The Official 75th Annual TONY Awards Thread!

Presenters for the 2022 Tony Awards Announced

Paris Jackson and Prince Jackson, children of Michael Jackson

Other presenters include Utkarsh Ambudkar, Skylar Astin, Zach Braff, Danielle Brooks, Danny Burstein, Len Cariou, RuPaul Charles, Jessica Chastain, Lilli Cooper, Bryan Cranston, Wilson Cruz, Colman Domingo, Anthony Edwards, Cynthia Erivo, Raúl Esparza, Laurence Fishburne, Andrew Garfield, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Tony Goldwyn, David Alan Grier, Vanessa Hudgens, Jennifer Hudson, Samuel L Jackson & LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Nathan Lane, Telly Leung, Judith Light, Josh Lucas, Gaten Matarazzo, Ruthie Ann Miles, Patina Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O’Hara, Sarah Paulson, Bernadette Peters, Jeremy Pope, Billy Porter, Chita Rivera, Tony Shalhoub, Phillipa Soo, Sarah Silverman, George Takei, Aaron Tveit, Adrienne Warren, Patrick Wilson, Bowen Yang

Why the hell is Raul presenting? He hasn't done anything in years.

Who?

I'm all aquiver!

Raul Esparza, R2. A scenery chewer with a huge nose and terrible vibrato.

I used to have such a thing for Darren Criss and now I just find him insufferable. Also, are they lip-synching?

Very tired of the painted nails on men. Not sure why, but I find it a huge turnoff.

Just to annoy - JTF and murderous husband

I'm on the Paramount Plus page via Amazon Prime, but I can't seem to cue up the 7:00-8:00 portion. Any suggestions?

Fucking SIX wins best score? Ugh….

*queue up #ohdear

Well, there goes A Strange Loop's momentum.

Woof, R8.

Wow. Six beats ASL right out of the gate (for score). Maybe ASL won’t sweep like expected.

I am connecting directly through the Paramount Plus app with no issue.

Jesus, r10 wasn't joking

r9, you need to sign up directly for the P+ app unfortunately.

But it's free for one month.

Judith Light is already speechifying

AKB and husband continue to look way too much like father and son

Scotty Bixby is cute. I am jealous of Andrew

Same here, R15. No issues.

Costume Design of a Play:

Montana Levi Blanco “The Skin of Our Teeth."

Andrew is 37 now - way beyond twink or twunk.

Costume Design of a Musical: Gabriella Slade “Six: The Musical”

Is AKB the bottom in that relationship?

Skylar Astin's marriage to a woman lasted 2.5 years.

If AKB is the bottom it's a total waste of that big cock. However, I really can't see him as anything but a bottom.

Best Scenic Design of a Play:

Es Devlin, “The Lehman Trilogy"

r25, yeah, I thought the word was that AKB is a total bottom, despite the big dick.

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:

Bunny Christie, “Company”

Jeremy Pope is so gorgeous and talented.

Whoa, I can't believe Six won over ASL. I'm giggling.

I wish Jeremy Pope would do a nude scene

Best Lighting Design of a Play:

Jon Clark, “The Lehman Trilogy”

so it's a UK sweep brewing tonight

[quote] Is AKB the bottom in that relationship?

He's the bottom of EVERY relationship.

Speaking of bottoms, what's the over/under for the number of cocks Darren Criss has taken in his ass?

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:

Natasha Katz, “MJ”

It will be glorious if JTF loses.

I hear if JTF loses, Justin will hit someone with his car.

I thought Len Cariou would get a standing O but nope.

Wow, the CBS Broadcast is three hours and they don't have enough time for Angela Lansbury's lifetime aware during the main broadcast? Tacky.

The Lansbury highlight reel skipped Anyone Can Whistle!

^ *award

I meant to upvote r39 but think I accidentally hit the ff instead. Sorry, r39. (If anyone wants to throw a WW his way for me...)

[quote]Wow, the CBS Broadcast is three hours and they don't have enough time for Angela Lansbury's lifetime aware during the main broadcast? Tacky.

Especially after 100-years of Murder, She Wrote!

Sad and pathetic, the whole thing. BIPOC, inclusion, diversity equals bad theater. Who is paying $200 to see this woke crap? Did Beanie go on today?

hahahahahahaha

Beanie has COVID!!!

R40, That murdering SOB.

I think Chuck Cooper will beat JTF.

I mean, A Strange Loop and Paradise Square already aren't doing well ...

I loved Bernadette singing along in the audience.

They showed a still photo from Anyone Can Whistle

MJ winning anything is gross.

Thank you queens for watching so I don't have to.

It's insulting that Angela's tribute was relegated to the Paramount+ hour.

Skylar and Borle both out of Little Shop today.

amateurs

These lighting and sound designers winning tonight are hot (the men I mean).

Best Sound Design of a Play:

Mikhail Fiksel, “Dana H”

Yeah Darren Criss has become super annoying and r37 at least Ryan Murphy's if the rumors are correct.

Best Sound Design of a Musical:

Gareth Owen, “MJ”

A Strange Loop is now zero for four ...

STRANGE LOOP certainly not sweeping, but I predict a best "Book" win.

Remember when the Tony Awards didn't split every fucking category up between Plays and Musicals and the tech awards actually meant something?

Which wig is Charlotte St. Martin wearing?

Did somebody say "wig"?

R62, are you saying Ryan Murphy is a top?

Of COURSE Darren is wearing nail polish.

