Spoiler: I didn’t actually watch the Tonys this year. I watched all of the performances from shows, but that’s it. Game of Thrones was on and I have my reasons and I’m very emotional so ssh. As such, I’m only talking about the musicals, because… yeah. I’m awful and I need to be more up on current theatre but I’m just not. I admit this.
After Midnight (Choreography [Warren Carlyle])
Yes, it was nice choreography! The Cotton Club and 1920s-30s Harlem are very cool and I enjoy the style of music/dance/performing/aesthetic/etcetera, so I’d be interested in this.
Aladdin (Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical [James Monroe Iglehart])
Well, I admit my thoughts when watching the video were basically “can my friends summon dancing girls out of nowhere? No, and I don’t want them to, that’s weird and vaguely uncool,” but dude seemed to be a good performer. Showy in the way the genie always is, but good. Also the choreography sure did look like Casey Nicholaw.
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical [Jessie Mueller], Sound Design [Brian Ronan])
Yeah, I could see how she’d be the winner. The performance on the Tonys didn’t really involve any acting per se, but she was a good singer and quite into it and that’s part of the battle. I don’t really know. I feel so uneducated about this stuff anymore.
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Best Musical, Book, Costume Design [Linda Cho], Direction [Darko Tresjnak])
I can’t actually find the video of this performance. Whoops. I know I DVR’d it, I just can’t be bothered to go looking for it right now and the video preview I just watched instead is making me ambivalent. Love and murder? Period costumes? Okay, I’m there. But it also looks a little farcical for my tastes usually, so I’m not in a hurry.
The Bridges of Madison County (Score, Orchestrations [Jason Robert Brown])
Not… that they performed because not nominated for best musical, but I’m mentioning it because I’ve seen a tumblr friend enthuse and I somehow didn’t realize until now it was Jason Robert Brown so I care about looking into it now.
If/Then (didn’t win anything, but)
Idina Menzel, Anthony Rapp, Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, Michael Greif, I’m interested.
Well, at least not every new musical this year is based on a movie or a book that then had a movie subsequently?
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Revival, Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical [Neil Patrick Harris], Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical [Lena Hall])
Yeah, I would totally. It’s been a while since I saw the movie, but I remember finding it interesting and liking it. So the production on stage would be interesting too and it was a very attention-grabbing performance! Which is something.
Les Miserables (didn’t win anything, but)
I… just… if you’re going to revive Les Mis do something… different? Also, I am still really tired of digitally projected backdrops. Not that the performers weren’t talented or anything. It just didn’t grab me particularly.
Violet (didn’t win anything, but)
Sutton Foster is always talented as hell. So that’s something. And everyone else seemed so also.
–your fangirl heroine.