Tony Awards: The Official Thread

Op I bet you’re jumping for joy

We told you no separate threads! Jesus Christ

Spectrum News 1 is on the “Red Carpet” (it’s blue this year) covering the Tony’s. At 6:30 you can watch the pre show on Pluto

I'll be signing out for the evening -I'm on the West Coast and don't want spoilers.

Happy Tonys!

Don’t the Tony’s air live out west but at 5pm?

In LA they're on live at 5:00 and repeated at 8:00, r4.

The Tonys are showing the same night as the House of the Dragon Season 2 premiere. Yeah, that was smart CBS. 🙄

This basic bitch has basic cable, so only the 8:00 replay is available.

What r6 said. I remember watching the show live at 5pm in LA back in 2019.

R8 it airs on CBS. You don’t even need cable to watch.

R7 The Tony’s has a niche audience. The only people who watch it are theatre fans. It isn’t like the Emmys or Grammys or Oscars. Almost everyone watches tv and movies and listens to music. Not everyone goes to the theatre or follows any of it.

I can't wait to cringe at Ariana DeBose's opening number.

Is Noah Galvin trying to show off his manicure?

So many talks of channels here. For those of us on the east coast, it's CBS at eight for the live show right?

Closeted Skylar Astin looking yummy.

R14 yes. And it’s on CBS out West at 5pm. It’s on CBS all over the country.

Tonight would be a good time for Eddie Redmayne to officially come out.

Thanks Marcia GAY HARDen R15

Why would Skylar be closeted?

Get a room you two!

That’s Queer Joy, r20!

A demure look from Billy

Who’s the woman interviewing the stars alongside Frank DiLella? She’s actually not bad, at least compared with some of his red carpet co-hosts in the past.

R19 he isn’t. Just DL gays with their wishful thinking.

R11: Broadway loves gays and blacks. Hollywood barely tolerates blacks and despises gays.

I just hope the Broadway League doesn’t go for these one-note screaming performances like Sarah Paulson and Kara Young.

R25 theater isn’t the same in general. It’s live entertainment. A completely different monster than film or television. TV is all about the writers. Films are all about the Directors. Theater is all about the actor. Not just any actor can do theater. Some actors rely on the editing.

Also, theater isn’t released all over the country. A tv show can be viewed by anyone anywhere. A film can be viewed by anyone anywhere. But to see a play or musical you have to go to it because it’s live in one location.

Oh, they just said her name. Ana Villafane.

R28 she’s an actress.

The Gay Super Bowl.

If you talked to most of my friends, you’d think the world is on pins and needles, wondering who will win.

A friend invited us over to watch but insisted we could not speak except during commercials.

Sounds like a difficult host to please, tbh. You tell everyone to STFU once they actually start chatting loudly, not beforehand. Lol.

I'd like to see Daniel Radcliffe win for Merrily.

He's come a long way since Potter and deserves recognition for taking chances and not simply cashing those checks.

Miracle Workers is hilarious.

[quote]He's come a long way since Potter and deserves recognition for taking chances and not simply cashing those checks.

Absolutely, r32.

ACT One is on Pluto right now. They award the “lesser” categories

Suffs wins its first Tony for best book. Probably be the lone win for the show this evening as the winds are leaning toward Outsiders

I don't know any of the shows, actors, stars or anyone involved. I feel so old.

Skylar Astin is absolutely handsome, though I do think he looks better with scruff / facial hair. He looks like porcelain without it.

Is that useless bitch Hillary there?

R36 if you don’t follow theater why would you even watch?

Angelina Jolie is there so cameras keep spanning to her.

The pre-show awards are being handed out with the utmost ease and dignity. Glad to see that! Wish they were all part of the regular show though (like the old days).

I don't know any of the shows, actors, songs or presenters. I feel so old. Can we have an R&H revival?

Amy Ryan had some scenes with Angelina Jolie in CHANGELING years ago. Maybe they’ll reconnect.

So missed the first 15 minutes. What other awards did they give out besides best book?

Orchestrations _ Jonathan Tunick for MERRILY

Costumes (PLay) - Dede Ayite for JAJA

Costumes (Musical) - Linda Cho for GATSBY

Set (Musical) - Tom Scutt for CABARET

Did QAaron Rodgers show up again this year with the super masculine butch Chiefs kicker as his bro date?

David Zinn looks like he has been through it!

I know David Zinn and he has!

Audra looking a little hefty…too many egg rolls, Mr Goldstone!

Will Madeleine Kahn get a special tribute tonight?

Chita Rivera is being honored tonight.

God, how I [italic]hate this night ! !

Choreography isn't considered big enough to be awarded on the CBS broadcast? Ugh.

No, it’s not!

I may as well have Property of Pre-Show Awards [italic]tattooed on my ass!

Well then they should honor Tony Mordente as well. Will both be on the Oscars In Memoriam next year?

Sarah Paulson seems insufferable to me. She comes off so pretentious and stuck up in interviews

He will. She won’t!

Holland was having a side convo with her 2 woman play co-star (the NY1 reporter) while Frank interviewed Sarah.

