Tony Time!
I didn't watch any of the web telecast because a) my internet wasn't working and b) my parents were watching a movie and complained when I tried to make noise come from my computer.
8:01: Oh my god, the sound SUCKS.
8:05: my dad keeps asking me weird questions and distracting me from actually watching. But a dude DID get hit by the stage, right? I didn't imagine that?
8:06: Dad, I really don't want your opinion on any shows, considering you haven't seen any of them and don't even know what they're about.
8:08: Aw, dude, I just saw Ryan. Awesome!
8:09: Really, my parents' commentary is starting to get old.
8:09: Anne Hathaway! Angela Lansbury! I feel like I can't look away or I'll miss someone else I love!
8:10: That opening was pretty awesome!
8:11: I didn't imagine that guy getting hit in the head! NPH just referenced it.
8:12: Okay, I just missed two jokes because my parents were talking.
8:13: Okay, I sometimes forget that Constantine is legitimately(-ish) famous and just remember him as the crazy kid from the Rent tour.
8:14: Last year I saw all the plays and none of the musicals. This year I've seen most of the musicals and none of the plays. I feel as if I've failed somehow. One of these years I'm going to fill my Tony scorecard BEFORE the Tonys, mark my words.
8:16: For those of you who are new this year, this is the part where I make snap judgments on actors I am unfamiliar with based solely on their speeches. That being said, Aw, I like this guy!
8:22: Really? Shrek? Sigh.
8:27: Poor NPH, these jokes suck.
8:28: NPH JUST SAID BTW. WE ARE NOW BFF.
8:29: Wow, Jeff Daniels is just speeding through that prompter.
8:29: Angela Lansbury was my FAVORITE actress when I was 7, I swear to god. I AM SO GLAD SHE WON, because I still love her and she is still my favorite ever ♥ Awwww, she's crying! Oh, internet, I love her so much!
8:31: Oh, Angela Lansbury, you can come back every year. WE LOVE YOU.
8:32: So, 9 to 5 can't perform, but the frigging touring cast of frigging Mamma Mia can? How is that at all sensical?
8:39: I will give credit to NPH for making these jokes bearable.
8:40: Aw, yay, I love it when they show a bit of the plays, too, generally because I am usually more a play person than a musical person.
8:42: Dear Tony producers: Having Will Ferrell on your show will not make regular people watch the Tonys.
8:44: Why did they just show Dolly Parton? Whatever. I'm kind of shocked Billy Elliot didn't win, just because I expected them to win, you know, everything.
8:45: This guy talks SUPER fast. I'm assuming it's just because he's nervous. Aw, and they cut them off. I always get sad when they do that.
8:46: I will never not love Lin-Manuel Miranda.
8:48: So, lots of dancing is happening!
8:49: This is very synchronized for a school dance!
8:50: There was very little singing involved in that.
8:55: Why is there a giant ad on top on Susan Sarandon? Not cool, CBS!
8:56: I keep feeling bad that I haven't seen more of these plays!
8:56: Wow, no one can read tonight, can they?
8:57: But I'm glad that this guy won, if only because he was nominated twice. It would suck if you had two of the nominations and still lost. (Which I'm sure has happened in the past.)
8:58: TWO women are nominated?! I hope one of them wins it!
8:59: Of course the guy from Billy Elliot gets it. Sigh.
8:59: I was going to say that this guy was entirely too collected, but then he started to lose it and I felt better.
9:00: Constantine. Heeee! And did Will Swenson just throw up the horns?
9:02: Everyone should always heckle Liza. Um, because it's hilarious. Also, A++ THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE WAVING CELLPHONES.
9:05: On closer inspection, those are some sort of fake lighter, not cellphones, but it's still A+++.
9:05: Also, I could have done without that crotch shot D:
9:10: Fun fact: Edie Falco went to Purchase! I am pretty sure I say this every year.
9:11: Is anyone honestly surprised that it went to Liza?
9:13: Liza probably won't get played off stage, if only because she's Liza. I HOPE I AM NOT WRONG.
9:14: Frig, I am wrong. I am terrible at being right at Tonys.
9:14: Wow, those are two weird dresses.
9:15: PS: I love Marcia Gay Harden.
9:15: Wow, Laura Graham, that is not a cool dress.
9:16: Okay, I know everyone hates Guys and Dolls, but I will ALWAYS love it. Seriously. I love the music, I love the story, I love all of it.
9:16: Nice save with the handheld mic!
9:16: I LOVE THIS SONG.
9:17: Fun fact: This is the only musical I was ever in. Mostly because I can't sing. I played a random crap shooter.