Best Orchestrations:

Simon Hale, “Girl From the North Country"

And some sort of eye jewelry, unless he's just sweating, R70.

MJ for best choreography?! Over Music Man!?! HAHA! These Tony's are a mess!

Best Choreography:

Christopher Wheeldon, “MJ”

R40 I love you.

Nice that they recognized Girl from the North Country. That show had the cleanest, sharpest sound I have ever heard on Broadway.

I thought MJ was the front runner for choreography? That's what everyone predicted.

No it's eye jewelry.

Wow, that hour went by fast. Off to CBS.

Will Oprah come out during the telecast and acknowledge the alleged victims? Or are we to act like they do not exist?

Ugh there are still three more hours of this?

It's starting!!

That memorial to Lansbury was pathetic! And is she too ill to make a video? Or Zoom in?

What is she singing?

DL fave Charlie Williams and Ryan Steele dancing in the opening.

pitchy

I hate lip synching.

Love Radio City! So glad to be back!

She was going to come to the ceremony but she couldn't get out of her house because all the OTHER Tonys she won were blocking the door.

Oh, this number is AWFUL.

Hugh Jackman

This isn't good.

Is it too late to have NPH or Hugh Jackman host tonight’s show?

I’ll pay for the Uber.

This has community theater energy.

This prerecorded opening number is just a phrase from a bunch of musicals with no coherent transition or meaning. It sucks.

Whoever decided to do this mash-up should be fired and never work in theatre again.

She’s giving James Corden a run for his money, and that’s not a good thing.

Oh, dear. The show, not any of the comments above.

So, Patti will win, of course, but will Hugh pull it off. And, what about his beard in the show? Does she get love?

I've seen better high school productions. Not kidding.

Well that sucked

Great opening!!!!

This is what happens when you ask an Oscar winner to host and not an experienced emcee.

So stunning. So brave. So trite.

It must have come off better in the theatre if even Patti was standing ,,, and smiling!

Apparently, they think the average age of the theatre audience is 12 years old. A pandering embarrassment.

Was that Lin Manuel Miranda's bf with him?

Oh jeez here we go.

More, please. I love hearing DeBose bomb.

Does Patti have a martini?

R106, they're trying to pander to people who don't know Broadway.

Heh she’s going on about diversity and the camera goes to JTF.

She’s kind of obnoxious, isn’t she?

LMAO, someone on BWW said the opening had a cruise ship feel.

“My fellow Academy Award winner” Ugh

White, heterosexual people are bad. That’s the message I’m getting.

We interrupt this program to bring you this important message:

MARY!

We now return you to our regularly scheduled program.

R99, at the rate things are going, it's looking like the star of MJ will take Lead Actor.

The theater, particularly the musical theatre, has ALWAYS been the most inclusive of all populist entertainments.

Ugh!!! JTF for Take Me Out.

I'm surprised they didn't play the theme song to JTF's sitcom when he went up there.

Ugh that filthy filthy ginger.

A Caucasian won a TONY? Booooo

It's the Lin-Manuel Miranda Show! He wrote the opening number and of course started the standing ovation.

Did I hear correctly: "Best survivor of a musical?"

Michael Oberholtzer looked upset/pissed/sad.

God, I hate JTF so much.

"It's not just for gays anymore! It's for liberal intellectuals though that group is only Jews and homosexuals!"

I need to take a monster shit

That was a scary closeup on Hugh!

Jesus Hugh looks old

Hugh Jackman. Whoa! How far can you pull back?

Tony voters love to play sychophantic to their tv-series "betters." They love feeling inferior and giving TV hacks like JTF awards.

I thought the SIX team wrote the opening number.

Peter Allen looks sickly

Jackman looks horrible

[quote] I need to take a monster shit

In JTF's mouth, I hope.

Did that filthy filthy ginger thank the other guys from his cast who were nominated? I didn’t hear it.

Cruise ship or Vegas schlock. Take your pick.

Bring back Lunt and Fontanne!

This is the guy you wanted to open the show instead?

He sucks.

I'm happy for JTF. Three actors from the same play? Is Take Me Out worth seeing (not for the thrill of nudity on stage)?

I thinks i saw Jack Haley and Alice Faye do this same tap routine in some Shirley Temple movie.

This Music Man bit isn't good either. Very middle school.

Look at that dancing fag.

Somebody show those geriatric white people to the stage door.

Fuck... close up is not kind to Hugh this year

r142, the fact that you didn't see Take Me Out explains how you can be happy for JTF.

This is awful, but I've never been a big Music Man fan.

R142 Too late. I think yesterday was the closing show.

That wasn't THE MUSIC MAN. It was something, but not THE MUSIC MAN.

I loved Girl from the North Country. It was soulful and the acting was superb. The audience immediately jumped to its feet for a standing ovation.

Robert Preston would roll over.

HIV meds commercials during the Tonys. Hmmm.

Not ready for a close up. Not. Ready.

Why are all these award shows turning into the BET Awards?

That extreme close up did Jackman no favors. Where's Lucy's Mame filter when you need it?

Jeremy Pope is a mediocrity. And definitely not hot looking enough for his role in Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood. Jesse Williams should have played that role.

[quote] HIV meds commercials during the Tonys.

They know their audience

R152, I'm happy to read that. I'm going to see it on Tuesday. Thank you.

I loved Girl from the North Country, too R152 and R160 — and my expectations were pretty low.

Is our dear dyke host going to talk with that inflection all night?

