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Sunday, June 07, 2009

Tony Awards - Final Thoughts

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!