Tony dress rehearsal

[Weez]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:13am

I appear to be watching it, courtesy of: http://tinyurl.com/6m5pqx (I converted it to a TinyURL, but it's from the Tony awards website; I promise I'm not sending you anywhere suspect!)

If I ever got the chance, I would totally love to get drunk with Julie White and Michael Cerveris. :3

[AStack75]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:19am

Cool! Thanks for the link!

[yeslets]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:19am

LOL - pretend acceptance speeches.

[bestinshow2]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:19am

WOW. Thanks!!

p.s.: this is hilarious.

Updated On: 6/15/08 at 09:19 AM

[temms]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:24am

I love how they have boards with celebrity photos sitting in the seats! I presume for camera rehearsal, but it's very funny nonetheless.

And I notice that they are saying "Macbeth" and not "Scottish Play". I guess Radio City isn't technically a theatre...
Updated On: 6/15/08 at 09:24 AM

[AStack75]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:24am

For comparison after the actual awards...
Best Book of a Musical - In The Heights
Best Revival of a Play - Macbeth
Best Lighting Design of a Play - August: Osage County
Best Lighting Design of a Musical - The Little Mermaid
Best Costume Design of a Play - The 39 Steps
Best Costume Design of a Musical - In The Heights (yet they played "Small World" from Gypsy as he accepted the award.)
Best Sound Design of a Play - Rock 'n' Roll
Best Sound Design of a Musical - South Pacific
Best Scenic Design of a Play - August: Osage County
Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Young Frankenstein
Best Actress in a Play - Laurie Metcalf, November
Best Featured Actor in a Play - Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius
Best Direction of a Musical - Sunday in the Park with George
Best Score: Little Mermaid
Best Direction of a Play - The 39 Steps
Best Play - August: Osage County
Best Revival of a Musical - Grease Updated On: 6/15/08 at 09:24 AM

[bestinshow2]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:28am

Some speeches actually sound sort of legit...?

[spidey_882]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:31am

This is really fun! The silliness of it all just further cements my love for Cerveris.

[Elphie3]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:32am

AH! It won't work for me!

[bestinshow2]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:33am

Hey, since we're watching this, does that mean they'll stream the actual awards too? That would save me watching the California CBS stream on the TVU Player.

[spidey_882]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:35am

Heee... "If you have a pager, please do yourself a favor and get a cell phone. People are starting to talk about you..."

[AStack75]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:36am

...and it ended with "two huge knockers". :)

Hopefully this will be streaming throughout the day and it'll be as interesting as that guy's conversation at the Drama Desk Awards intermission.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8JqfZ3OVio Updated On: 6/15/08 at 09:36 AM

[Weez]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:38am

besty - I've been told that this link will indeed be streaming the actual award ceremony later. But I'm still keeping TVU on standby, just in case.

[AStack75]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:45am

They're showing actual performances now. I'm assuming the actual awards show will go in this order also.

Performance: Lion King
Monologue: Whoopi Goldberg
Award: Best Actress in a Play presented by Laurence Fishburne
Performance: Cry-Baby
More Whoopi
Award: Best Featured Actor in a Play presented by Laura Linney
Performance: Passing Strange
Award: Best Direction of a Musical presented by John Lithgow
Performance: Gypsy (Everything's Coming Up Roses)
Whoopi: Phantom of the Tony's
Theatre Memory: Laura Bell Bundy
Julie Chen: The Year in Plays
Award: Best Score presented by Duncan Sheik
Performance: South Pacific (Medley) announced by Harry Connick
Whoopi: Mary Poppins
Award: Featured Actress in a Musical presented by Kristin Chenoweth

[Break not shown on the web]

Whoopi: Presents clips from the nominated Plays
Award: Best Direction of a Play
Whoopi: Spamalot Updated On: 6/15/08 at 09:45 AM

[bestinshow2]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:46am

besty - I've been told that this link will indeed be streaming the actual award ceremony later. But I'm still keeping TVU on standby, just in case.

Yay!!!

Ooooh, performances on the stream!

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:47am

Is this a live stream?

[being.jeremiah]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:49am

OH THE BABY SIMBA!

[spidey_882]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:49am

Baby Simba looked like a CareBear.

[Weez]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:50am

What in god's name was that Rafiki just held up? Didn't look like a lion cub to me!

Aw man, performances! Yay! Has this been timed so that everyone can do their performances at rehearsal, or will shows that have a performance today just not be taking part?

[Weez]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:54am

Y'know, what with getting performances, and with all the stand-ins, this might actually be better than the award ceremony itself. XD

Sinead Cusack has... changed a little since I last saw her... O_O

[yeslets]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:56am

yay! performances!

[AStack75]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 9:59am

I agree Weez. This is great! Too bad the real awards didn't go this fast.

EDIT: I take that back. Commercial breaks also. Although that makes sense since they have to practice the set changes also in real time. Updated On: 6/15/08 at 09:59 AM

[LuPonatic]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 10:00am

I had to download a plug in, and I just missed Cry Baby...darn it!

[agentpattycakes]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 10:02am

It feels like I'm spoiling watching the show by watching this! But I'm doing it anyways.

[Weez]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 10:05am

Yeah, I tell myself it's not *really* spoilery, because it's not like we're getting the winners, but my brain isn't strictly listening. But it doesn't really care either.