Tony Awards 2009

Overall, a fun show this year, although I think I had a better time watching it because my sister and her friend were there watching, too.

• 20:00 2009 Tony Awards!
• 20:01 "Why must I be tortured by Elton John" asks my sister (she hates Elton John)
• 20:02 Answer: he wrote the songs for Billy Elliot, one of the nominated shows.
• 20:02 Why can I hear the people in the audience?
• 20:04 This opening is lots of fun, but kind of confusing
• 20:05 Is that Stockard Channing? (It was)
• 20:09 My sister's reactions are very amusing. "Liza? But she never does anything anymore!"
• 20:13 Wow, Neil Patrick Harris' suit is shiny
• 20:29 Best part of the Shrek performance: the Wicked spoof at the end or Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey watching in the audience?
• 20:30 That knee-dancing was kind of impressive, though.
• 20:30 Oh, Jeff Daniels looks old.
• 20:31 Yay for Angela Lansbury!
• 20:45 Ah, the [tos]ers are going to be mad that it didn't win best book.
• 20:46 I haven't heard too much from Next to Normal, so I don't know whether it deserves Best Score or not.
• 20:52 Is it just me, or is Maria (West Side Story) awfully white?
• 20:59 I was kind of hoping the "other" Matthew Warchus would win.
• 21:05 Heh @ everyone waving their cellphones during the Rock of Ages performance
• 21:13 I admit, I'd rather have Liza win than Will Ferrell.
• 21:14 (Special Theatrical Event, that is)
• 21:18 Oh, mike fail... (Guys and Dolls performance)
• 21:18 What's up with the projected background?
• 21:50 As usual, technical difficulties cropped up just when I wanted to say something most.
• 21:50 In short: Good for Karen Olivio, and what was up with Carrie Fisher?
• 21:51 Also, that Next to Normal performance looked like it would be hard to sing.
• 21:51 I'm just glad the memorial montage wasn't set to Memory.
• 22:02 Is there another Marcia Harden out there? If not, why is she parading her middle name like that?
• 22:06 Man, is he dancing, or constipated? (Billy Elliot performance)
• 22:07 Are there going to be lyrics sometime soon?
• 22:16 Legally Blonde is always fun ^_^
• 22:16 It's Harvery Fierstein!
• 22:29 Lovely, lovely Jerry Herman tribute
• 22:33 I thought that Wall-E was going to show up during the Jerry Herman tribute? That's what Jim Hill said, anyway.
• 22:38 Hair cast seem to be having fun. My mother doesn't think she'd pay money to see it
• 22:38 Hey, Kristin Chenoweth!
• 22:39 I was guessing West Side Story, but Hair won Best Revival of a Musical
• 22:46 Also David Hyde Pierce
• 22:46 Sutton Foster looks like Rachel Ray
• 22:47 And Alice Ripley takes Best Actress in a Musical, of course.
• 22:51 Aw, the three kids won for Billy Elliot
• 22:51 They're so cute in their awkwardness!
• 22:55 Pretty cool bringing in all the different Frankie Vallis from the different tours of Jersey Boys
• 22:59 Best Musical time
• 23:00 Billy Elliot takes it, which is no surprise given how many other awards its won overall.
• 23:01 As Mom puts it, "The kids are no longer bored, they are on stage."
• 23:03 And Neil closes out with a song.
• 23:03 (And Mom is amazed at how well he sings)