The 94 revival of Damn Yankees was the first show I saw on Broadway. Jack O’Brien revised the book. Apparently Mr. Abbot didn’t love it.

Sarah came off rude to her costar

Jolie is one of the producers of Outsiders. They're looking for it to be a national goldmine and closing it on Broadway in a year. It's in a mid-size house so even full price sold out it brings in peanuts to these people.

I was told this by somebody who works front of the house but it's hard for me to believe if it wins Best Musical.

Sarah Paulson was annoying in that segment with Julianne Hough. Yikes

r27 thanks for gaysplaining the obvious. We’re in your debt.

Ohhhh…he said fuck!

Jesus Christ, you know Billy Porter is going to be bitching about being relegated to Pluto.

Was Leslie not standing for Billy Porter?

Billy Porter looks like he is auditioning for a revival of "Dracula".

Ms. Porter does not audition!

I didn't know Ben Platt partnered with a hobbit.

Porter bringing the house down!

There is little to be excited about this season.

R71 Are you referencing Ben Platt's husband ?

Wonder if Mia Farrow and Patti Lupone will present to promote their new play ?

I wonder if Ben wrecks Noah’s hole…

r74

with the double ended dildo

They make such an odd pair, those two (Ben and Noah). I guess love is blind.

Ariana pre-recorded her vocals this year

So no chance Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey will co-present an award? Fellow Travelers was Paramount + so at least there’s corporate synergy.

Opening number is awful!

DL party game-do a shot anytime a poster shits all over Ariana tonight.

What an awful opening number... WTF?

Ugh the sound already sucks!

This is embarrassing.

Remember this? Not a fan of NPH, but this was great…

This is an atrocious opening number. "If you acted in your high school play". Sweet Jesus.

Was that a performance by North West?

Is it possible that Ben Platt can get uglier every time I see him.

She is so charmless.

That opening number tracks for Tom Kitt and Amanda Greene.

Neil Patrick Harris knew how to open a show.

Can someone turn the lights on?

Lead Actor first? Was not expecting that.

Can he MOVE his ASS!?!

Koch Brother Theater ugggghhh.

R78 that’s a TV SHOW. That isn’t THEATER

I want seasonal dressing to come back.

Brown velvet or velour in Summer?

NO!

This is a boring speech.

unbridled ego

Ow. Someone in gold’s diction is shouting at me.

Horrible start to the Tonys.

Hell's Kitchen...indeed.

Hells Kitchen is a phenomenal musical

Buckets and drumsticks. Revolutionary. Thanks for the Hell's Kitchen preview! That's all I'll ever need to see.

Alicia Keys created Hells Kitchen. It’s a lot about her growing up in NYC. She grew up in Hells Kitchen. A native NYer

Hell's Bells. Dreadful.

Hell's Kitchen is awful!

Remember when award shows... you know... handed out awards?

Jesus just show the whole show.

I can’t wait to see what Isabelle Stevenson is wearing.

Once you go black you don’t go back.

Are the Clintons there?

We didn’t get to see Justin Peck win choreography televised so I can watch Jay Z?

Great.

How many tourists are now gonna be disappointed that Keys and Jay-Z ain't in HK?

Is Jay Z on Ozempic?

Are the Tony awards the Grammys now?

Ewwwww. Jay Z.

What's the next category?

Who is Angelina’s date?

That must’ve gotten Ms. Porter worked up, she just did an armpit sniff check

Angelina is there with her daughter

I couldn't care less. I was at an Industry pre Tony party Friday night and all the Industry gays were saying Charlotte St Martin would open the show by running on stage and tearing off her wig and butterflies would fly out. lol

I’ve had enough of Alicia Keyes

R106 you must be new to the Tony’s. They’ve always had performances from the nominated musicals.

[quote]Alicia Keys created Hells Kitchen. It’s a lot about her growing up in NYC. She grew up in Hells Kitchen. A native NYer

This only proves not all life stories belong on the Broadway stage. This looked awful.

R117 Pax - just so he can carry her swag bags.

Ariana DeBose is so disingenuous.

Outsiders. Best musical.

R118, Hilarious.

[quote]That must’ve gotten Ms. Porter worked up, she just did an armpit sniff check

I told y'all, you can't take that pathetic creature anywhere.

This guys so annoying in Stereophonic

I think Will Brill is gay

I'm so glad the Tonys haven't caved to gender-neutral categories.

It's going to be Stereophonic night

Note to Billy Porter . . .

They need to cut off this old fart

I stopped watching The Spirit Awards for the gender neutral acting categories.

Girls committing suicide?

We HAVE devolved to gender-neutral vests...

Wow. Pete blew it.

R136 I know! WTF was he on about?

This seeme very messy

I remember reading this revival lacked a concept - -

Another lousy performance

Who committed suicide?

Who's Pete?

I'm not able to watch and am just following along on this thread.

This Tony award ceremony is not Merrily Rolling Along.

I saw the 1993 TOMMY when it went on tour - one of the best shows I ever saw in the 90s.

