Neil Patrick Harris sang and danced and wisecracked and otherwise hung out (har dee har har... see Spider-Man gag to the left) at the Tony Awards last night.
Did you watch?
If so what delighted you most? I'll admit right up front that this may be the season from which I'd seen the least amount of nominated shows in the past decade. I only saw three: Bonnie & Clyde (terrible), Porgy & Bess (strong) and Follies (genius/wondrous I saw it twice despite barely going to Broadway shows this year.) Porgy & Bess and Once (based on the great movie about the budding romance between two musicians) stole many of the trophies Follies might have won if the Tonys loved Stephen Sondheim shows as much as his legion of obsessive fans do.
Since I am very very tired today, herewight ten highlight tweets via me (and photos and winners) from last night as sort of retroactive fake live blogging...
Awww. it's Mrs Hugh Jackman. (According to Hugh, she's terrible at keeping secrets)
- Tonight's tv schedule (Mad Men, True Blood, Tony Awards) is wearing me out before I even head out to my morning movie (Prometheus)
- I love the call your understudy when you're feeling cruddy suggestion from the Tony Awards. I'll take resumes for the role of me starting tomorrow.
- "Little Orphan Know it All" NPH's great new title for Annie
- Judith Light Wins The Tony. Hyperventilates. Is Glad Ugly Betty is Over.
- Christian Bale forgot where came from. No surprise Newsies performance cameo.
- NPH suggests film to stage musicals including Field of Dreamgirls. OMG. Buying my ticket now.
- "Unchained Melody" on quaaludes. No longer righteous. #GhostTheMusicalLooksAtrocious
- Where is Madonna? #Evita2012Problems
Ricky Martin works up a sweat doing an odd Evita number - If straight men watched the Tony Awards, Jessica Chastain's peekaboo nipple would have been an awesome career move. #WrongAudience
- Wish I'd seen Once on stage. Loved the movie. Totally shoulda been Best Picture nominated. (Not that 2007 wasn't a good Oscar vintage)
And here are three tweets that made me guffaw so I wanted to share.
@RusselHFilm on that Field of Dreamgirls joke...
@HitFixDaniel on Judith Light's Tony.
and @SortaThatBoy on Andrew Garield losing the Featured Actor Tony
Complete Winners List
PLAY Clybourne Park
MUSICAL Once
REVIVAL, PLAY Arthur Millers' Death of a Salesman
REVIVAL, MUSICAL The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess
The star winners skewed a bit younger than: James Corden (33) Audra McDonald (41), Nina Arianda (28) and Steve Kazee (36) all beat major well regarded rivals; Corden even beat his favorite actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman for the win.
REVIVAL, PLAY Arthur Millers' Death of a Salesman
REVIVAL, MUSICAL The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess
DIRECTION, PLAY Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman
DIRECTION, MUSICAL John Tiffany, Once
BOOK OF A MUSICAL Once
ORIGINAL SCORE Newsies
LEADING ACTRESS, PLAY Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur (she's got only one week of performances left. Her co-star is the wonderful Hugh Dancy. Everyone I've talked to who has seen it simply raves about her. You may remember her from her itty bitty part in Midnight in Paris as Michael Sheen's girlfriend.
LEADING ACTRESS, MUSICAL Audra McDonald, Porgy & Bess
LEADING ACTOR, PLAY James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
LEADING ACTOR, MUSICAL Steve Kazee, Once
FEATURED ACTRESS, PLAY -Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
FEATURED ACTRESS, MUSICAL - Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
FEATURED ACTOR, PLAY -Christian Borle (of Smash fame), Peter and the Starcatcher
FEATURED ACTOR, MUSICAL Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It
CHOREOGRAPHY Newsies
ORCHESTRATIONS Once
SCENIC DESIGN, PLAY Peter and the Starcatcher
SCENIC DESIGN, MUSICAL Once
COSTUME DESIGN, PLAY Peter and the Starcatcher
COSTUME DESIGN, MUSICAL Follies
LIGHTING DESIGN, PLAY Peter and the Starcatcher
LIGHTING DESIGN, MUSICAL Once
SOUND DESIGN, PLAY Peter and the Starcatcher
SOUND DESIGN, MUSICAL Once
SPECIAL TONY AWARD LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Emanuel Azenberg
REGIONAL THEATER AWARD The Shakespearean Theatre Company, Washington DC
ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD Bernadette Peters (pictured right)
SPECIAL TONY AWARD Actors Equity Association and Hugh Jackman
TONY HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATER Freddie Gershon, Artie Siccardi, TDF Open Doors
...and curtain.