9:23: Okay, that ad for NCIS: LA did not make LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell's characters seem any less gay for each other. "How are we gonna do this?" "You come save me." I'm sure this is going to suck in comparison to real NCIS, but I might need to watch it any way, since those were the only two characters I actually LIKED in the "crossover" episode.
9:25: What is it with these giant bows on dresses? Who decided that looks good?
9:26: The tech stuff has been consistently shaky this year. I don't remember it ever being like this before.
9:27: Oh, Uncle Jesse! Remember when Uncle Jesse gay married Simon?
9:28: Dammit. :( :( :(
9:29: Oh, but this guy is so sweet, I can't even deal with it. He brought his wife with him on stage! I hope it was because she wants to meet Uncle Jesse.
9:31: Aw, Karen! She's so adorable and I just want to hug her! She's so surprised!
9:31: But, oh my god, who told Matt Caplan he looks attractive with his head shaved?
9:33: Carrie Fisher, what are you wearing? But you are excellent, because you are Carrie Fisher.
9:33: Wow, no one can read tonight, can they?
9:35: Is the kid from Next to Normal just going to sit there for the whole song?
9:35: Parts of this song are reminding me of the argument at the end of my senior project.
9:38: Ha! Lin-Manuel Miranda made a face at the camera when it zoomed in on the guy from Next to Normal.
9:43: Why isn't NPH my best friend?
9:44: Okay, Geoffrey Rush doesn't surprise me as a win, but this makes, what? 95 nominations and zero wins for Raul? Aw.
9:44: Um, I love Geoffrey Rush, in case anyone was curious.
9:46: Okay, this weird photoshop effect they're using to introduce each of the plays is wearing thin. Also, we get two lines for each play? Sigh. One day plays will get the respect they deserve.
9:47: Oh, it's dead people time.
9:47: Well, lovelypoet will be happy--no one is clapping for the dead people.
9:49: Oh, I spoke too soon.
9:50: Clapping for some of the dead people and not all of them is possibly even less classy than clapping through the whole thing.
9:50: Okay, I always cry when the lights go out :(
9:55: What the frig is (was?) that lighting design guy wearing?
9:56: All these British Billy Elliot guys look the same.
9:57: I SAW HIM. Also, I want him to be my BFF. OH FRANK LANGELLA. (Clearly I want to have a lot of BFFs.)
9:58: "I thought Geoffrey Rush was nice in that play." Heeeeee!
9:59: I LOVE Marcia Gay Harden! I LOVE HER. I am very happy, although I think I would have been happy with almost any of those ladies ♥
10:00: I just want to hug her. And be her BFF forever. (Yes, I said Best Friend Forever forever. She deserves two "forevers.")
10:02: Piper Perabo's dress is RIDIC. Wow. What the hell is that?
10:04: And Elton John continues the streak of being unable to read words out loud. You would think these people didn't make their living performing or something.
10:06: Holy shit, you guys, that little Billy Elliot kid is frigging awesome.
10:10: So I guess the big thing this season is showing dancing instead of singing?
10:12: Why are they doing this touring cast stuff? I mean, really, I understand that touring casts deserve respect, but this is time we could be using to put a spotlight on plays, or musicals that are actually still running on Broadway that weren't nominated.
10:14: Also, I continue to not care about Legally Blonde at all.
10:15: Like, really, instead of having this touring crap, they could have had clips from the revived plays! SIGH.
10:16: I haven't seen this show yet :( Guys, I'm so embarrassed I haven't seen any plays this season :(
10:17: I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THESE EITHER. I AM SO BAD AT THEATRE :( I need more money and time!
10:19: Tennis joke at the Tonys? I feel like this is the wrong crowd.
10:20: Aw, the writer is precious! They showed her mother in the audience! She's afraid of flying!
10:21: I really need to see God of Carnage. Luckily people don't go as crazy for plays after the Tonys as they do for musicals.
10:22: Yay! Hair soon! :D :D :D
10:23: I love how they're stuffing these commercial breaks with ads for HIMYM.
10:25: Angela Lansbury again! I love her! As you have remember from further up top there!
10:26: Why did they randomly mention Wall-E in the credit for that one? Weird!
10:28: I wish I could have seen Angela Lansbury in all these shows in her heyday.
10:28: Oh, this is going to make me cry, isn't it?
10:30: This man is precious. ♥
10:31: I love my girlfriend Anne Hathaway, but what the fuck is she wearing?
10:32: But! Yay! Hair!
10:33: Are they acting extra gay for this performance?
