Hi kids,

So, put your Tony Awards thoughts here, what's going on, what you liked, what you didn't like etc.

Also, IM Brooke at musicmunki23 who's running the AIM chat to get in.

STEVE KAZEE'S SPEECH

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Dumb AIM doesn't work for me since I upgraded the OS to Leopard...

Wow… Jesus Christ Superstar and Ghost were so embarrassing! I'm so grateful that Newsies won for Choreography! Not too pleased with all the Once awards, but what to do? Audra McDonald getting a tony was fabulous! And it's cool that Starcatcher got the quadruple award for designs! I loved the Newsies number, but I am in general a little disappointed by the performances shown. And what's up with the slow version of Money Kept Rolling In?

So this broadcast apparently hit a record LOW?

Ouch.

2 years ago I didnt bother recording it even. last year was a great presentation..this year..i have yet to watch i was at rehearsal last night..but not alot in the new muiscal catagory to get excited over.

I'm very pleased Once won eight awards, although it should've taken Best Choreography as well. I look forward to the day I get to see the show. "Hello!" and "If Life Were More Like Theatre" were both great performances, although there were boring numbers as well. I found my mind wandering during the Webber songs. So far as predictions go, I was 19 for 26. Corden and McGrath's upsets screwed me over, along with the close race between Garfield and Borle. Overall, I enjoyed this year's ceremony and as always, look forward to next year's.

While it was exhilarating to watch and the paper acts were amusing, it felt really showy after a while. Maybe it works better in context with what's going on? All the back flips and what have you seemed like overkill.

Regarding JCS, I was hoping they'd chose another song, quite frankly.

Shocked that the best actor award didnt go to one of the legends like plummer,Jones, Lithgow, or Langella.

You know, might as well put the winners here for those who didn't see:

Best Musical: Once

Best Play: Clybourne Park

Best Revival of a Musical: Porgy and Bess

Best Revival of a Play: Death of a Salesman

Best Lead Actor in a Musical: Steve Kazee in Once

Best Lead Actress in a Musical: Audra McDonald in Porgy and Bess

Best Lead Actor in a Play: James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors

Best Lead Actress in a Play: Nina Arianda in Venus in Fur

Best Featured Actor in a Musical: Michael McGrath in Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Judith Kaye in Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Featured Actor in a Play: Christian Borle in Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Featured Actress in a Play: Judith Light in Other Desert Cities

Best Direction of a Musical: John Tiffany for Once

Best Direction of a Play: Mike Nichols for Death Of A Salesman

Best Book of a Musical: Enda Walsh for Once

Best Orchestrations: Martin Lowe for Once

Best Choreography: Christopher Gatteli for Newsies

Best Original Score: Newsies, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Jack Feldman

Peter and the Starcatcher won all 4 Play Design awards, Donyale Werle for Scenic, Paloma Young for Costume, Jeff Croiter for Lighting and Darron L. West for Sound.

Once won 3 of the 4 Musical Design awards, Bob Crowley for Scenic, Natasha Katz for Lighting and Clive Goodwin for Sound. For costumes, Gregg Barnes won for Follies.

I'm obsessed guys.
ALSO TITANIC

Lol. I freaked out at Titanic too (bought the BW recording last week).

Why don't they have a category for best song/tune? They do for the Oscars.