Do “the kids” today even know what a pinball machine is? I wonder.

Weirdly, that made me miss Wayne Cilento

R10- the first 90 minutes were on PlutoTV and they gave out most of the awards.

This year's show has much to be desired - it's just dragging.

[quote] Who's Pete?

Yes.

R131 if they ever do I will stop watching.

The guy playing Tommy is gorgeous. Any dish on him?

When does Lindsay Mendez win her award?

R132 I only have heard amazing things about it.

I'm kind of enjoying it, but don't know if I could sit through the whole play. And yes Tommy is very hot!

R14- the Pluto broadcast was live too. You’ve already missed most of the awards.

More old lady movies?

What's up with the sound issues?

Last years broadcast during the writers strike moved so smoothly compared to all the other years with writers

They just insist on filling all these award shows with so much crap

Sunset Blvd. officially happening on Broadway.

Well, they certainly won't with that cheap ass excuse for a pinball machine, r146.

R26- the Broadway League doesn’t decide who wins the awards.

And the winner is... Betty White. And Bea is not happy.

The stage lighting is dark.

She seems exhausting.

Cut her off.

Holy crap she is still talking.

Uppity Lezzby in Green Dress is a lot.

Her grandmother transitioned???

Well, at least the Stereophonic actresses didn't win.

This is awful beyond anything I have ever seen.

Damn, she loves the sound of her own voice.

Is she a gay?

Boo. I think one of the Stereophonic women should have gotten it.

Sarah Pidgeon was robbed.

Not playing her off because...well, you know why...

Well at least she's giving everyone a chance to hit the shitter.

Granny became Grampy!!

She's beautiful if not long-winded.

The speeches are quite long this year (?)

Did they vote to give them more time?

This is a horrible speech. Worthy of taking away the award tonight. But there was no stopping the box office behemoth that is Purlie Victorious. 🙄

Jonathan Groff believes his own publicity.

Yes... Merrily We Roll Along!

Oh! It’s the little Turncoat Absentee!

Ugh I can't stand this tiny dicked queen.

Jonathan Groff is HOT!

Groff has definitely sucked off Harry P.

His voice is small.

What's this play called? Fat Chick and two mediocre gays?

Jonathon Groff is one Ruffles chip away from obesity.

You guys are making me laugh so hard tonight - please, keep it up !

Kara Young is exquisite in her chartreuse gown. Sheer perfection!

Congratulations!

THIS is the revelatory production of Merrily We Roll Along?

Best performance by far!

Ben and Beanie and Paul M. will need to top this performance in the Merrily We Roll Along film to be released-- in 17 years.

He is as gay as his dick is small.

I’m taking notes

Groff definitely thinks a lot of himself.

Groff's pants keep heading North like my Grandpa's do.

Give Merrily all the Tonys now and let's forget the pretense of a contest.

R195 nope. Hells Kitchen was amazing.

Groff is a treasure - you nasty bitches! 😂

Kara Young seems insufferable.

Merrily deserves no Tony’s. So far the winners have been great.

The performances are shorter than the speeches.

^ I hope R202 is being sarcastic.

R204 I think it's time for your medication, hun.

[quote]Groff is a treasure

In his own helium-inflated egocentric mind R203. The rest of us live in the real world.

Merrily was…a revelation

Sometime ago Groff decided he's Raoul Espadrille 2.0.

I cannot stand her as a host.

What this show needs is a surprise appearance by Princess Kate, wearing her flying saucer hat so she won't be lost on stage.

Is Ariana auditioning for Gussie Carnegie?

Groff believes his own hype. He’s been besties with Lea Michel for many years. That says a lot.

Why are the Play awards so early?

He is a fraud. The fact that he can maintain a friendship with that horrid girl Glee is all you need to know about him.

Something feels "off" about the show.

Lindsay has missed 25% of the run. 72 performances. That’s nine weeks.

R215 they do Play awards first and then the musical awards

I keep reading it as Puerile Victorius.

And the phallus wielding oppressor is rewarded. Once again.

Who is this shmuch reading off a paper? Know your fucking lines!!

Where is this groff hate coming from?

Over the years on here, I’ve only read that he’s down to earth and kind. Who gives a shit if he’s friends with Lea Michele?

[quote]Is Ariana auditioning for Gussie Carnegie?

No R213, she's auditioning to be Phylicia Rashad.

The speeches tonight SUCK.

I’m kind of surprised the Best Director of a Play award is presented on the main broadcast. You’d think CBS would deem it “not glamorous enough.”

Maria Friedman upset

Maria Friedman LOST??????? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[quote]R222 Who is this shmuck reading off a paper? Know your fucking lines!!

I think it’s a free association poem?

[quote]Over the years on here, I’ve only read that he’s down to earth and kind.

And Groff posted every single one of them, R223.

Wow this is a shock

MAria not winning... that's a shock

Outsiders? More like the UNfuckables...They couldn't find any HOT guys?...Cast by Lezzby. Always keeping the hot guys down.

