Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Tony Awards 2012

  • 11:09: One more Harris ditty later and the evening is done. Thanks for tuning in! Now go listen to some show tunes. 10:56: AWARD:Audra McDonald wins for lead actress in a musical for Porgy and Bess.
  • (USA Today)
  • I thought of this when watching the Tony Awards last Sunday night on TV. They opened with the super neat evangelical men from The Book of Mormon singing the name of Jesus as the first production number from a Broadway musical.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The 66th annual Tony Awards was held at the Beacon Theatre on Sunday, June 10 in New York City. The most talented celebrities that grace the Broadway stage came out to celebrate their success stories.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • On Sunday, Elless, who has performed at the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre and Farmers Alley Theatre, appeared with other Godspell cast members on CBS during the broadcast of the Tony Awards, where she can be seen dancing with Hugh Jackman (video below).
  • (MLive.com)
  • Number of nominations: seven, including Phillip Seymour Hoffman (best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play) and Andrew Garfield (best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play).
  • (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  • On Sunday nights 2012 Tony Awards (Sun., 8 p.m. ET on CBS) Sheryl Crow took to the stage to present the award for Best Original Score. It was the singers first public appearance since announcing that she has a benign brain tumor.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The Tony Awards on CBS has solidified its position as the lowest-rated broadcast of the major entertainment awards shows.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Broadway might be renowned for its nod to the fantastical, but those who attended the 2012 Tony Awards opted for sartorial splendor over showy.
  • (International Business Times)
  • Whats Neil Patrick Harris doing on Oscars night 2013? The How I Met Your Mother star and theater veteran, 38, dazzled and cracked up the crowd as the host of Sundays Tony Awards at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan.
  • (US Magazine)
  • Once, the Broadway adaptation of the 2006 Academy Award-winning film of the same name, took home the most awards at the 2012 Tony Awards. It won eight, including Best Musical and Best Leading Actor in a Musical for Steve Kazee.
  • (Zap2it.com)

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