The Tony's (The Tonies)

Well, wasn't that a gala evening? I have to admit, I was in a bad mood, but, I found Whoopi Goldberg utterly charmless. The "skits" were, I assume, written by a real-live actual comedy writer, but just awful. Awful.

The musical excertps largely did not do much for me. Cry-Baby number = Big Dollhouse from Hairspray (but not as funny) with uninspiring choreography. Faith Prince--pitch, dawg, just aight. Sunday in the Park, well done. Made me want to see the show. OK, I am up in the air on the eponymous Stew's show--I liked the number, but wonder if I'd want to see the whole thing. I was fully prepared to like In the Heights, but the rappin' acceptance speech sort of creeped me out (although the Sondheim shout-out was clever). As to the other revivals, Gypsy was pretty cool--it actually made me want to see it, but South Pacific? Paolo Szot had a beautiful voice, but I just cannot imagine sitting through it.

If anyone understood Mark Rylance's speech, please explain. While I laughed, I was not sure why I was laughing. Tracy Letts had his moments, though.

All in all, this was not my favorite Tony's, but high hopes for something more exciting to come along this year? Any thoughts on what that might be?