“I can’t walk in heels”

So wear flats, you slob.

NEPO BABY ALERT!

Holy shitski

Green Dress has sagging boobs. And I'm betting armpit hair.

Nepo win

They made The Outsiders into a musical? It sucked donkey dick both as a book and that movie.

I bet a LOT of women have lifted her up.

Those titties are crying for a bra.

Gee, I can’t tell if she planned the whole “hoisting up her high heels” moment? Doesn’t seem contrived AT ALL.

Miss Patrick Wilson!!

Patrick Wilson and his big dick.

So does this mean "The Outsiders" has Best Musical in the bag...?

Oh shit... another lousy performance

Outsiders has 1 good song and a bunch of filler

Back in the day, we regulars would dress up to attend the annual Tony watch party at The Film Center Cafe on Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen. TFCC is long gone, along with a share of us, but the energy hovering over the neighborhood tonight is incredible!

We are so proud of you, Alicia, and thank you for putting us HK imps-- young, old and departed -- on Cloud Nine tonight and always. So proud!

I found a woman to knock up so I'm "straight"...........Signed, Grant and Daniel.

I’d like to pretend that Patrick Wilson will take home Jonathon Groff tonight and rail him senseless.

Paul Castree!

Poor Maria Friedman.

I blame Patti LuPone. She’s a Tony voter and seems the type to vote against Maria.

She probably lost a role to her at some point

Ah, next up, the very straight Grant Gustin.

Miss Taymor has spoken her truth and no one - and I mean no one - will oppress her power.

At least this number has a hot daddy.

Even the CW didn't want Grant Gustin anymore.

This Water for Elephants number seems like the type to inexplicably make its way to into the Sunday Showtunes rotation at Sidetrack in Chicago to the consternation of all.

Surprised we haven’t been lectured about Gaza yet.

Kara Young was on the verge but no direct mention so far.

Group songs NEVER work on TV broadcasts. They need to mike everyone.

That hammer is the closest Grant Gustin will get to Thor.

Who's that hot daddy R255?

I'm performing at the Tony Awards tonight. What are you guys doing?

Oh.

When does Lindsay Mendez get her Tony?

Kudos to the wardrobe department who put overweight Grant in a baggy suit.

I am so getting replaced by Microsoft Copilot.

Ariana should have used Copilot for that opening

Jonathan Groff has BDF

Grant isn't fat.

You cunts who call Groff and Gustin fat are the problem. Love them or hate them, that's just dumb.

But they ARE fat, Blanche/R269!

Does Sonia Friedman have many enemies in the pool of Tony voters? Maybe they all refused to vote for her sister.

I think it's cute how all the casts run off stage as they blow kisses at the camera with this "Hey, look, Ma, I'm on TV!" kind of enthusiasm (because for most of them, I'm sure that's exactly how they're feeling).

Christ on a fucking crutch Platt's disco heels.

Groff has PAF. Pass Around Face.

Jim Parsons seemed a little zoftig tonight.

$10.00 for a thrill they’ll never forget?

Are they still talking about high school students? Maybe that's why Broadway today feels amateurish.

Will Harry Potter throw Rowling under the table?

Daniel Radcliffe!

Anthony. Please give ME a thrill I’ll never forget!

"Yasss" God, shut up bitch. I know its not right but I can't stand that man. Oh yay Daniel won.

When Ben called him CHarlie, Daniel looked heartbroken!

YES!!! Go, Daniel!!!

Harry Potter needs to thank JK Rowling for standing up to the THEMz.

Sissy Potter looks like he is wearing a grown up tie.

Speaking of Roger Bart…

Daniel Radcliffe is adorable.

Lmaoooo Groff trying to force tears out

Oh God, he's announcing another category.

I think thanking one’s dresser is new (?)

No MENDEZ YAY

Lindsay was ROBBED

No LM

Lindsay and Bebe are pissed

The Mendez haters with all their statistics must be furiously jacking off at the television right now.

Does Groff know they already voted. His crocodile tears are pathetic. One would think he was the proud wife.

Shosh seems thrilled for her

[italic]Tough luck, cunt![/italic]

Take another night off to get over it!

What a terrible acceptance speech

Time to hit the shitter.

This will be only Tony for Hell's Kitchen.

R290 not if he’s fucking him.

That red dress is homophobic

Anthony Ramos and Ben Platt didn't even look at or acknowledge each other. Shady.

Ben Platt calling out Charlie Kringas first was shitty. Way to make someone else’s success about you.

Shut up and get off the stage

Ok, another long speech...

Shes absolutely amazing in Hells Kitchen. Kudos to her.

[quote]Does Groff know they already voted. His crocodile tears are pathetic.

He pulled a nose hair R296.

Anthony Ramos makes my skin crawl.

Radcliffe won.

This is Groff's third nomination. I wonder if he'll be bitter if he doesn't win.

She should have used her iPad.

Is Jessica Lange there?

R313 yes they showed her earlier she’s near the aisle

Another lousy performance

Long winded. Jeez.

312, she should have used a maxi-pad. Her dress was originally green.

