And here we go! The ads before the Tony Awards were promising a big surprise early on. What could it be?
Looks like we're starting with Billy Elliot - and Elton John's mic was dead for the first line. That's live theatre for you. Nice that they're using all three Billys.
Ah, it's a medley. More mic troubles. West Side Story, Guys and Dolls - a true medley of songs from the two shows. Very cool! Now here's Rock of Ages. Did he hit the drop as he exited? Now My Pal Joey and Next to Normal.
Now Shrek the Musical - then 9 to 5 - hey, it's Dolly Parton! And now Liza Minelli - pretty darned impressive.
Ah, and now the cast of Hair - and now everyone's on stage to bring it home. That was fun - a heckuvan exhuberant start to the show!
Tweleve minutes in, we finally see host Neil Patrick Harris. Apparently Brett Michaels actually did hit his head on the way offstage, but they say "He's fine."
A nice, heartfelt intro from him about the importance of the Tonys to those of us who live away from New York.
The first presenter - Jane Fonda. She's presenting Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. The winner: Roger Robinson for Joe Turner's Come and Gone - it's his first Tony. He gives thanks to his 98-year-old Mom, who's walking at home. How cool is that?
Commercial time!
2 comments:
So I know everyone will be raving about that opening tomorrow, and it was good, but the sound mix was terrible for the beginning! I'm pretty sure that Bret Michaels was lip-synching and he still sounded like Mickey Mouse...Oh, and he's going to have to learn to move a little faster...Actually, I'm a little curious what Poison's whole point was since that song has a very small part in the show.
And because I love NPH, I'm going to forgive him for going after my guy Constantine unnecessarily...
Yeah, it was obviously lip-synched. Terrible. And it looked like Constantine was in on the gag, judging by his reaction. If not, he's a heck of a good sport!
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