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Sunday, June 07, 2009

Tony Awards #3

Back again! 40 minutes in, and they've handed out two awards.

Neil's doing a good job so far - funny but classy.

Now they're talking about Best Play - they show a clip from 33 Variations (what, no live performance?).

Will Ferrell comes out to present the award for Best Original Score (he doesn't mention his movie, Land of the Lost, which is struggling at the box office). The winner: Next to Normal. The audience seems shocked and delighted. An energetic acceptance speech, but they run long and get cut off. No running long on the Tonys, they have to finish on time (unlike the Oscars, which always runs long).

Now we see a number from the revival of West Side Story. A terrific dance number into a short song. Very nice!

Commercial time!

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