Wow..Anthony SURE didn’t give Ben the time of day

This is horrible

Illinoise lost me at the insect wings.

Amazing to see Ricky Ubeda all grown up. Loved him on So You Think You Can Dance years ago.

Oh God - THIS is Illinoise? They're just winging the "choreography" tonight, aren't they?

This is beautiful. The person bitching all night is clearly not a fan of theater. Stay in your lane. Go turn on Avengers.

Ilinoise looks like a cow-town jr. college production.

Time to change your tampon, R323

LOVE Ricky Ubeda. What a talent.

[quote]Is Jessica Lange there?

[quote]yes they showed her earlier she’s near the aisle

For the first time it’s occurring to me this must all be a really long evening for the elderly. Even if they’re just sitting there.

I think I’d go hang out in the lobby.

God awful.

R323, people have different opinions. And there are multiple dudes on here bitching cause this has been very mid so far. I liked this number tho.

[quote]Wow..Anthony SURE didn’t give Ben the time of day

You need a chest to do the shirtless thing. He looked ridiculous.

Can we have best actress in a play now?

And coming up, yet another "edgy" Cabaret revival with even more cross-dressing, vintage clothes, bad makeup, rouged tits and bad choreography and questionable acting.

[quote]You need a chest to do the shirtless thing.

I'm not defending his look, but he was wearing a shirt. It was skin-tone.

I loved the Illinoise number. Very nice.

Another lousy performance

The sound is terrible!

Nicole Scherzinger is doing the In Memoriam.

The lady just lost control of her bosom

The Great Gatsby didn’t win Best Set Design?

Ricky Ubeda is truly gifted - the way he moves is stunning. I hope he gets more meaningful work after this. It’s so hard for dancers.

MUFFS ? ? ?

Suffs is winning best musical.

Who won best Trans Actor?

I’ve only heard good things about Illinois

A horrendous performance

Yes, especially Chicago.

It still amazes me that the tony for best choreography is not on the main broadcast.

The closeup is not Eddie Redmayne's friend.

How many revivals of Caberet do we need?

This is reminding me just how awful Redmayne was in the show. Mannered, disconnected from any actual human impulse, and just yucky.

R339, Gatsby was only nominated for Best Costume Design, which it won.

Did Eddie Redmayne take the brown acid?

I don't think I've ever seen Bebe Neuwirth ever wear her hair other than the way she's wearing it tonight.

Anyone who's seen this Cabaret: Is Eddie Redmayne as charmless as he seems in this number?

He's laboring and laboring up there, but I don't see a character.

I didn’t like Redmayne in this revival either. I actually find it weird all the praise he gets.

R350: Basically what he’s like in every role.

His Oscar win is one of my least favorite in the last decade.

I remember that story years ago about Eddie hitting on an actor right in front of his wife.

It was a knock off network TV version of DDL's My Left Foot performance.

R357: He sat in a chair and the computer did all the rest.

His wife is very homely and probably lavender.

They’re advertising PREP on the Tony’s, as if seeing Ben Platt isn’t enough and that elf he’s marrying aren’t enough to prevent STDs.

The advertisers know the Tony demographic; the commercials are geared to gays.

I get the hate for the hostess but I thought she was actually good last year. I don’t know what happened. She’s so fucking lame, charmless, and phony.

God. Rannells. Somebody break out the wide angle lens for his closeups.

R354, in this production, the idea is that the cabaret and most especially the Emcee, blend into support for the Nazis. The Emcee is explicitly the villain of the piece. It’s a stupid take, but if that’s what you’re doing, he should draw the audience in before he reveals his true colors. Redmayne gets really into the physicality and the weirdness and it’s really not good.

Rankin could be good in a decent production. Neuhirth is great despite heavyhanded direction that sends her up up up past the Russell Hotel in her big number.

Christ drop the trapdoor already on these two hammy fucks.

Where is Nathan Lane????

Corey Stoll is sex on a fucking stick.

Christ, 87 producers.

I was going to say the same, R369.

I just saw Jess Lange looking as loopy and drunk and as ever at an aisle seat. Does she play a drunk still sexually alive woman of a certain age in this play too?

R371: Unfortunately he’s only gotten his ass out once on House of Cards.

Who is this queen?

Tonys SO dreadful this year. One of the worst.

Elle Fanning came back. I don’t know why she is cast in so many productions. She and her sister are below average in looks and talent.

Awful!

No Latin honoring Chita?

Ah yes, had to be an ass at the end of that speech.

This whole show seems under rehearsed

I have to believe Kevin Spacey tried to have his way with Corey during his one memorable season on House of Cards. I’m guessing it wasn’t rape rape but he likely tried to cop a feel.

Neuwirth stole Ben Platt's disco heels.

Chita Rivera was a talent but she played the same character in every performance.

Who is this Chikka Riviera they keep rambling about? Wasn't she the winner of Season 4 of RuPauls Drag Race? I really don't think now is the time...

Not appropriate.

How do we have another hour of this?

This would have been much better as a traditional medley and not broken up by words.