Is Tony Awards night a mini circuit event? LOTS of hooking up and some sex parties? I would expect that of every awards show night.

PATTI!!!!

Which one is trans? Patti?

PATTI !!!

Being Alive

Pats, Pats, Pats!

#TonysSoWhite

Patti in a peplum!

WHET Tommy Tune?

Now I know.

Who was the hot young guy next to her husband?

Glad Patti won

But I was told on the theatre threads that Patti is too hated in the Broadway community to win!

Patti deserves EVERYTHING.

Well-deserved award for Patti.

Someone said earlier that I could be happy for JTF because I haven't seen Take Me Out. I haven't seen anything this year. So I'm happy for everyone who wins.

Patti going full breathless drama.

Hwr fuckable son, R171.

Everybody gets a trophy tonight!

Sorry, that was for R172.

NO mention of SS from Patti??

Patti is great.

Jackson's son is fug.

Sorry, I can't get over the idea that MJ was a child molester. Is that part of the story?

Anyone who voted for JTF did not see him in Take Me Out.

Look at her tattoos

Give Patti an award for that speech.

There's no way those are Michael Jackson's kids!

This is the only Tony thread I care about. Something tells me that the Broadway world thread is oh so geeky and annoying.

Thinking the same thing, R183.

That's an acceptance speech. Lol. Totally fits the actor.

The Jackson daughter looks like she stepped out of Game of Thrones.

[quote]God, I hate JTF so much.

Living your life, huh?

Seriously?

Okay, I had no idea about this MJ play. His son should have presented alone - he has good energy unlike Paris.

Now I miss Michael Jackson.

R157, Indeed. Hugh as aged tremendously.

This Jackson routine is almost as campy as DIANA The Musical.

[quote]Anyone who voted for JTF did not see him in Take Me Out.

Because no one could disagree with your opinion?

Who in their right mind would go see this Michael Jackson shit?

[quote] Give Patti an award for that speech.

Maybe she could win a Daytime Emmy for it to get her close to an EGOT.

Poor Hugh. I don't think I wanna suck him anymore.

Hugh is 53 but looks 73. Sad.

I sound more like MJ when I sing in the shower.

Smooth Criminal? I'll say!

Does the show MJ deal with the molestation at all?

one of the white dancers in the MJ performance is hot

I LOVED MJ's music (well, up through Dangerous), but I never took to him personally - and not because of all the later stuff. He just seemed distant and almost too big of celeb.

Is anyone in the MJ performance actually singing? Sounded like all backing track.

We’re inclusive! We’re liberal!”

Then a number from a musical about a pedophile.

#TonyAwards2022

They're inclusive of pedophiles - that's high level inclusiveness.

Australians look great when they're young. Like the women, men's skin turns leathery when they're still young due to early childhood sun exposure.

Have they revoked Ariana's Oscar yet?

"We’re inclusive! We’re liberal!”

Then a number from a musical about a pedophile.

#TonyAwards2022"

We don't see the problem.

If only Diana The Musical was nominated, then Mehgan Markel would make an appearance, like MJ;s kids

[quote] If only Diana The Musical was nominated,

The fuck you mean "IF," bitch?

MJ! I guess next year we'll have The Duggar Family Musical.

I can’t believe they rewarded a gross elderly ginger with a murdering husband and denied that beautiful Jesse Williams and his big thick cock. Remember how he shook that cock directly at the camera in the “leaked” footage. Gave us all a gift.

Robbery.

The MJ musical completely ignores that he was a pedophile. .

Am I the only one who likes Ari ... *ducks*

My love of the Jackson 5 and so many Michael Jackson solo hits was pure, true and made me deliriously happy.

I hate it that that's gone from my life forever.

Don't give people ideas, r115.

Dean Winters is hot.

Thank you, R212. I was just about to post the same thing. The Academy handed a Best Director Oscar to Roman Polanski in 2003, so this is clearly not the first time sexual predators have been recognized at award shows. And at least in this case, these awards are going to the people who just worked on the show, not to the predator himself unlike with Polanski.

Also, MJ takes place in 1992, long after Michael stopped looking black.

Diana the Musical is DEAD TO ME.

Another peplum!

Is that guy a little drunk? Those are some really hard "s" sounds.

Josh Lucas has beautiful eyes

All the winners so far have been predictable.

that dress is very evil stepsisters "Cinderella" 1965, with Leslie Anne Warren.

And so is this one on Marianne Elliot

Does Josh Lukas have gay voice? Is he a friend of Dorothy?

Josh Lucas always sounds like that.

Yes, he definitely does have gay voice, especially carrying on about Paulsen's dress.

I think Josh Lucas has a pleasant gay voice.

This awards show sounds like a woke-festival

unfortunately the nominees who are trans, lost

R230, He's a definite pussy hound.

[quote] unfortunately the nominees who are trans, lost

I'm sorry, I'm not seeing the unfortunate part.

Gold dress is a bore.

You mean fortunately

Josh Lucas is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF to raise awareness about AIDS in developing countries

Love Shoshana Bean. She was great in Waitress.

"Robert Preston would roll over."

So would Hugh, given half a chance .

Beautiful, r208 and r209!

George Firth waves from the Great Beyond: MY play, REMEMBER?

Soshana can't sing. Waaa?

Sarah Silverman is dressed like a hooker in 1969. Or Streisand at the Oscars.

Why is Sarah Silverman there?

Sorry, FURTH. That darn keyboard!

