What do you want them to perform on the tony awards telecast — Page 2

Been waiting for this topic to get started. Want to see performed and what they actually WILL perform are two different things sadly.

Once On This Island - Want: "We Dance" | Will: "Mama Will Provide"

Carousel - Want: "June is Busting Out All Over" | Will: "You'll Never Walk Alone"

My Fair Lady - Want/Will: "The Rain in Spain/I Could Have Danced All Night"

Frozen - Want: "For the First Time in Forever" | Will: "For First Time in Forever" or "Monster" depending entirely on which girl if either is nominated.

The Bands Visit - Want: "Welcome to Nowhere" | Will: "Answer Me"

Mean Girls - Want: "Revenge Party" | Will: "Where Do You Belong"

Spongebob- Want: "I'm Not a Loser" | Will: "(Just A) Simple Sponge"

Summer and Escape to Margaritaville are both likely going to be totally shut out but if either pays up to perform, both cases would end up likely doing a medley of some kind.

Bwayfan292 said: "Im predicting we are gonna have a performance from a long running show. Mabye lion king, wicked, chicago."

Well, Lion King just celebrated 20 years on Broadway this season, so I could see that happening, like with Wicked’s 10th anniversary performance.

I would LOVE to see Once On This Island do One Small Girl into Waiting For Life, which conveniently ends with bits of One Small Girl anyway. Together, that would set up the show so well for people who don't know it.

I think so much of this depends on who's actually nominated. Like, If Kenita R. Miller & Phillip Boykin are both nominated (I assume Hailey Kilgore is a shoo-in for a nom), this would be a solid choice. We Dance would be perfect too.

But... they'll probably do Mama Will Provide. I've made my feelings on Alex Newell clear in other threads so won't write an essay here, but man will I be incredibly disappointed if they make that choice. (In a nutshell, that song gets wild applause by default in literally every production of OOTI - because it's a rousing, sassy production number - but I think his is one of the weakest I've seen. I also think the beginning sound-making part comes off as cringey children's theatre when it's out of context.) It's been one of my favorite shows for the last ~25 years, so selfishly I just want a Tony performance that I'll want to replay over and over. Any other song would fit that bill!

Otherwise, I kind of hope The Band's Visit does Welcome To Nowhere into maybe Omar Sharif, though I agree with others that Answer Me is stunning, so would be very content if they made that choice. I do think Welcome To Nowhere sells the show really well to people who don't know what the hell it's about. There's so much wit and humor in the production, and I don't think Answer Me shows that off, as beautiful as the song is. (I also think they'll probably want to show off Katrina Lenk as a frontrunner for Leading Actress.) I keep thinking back on Groundhog Day, and how Seeing You is beautiful, and so poignant in the context of the show, but fell totally flat out of context at the Tonys and did nothing to show what the show actually was. That's different than The Band's Visit which obviously has multiple poignant moments, but still.

I think Frozen will depend entirely on the nominations! But I have to think they'll do one of the original songs from the movie... probably For the First Time In Forever. (Though I wouldn't argue with them going all in and doing Let It Go. It certainly would sell tickets. Don't know the tech details of that costume change moment and if it's possible at Radio City, though.)

Do we think Harry Potter will perform something? I don't see it until late June so can't personally guess, but I keep hearing how beautifully "choreographed" it is.

Haven't seen the other shows yet so it would be useless for me to guess based on hearsay, though I do think June Is Busting Out All Over will make its way in there somewhere, if not as Carousel's official performance than somewhere in the opening. (Can we get a Leslie Uggams cameo??)

Besides "Bikini Bottom Day", I think that "Best Day Ever" would be a good song for SpongeBob.

Since they will most likely not be nominated, do you think Margaritaville (if still open..) and Summer will pay for a performance? Seems like CBS may want some of that. They're going to have to push Frozen and Mean Girls hard or else we could be in for a rough ratings year for the Tonys.

Within the past 10 years, we've seen performances from shows that weren't nominated for Best Musical (nor Best Revival) on the Tonys for publicity. It started with a medley in 2008 that featured The Little Mermaid, A Catered Affair, and Young Frankenstein. In 2009, 9 to 5 was featured in the opening number. In 2010, the casts of Come Fly Away and Promises, Promises performed in a presentation for Best Choreography. Since 2011, the non-nominated productions got their own performance slots. Though since there were so many musical productions last year that weren't nominated for Best Musical (nor Best Revival), but still running, only two of them got to perform, which were War Paint and Bandstand.

I would love the opening number to be Gavin Lee doing I'm Not A Loser and include all the acting nominees. I think that would be awesome.

Given who's hosting, we probably get some sort of all-nominees medley thing for the opening number (I hope to god it's more NPH than Sp*cey, but I'm gonna set my hopes on something at least vaguely Corden-esque.) Spongebob will probably do Bikini Bottom Day or even Best Day Ever, but I can also see them doing a few verses of I'm Not a Loser and Simple Sponge as well. I'm hoping OOTI does Why We Tell The Story (I loved it at the Thanksgiving Parade) and Frozen will probably do a big number like Fixer Upper or even First Time in Forever... I'm assuming Let It Go will probably be thrown in too but I hope to god it isn't- that song needs a rest. I can see Carousel and MFL doing medleys, but I don't have any idea what Mean Girls will do since I've only heard one song from the whole show. If Band's Visit doesn't do some form of Answer Me I will riot- I'm hoping for a combo of that and Omar Sharif. I just hope to god we don't get another Dolly situation- I still feel bad for David Hyde Pierce. I have no idea if anyone else will perform- Margaritaville might, Summer is pretty unlikely.

I just hope Spongebob does not do "Bikini Bottom Day." I think it's one of the weaker numbers in the show, they've been doing it all over, and it just doesn't do the show justice.

Andrew Garfield should close the show with Prior's final few lines.

What if we finally get our Bette performing Hello, Dolly?