[quote]r353 I don't think I've ever seen Bebe Neuwirth ever wear her hair other than the way she's wearing it tonight.

She’s never worn those bedroom slippers before, though.

WE GO VY

I've seen better acting in Prep Commericals than some of these performances.

One more injection and Ariana will disappear.

Umm - that tribute to Chita was clunky.

RIP Chita Rivera and good on Bebe Neuwrith for aging naturally. 👍👍

ME Warner from SVU!

Dr. Warner's dress is just too much.

oh my. Usually I have to go to Oakland to see-----well-----never mind...

oh my

Sorry, but this show is dragging.

BET got nothing on the Tonys.

R396 is #tonyssoghetto

Football guy is hot

Nate Burlington is hot. But he is acting WAY "straighter" on Broadway than he does on CBS Mornings.

Mr. Wright!

I'm Jeffrey Wright. Did you know I starred in Angels in America? I did!

AIDS??.............What's that?.

Sarah Pigeon should have won.

He looks creepy as fuck....

Where is the arcade fire guy?

I hate when acceptance speeches turn into therapy sessions. Cry on your own time, pal.

Irony....When the fancy white people thank the academy for their awards and their cast is mostly black.

All the co producers had to go to a second stage cause the theater is too small

These acceptance speeches really bring a halt to the proceedings. Limit them to one person.

He looks like a low-rent actor playing a child molester on an early season of Unsolved Mysteries.

Oh, NOW they start to get people to shut up. So obvious...

Beta blocker? When Fosse won he said he was “full of tranquilizers”

Just when the evening couldn't get more dire, here is Hillary in a fucking caftan

Hillary rocking the caftan!

Please tell me what was ghetto about anything tonight??? Seeing a black person makes it ghetto? Not a single person there is acting ghetto and are all educated and well spoken people. Yet still called “ghetto”

Is that Carol Cook??

Caftans!!! Hillary loves her caftans.

I have that same caftan!! XXL!!

HILLARY!!!

Shut the fuck up.

Get this fat, useless bitch off the stage.

Hillary, bless her heart.

Hillary would wear a white caftan!

No pant suit at the Tonys!

Ugh this annoying woman is also IN the show??

Hillary looks great!

Sadly Hillary and Joe are going to have something in common in November. We are in for a very terrible 4 years.

" Suffs" forgot to include melody.

The DL bigots are out in force

R429: Well at least we got a heck of a lot closer than she ever did.

I'm sorry. I don't know anything about plays or broadway. But this wheelchair situation has got to go. I don't like it when Shriners do it and I don't like it when Broadway does it. You are in a fucking wheelchair. Stop rolling around and call it dancing!!

SUFFS = More like fat chicks in hats.

I dunno. These lyrics seem like they're talking to children. And I expect more fire from suffragettes. This gives Mormon tabernacle choir doing protest music vibes. But I have not seen the musical so perhaps I"m being unfair.

Suffs looks like it sucks.

Apparently she gets out of the wheelchair and walks in the show.

I loved Stereophonic. Found it worthy of the hype and then some.

I've bought a ticket to see it again.

One of the women should have won featured actress. Sarah Pidgeon had the showier role as the Stevie Nicks character, but I was more affected by Juliana Canfield as the Christine McVie character, who loves people but is wounded by multiple rejections — she had several moving moments, including a nice monologue about the movie Don't Look Now and grief. (And she did a note-perfect British accent; I'm kind of an accent nerd.)

Is it me or is this audience way rowdier than in previous years?

I saw Suffs. It was fantastic and very funny.

The Jardiance Theme song....Now THATs a cassette I would buy!! Learn Broadway. Learn!!

Popular vote wins tonight. No fucking Electoral College involved.

Arianna is a LOT....And none of it good.

[quote]The DL bigots are out in force

Just the usual troll farm animals.

Could someone tell the performers that "I was a theatre kid" is an exhausted trope? You peaked years ago. Get over it.

God, this is boring. Should been given 90 minutes or put on pay-per-view.

So if midwest tourists are watching this, and planning their summer vacation to NYC, which show do you think they're going to buy tickers for ? Most of these performances - if not all - suck big time.

So once again, they will buy tix to MJ since 'Phantom' is gone.

Angelina, EAT A BURGER!!

Ugh. Who is this fug? He needs tighter jeans if he wants to get my attention.

Angelina Jolie - A rag, a bone and a hank of hair.

Ugh.

Well these boys certainly look like outsiders… Yeesh.

Did Angelina get her implants removed? Her chest looked weird.

Are there any new musicals that are not social message based?

Outsiders: 30 year old queens playing teen hoodlums. Now, that's acting!

I've seen Outsiders movie. I don't remember any-----'urban"---performances. Clearly the producers haven't been to Tulsa.

Nice wig, Pony Boy.

The Outsiders won't get a standing O for this abysmal performance.

And it's coming across too When You're a Jet You're a Jet All The Way.

OUTSIDERS = Hillbilly Ho Down!!