Sorry, had to mute the "Mr. Saturday Night" number.

Crystal will win an unearned award because they HAVE to.

She has a musical about bed wetting R245

I met William Ivey Long when he fit me for a costume in "The Lost Colony", his summer gig in Manteo, NC.

Marianne Elliott, hack extraordinaire.

The ratings are going to be dreadful.

This is painful

Sitting thru this Billy Crystal show would be hell.

I can't believe that ginger Muppet won that Tony.

So far all the winners have been mostly white and for shows that aren't particularly "woke," yet there are some people on here still screeching about how WOKE these awards are. You people really are unhinged.

Is Mr. Saturday Night trying to keep people from attending?

The sound you hear are remotes changing channels across the globe.

"The ratings are going to be dreadful. "

I think that would be the case no matter the plays/actors/musicals being awarded or how they produced the show. Declining awards show viewership isn't a blip.

Andrew Garfield brought a male date with him.

Now, I like Billy Crystal, but this number is aging me.

Wow. Josh Lucas IS The Effeminate Heterosexual.

Terrible. Embarrassing.

dear god - the empty seats in the balcony

Who is the cute as fuck black dude they cut to who was singing?

[quote] I met William Ivey Long when he fit me for a costume in "The Lost Colony", his summer gig in Manteo, NC.

He put his hands down my Indian costume and asked me out for breakfast.

[quote] yet there are some people on here still screeching about how WOKE these awards are.

If you listened to the presenters opening speeches, it is woke.

It cannot be a good sign that Angela was unable to attend tonight's ceremony.

The elderly ginger benefited from the voters’ disgust at this woke shit. Seems like they are retaliating by awarding all the old white people.

Sorry, but they should have asked Billy to host.

Oy vey indeed!

I'm think the only person who liked that GLASS MENAGERIE with Sarah & Josh (and Jessica and Christian). Have had a huge crush on Josh ever since!

But people REALLY don't care about the Tonys, R259.

[quote] The elderly ginger benefited from the voters’ disgust at this woke shit.

The voters are an older crowd - they need new blood in the voting membership

r256 no they are racist and unhinged.

"Who is the cute as fuck black dude they cut to who was singing?"

Anyone?

Lol, thanks Billy Crystal, if that's your showstopper, I've seen enough enough of your show.

WTF is this?

Did Governor DeSantis ban the Tony Awards in Florida?

Gotta love Sam Rockwell.

[r260] it’s designer Zac Posen. I perked up too when I saw that but I think it’s not a relationship

We have time for this but not an Angela Lansbury tribute....

Who thought it was a good idea for her to host? She’s insufferable

Laurence Fishburne’s daughter had DL energy just now.

I have this sinking feeling Hugh and Sutton will both win.

Daffy Duck - ha!!

I hope so

Where's Will Smith when we need him?

I get the vibe that there's genuine joy and happiness at awards show, but there's underlying bitterness and resentment. That's probably the least hot of hot takes.

She said "Bob Flosse."

This guy is cute.

Yes, duBose is bad. Trying oh so hard.

why, r274? So they can base awards on gender and race?

Marcia Gay Harden looks tremendous.

I want the number of her face-tightener.

Oh god, not a Phylicia Rashad acceptance speech!!!!

Phylicia Rashad wins -- pomposity incoming!

OMG will we be treated to another patronizing speech by Phylicia Rashad

No shout out to Cosby?

Rashad isn't being punished for her Cosby defense.

Phylicia Rashad, cunt extraordinaire

Move it along, Phylicia

Shut the fuck UP Rashad. You're not that important.

The Tonys--awarding shows about pedophiles and a Bill Cosby apologist. Ouch.

Phylicia looks fantastic.

Hey Phylicia, until acting cures cancer get over yourself.

Well, all the old divas seem to be winning. Guess Hugh has a chance.

Why did they give it to her? Was there really no one else to give it to besides that Cosby-supporting windbag? You kn ow if she was white she would have been canceled.

Laurence Fishburne doing a Daffy Duck impression. Grisly.

Phylicia is insufferable but she looks great.

[quote]Marcia Gay Harden looks tremendous.

Yes, and all the better for giving up on the lip injections

Oh Christ. Rashad is going to go on about the craft. Get this enabler off the stage.

Was Fishburne being ironic? Was that a sly dig about "contribution to the American theatre?"

Bitch is channelling Will Smith's acceptance speech.

I love that they gave Rashad the award. The voters are rejecting all this woke bullshit. Remember she got cancelled? The SJW must be furious.

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

Phylisa wears an ensemble from her bedspread collection.

Phylicia Rashad *struggling* up those stairs.

Patina Miller is beautiful.

Andrew Garfield and Zac Posen both gay

I'll be glad when "power white" color is over.

I love Patina but the role of LP was made for Vereen.

Rashad the fraud.

[quote] Who is the cute as fuck black dude they cut to who was singing?

Sidney DuPont

Phylicia said "Fuck Lupone, I will give the most dramatic acceptance speech"!

To the PEOPLE who came to the play.

Lemme guess -- Patti will sing "Ladies Who Lunch".

He's very hot, R323.

Is the sounds really bad in these musical productions?

Phylicia play closed in February, so for the voters to remember it after all these months, her performance must've been that goog

r314, so you're a racist and love rapists. Good to know.

I like LuPone now ever since she told that guy to fuck off.

[ R317 ] It's always difficult mounting the stairs wearing the dining room drapes.

Thanks, R323

Well they should sell 25 tickets to "Company" with that mess.

