Monday, June 15, 2009
What Really Happened at the Tony's
Yes, yes I know; the Tony's were last weekend, but hey! I didn't even see them until this past Saturday and realistically, I did make some pretty good guesses on the musical awards; with the Broadway plays, I have never heard of half of them. But anyway, I'm really not all that shocked that Billy Elliot won almost every award it was nominated for. However, I had never heard much about Next to Normal and I was surprised that it was even nominated. Its story line doesn't sound too interesting and the songs are intense based on Alice Ripley's characterization at the Tony's. Of course, Ripley did win the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical and in the background, Sutton Foster sat in all her grumpiness ad disbelief. But then again, it's pretty rare for anyone to win 2 Tony's, let alone even be nominated for one. So I do congratulate Ripley on her chance to win and overall with the Tony's, I was quite content with the results.
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I watched the Tony's too and I did think that Sutton Foster could have at least acted happier. I mean, come on, be a good sport!
ReplyDeleteI know right? I mean, it's called common courtesy and in her case, after winning a Tony for Throughly Modern Millie, she shouldn't even EXPECT to get another one. What do you think of Alice Ripley though?
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