2023 Tony Awards

[Sarah]

I desperately want to see Leopoldstat but it won’t happen. I must see Parade. The cast recording is stunning.

 

[peibeck]

I desperately want to see Leopoldstat but it won’t happen. I must see Parade. The cast recording is stunning.

It's a limited run, are you going to NYC soon? If it wins Best Revival (very possible) maybe it will extend, but not with Ben Platt who is scheduled to film his Netflix series (although maybe that will get delayed due to the WGA strike).

 

[peibeck]

Featured Actress in a Play: Miriam Silverman "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window"

 

[Sarah]

It's a limited run, are you going to NYC soon? If it wins Best Revival (very possible) maybe it will extend, but not with Ben Platt who is scheduled to film his Netflix series (although maybe that will get delayed due to the WGA strike).

I’m hoping to get up in July but not before July 2 when Leopoldstat closes. I can crash on my Aunt’s couch if I don’t just go up for the day. But yeah, I know it’s a limited run. I’m more invested in Parade than Leopoldstat. I’m near Philly so it’s not a terrible Amtrak trip.

ETA: this unscripted Tony’s has been the most watchable Tony’s in years…

 

[peibeck]

I’m hoping to get up in July but not before July 2 when Leopoldstat closes. I can crash on my Aunt’s couch if I don’t just go up for the day. But yeah, I know it’s a limited run. I’m more invested in Parade than Leopoldstat. I’m near Philly so it’s not a terrible Amtrak trip.

ETA: this unscripted Tony’s has been the most watchable Tony’s in years…

I know they extended it once, but it seems very likely to win Best Play. It would be sad if it wins tonight and they close it in three weeks.

 

[peibeck]

Best Revival of a Play: "Topdog/Underdog" by Suzan Lori-Parks

 

[Sarah]

Loved that Into the Woods performance! That and Some Like It Hot were highlights so far.

 

[peibeck]

Why someone has not adapted a Tom Hanks movie into a musical solely for Brian D'Arcy James is a mystery to me. (Yes, I remember there was a version of "Big" but I'm trying to supress that one).

 

[Sarah]

I adore Brian D'Arcy James.

 

[peibeck]

Featured Actor in a Musical: Alex Newell "Shucked"

 

[Sarah]

Featured Actor in a Musical: Alex Newell "Shucked"

This is huge. So thrilled for them and everyone who can follow and dream in their footsteps.

 

[Sarah]

Parade was incredible but I wish they’d perform a different song…

 

[peibeck]

Hopefully Alex Newell's Act One showstopper will be number they perform from "Shucked."

Holy vibrato Ben Platt. I guess that's how you sing and chew scenery simultaneously.

 

[Sarah]

Holy vibrato Ben Platt. I guess that's how you sing and chew scenery simultaneously.

Seriously. Though I was hoping for “All the Wasted Time.”

 

[Cachoo]

Grand Wizard—-too good!

 

[peibeck]

Book of a Musical: David Lindsay Abaire "Kimberly Akimbo"

 

[caseyedwards]

Of course Desantis is being called an evil racist monster on the Tony’s. So that’s also 59% of Florida

 

[peibeck]

Of course Desantis is being called an evil racist monster on the Tony’s. So that’s also 59% of Florida

Welp! His actions speak for themselves. If he doesn't want to get compared to a KKK Grand Wizard maybe he shouldn't persecute minorities and rethink his crappy policies.

 

[caseyedwards]

Welp! His actions speak for themselves. If he doesn't want to get compared to a KKK Grand Wizard maybe he shouldn't persecute minorities and rethink his crappy policies.

He doesn’t prosecute minorities. If you have proof he wants to lynch black people and burn crosses link to it

 

[Sarah]

I have no interest in seeing Sweeney Todd, but I loved that performance and loved that it was an ensemble.

 

[peibeck]

Mr. Audra McDonald gets a spot to advertise his non-nominated musical.

 

[peibeck]

Revival of a Musical: "Parade"

 

[Wyliefan]

I find it a little ironic that this revival is called Lerner & Loewe's Camelot when the marketing was all Sorkin Sorkin Sorkin.

 

[Sarah]

I am not a fan on Phantom. There. I said it.

 

[peibeck]

I am not a fan on Phantom. There. I said it.

How many skaters are shedding a single tear right now?

 

[Sarah]

How many skaters are shedding a single tear right now?

What can I say? A single tear of emotion is good for some of them…

But i can’t forgive them for cutting off JRB for the Phantom montage… I assume he has about to acknowledge the real victim of parade? Regardless, you could have given him 17 seconds. They had a lot of people to cram on stage.

 

[peibeck]

Leading Actor in a Musical: J Harrison Ghee "Some Like It Hot"

 

[Sarah]

Such a huge night!

 

[peibeck]

Leading Actress in a Play: Jodie Comer "Prima Facie"

 

[Cachoo]

Leading Actress in a Play: Jodie Comer "Prima Facie"

Yyyyyeeeeessss