Monthly Archives: June 2014
Tonys 2014
9:30pm: No surprise here. Bryan Cranston wins Best Actor in a Play. #Tonys2014. Go LBJ!#TexashasaTonyinit.
9:29pm: Of course Audra is the biggest winner of the night. She’s got a Tony and @thewillswenson#Tonys2014
9:24pm: Audra McDonald gets a standing O and makes history!
@AudraEqualityMc wins #6!!!! Congrats to my Bess and this year’s Lady Day! #Tony2014.
9:23pm: ooh. All the other noms are gonna be jealous! Hugh Jackman sings the nominees for Supporting Actress in a Play… #Tonys2014
9:22pm: Picking the right tune for #Tonys2014 is crucial and not easy at all. How do you sizzle your show in about 2 1/2 minutes? It’s the one time a year that these shows get a national audience.
Other awards given at the commercial:
Jason Robert Brown wins Best Score for Bridges of Madison County.
Linda Cho wins Best Costume Design in a Musical for Gentleman’s Guide.
Jenny Tiramani wins for Best Costume Design of a Play, Twelfth Night.
In other news, I still love Bobby Cannavale’s work. He was fantastic in Motherf&cker with the Hat.
9:13pm: Jefferson Mays shows us how it’s done. Gentleman’s Guide performs.
9:10pm: Sophie Okonedo wins Best Supporting Actress in A Raisin in the Sun despite being one of two actresses from that show.
Other awards given at the commercial:
Warren Carlyle wins Best Choreographer for After Midnight.
9:03pm: un Cabaret, un cabaret un cabaret. Ahhh, Alan Cumming=theatrical oxygen.
8:59pm: Best featured actor in a Musical goest to James Monroe Iglehart in Aladdin.
Haven’t seen Aladdin yet but he looked good in the musical number. I was pullin’ for Nick Cordero
8:53pm: Rocky the Musical performs. They were awesome…but it’s the best part of the show.
8:52pm: My mom reminded me I might be related to @ROCKYMUSICAL‘s Andy Karl. Great. Now I’m crushin on my cousin. #familydinner #eyeofthetiger
Other awards given at the commercial:
Robert L. Freedman (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder), Best Book of a Musical
8:48pm: Kenny Leon wins Best Director for a Play for Raisin in the Sun.
He gives a lovely shout out to Holler if ya hear me.
***In other news, I’m seeing this next week!!! (I’ll see you soon Denzel!)
8:46pm: Why do they ask Clint Eastwood to read things onstage?? Didn’t the GOP teach us anything???
8:45pm:
Darko Tresnjak wins Best Director for Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.
8:40pm: Adele Dazeem rocks it. (aka Idina Menzel, aka original Elphaba).
Other awards given at the commercial:
Christopher Barreca, Rocky) wins Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt (Act One) wins Best Scenic Design of a Play
Jason Robert Brown (The Bridges of Madison County) wins Best Orchestrations
Steve Canyon Kennedy (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and GrillBest) wins Sound Design of a Play
Brian Ronan (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) wins Best Sound Design of a Musical
8:30pm: Aladdin is peforming like they need to sell tickets. (TheyDon’t.) #100percentsold. What lamp do I need to rub to get a ticket? #tonys2014.
*In other news Bobby Canavale is being kind of an ass about the Tonys on twitter. Seriously dude. Turn it off and do something else if you’re not feelin’ it.
8:19pm: Les Miz!!
8:03: #hughjackman makes a bid to revive Harvey in the Opening Number. #hoppin‘ #Tony2014.
There’s a Sting sighting and was that Clint Easwood? in the Opening Number. But I only have eyes for @RockyBroadway’s Andy Karl.
8:01pm: It’s Tony night yall!
I’ll be live tweeting @TheaterZen on twitter but you can check this blog for the recap.