10:33: I WANT TO BE GAVIN CREEL RIGHT NOW. OMG MYGIRLFRIENDANNEHATHAWAY.
10:35: Oh my god, they are having so much fun, I don't even know what to say! I am having fun watching them! :D
10:36: Hi, Kristen Chenoweth!
10:37: YAY! The one thing I really cared about, like, a lot, actually happened! :D :D :D
10:38: Wow, Ryan's face is like, perfectly framed on my teevee.
10:39: No, seriously, is he just really tall or something?
10:39: Oh, also the speech was good!
10:43: It really bothers me that Channel 2 is punctuating Tonys with a '. Is there a reason it should be there that I'm just missing? Or are they just stupid?
10:44: Oh, David Hyde Pierce! I love you! ♥
10:45: Aw, I knew AJ wasn't going to win (and probably didn't deserve to win), but I am still a tiny bit sad because she is the perfect woman.
10:45: Also, AJ doesn't need any more awards, probably, she has about a million.
10:46: Alice Ripley is cute as a button, but her dress is weird.
10:48: Okay, I'm bummed Gavin didn't win, but how could you not root for the three little boys who are making their Broadway debut?
10:49: THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS CRYING! They are too cute! None of them can talk! They're all so cute!
10:50: Oh my god, how cute are they? HOW CUTE ARE THEY?
10:52: Of course Jersey Boys performs at the Tonys like, a month before the dude I know rejoins the cast. Of course, he plays Bob and not Frankie, so he wouldn't be here anyway, but still.
10:53: And see earlier re: how annoying I find these tours performing.
10:54: Okay, also, note to self, I actually have to SEE this show when he returns, unlike last time.
10:57: Okay, here we go, last one. If anything other other Billy Elliot wins this, I will probably pass out from shock.
10:58: No surprises there. Oh, here come the little kids again! OH LOOK AT ALL THOSE LITTLE KIDS!
10:59: Oh, they are shrieking! I just want to hug them all! The little girls jumping up and down! Awwww!
11:00: Elton John appears at the mention of his name!
11:01: NPH has returned!
11:02: I am in favor of this musical number!
11:03: Oh my god, this is the greatest ending of the Tonys ever! "This show could not be gayer / if Liza was made mayor / and Elton John took flight!"
11:03: THIS THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! FOR SERIOUS! OH MY GOD.
Um, the absolute best part of the Tonys happened at 11:02. Just so you all know. XD
8:01: Oh my god, the sound SUCKS.
8:05: my dad keeps asking me weird questions and distracting me from actually watching. But a dude DID get hit by the stage, right? I didn't imagine that?
8:06: Dad, I really don't want your opinion on any shows, considering you haven't seen any of them and don't even know what they're about.
8:08: Aw, dude, I just saw Ryan. Awesome!
8:09: Really, my parents' commentary is starting to get old.
8:09: Anne Hathaway! Angela Lansbury! I feel like I can't look away or I'll miss someone else I love!
8:10: That opening was pretty awesome!
8:11: I didn't imagine that guy getting hit in the head! NPH just referenced it.
8:12: Okay, I just missed two jokes because my parents were talking.
8:13: Okay, I sometimes forget that Constantine is legitimately(-ish) famous and just remember him as the crazy kid from the Rent tour.
8:14: Last year I saw all the plays and none of the musicals. This year I've seen most of the musicals and none of the plays. I feel as if I've failed somehow. One of these years I'm going to fill my Tony scorecard BEFORE the Tonys, mark my words.
8:16: For those of you who are new this year, this is the part where I make snap judgments on actors I am unfamiliar with based solely on their speeches. That being said, Aw, I like this guy!
8:22: Really? Shrek? Sigh.
8:27: Poor NPH, these jokes suck.
8:28: NPH JUST SAID BTW. WE ARE NOW BFF.
8:29: Wow, Jeff Daniels is just speeding through that prompter.
8:29: Angela Lansbury was my FAVORITE actress when I was 7, I swear to god. I AM SO GLAD SHE WON, because I still love her and she is still my favorite ever ♥ Awwww, she's crying! Oh, internet, I love her so much!
8:31: Oh, Angela Lansbury, you can come back every year. WE LOVE YOU.
8:32: So, 9 to 5 can't perform, but the frigging touring cast of frigging Mamma Mia can? How is that at all sensical?
8:39: I will give credit to NPH for making these jokes bearable.
8:40: Aw, yay, I love it when they show a bit of the plays, too, generally because I am usually more a play person than a musical person.
8:42: Dear Tony producers: Having Will Ferrell on your show will not make regular people watch the Tonys.
