So, overall a pretty good Tony Awards show. The focus was on performances, which is always a good idea, but it all just seemed too tame and controlled. Only two speeches were memorable, and the clips from the Best Play nominees were so short, they seemed to be wasted.
I love the idea of focusing on traveling shows, since it allow the inclusion of some more fun numbers (especially in a year that seemed to have a shortage of fun shows).
Neil was a good host, but they needed to give him more to do. The closing "Eleven O'Clock" number was great, though.
Tomorrow I'll tally up the numbers and announce the winner of our Pick the Winners contest (which I'm pretty sure I didn't win).
Thanks to all for reading along! Now go out there and see some live theatre - you'll be glad you did!
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Pretty good show - the sound problems in the beginning were incredible, and something you'd laugh about in community theatre but would make you mad if you were paying a premium for a professional show. I swear you could hear a soprano 'trilling' as she was warming up before the "West Side Story" portion of the opening. An open mic... at the Tonys? Methinks the sound guy won't be back next year.
There were many more problems than just the ones I mentioned - more than once I heard an offstage mic pick up a comment, and the levels were often terrible. Shocking for a nationally televised show, though obviously keeping up with the mics on the army of performers in that first number alone would have driven most audio crews mad.
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