I'd forgotten how tedious Company is.

That woman playing Bobbie is in her 30's?

THIS is the Company number they chose?

That was messy and underwhelming

[quote] Phylicia play closed in February, so for the voters to remember it after all these months, her performance must've been that goog

No, it was that they couldn't stomach giving it to anyone from POTUS

Who is the long haired dude with the slutty Vneck and chest tattoo in Company? I want him in me deeply.

So nice of Patina Miller to dress as Neely O'Hara and give the DL an indirect shout out.

Company has gotta win. It is old school nostalgia.

r336, according to Wikipedia she graduated from college in 1997, so...most likely she's a decade older than the character.

This title song is too low-energy

Is everything lip synched? It looks like it.

I do hope they don't fuck up the SS tribute.

R327, FUN FACT

Sidney DuPont talks publicly for the first time about his inability to hear in one ear, telling PEOPLE that starring in Broadway's Paradise Square has been a “gift”

Something off on the COMPANY orchestrations. I've avoided seeing this for a reason, I guess.

Phylicia did win the Drama Desk Award earlier in the year

r340, Bobby Conte.

I like the Company bit, but I’ve only seen one play and that was The Boy from Oz with Hugh.

Sidney DuPont - very gay? As suggested @insta

[quote] [R336], according to Wikipedia she graduated from college in 1997, so...most likely she's a decade older than the character.

There is no fucking way Katrina is only 47. She's 50s if she's a day.

Conte without the terrible chest tattoo.

Gross. Her ass was in his face during that number.

R331 she told a woman to fuck off

While this awards show seems to be a woke-festival

The voters have said otherwise with their votes - snubbing trans & black nominees, and awarding mostly white actors (with the exception so far of Phylicia Rashad)

Was there no one the appropriate age to play Bobbie cause that lady looks ancient.

To be fair, R356, I'm sure she has told it to plenty of men as well even though that particular time it was indeed a woman.

Supposedly they wanted Anne Hathaway, which would have been good, but she couldn't do it. Benanti turned it down. If a bigger name had been available, they surely would have taken it.

"Company has gotta win. It is old-school excellence, throwing shade on every new "musical" on Broadway."

Was Anna Kendrick ever considered?

Oh my eyes

Sondheim wanted Lenk

r363...thank Billy Porter for starting that shit

Mmmmmm any Bobby Conte Thornton gossip?

And thank god for that r357 white people have historically been underappreciated.

R363, Is thar Matt Bomer?

Isabelle Stevenson, come back, all is forgiven...

r364, did he really want her, or did he want her out of who was available?

(I believe what kept Hathaway out was pregnancy. Her second kid was born in the fall of 2019 when they were starting rehearsals.)

They really need NPH to host again.

I like Latonya's outfit.

Look how JTF accidentally wound up behind the mike like that.

For R368 who should check his eyesight -- it's Jordan Roth

Thank you, Jesse Williams!

And he looks like SHIT. Whoever told him he should get fillers hates him.

That time he allegedly was r69.

Skylar Astin looks good here compared to Darren Criss who looks a mess.

Take It Out, I mean, Take Me Out for the win.

Is there a role I can take away from a winner for a film?

Anthony Edwards looks old.

I hated the opening, but I’m really enjoying the rest.

Anthony Edwards looks great.

In terms of the poster who is still outraged Jesse Tyler Ferguson won

He won for playing the same role Denis O'Hare won the Tony Award for - so they both won for playing the same role 20 years apart

Maybe it is the role that garners the acclaim for whatever actor plays it. for

Okay, this number is not good. Her voice is very aggravating. She shouldn't try and mimic Dylan's vocals.

WTF am I watching.

r380....he IS old

NO, R371.

NO they do not.

Has an entire bootleg recording of this production 'Take Me Out To The Big Sclongs' hit the interwebs yet? If not tonight would be a good day to hit the send button.

Is it fair to say only Bob Dylan should sing Bob Dylan?

Love Mare Winningham -- so underappreciated. And how did I not know she and Anthony Edwards were married?

[quote] Is there a role I can take away from a winner for a film?

[quote]—M.

Can you play a chubby effeminate black man, M? Some people are saying you can’t, but I think you should very publicly lobby for the role. I believe in you!

Oh dear. I'm so embarrassed for Mare Winingham.

No, R383. They just love to award hack TV stars.

I have always liked Mare Winningham. She does a lovely version of Forever Young in this show.

Oh, my ears!

She makes Courtney Love seem like Adele

Andrew McCarthy wrote in his book, he was desperately in love with Mare Winningham during the filming of St, Elmo's Fire

But alas she was married and pregnant during the filming

Mare looks like a scarecrow.

Another musical wants to stop people from attending.

If I was in the audience I'd be sucking on a lemon.

[quote] They just love to award hack TV stars.

Denis O'Hare wasn't a TV star when he won the Tony for playing the same role JTF is playing now

Soup to nuts, dreadful.

If this is what's offered on Broadway, I'm not missing much out here in Flyoverstan.

I saw "An American in Paris" during its Broadway run. It was amazing, just thrilling.

None of this is in the same league.

You beat me to it, r398!

[quote] In terms of the poster who is still outraged Jesse Tyler Ferguson won

There's more than one (likely more than two). I should know. I'm one of them and only made two comments.

r390 There's a sweet story about how they were going to have to cancel performances due to covid, and so he came and filled in

Neither was AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, r403. But I get your point and agree.

