The Tony's

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The Tony's
Topic Started: Jun 10 2014, 07:47 AM (102 Views)
Bitsy	Jun 10 2014, 07:47 AM Post #1
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	For those who missed Audra McDonald's moving acceptance speech after an unprecedented 6 wins in all 4 acting categories. Thanking her parents for not medicating her as a hyper-active child should give pause for serious thought to parents dealing with a child who is different. http://www.vulture.com/2014/06/audra-mcdonald-tearful-tony-awards-speech-video.html



helen_t	Jun 10 2014, 11:17 AM Post #2
Red Star Member Posts: 2,767 Group: Member Member #712 Joined: March 30, 2010	All that bouncing about by Hugh Jackman was getting on my nerves. Although I do give him credit for being so damned healthy to be able to do it - I couldn't breath just watching him :sigh:



haili	Jun 10 2014, 12:00 PM Post #3
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	I didn't see the point of that bouncing entrance and it went on much too long. I enjoyed some of the numbers, especially the Aladin one. There was an old movie with someone bouncing - maybe Donald O'Conner?



FuzzyO	Jun 10 2014, 01:20 PM Post #4
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	I didn't get the point either.



Bitsy	Jun 10 2014, 01:58 PM Post #5
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	Neil Patrick Harris, the best host ever iMO, had some great moments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY1y-c_cIjI Edited by Bitsy, Jun 10 2014, 02:01 PM.



FuzzyO	Jun 10 2014, 02:00 PM Post #6
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	He definitely was a better host, but I guess because he's on B'way at the moment he wouldn't have had the time to do it this year.



Trotsky	Jun 10 2014, 04:01 PM Post #7
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	helen_t Jun 10 2014, 11:17 AM All that bouncing about by Hugh Jackman was getting on my nerves. Although I do give him credit for being so damned healthy to be able to do it - I couldn't breath just watching him :sigh: Yeah, Jackman was annoyingly over the top from beginning to end. And why did the TONYS waste precious time advertising two shows that had not yet opened? I know...MONEY TALKS. Not the best I've seen.



Alli	Jun 10 2014, 04:25 PM Post #8
Mistress, House of Cats Posts: 4,732 Group: Member Member #711 Joined: March 30, 2010	Oh i think i would really enjoy Hedwig And The Angry Inch !! 4_1_112 023 038



helen_t	Jun 10 2014, 05:00 PM Post #9
Red Star Member Posts: 2,767 Group: Member Member #712 Joined: March 30, 2010	Me too



Trotsky	Jun 10 2014, 11:27 PM Post #10
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	I saw two performances of HEDWIG, the first the first week of its opening in Greenwich Village at the Jane Street Hotel on the Waterfront. It starred the author John Cameron Mitchell and it was down and dirty and WONDERFUL. Then it moved with a replacement actor, Ira somebody or other. It was the same play with the same grit although missing a LITTLE without JCM, who was just unbelievable. The movie version I cannot remember much of other than it was too expanded but starred JCM. This current production looks all sweetened up and softened with Neil Patrick Harris. From what I saw he is all wrong for the part of a bitter half-woman with an inch long penis stub and a life of torment and betrayal. It is no longer what anyone would call "hard rock." Sanitizing Hedwig for the $200 a pop for the tourists seems wrong-headed to me. But since I haven't seen this version except for promos and the TONY'S and probably will not, I cannot say for sure. Edited by Trotsky, Jun 11 2014, 01:43 AM.



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