I’ll post this and then we’ll call the Tony’s quits for the next 11 months. I thought in general the show was fun, I do like that they are putting more numbers into the show; but I thought the Broadway Moments bits were cheesey, even though I did enjoy “It’s Raining Men”.
The opening number was quite funny and I’m not sure anyone but NPH could have pulled it off. The audience participation wasn’t that necessary but I appreciate poor Brook Shields having to power through the “ad-lib” routine. The smaller venue worked really well withthe musical numbers are typically dwarfed on the Radio City stage. I thought the electronic back drop was also a nice solution to the rebuilding of the sets as well. I did appreciate the double tear-away quick changes.
The Hugh Jackman/Neil Patrick Harris Host-off was pretty funny. I think I might have to take a stroll down memory lane and do a HJ post. There are many rumors afloat about both a return to Broadway and a movie musical. Keeping my fingers crossed.
FINALLY! A post-able clip from Book of Mormon. I’m not at all disappointed that Mr. Butz won, but it was the first real upset of the night. I had my money on Andrew, he does do a good job.
Okay, this was an abbreviated version of the first act finale but it gives you a pretty good taste. You can see why Kathleen Marshall won for Best Choreography!
I’ll have to look up Mark Rylance’s acceptance speech from a few years ago and see what he did. I can’t find a embeddable clip of the his speech but there’s a link to it at the Tony web site. He recited a poem “Walking Through a Wall” by Louis Jenkins and his presentation was wonderful. It took a couple seconds to realize he wasn’t giving an acceptance speech. Thanks to the asstute reader who sent in the link to the poem.
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/interactive/video/index.html?category=acceptancespeeches
http://www.louisjenkins.com/Louis_Jenkins/Welcome.html
And the NPH closing wrap. It was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and I assume a lot of it was sketched out prior to the show and was tzujed up at the last minute. Still nice job reciting it.