He's also not a hack, R401.

I'm no JTF fan but how exactly is he a "hack" TV star? His sitcom only left the air two years ago.

Denis O'Hare became a hack. You can thank Ryan Murphy for that.

R403, I'm going to visit my aunt in a flyover part of Canada and we're going to see a regional theatre production. I've been before and everything I've ever seen there is better than tonight's performances.

Not sure what that has to do with anything, R409.

[quote]Is it fair to say only Bob Dylan should sing Bob Dylan?

Not for me. I think his songs are genius but are almost always better interpreted by other artists.

[quote] I'm no JTF fan but how exactly is he a "hack" TV star? His sitcom only left the air two years ago.

Sweetie, I'm not sure you understand the meaning of the word. Trot along and look it up.

Yeah if AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is your high bar r403 then you are no authority.

[quote] Denis O'Hare became a hack.

I don't think Tony Voters are facing their ballot thinking

OMG I'll vote for Denis O'Hare so he can become a hack

Oh, my God...

This bitch host is truly an abomination.

Garfield will submit this as an Emmy bid for best featured actor.

In the wide shots of the auditorium it looks like there's barely anyone in the topmost balcony. Didn't the Tonys used to be such a sought after ticket they were nearly impossible to get?

Of course not, R416. What does that have to do with anything?

Garfield's bashfulness is the best part of this.

Is that Andrew Garfield? He looked embarrassed.

Stop fucking looking at the monitor, Espadrille.

Oh god, Raul looks terrible. Very sun damaged skin and huge eyebags.

R422's fucking HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH.

Sound and fury signifying nothing.

Who is the guy in the busker's outfit and why is he dressed that way?

Andrew sexually harassed, now really.

Pocket gay Matt Doyle for the win! <3

Is Zac Posen getting Andrew Garfield's cock tonight?

I loved the opening and hated the rest.

Raul and his bisexual cock shooting copious creamy ropes of cum!

R421 then you can't say Tony Voters awarded Denis O'Hare a Tony Award because they thought he'd be a hack

It doesn't work that way

These two look good.

Whew COOKIES!

Sydney DuPont's smile!

Bisexual Cuban cock!

Strange that a show DL’s theatre queens hate keeps winning.

I bow to your deeper, more rarefied tastes, r407 and r415, but this hay shaker was entertained as all get out by AAIP.

People in the balcony were still going to be required to wear masks. Maybe people didn't want to deal with the weird two-class system (tests and no masks for audience in the orchestra; masks and no tests for people in the mezz and balcony).

R414, I looked it up and there was your picture right next to it. Imagine that!

Another white guy beats three Black guys in his category

again the telecast is Woke Festival - but Tony Voters are saying otherwise - with their vote

Wow, I feel like they are going out of their way to give awards to white winners.

Jesus, I think he's going to POP.

SHUT UP MIRANDA SHUT UP MIRANDA SHUT UP MIRANDA SHUT UP MIRANDA SHUT UP MIRANDA SHUT UP MIRANDA SHUT UP MIRANDA SHUT UP MIRANDA

LMM isn't annoying tonight.

[quote] [R421] then you can't say Tony Voters awarded Denis O'Hare a Tony Award because they thought he'd be a hack It doesn't work that way

No one said that, dear. You cooked that up in your fevered little brain. I said he didn't become a hack until after American Horror Story. He was fine in Take Me Out and deserved the Tony.

Christ, some people.

Bernadette!!!

Whatever happened to quiet dignity?

[quote] [R414], I looked it up and there was your picture right next to it. Imagine that!

That was pretty bad. Try again. I'll give you another shot. Go ahead.

The balcony is full of Monkeypox.

"Another white guy beats three Black guys in his category again the telecast is Woke Festival - but Tony Voters are saying otherwise - with their vote"

So any non-white noms/wins can only be due to "wokeness?".

I LOVE Bernadette.

Bernadette finally started to age.

Elegant Bernadette.

So Matt Doyle is no longer available as a personal trainer, then?

I don't think Sondheim would have liked this arrangement of "Children Will Listen."

r453, that's exactly what he's saying. That poster really is showing his whole ass tonight.

[quote] Bernadette finally started to age.

She's 74. If not now, when?

Oh dear.....that key is NOT Bernadette's friend. She's got NO mix left.

Bernadette singing Sondheim makes up for having to sit through the dreck that is this year’s Tony Awards.

All the armature and fly strings from Spiderman Turn Off The Dark is being re-used to hold up Bernadette's face tonight.

So basically nobody can sing here tonight, right? My Lord!

Finally. The elegance of Broadway makes an appearance.

Wow, Peters has a great neck, shoulders and rack.

Random: She is truly awful; just unequipped as a host. So much talent, and yet this is all they can get?

Peters is the real thing.

Doyle is a joke.

Rashad obnoxious as always.

R448 your exact words were

[quote] They just love to award hack TV stars.

and Denis O'Hare WAS NOT a TV star when he won

Get your facts straight

She was off key, but she's old and still elegant, R464.

That was a rather underwhelming tribute.

Is Bernadette well regarded on Broadway?

Why are you calling Matt Doyle's win a blow against "wokeness?" Everyone and their mother predicted his win. He was one of the surest things for the evening. It's not like the voters decided to send a message by choosing him.

Not the strongest vocally, but glad she did it.

r465 Class and talent

The Ferguson and Doyle wins can go right next to the Tveit one from last year. A lot of mediocrity being rewarded of late.

