Monday, June 12, 2017
Review: TONY AWARDS 2016
71ST TONY AWARDS
The acceptance speeches this year seemed more interesting than usual, and the performances from the shows were very well chosen and well performed.
The awards were nicely distributed among a lot of shows.
Previewing future shows is a great idea, but the heavy-handed plugs were not.
The opening number was disappointing. Probably the best host is a talk-show host and comedian with experience on Broadway and a strong interest in all kinds of theater. Kevin Spacey boasts many of these skills, but not much as an improvising comedian. In fact, his best moments as a host came when he channeled Johnny Carson. Given his skill set, it's a little disappointing that he did not boost serious theater as much as he might have.
All in all, though, I enjoyed the show! (And it's refreshing to have this award after a long break from the excessive film award season.)
(Note: A quick shout-out about THEATER TALK on Public TV (in NY, it's usually 2 AM Sat on channel 13 or https://theatertalk.org/) which has had interesting discussions in the last few weeks with many of the nominated and winning actors, directors and writers!)
Here are the winners in the top categories...
PLAYS
Best Musical
DEAR
EVAN HANSEN
Best Play
OSLO
Best Revival of a Musical
HELLO,
DOLLY!
Best Revival of a Play
JITNEY
ACTING
Best Lead Actor in a Musical
Ben Platt
DEAR
EVAN HANSEN
Best Lead Actor in a Play
Kevin Kline
PRESENT
LAUGHTER
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Gavin Creel
HELLO
DOLLY
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Michael Aronov
OSLO
Best Lead Actress in a Musical
Bette Midler
HELLO,
DOLLY!
Best Lead Actress in a Play
Laurie Metcalf
A DOLL’S
HOUSE, PART 2
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Rachel Bay
Jones
DEAR
EVAN HANSEN
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Cynthia Nixon
THE
LITTLE FOXES
DIRECTING
Best Direction of a Musical
Christopher
Ashley
COME
FROM AWAY
Best Direction of a Play
Rebecca
Taichman
INDECENT
SPECIAL AWARDS
Spacial Sound
Gareth Fry
Pete Malkin
THE
ENCOUNTER
Tony Lifetime Achievement
James Earl
Jones
Labels: Ben Platt, Bette Midler, DEAR EVAN HANSEN, HELLO DOLLY, James Earl Jones, JITNEY, Kevin Kline, OSLO, Theater Talk, Tony Awards
Friday, May 31, 2013
KING LEAR ON DVD
KING LEAR ON DVD
2008 L- Ian McKellan D- Trevor Nunn - RSC
1997 L- Ian Holm D- Richard Eyre - BBC
1984 L- Laurence Olivier D- Michael Elliott - British TV
1984 L- Laurence Olivier D- Michael Elliott - British TV
1976 Patrick Magee Tony Davenall
1974 L- James Earl Jones D- Joseph Papp ( PLUS Raul Julia, Rosiland Cash, Paul Sorvino, René Auberjonois, and Lee Chamberlin) - NYSF
1971 L- Paul Scofield D- Peter Brook (NOTE: This is B& W on VHS only)
1953 L- Orson Welles D- Peter Brook/Andrew McCullough - TV Omnibus
1916 L & D - Ernest C Warde - Silent
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Labels: DVD, Ian Holm, Ian McKellan, James Earl Jones, Joseph Papp, King Lear, Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Paul Scofield, Peter Brook, Trevor Nunn
Sunday, June 10, 2012
TONY AWARDS 2012
TONY AWARDS 2012
American Theatre Wing
66th Annual Antoinette Perry
"Tony" Awards
Live from the Beacon Theatre in New York
CBS Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 8 p.m. ET.
Neil Patrick Harris host
Audra McDonald and Hugh Jackman had the most affecting acceptance speeches. Porgy and Bess had the best production number.
Clybourne Park (Play) Once (Musical) Death of a Salesman (Revival) and Porgy and Bess (Musical Revival) were among the top winners. James Corden beating out a bunch of superstars was the big surprise. (He was funny in his little demo-scene from One Man, Two Govnors.)
Neil Patrick Harris was a downer as host. His opening number was a tribute to the falsity and fake happiness that is in fact the worst, not the best, of Broadway. The rest of his hosting was flat.
A. R. T. The American Repertory Theater at Harvard, run by Diane Paulus was a big winner, with 10 nominations and two wins (Revival and Musical Actress) for Porgy and Bess; and, additionally, Once was workshopped at A. R. T. on the way to Broadway.