Sean Cody presents The Outsiders

Is one of the Outsider's a female?

Who’ll Stop The Rain?

Females fighting for voting rights vs greaser boys. Broadway votes for the women because of the more acceptable social message.

What the fuck is this garbage? It reeks!!.......oh wait......Angelina Jolie?......Never mind...

Oh am I watching West Side Story without the good music and choreography right now?

I've seen better performances on Days of our Lives.

R438 the play has nothing to do with Fleetwood Mac

And no, they shouldn’t have won. The person who should have won did.

See? Told you.

Best,

R457

If THE OUTSIDERS are going to stage a fight in a 'rain scene' it should be with naked men fighting in a prison shower. That'll send tickets,

Was Ariana just wearing a potato sack encrusted with jewels?

Jolie will win the Oscar next year for playing Maria Callas. No, it isn’t Master Class, it’s by the guy who directed the films about Jackie O and Princess Diana.

R455 and clearly you’ve never been to a Broadway show.

[quote]Jolie will win the Oscar next year for playing Maria Callas. No, it isn’t Master Class, it’s by the guy who directed the films about Jackie O and Princess Diana.

Dream on R470.

[quote] And no, they shouldn’t have won. The person who should have won did.

Do shut up.

Was Shiloh Voight Jolie at the Tonys?

"I sold the winery"-------------Angelina Jolies next musical.

Gee, I wonder who will win this one....

Jennifer Hudson has morphed into Oprah.

I hope Sonia tells everyone to go fuck themselves for wronging her sister

GOLDIE HAWN!! She looks amazing too~!!

[quote]the play has nothing to do with Fleetwood Mac

Um, get a clue, R466.

Has Espadrille 2.0 lost yet? I've lost track.

Jennifer Hudson is porking out again.

As the limeys say Sonia Friedman looks like a right cow.

13 years ago I said "I am going to revive this because I have NO originality!! And you suckers fell for it!!"

Who's the cute guy on stage in the red tuxedo ? WOW !

Just Jack! 2024.

Sarah Paulson.

Way to make the award all about YOU, Hayes.

Jessica Lange was NOT happy to lose.

Rachel McAdams was supposed to be the next big thing 12 years ago. WoW. How sad for her.

How the fuck could you tell, R489? Her face does not move.

R480 I saw the play. It has NOTHING to do with Fleetwood Mac

Paulson should thank the heavens above for Tyne Daly dropping out of 'Doubt'. She wouldn't have had a chance.

Jessica only did the play in hopes of a win. I would not want to be standing in between her and a bottle of gin tonight.

Sit down Paula.

Amy Ryan looked lovely and happy for Sarah.

Love her. Hope she gets the big Oscar- or Tony-winning role she deserves.

Good speech from Paulson. Prepared and no rambling.

Reading from paper surely makes the speech seem sincere.

Jess didn't look too pleased. And there was nothing her hacked up face could do to help her hide it.

Dear God Paulsen. SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY.

R490 ummm she’s had a VERY successful career. Your comment is what is sad.

Will Trish Hawkins be sending any more notes to Sarah now that she’s a Tony winner?

There hasn’t been one entertaining acceptance speech tonight.

uh oh....Angelina Jolie is sitting next to Paulsons girlfriend. This will not end well. Just ask Jennifer Anniston.

R494 no. She liked the script. She has Tony’s.

Brooke what the hell are you wearing?

Wow, Brooke is looking hefty.

Is that bizarre yellow sequined dress "of her own design"?

Nicole Scherzinger is a cunt in real life.

Brooke looks amazing.

Sarah Paulson is a raging cunt.

Why didn't they get Dylan Mulvaney to sing the tribute?

This is weird.

God can they wrap this up?

Scheherazade thinks this "performance" will win her a featured guest performance Emmy.

Billy Porter would have been better, R509.

Trish Hawkins just left the thread, but she will post seven pages of notes for DL tomorrow.

And by weird I mean the focus is split between Nicole and the people we are supposed to be remembering. Just feels off.

Nice shoes, Brooke.

Steven Lutvak. So sad.

I'm expecting them to fast-forward the slide show just so that Scheherazade will shut up.

Too many dead people. Will this ever end?

Where are the Pussycat Dolls? I got robbed.

R489, you mean there will be no more of this?

Brooke looks very thick and masculine in her advanced age.

You know Jessica Lange blames Hillary and her caftan for her loss!

Most of those people lived long lives. Hope they were happy.

Jesus loves fans of the theater, too.

Finally an In Memoriam done right. Emmys and Oscars producers, please take note.

At least the director had the good taste not to fill the In Memoriam segment with close-ups of the singer rather than letting the audience the deceased, as is the case with many such tributes.

Jesus was a theater kid.

R526=Scheherazade

Don't you get the feeling we ought to be reporting Sarah Paulson for elder abuse.

I just get the feeling that her relationship with Taylor isn't all sunshine and roses for Taylor.

R515 They still handled it way better than the Oscars; at least we can see who's being honored. I'd still rather see clips, though.

