6/15/2011 Tony Awards Recap

I predicted that The Book of Morman would win for best musical. I'm not sure that it should have won for best music however. There were so many good musicals on Broadway this year. I loved Sister Act, Catch Me If You Can, and The Scottboro Boys. I really loved Patina Miller's performance in Sister Act, but haven't seen Sutton Foster's performance in Anything Goes yet. Sutton's performance on the Tony's was really good, as was Patina's.  I also thought that Tony Sheldon was fabulous in Priscilla, but also liked Norbert Leo Butz's performance in Catch Me If You Can. It's a little difficult  to choose because Tony is a friend of our friend Peter Eyres from Sydney. We had a chance to meet Tony after the show in the bowels of the Palace Theatre. Talk about an experience. Tony was extremely nice and it was such a pleasure meeting him. I thought the Tony Award show was really a lot of fun. Neil Patrick Harris was a wonderful host and has an amazing ability to ad lib, or at least to rap without much practice. His last number was priceless. As was the opening number about how Broadway is no longer just for gay men! And then there is War Horse. I loved it more in New York than I did in London. This is a wonderful, heartwrenching play, and must be seen. I am glad it received the awards it got. They were deserved. It's a shame the Scottsboro Boys did not get more recognition. It is a exciting, passionate show with many amazing performances. They're supposed to do a tour, and if they do and it comes to your town, down miss it. I have to say, this was a wonderful year for Broadway. Even the musical shows that didn't make it had some great music, sets, and performers. And the variety of plays are some of the best we've seen in years.  I think the awards were pretty just, and pretty close to what I would have voted on.