That was lovely. Just perfect to have had Bernadette alone and not a mish-mash of people singing a bunch of stuff. Just the right note.

Matt Doyle having a Tony before Raul Esparza is truly a sign of the end times.

Did y'all notice Rashad didn't even deign to TOUCH the award, even as she was walking backstage?

That’s all they have for Sondheim? One song??

[quote] Why are you calling Matt Doyle's win a blow against "wokeness?"

But the actor from "Funny Girl" is getting raves in that show

R468, that was not my post. You don't even know what you're arguing or who you're arguing with.

r475 exactly

[quote]Maybe people didn't want to deal with the weird two-class system (tests and no masks for audience in the orchestra; masks and no tests for people in the mezz and balcony).

Did Patti have final approval over changing the mask mandates?

r480, not really. Mostly noted as the best part of a bad production. Doyle won all the early awards.

[quote] that was not my post.

sure Jan

[quote] Is Bernadette well regarded on Broadway?

No.

Andrew Garfield

I'm not saying Doyle deserved the award (nor do I know if Grimes did), but Doyle did get stellar reviews and has been talked about as the front runner for months.

r420 They usually sell off unsold tickets to students for $100 each. This year they were charging $250 for them.

"That’s all they have for Sondheim? One song??

Why waste time on a seminal musical theatre genius when they've got RuPaul waiting in the wings?

[quote] sure Jan

Gosh, if ONLY there was a way you could easily find out.

Lea Michele must be having a breakdown about that Featured Actor Tony win considering Matt Doyle was one of the Spring Awakening cast members who #metoo’d about her. He called her the devil.

I want to see Andrew Garfield naked. That is all.

They need to leave time for Ariana DeBose to work the audience again and/or remind us that she won an Academy Award R479.

“Children Will Listen” and “No One Is Alone” are both utter lies but “Someone in a Tree” is a masterpiece so I forgive Steve.

"But the actor from "Funny Girl" is getting raves in that show:

And they were undeserved, IMO. Charmless, in a word.

The Sondheim tribute was really moving for me, especially since Sunday in the Park was the first show I got into. Simple, direct, and heartfelt. Less is more.

Is Audra there or couldn’t she get the night off from Chipotle?

Fitness tips from Tony Award Winner Matt Doyle

They need Elizabeth Berkeley to shove Ariana into the orchestra pit.

Where's Audra?

So, I findit delicious that Bernadette is serenading Patti, tonights winner, with an old song noone remembers.

Audra is a proper star, elegant and talented.

I agree to a point about the SS tribute but they could have done a brief cavalcade of his important works.

Good, no Billy Fucking Crystal holding a Tony.

Andre Leon Talley lives.

No One is Alone IS facile and a lie (and sounds like The Candy Man), but not Children Will Listen speaks true.

Audra did her part at the September Tonys. She's giving this one a pass.

And the Award for Pinkest Caftan goes to...

Where the fuck is the Spring Awakening reunion?

Oh man, did fatty win?

Uh oh. Wokeness Troll is gonna lose his shit.

Audra is home n her pjs

Ugh. Philippa Soo. Bland, bland, bland.

We still have an hour and fifteen minutes to go

He makes EJ Johnson look butch.

That dress exaggerates her tiny tits. Awful.

No "Funny Girl" nom -- that's gotta hurt!

Where did Matt Doyle call Lea Michele the devil?

OMG, half the audience is going on stage for Company.

From r499's link

[quote]I'm a 28 year old Broadway vet who's working on his solo full length pop album

How'd that one work out for you Matt? Ah well, at least you had some original background music for your Twitch stream.

Soo is awful.

Renee looks great.

Renee is great, Soo is terrible.

I'm surprised JTF didn't go up there with that crowd.

COMPANY was not the first concept musical.

Well THAT was a real nail biter. Thank god COMPANY pulled that off.

No One Is Alone is not a lie. You are insane.

Maya Phillips is complaining in the New York Times that A Strange Loop has only gotten one Tony so far.

How terrible is The Music Man revival that it lost to fucking Company?

R519

RuPaul should have hosted.

I hate Hudson. Always have. She can sing/scream and that is it.

This song from "Strange Loop" sounds so much like a song from Company

I was just thinking that, R534.

It sounds like a parody of Rent.

If you told me Michael R. Jackson was parodying Company, I would believe you.

Maya said that A Strange Loop's book was "The other nominees in the category just couldn’t compare. That book is amazing, innovative and daring." No Maya, it was self-indulgent and embarrassing.

[quote] How terrible is The Music Man revival that it lost to fucking Company?

Honey Sondheim isn't even cold yet, no one had a chance.

Yet another musical that evidently wants to stop an audience from attending.

Where’s Evan Todd?

A Strange Loop is Rent part 2?

This is the show everyone’s making a big deal about?

Why is Company hated so much?

Strange Loops seems like a Gay Black version of Company

Down to the soundtrack

Strange Loop=God Awful!

How many people will get Covid tomorrow from tonight's super spreader event?

"No One Is Alone is not a lie. You are insane."

Reach out to me when you're on your deathbed and we'll talk.

Oh wow. This is bad. I don't need to see Strange Loop or Company. But in all fairness, I'm watching snippets. Did anyone here see either of these productions? Were they good in full.

SOUNDTRACK?!

The Music Man revival isn't terrible. It even has a few moments. But it's just over all disappointing and undistinguished. I've seen more involving productions in summer stock.