I didn't know Linda Balgord had died. How sad. She got raves for her portrayal of 'Norma Desmond' in the first US tour in 1996.

Nice commercial for Fellow Travelers

Less than ten minutes to get through Best Leading Actor in a Musical and Best Musical...

R488 = Julia Roberts

Oh , it's the attractive young man that can't act or sing but is getting a Broadway show soon.

What's a Jonas doing there? Is he planning to ruin the upcoming Les Mis revival?

Nick is wearing his wife's necklace.

Did Nick bring his masculine Bearded Wife?

If this girl's gonna be in The Last 5 Years, are they gonna have to change the Shiksa Goddess song?

Can this girl hurry up and get on stage?

10 minutes to make it to the stage. Get on with it.

Rhianna wannabe. UGH. She thanked her "village"....oh my.

So nice Joy Reid gave her one of her old wigs to wear tonight.

She looks like actress Cush Jumbo.

I can't believe singing Alicia Keys' songs gets her a Tony. Deplorable.

When will these bitches realize that God has NOTHING to do with them winning a goddamn award? Enough is enough.

Will Groff win?

Smug wins

He did!

God. What a waste of an award. Looky, he pulled another nose hair.

Love Groff.

R546 buddy. She does more than sing.

Best Farce of an Actor in A Musical.

Jonathan's dad looks embarrassed. You sired him.

Groff was not better than the lead in Outsiders.

[quote]Oh , it's the attractive young man that can't act or sing but is getting a Broadway show soon.

This is what Nick thinks of you.

Eddie Redmayne is booking the next flight back to London.

Drop the trapdoor already.

R547 they can thank whoever they want.

Geoff gave a nice speech

An actual sincere speech!

Yes he’s great.

Last chance to place your bets on Best Musical?

I'm guessing Suffs.

Groff will be the new host next year. Bet on it,

My local 11 pm news would like to go on. Can they wrap this up, please ?

Sarah Paulson’s first job out of high school was understudying Amy Ryan in THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG.

Happy now, [italic]cunt??

R561 really??? Hardly. The young lady who won before him was sincere. And you shat on her.

R564 He certainly auditioned for it just now.

Suffs. It's already won Best Book and Best Score.

Bad as this show is, it's better than the news, R565.

Groff talking about recording the Tonys on VHS as a gayling in Pennsylvania was very sweet.

I’m pulling for Suffs. I’ve known a member of the cast since she was a child.

Love the black dress

I have zero interest in seeing that Wicked movie. It should've been animated.

THE OUTSIDERS!!!

Bullshit

The Jets win the trophy.

Bullshit, indeed! What a crock of rainy shit.

Pretty surprising....

Is that SE Hinton up there?

The Outsiders is crap

Who was the black woman presenting with Idina Menzel?

The tall guy in the brown suit is cute.

Does Angie have another trans child?

When I was a kid in Junior High all the kids who thought they were kewl read The Outsiders. The rest of us knew better.

She is dreadful.

The Outsiders winning is only shocking to people not paying attention. Most predicted it winning.

Cynthia Erivo R582

If Suffs wins, Hilz will get an award as producer in the David Koch theater.

yassssss

Cynthia Erivo R582 and she's fucking fierce. Look up her performances on YouTube.

BAJOUR!

Clearly Groff has tasted Dan R's cock.

Chita!

BAJOUR was better than The Outsiders. Of course, I didn’t see either one of them.

[quote][R561] really??? Hardly. The young lady who won before him was sincere. And you shat on her.

Sorry, I didn't even see the presentation, as I was moving a load of wash from the washer to the dryer.

Groff will celebrate his first win tonight with bestie Lea Michele. He’s actually an awful person like her. Birds of a feather.

Loved 'The Outsiders.' Well deserved!

Everyone knows that R596.

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[quote]My local 11 pm news would like to go on. Can they wrap this up, please ?

I guess CBS deserves credit for not cutting the show off at 11pm like they used to and allowing it to run all the way to the end.

And I am telling you.......we're closing..........

Brody Grant of The Outsiders should have won for Best Actor in a Musical. I like Jonathan Groff, but Brody deserved the Tony much more.

The opening number of the Tonys is always great. What happened this year? The producers didn't give Ariana DeBose their best.

Eden Espinosa should have won for Best Actress in a Musical. "Lempicka" was outstanding.

From a commercial standpoint, the love was spread around pretty evenly. No show walked away with an armful of awards, and a lot of productions will post "TONY WINNER" on their marquees tomorrow. It may keep some of them open a little longer.

Personally, seeing the clips from the shows, I was only surprised by Water For Elephants and Illinoise -both of which interested me more than I thought they would. Hard pass on Hell's Kitchen. I already wanted to see Suffs, and I guess I'd give Outsiders a chance. Sadly, I'm going to New York in the fall and the only show the group booked was Tommy, which is another hard (HARD) pass for me.

Stereophonic? All the raves, but there wasn't a single clip or performance that looked even remotely interesting to me.

[quote]Billy Porter would have been better

Now THERE'S a sentence you don't hear every day.