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My four big sadface surprises were:
* No Anthony Warlow or Brandon Victor Dixon in Best Actor, but then again, I haven’t seen either of those shows yet, I just know both of those men are excellent performers. On the other hand, thrilled that Santino Fontana was included in that category.
* Shocked - SHOCKED - that Josh Rhodes of Cinderella didn’t get a choreography nomination. This is what we call in the business a shonde. I am now fully rooting for Andy Blankenbuehler’s Bring It On choreography.
* My biggest disappointment was that Rachel Bay Jones wasn’t recognized for Pippin. She blew me away, and she did so in a part that is usually written off as impossible to make interesting.
The completion of the Tony Awards means we’re officially in summer, which means it’s time for SUMMER STOCK!
Seriously, does it get any better than Judy Garland doing a musical number on a tractor? I mean, that’s at least up there with Shirley Bassey doing a musical number on an oil rig.
Although really the word I think I mean is “tiresome.”
Sometimes I just want to shake people and say “it’s okay to like more than one thing!” and “Just because something else succeeded against the thing you love, that doesn’t diminish the thing you love, so you don’t need to feel so threatened” and also “shut the fuck up please.”
If The Tony Awards last night put you in the mood for some new musical comedy, check out Molly Parr’s interview with Bradley Seeman, one of the writers of Cupcake: A New Musical, now playing at Club Cafe Boston.
I’m seeing the show a week from Thursday. Can’t wait!
#tonypredictions The cruise ship Hairspray performance will be the revelatory surprise of the telecast.
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) June 10, 2012
#tonypredictions Bernadette Peters is so cute that Jennifer Holliday just eats her up. Broadway dims lights in memoriam.
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) June 10, 2012
#tonypredictions Sony pays CBS to avoid reminding the audience about Spider-Man The Musical lest it taint their forthcoming Spider-Man film.
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) June 10, 2012
#tonypredictions Sondheim streaks during @PorgyBessonBway performance. Later he repeats over and over, “I did it for George, Ira, & DuBose.”
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) June 10, 2012
…so if you want to know what I’m thinking, please follow me (@itsdlevy) on Twitter.
You have got to be fucking kidding me. If there is any show that doesn’t need more publicity, it’s The fucking Book of Mormon. They got their performance slot and all their awards last year.
I think it’s absurd that shows that aren’t currently eligible for Tonys are being permitted to perform. I’m actually tempted to skip the telecast.
Also, don’t think I’m hating on Book of Mormon. I love the show and desperately want to see it. Its cast recording is one of the three funniest cast recordings I’ve ever heard. But that doesn’t mean I want to see them on the Tonys again.
This isn’t about giving publicity to Book of Mormon. This is about having a recognizable hot commodity right at the start of the show so that anyone who’s flipping channels might catch it, be intrigued, and stick around to see what else is to come.
- Molly: so...are you having people over to watch The Tony's?
- me: No. I'm doing a lot for the wedding, I didn't want to plan anything else on top of that
- Molly: ah
- me: I suspect I'll want to just flop on the couch with the Tonys, some wine, and twitter.