A Strange Loop was awful!

I enjoyed Company even though it didn’t really work. It should have been set in 970 not updated.

Let's face it - this telecast is a trainwreck

There is not a single poster here who is raving about this telecast.

Appalling considering this is the 75th anniversary - you;d think they would more thought and care in the 75th anniversary show

Which peformance did you like better tonight - "Bobby Bobby Bobby Bobby Bobby Bobby Bobby" or "Usher Usher Usher Usher Usher Usher Usher?"

1970 not 970!!!

Welcome to the 4th Annual White Guilt TONY Awards!

Literally only watching this shitshow for the Spring Awakening reunion.

Any naked BBC in A Strange Loop?

By the way, with ASL - was it ever determined what the one word was that so offended the NY Post (I think) reviewer? He said something like he hopes we never hear that word on Broadway again

Wow, the number from A Strange Loop was derivative and pretentious as hell. And will sell zero tickets,

I don't necessarily agree Company shouldn't have been updated, but I'll agree with 553 otherwise. It was very entertaining--I saw it three times--even if it didn't entirely work (some elements of the gender switch simply didn't work).

A 970 Company would be fascinating.

Company is absolutely worth seeing, despite some flaws. Better see it soon. Patti is departing and then…

RuPaul's "facial expressions" don't work without the tons of makeup.

R549, I saw the Off-Broadway production of "A Strange Loop" back in 2019 and enjoyed it quite a lot. There was one scene towards the end that just went on way too long but other than that, it was very good. Jaquel wasn't the star, though, it was the first guy to play the part.

A Strange Loop is so derivative and so awful!

I loved COMPANY, though saw it when Lenk was out. Nikki Renee Daniels was in for her and amazing.

ASL is not without its interesting moments, but it is also loaded with insulting takes as well. All in all, I was glad I saw it, but would never sit through it again.

They should have sprung for a big name host considering it's the 75th anniversary.

"970" Oh, I don't know, a Game of Thrones take on Company might be as interesting as what's on Broadway now.

I hated A Strange Loop. It was fucking horrible and self indulgent. It felt like a first draft of a dramatic writing thesis.

[quote]Why is Company hated so much?

Doesn’t seem to be hated by Tony voters.

Link to continuing thread.

Agreed on Nikki Renee Daniels (the reason I saw Company a 2nd and 3rd time). If she ever gets to go on again for Lenk, I'd recommend seeing it then.

r554 you need to have a mind of your own and not count on the people in this thread who it seems just want to bitch and complain about everything.

Be surprised if Loop wins, they always take in if it winner will make money touring, "Six" seems the best bet.

I’ve seen many productions of Company, and this was the closest to how I see the piece. I’d love to see a sharp edged version set decisively in the 70s, but I doubt many others would. It certainly is far superior to both Broadway revivals.

An Oscar win just ain't what it used to be, R569. Also, I'm so proud that we're going to need a second thread.

[quote]It was very entertaining-

Root Canal is more entertaining.

[quote] Be surprised if Loop wins, they always take in if it winner will make money touring

Ummm....

Second thread here, R578.

If Rent was the beginning of the decline of the Broadway musical, it was Spring Awakening that helped to nail the coffin shut.

You told us already

DAFUQ Lea Michele her blackface!!!

WOW.

This Asian guy is cute/handsome.

Agree, R582.

[quote] Be surprised if Loop wins, they always take in if it winner will make money touring Ummm.... Fosca's everchanging mole size

That was forty years ago. Times have changed.

Leah was like "Get the fuck off stage now Zach, I'll take it from here."

Wow, awful.

Oh my god, Lea Michelle turned Black.

The fuck is up with Lea Michelle? So much spray tan

When did Zach Braff become middle aged Zach Braff. I know he is actually middle aged, I just haven't seen him in a while. Time flies.

The sound mix on the Spring Awakening song is for shit. It's just as well, it's a forgettable song.

These are the most convincing teenagers I've seen since the films of West side Story and Grease.

Is the audio feed of the entire show being piped through some filter that makes everything sound off key?

They really thought they were doing something with this "Spring Awakening".

Remember the whatever-anniversary tribute to Rent a few years ago on the Tonys? It was about as good as this. And are we all clamoring to re-experience SPRING AWAKENING?

[quote] you need to have a mind of your own and not count on the people in this thread who it seems just want to bitch and complain about everything.

Past telecasts of the Tony Awards have been nominated for the Emmy for "Outstanding Variety or Music Special" - and Tony Awards producers actually won the Emmy award in 1987 in that category

This telecast is a far cry from past Tony Awards presentations.

R595 No, it's just marginal talent that's accepted as the norm on Broadway now.

Bajour!

Like JTF, R599. Hack.

I thought Broadway was known for good singing and that it's very difficult to make it. I've seen high school kids from fly-over parts of Canada with more talent.

They should have had Jessica Lange stomp across the stage and ignore Lea Michele again.

The Glee girls tried to erase Leah and she wasn't having it.

Just awful, and I regret having to say this> WHY? So much great talent, and we get this crap?

[quote]They really thought they were doing something with this "Spring Awakening".

They were clearly the only ones, R596.

[quote]Is the audio feed of the entire show being piped through some filter that makes everything sound off key?

There's something off about the sound mix, because every performer is making my ears bleed.

Is Mike Doyle the one the Newly Negro Lea Michele showed her cooch to?

OMG Lea Michele's gonna try to ooze her way into the A Strange Loop production.

Last post!

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