As one who has been watching the Tony telecasts since they began I must say that the one last night was the most boring one I have come across in years. None of this years musical sequences came off well and some of host Sean Hayes's routines were tastless in the extreme. This was unfortunate because Mr. Hayes is a real talent and should have been presented to much better advantage.
Another problem was that the nominated musicals weren't very strong to begin with. "Memphis" won the best musical award and it was an entertaining, crowd pleasing show to be sure, but I suspect that the real reason it got the award was because it was the only nominee with an original score. The others used pre-existing songs to tell their stories and while "Fela"was a more solid entertainment, it still [along with the other nominees] came across as a jukebox musical.
There weren't many upset victorys and the winners were all deserving of their awards even though I did not agree with all the results. I will say that I was very pleased that "Red" won the best play award. It fully deserved to win because it was a splendid play and gave me the best evening on Broadway I had all season. Not far behind it was "Time Stands Still" which was another worthwhile play, and that one is returning to Broadway in September. Worth seeing.
So another awards season is over. My only wish is that the Tonys should become more about excellence in the theatre and less about glitz and commercialisim and not be the crashing bore it was this year.
I will be posting sporadically over the summer months. Otherwise, see you in the fall.
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