Running Tony Awards Thread

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Who doesn't love NPH?

 

[Wenders]

Still trying to figure out why Mike Tyson was in the opening number.

Also wondering how they did that magic trick where Neil was in the box and then in the audience.

 

[imjustagirl]

I love NPH, but not enough to watch the Tonys. Sorry, Moddy.

 

[SockPuppet]

Seems like Broadway is a leader in being green. It recycles ... and recycles ... and recycles.

 

[waterytart]

I want those boots.

 

[dooley_womack1]

I don't want boots.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Had to work. I'll zap through it when I get home, though.

 

[DanOregon]

So what kind of odds would you have gotten in 1990 that Mike Tyson would appear in the opening of the Tony Awards in 2013?

That opening was crushed.

 

[Riptide]

The opening number:

http://bit.ly/1640fwc

Amazing performances and execution throughout.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Who doesn't love NPH?

I even pay extra for it.

 

[Cosmo]

Did Scarsdale Surprise win anything this year?

 

[Riptide]

Still trying to figure out why Mike Tyson was in the opening number.

Tyson had a one-man show on Broadway.

 

[DanOregon]

Also loved the bit about actors in failed TV shows professing their love for the THEATA!

Someone should do a documentary about how they put the Tonys together. I don't know how they manage all the set and line changes, the props etc. Just getting the stagehands choreography down must take some work.

 

[Wenders]

Also loved the bit about actors in failed TV shows professing their love for the THEATA!

LOVED it. Was waiting for Kristin Chenoweth (of Pushing Daisies and GCB and Glee) to get out there and bring the house down.

For me, the Tonys is a great way of being able to see what new shows came out this year, since I don't live near NYC, nor do I possess the fundage to go to the shows. I loved how they did the intros to the new shows with people in older currently running shows.

 

[Songbird]

That opening was art of the highest order.

 

[93Devil]

Who doesn't love NPH?

Both Neil Patrick Harris and Mike Tyson have crazy career paths.

 

[DanOregon]

Five years later - didn't watch the show, travelling, the clip of the HS students singing Seasons of Love was pretty heartbreaking. A great moment, but one I wish the students didn't have.
I never thought Rent was a GREAT show, but I do think it has inspired more people to push boundaries and create some of the great musicals since (Ave. Q, Spring Awakening, Book of Mormon, Hamilton) and more talent to perform in them. It was the musical for people that didn't think they liked musicals.