GUY this evening and Hanks (very graciously) stepped back after his last bow and gestured to give Courtney B. Vance a moment for a solo bow. Mr. Vance waved Hanks off, but certainly got a roar of applause from the audience. It was a sweet moment!

Updated On: 6/11/13 at 11:40 PM

Cyndi was definitely in Vegas today, I believe there was some sort of presentation for future tours and since Kinky Boots just announced their tour today, she was probably doing something for that.

I was at Pippin tonight and the audience was just electric. From the very beginning, the reception after each song was uproarious. Patina got quite a bit of entrance applause, a bit more than I've seen her get in the past. "Magic to Do" got a very warm reception with entrance applause for each actor during the song-even Erik Altemus got some! "No Time at All," of course, got a huge reaction from the audience. Andrea had to take a long pause before she sang the last chorus to Pippin because the audience just wouldn't stop cheering. I can't speak for the mezzanine, but at the end of the song, there was a partial standing ovation in the orchestra.

It was a really thrilling night. Ashton Woerz was on for Theo for, I believe, the third time, and he was just adorable. He's very small and plays the role a bit sweeter than Andrew does.

don't Cekala & Woerz alternate the role of Theo?? They're both listed in the Playbill as Theo.

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don't Cekala & Woerz alternate the role of Theo?? They're both listed in the Playbill as Theo.

They're both listed in the Playbill but, for one reason or another, Ashton hadn't been on before the Saturday matinee.

Updated On: 6/12/13 at 12:46 AM

I saw PIPPIN tonight. I bought the tickets months ago since I had a feeling it would win as much as it did. The audience was very excited and the cast was on fire. The show is just so good and tonights performance was electric. I would not have missed being there for anything. AND the cherry on top was that Mr. Ben Vereen was in the audience cheering alongside all the fans. GREAT NIGHT. I can imagine that KINKY BOOTS was just as amazing, but I could only be in one place at a time.

Ben Vereen in the Pippin audience? SO cool...the cast must have been thrilled.