Director THE GERSHWIN'S PORGY AND BESS
Artistic Director A.R.T. (where ONCE was workshopped)
Photo by Eric Roffman - QPORIT
MOST NOMINATED
8wins/11 - "Once"
10 - "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
10 - "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
10 - "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
9 - "Peter and the Starcatcher"
8 - "Follies"
8 - "Newsies"
8 - "Newsies"
7 - "Death of a Salesman"
7 - "One Man, Two Guvnors"
7 - "One Man, Two Guvnors"
TONY NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS - 2012
Play
"Clybourne Park," Bruce Norris
"Other Desert Cities," Jon Robin Baitz
"Peter and the Starcatcher," Rick Elice
"Venus in Fur," David Ives
Musical
"Leap of Faith"
"Newsies"
"Nice Work If You Can Get It"
"Once"
Revival of a play
"Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman"
"Gore Vidal's The Best Man"
"Master Class"
"Wit"
Revival of a musical
"Evita"
"Follies"
"The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
"Jesus Christ Superstar"
Book of a musical
"Lysistrata Jones," Douglas Carter Beane
"Newsies," Harvey Fierstein
"Nice Work If You Can Get It," Joe DiPietro
"Once," Enda Walsh
Original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater
"Bonnie & Clyde," music: Frank Wildhorn; lyrics: Don Black
"Newsies," music: Alan Menken; lyrics: Jack Feldman
"One Man, Two Guvnors," music & lyrics: Grant Olding
"Peter and the Starcatcher," music: Wayne Barker; lyrics: Rick Elice
Performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
James Corden, "One Man, Two Guvnors"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman"
James Earl Jones, "Gore Vidal's The Best Man"
Frank Langella, "Man and Boy"
John Lithgow, "The Columnist"
Performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Nina Arianda, "Venus in Fur"
Tracie Bennett, "End of the Rainbow"
Stockard Channing, "Other Desert Cities"
Linda Lavin, "The Lyons"
Cynthia Nixon, "Wit"
Performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Danny Burstein, "Follies"
Jeremy Jordan, "Newsies"
Steve Kazee, "Once"
Norm Lewis, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
Ron Raines, "Follies"
Performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Jan Maxwell, "Follies"
Audra McDonald, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
Cristin Milioti, "Once"
Kelli O'Hara, "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Laura Osnes, "Bonnie & Clyde"
Performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Christian Borle, "Peter and the Starcatcher"
Michael Cumpsty, "End of the Rainbow"
Tom Edden, "One Man, Two Guvnors"
Andrew Garfield, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman"
Jeremy Shamos, "Clybourne Park"
Performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Linda Emond, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman"
Spencer Kayden, "Don't Dress for Dinner"
Celia Keenan-Bolger, "Peter and the Starcatcher"
Judith Light, "Other Desert Cities"
Condola Rashad, "Stick Fly"
Condola Rashad, "Stick Fly"
Performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Phillip Boykin, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
Michael Cerveris, "Evita"
David Alan Grier, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
Michael McGrath, "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Josh Young, "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Elizabeth A. Davis, "Once"
Jayne Houdyshell, "Follies"
Judy Kaye, "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Jessie Mueller, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, "Ghost the Musical"
Scenic design of a play
John Lee Beatty, "Other Desert Cities"
Daniel Ostling, "Clybourne Park"
Mark Thompson, "One Man, Two Guvnors"
Donyale Werle, "Peter and the Starcatcher"
Scenic design of a musical
Bob Crowley, "Once"
Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, "Ghost the Musical"
Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, "Newsies"
George Tsypin, "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark"
Costume design of a play
William Ivey Long, "Don't Dress for Dinner"
Paul Tazewell, "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Mark Thompson, "One Man, Two Guvnors"
Paloma Young, "Peter and the Starcatcher"
Costume design of a musical
Gregg Barnes, "Follies"
ESosa, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
Eiko Ishioka, "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark"
Martin Pakledinaz, "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Lighting design of a play
Jeff Croiter, "Peter and the Starcatcher"
Peter Kaczorowski, "The Road to Mecca"
Brian MacDevitt, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman"
Kenneth Posner, "Other Desert Cities"
Lighting design of a musical
Christopher Akerlind, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
Natasha Katz, "Follies"
Natasha Katz, "Once"
Hugh Vanstone, "Ghost the Musical"
Sound design of a play
Paul Arditti, "One Man, Two Guvnors"
Scott Lehrer, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman"
Gareth Owen, "End of the Rainbow"
Darron L. West, "Peter and the Starcatcher"
Sound design of a musical
Acme Sound Partners, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
Clive Goodwin, "Once"
Kai Harada, "Follies"
Brian Ronan, "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Choreography
Rob Ashford, "Evita"
Christopher Gattelli, "Newsies"
Steven Hoggett, "Once"
Kathleen Marshall, "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Direction of a play
Nicholas Hytner, "One Man, Two Guvnors"
Pam MacKinnon, "Clybourne Park"
Mike Nichols, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman"
Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, "Peter and the Starcatcher"
Direction of a musical
Jeff Calhoun, "Newsies"
Kathleen Marshall, "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Diane Paulus, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
John Tiffany, "Once"
Orchestrations
William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess"
Bill Elliott, "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Martin Lowe, "Once"
Danny Troob, "Newsies"
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Emanuel Azenberg
Regional Theatre Award
The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Bernadette Peters
Special Tony Award
Actors' Equity Assn.
Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman
Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre
Freddie Gershon
Artie Siccardi
TDF Open Doors
Labels: American Theatre Wing, Cynthia Nixon, Death of a Salesman, Diane Paulus, Follies, James Earl Jones, John Lithgow, Newsies, Nina Arianda, Once, Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Gershwins Porgy and Bess, Tony Awards
