You know this is a joke, right?

Smithereens was definitely the best out of the three. I thought Striking Vipers and Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too were terrible. Striking Vipers had a great premise about black masculinity, but was totally ruined by horrible writing in the end. The Miley episode was just awful all the way around, except for the On A Roll song. I can’t stop…[Read more]

I really had high hopes for Taylor’s new album, but so far the songs suck. Maybe she should go back to her country roots.

The only female who was in contention for a nomination from Beetlejuice was Leslie Kritzer. A lot of people thought she would be nominated.

By the way, here’s Hadestown’s first post-Tonys show curtain call with a speech by Rachel Chavkin:

I don’t think she was there. She just shared a video from the first performance since SJB won the Tony (probably shot by someone from the production team).

Jeffrey Kare, remind me, who was the first person way back when to predict Hadestown would sweep the Tonys before it even opened? And who said Tootsie’s only saving grace was its book before it even opened? And who was only ONLY ONE predicting Andre De Shields when he wasn’t even in people’s top 5? And who said The Ferryman would win before it…[Read more]

Ali Stroker is I’m sure great in the show (she was out when I saw it), but Tony voters obviously wanted a moment and couldn’t resist voting for her for it. Amber Gray definitely should have won, but I’m not mad at Stroker’s win. I’m sure it will change the life of at least one disabled person watching and dreaming they could be her one day.

The show kind of bored me this year. I’m glad I was right months ago, as Jeffrey Kare can attest, about Hadestown (almost) sweeping the Tonys. I’m sad I didn’t get to see The Boys in the Band when it was on Broadway, but I’m happy it won. If only Fiddler transferred to Broadway this season it would’ve been such a worthy Revival winner. I also…[Read more]

Lol, she has ZERO chance of winning. Elaine May is as big of a lock as you can get. IF there is an upset it would be Heidi Schreck, but that isn’t happening either. Metcalf’s two wins weren’t surprises, by the way.

I really can’t decide between Boys and Waverly. Last year, the NY Times poll had My Fair Lady a little ahead of Once On This Island, and in the end, Island took it. I’ve been saying Waverly all season since it opened so I’m going to stick with it, but like I said before, with a lot of love for Boys and featured play actor being anyone’s race, look…[Read more]

Jeffrey Kare, why don’t we have talks in Google hangout??

About 95% accurate. And I’m not exagerating.

Just in case this makes a difference for anyone, here are the new Tony voting procedures that started this year (exactly why The Boys in the Band and The Waverly Galley, both closed shows, are the front runners for Play Revival):

What about Featured Actress in a Musical? Do you think it will be Gray because of the hate for Oklahoma! or will voters want to see Stroker win whether they disliked the show? I’m leaning towards Gray, but it’s really a crap-shoot.

Actually, maybe I’ll change to Boys in the Band and since Featured Actor in a Play is so wide open then Robin de Jesus goes on the ride too. I’ll be going back and forth all weekend lol.

So here is what we find:

Hadestown, The Ferryman, Oklahoma!, Elaine May, Brian Cranston, Stephanie J. Block, and Santino Fontano are locks. Revival of a Play is too close to call with The Boys in the Band being slightly ahead of The Waverly Gallery. The new Tony voting system has really helped these closed shows and it looks like one will win…[Read more]

I can’t wait for this!!! It will definitely follow The Ferryman and Hadestown as West End to Broadway Tony winners.

It will most likely come out late Thursday night. Articles published for Friday usually come out late the night before.

As for shows that have closed, now that the new Tony voting system requires voters to have seen ALL the shows in a category or they are banned from voting in that category, this really helps shows that closed like The Waverly Gallery.

This is the first time I have ever watched this stupid show and I wanted to know do they have any reviewers on there under 50? Anybody who can ever give a young perspective on theatre or are they all pretentious older people? This is the problem with most of the theatre reviewers today. I just can’t wait for the Times poll, which is the only…[Read more]