8:44: Why did they just show Dolly Parton? Whatever. I'm kind of shocked Billy Elliot didn't win, just because I expected them to win, you know, everything.
8:45: This guy talks SUPER fast. I'm assuming it's just because he's nervous. Aw, and they cut them off. I always get sad when they do that.
8:46: I will never not love Lin-Manuel Miranda.
8:48: So, lots of dancing is happening!
8:49: This is very synchronized for a school dance!
8:50: There was very little singing involved in that.
8:55: Why is there a giant ad on top on Susan Sarandon? Not cool, CBS!
8:56: I keep feeling bad that I haven't seen more of these plays!
8:56: Wow, no one can read tonight, can they?
8:57: But I'm glad that this guy won, if only because he was nominated twice. It would suck if you had two of the nominations and still lost. (Which I'm sure has happened in the past.)
8:58: TWO women are nominated?! I hope one of them wins it!
8:59: Of course the guy from Billy Elliot gets it. Sigh.
8:59: I was going to say that this guy was entirely too collected, but then he started to lose it and I felt better.
9:00: Constantine. Heeee! And did Will Swenson just throw up the horns?
9:02: Everyone should always heckle Liza. Um, because it's hilarious. Also, A++ THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE WAVING CELLPHONES.
9:05: On closer inspection, those are some sort of fake lighter, not cellphones, but it's still A+++.
9:05: Also, I could have done without that crotch shot D:
9:10: Fun fact: Edie Falco went to Purchase! I am pretty sure I say this every year.
9:11: Is anyone honestly surprised that it went to Liza?
9:13: Liza probably won't get played off stage, if only because she's Liza. I HOPE I AM NOT WRONG.
9:14: Frig, I am wrong. I am terrible at being right at Tonys.
9:14: Wow, those are two weird dresses.
9:15: PS: I love Marcia Gay Harden.
9:15: Wow, Laura Graham, that is not a cool dress.
9:16: Okay, I know everyone hates Guys and Dolls, but I will ALWAYS love it. Seriously. I love the music, I love the story, I love all of it.
9:16: Nice save with the handheld mic!
9:16: I LOVE THIS SONG.
9:17: Fun fact: This is the only musical I was ever in. Mostly because I can't sing. I played a random crap shooter.
9:23: Okay, that ad for NCIS: LA did not make LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell's characters seem any less gay for each other. "How are we gonna do this?" "You come save me." I'm sure this is going to suck in comparison to real NCIS, but I might need to watch it any way, since those were the only two characters I actually LIKED in the "crossover" episode.
9:25: What is it with these giant bows on dresses? Who decided that looks good?
9:26: The tech stuff has been consistently shaky this year. I don't remember it ever being like this before.
9:27: Oh, Uncle Jesse! Remember when Uncle Jesse gay married Simon?
9:28: Dammit. :( :( :(
9:29: Oh, but this guy is so sweet, I can't even deal with it. He brought his wife with him on stage! I hope it was because she wants to meet Uncle Jesse.
9:31: Aw, Karen! She's so adorable and I just want to hug her! She's so surprised!
9:31: But, oh my god, who told Matt Caplan he looks attractive with his head shaved?
9:33: Carrie Fisher, what are you wearing? But you are excellent, because you are Carrie Fisher.
9:33: Wow, no one can read tonight, can they?
9:35: Is the kid from Next to Normal just going to sit there for the whole song?
9:35: Parts of this song are reminding me of the argument at the end of my senior project.
9:38: Ha! Lin-Manuel Miranda made a face at the camera when it zoomed in on the guy from Next to Normal.
9:43: Why isn't NPH my best friend?
9:44: Okay, Geoffrey Rush doesn't surprise me as a win, but this makes, what? 95 nominations and zero wins for Raul? Aw.
9:44: Um, I love Geoffrey Rush, in case anyone was curious.
9:46: Okay, this weird photoshop effect they're using to introduce each of the plays is wearing thin. Also, we get two lines for each play? Sigh. One day plays will get the respect they deserve.
9:47: Oh, it's dead people time.
9:47: Well, lovelypoet will be happy--no one is clapping for the dead people.
9:49: Oh, I spoke too soon.
9:50: Clapping for some of the dead people and not all of them is possibly even less classy than clapping through the whole thing.
9:50: Okay, I always cry when the lights go out :(
9:55: What the frig is (was?) that lighting design guy wearing?
9:56: All these British Billy Elliot guys look the same.
9:57: I SAW HIM. Also, I want him to be my BFF. OH FRANK LANGELLA. (Clearly I want to have a lot of BFFs.)
