Though the shows expected to rack up the nominations–Pippin, Matilda, Kinky Boots, and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike–did just that, the 67th Annual Tony Award Nominations were filled with surprises. The biggest shocker, to me, is that the…
Susan Blackwell has really grown to be a great interviewer. For her to take on the monumental task of interviewing all the winners backstage at the Tony Awards is one thing. To do it while maintaining her trademark wit is…
The 66th Annual Tony Awards were held last night and it was a great night if you were connected to Once or Peter and the Starcatcher. These two shows picked up the lion’s share of the statues last night. Once…
Part of the fun of following the Tony Awards is digging into the meat of the unusual nominations. A good place to start in recent years is Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater. See how long…
The 66th Annual Tony Award Nominations were announced a few minutes ago and they’re filled with surprises. It seems that shows that closed were remembered fondly and shows that are still running but not so good were mostly ignored. Even…
Best Original Score is one of my favorite categories in any awards show. I’ve grown up around music. It’s always been a major part of my life. I love listening to it, performing it, writing it, and analyzing it. So…
Four musicals are vying for the honor of being named the best new musical of the 2010-2011 Broadway season. What are they, who made them, what do they have going for them, and which will win the big prize? The…
Can you believe the iconic image of Jennifer Holiday physically lifting and throwing down her leg was a safety precaution? It’s true. At the Tony Awards in 1982, there was an extension cord run straight down the middle of the…
Best Sound Design is the youngest category at the Tony Awards. It was first handed out four years ago at the 2008 ceremony and–much like the equivalent category of Sound Mixing at the Oscars–went to the loudest and most intense…
Every week until the Tony Awards, I’ll be digging around for video of some of my favorite Tony Awards moments. Join me for a trip down memory lane. And by memory lane, I’m pretty sure I mean strange occurrences and…
On Tuesday 3 May 2011, the nominations for the 65th Annual Tony Awards were announced. I have to say that I’m rather happy with the direction the nominators went in. With the exception of Wonderland (more about that later today),…
At the most recent meeting of the Tony Awards Administration Committee, Kathy Griffin’s one woman show Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony was deemed ineligible for awards consideration. At an earlier meeting, Paul Reuben’s updated The Pee-Wee Herman Show was deemed…
It’s been a rotten day and I need to cheer up. Ooo…the infamous Sideshow performance at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade that still haunts Alice Ripley because the wind was strong enough to push her and Emily Skinner apart. Cute,…