9:58: "I thought Geoffrey Rush was nice in that play." Heeeeee!
9:59: I LOVE Marcia Gay Harden! I LOVE HER. I am very happy, although I think I would have been happy with almost any of those ladies ♥
10:00: I just want to hug her. And be her BFF forever. (Yes, I said Best Friend Forever forever. She deserves two "forevers.")
10:02: Piper Perabo's dress is RIDIC. Wow. What the hell is that?
10:04: And Elton John continues the streak of being unable to read words out loud. You would think these people didn't make their living performing or something.
10:06: Holy shit, you guys, that little Billy Elliot kid is frigging awesome.
10:10: So I guess the big thing this season is showing dancing instead of singing?
10:12: Why are they doing this touring cast stuff? I mean, really, I understand that touring casts deserve respect, but this is time we could be using to put a spotlight on plays, or musicals that are actually still running on Broadway that weren't nominated.
10:14: Also, I continue to not care about Legally Blonde at all.
10:15: Like, really, instead of having this touring crap, they could have had clips from the revived plays! SIGH.
10:16: I haven't seen this show yet :( Guys, I'm so embarrassed I haven't seen any plays this season :(
10:17: I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THESE EITHER. I AM SO BAD AT THEATRE :( I need more money and time!
10:19: Tennis joke at the Tonys? I feel like this is the wrong crowd.
10:20: Aw, the writer is precious! They showed her mother in the audience! She's afraid of flying!
10:21: I really need to see God of Carnage. Luckily people don't go as crazy for plays after the Tonys as they do for musicals.
10:22: Yay! Hair soon! :D :D :D
10:23: I love how they're stuffing these commercial breaks with ads for HIMYM.
10:25: Angela Lansbury again! I love her! As you have remember from further up top there!
10:26: Why did they randomly mention Wall-E in the credit for that one? Weird!
10:28: I wish I could have seen Angela Lansbury in all these shows in her heyday.
10:28: Oh, this is going to make me cry, isn't it?
10:30: This man is precious. ♥
10:31: I love my girlfriend Anne Hathaway, but what the fuck is she wearing?
10:32: But! Yay! Hair!
10:33: Are they acting extra gay for this performance?
10:33: I WANT TO BE GAVIN CREEL RIGHT NOW. OMG MYGIRLFRIENDANNEHATHAWAY.
10:35: Oh my god, they are having so much fun, I don't even know what to say! I am having fun watching them! :D
10:36: Hi, Kristen Chenoweth!
10:37: YAY! The one thing I really cared about, like, a lot, actually happened! :D :D :D
10:38: Wow, Ryan's face is like, perfectly framed on my teevee.
10:39: No, seriously, is he just really tall or something?
10:39: Oh, also the speech was good!
10:43: It really bothers me that Channel 2 is punctuating Tonys with a '. Is there a reason it should be there that I'm just missing? Or are they just stupid?
10:44: Oh, David Hyde Pierce! I love you! ♥
10:45: Aw, I knew AJ wasn't going to win (and probably didn't deserve to win), but I am still a tiny bit sad because she is the perfect woman.
10:45: Also, AJ doesn't need any more awards, probably, she has about a million.
10:46: Alice Ripley is cute as a button, but her dress is weird.
10:48: Okay, I'm bummed Gavin didn't win, but how could you not root for the three little boys who are making their Broadway debut?
10:49: THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS CRYING! They are too cute! None of them can talk! They're all so cute!
10:50: Oh my god, how cute are they? HOW CUTE ARE THEY?
10:52: Of course Jersey Boys performs at the Tonys like, a month before the dude I know rejoins the cast. Of course, he plays Bob and not Frankie, so he wouldn't be here anyway, but still.
10:53: And see earlier re: how annoying I find these tours performing.
10:54: Okay, also, note to self, I actually have to SEE this show when he returns, unlike last time.
10:57: Okay, here we go, last one. If anything other other Billy Elliot wins this, I will probably pass out from shock.
10:58: No surprises there. Oh, here come the little kids again! OH LOOK AT ALL THOSE LITTLE KIDS!
10:59: Oh, they are shrieking! I just want to hug them all! The little girls jumping up and down! Awwww!
11:00: Elton John appears at the mention of his name!
11:01: NPH has returned!
11:02: I am in favor of this musical number!
11:03: Oh my god, this is the greatest ending of the Tonys ever! "This show could not be gayer / if Liza was made mayor / and Elton John took flight!"
11:03: THIS THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! FOR SERIOUS! OH MY GOD.
Um, the absolute best part of the Tonys happened at 11:02. Just so you all know. XD