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we think of eva peron as one of the iconic roles patti originated, but she wasn’t the first to play her and she says she had very little creative freedom and they just wanted to replicate the london staging

but when we think of the character of fantine…. we don’t always think of patti lupone… and that’s a role she did originate

Me: Has no talent

Also me: WOW WHAT IF I GOT ON BROADWAY

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Self care is Broadway bootlegs at 3am

Me: *takes a deep breath*

Me: i lo-

Anyone who has ever spent five seconds around me: yes, you love andrew rannells, i know, you love andrew rannells so much, he's the light of your life, your sun and stars, you love him so much, you just love andrew rannells, i KNOW, you love andrew rannells you fucking love falsettos, book of mormon and elijah on girls, ok i know, i get it, you LOVE ANDREW RANNELLS. I. GET. IT.

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I love her sm tbh.

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She did that!!!!!!!

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if she wasn’t an icon already…

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That’s a woman I stand by!!!!!!

BOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!

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My girl!

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The Goddess …

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I don’t even know her, but now I love her

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When I miss an entry and the conductor doesn’t stop

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I don't understand. What's the thing about Bette Midler?

basically not only did the tonys broadcast give her two and a half minutes before they started playing her off, she then spoke over the musicians until they stopped playing for another minute and a half, totaling her speech at 4 minutes instead of the allotted 90 seconds that they confine all of the other winners to.

& she didn’t perform because the producers of hello dolly and the producers of the tonys could not reach an agreement regarding staging: from what I’ve heard, dolly wanted to perform the title number but have it broadcast live from the shubert theatre so they didn’t have to restage it for radio city (like every other show, including ones with complicated sets like great comet, had to do). the tonys producers said no, but that really doesn’t explain why bette didn’t perform. there are plenty of songs in hello dolly that they could have done with a minimal set, so something doesn’t really add up. there’s a weak connection between “we didn’t wanna restage” and “specifically bette can’t perform”

idk something about everything hello dolly did during the tonys seemed very ungracious (except gavin creel, i really liked his acceptance speech)

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Denée Benton smashes a portrait over Paul Pinto’s head during the Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet 1812 Tony Awards performance

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when andrew rannells still doesn’t have a tony

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I want to be clear: I bear no malice towards any of the winners. Everyone who is nominated, let alone wins, a Tony is a master of their craft. My rage is directed at the incredibly conservative American Theatre Wing who determine the winners, because I feel like they often reward “big names” and safe choices over what might be the best pick in a category. Yes, I have a bias, but I think it’s hard to look at this year’s wins for things like Best Actress and not see a resistance to rewarding women of color (Eva Noblezada, Denée Benton), or the various composing/writing awards and see a skew towards “traditional” theatre.

I have nothing but love for the performers and their talent which FAR surpasses my meager acting and musical ability. But the American Theatre Wing needs to become a little less old, a little less white, and a little more willing to reward productions that take risks.

Just my tuppence.

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Congratulations to Mimi Lien for winning the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical!

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I spent a lifetime seeking signs, reading lines Trying to forecast the future Always stayed a day ahead…

Well, that was the idea.

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Dear Evan Hansen’s Ben Platt Wins Best Leading Actor In A Musical At The 71st Annual Tony Awards

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Carrie Hope Fletcher as Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family Musical)

↳ When You’re an Addams [x]

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pasek & paul: we pitched the weirdest idea for a musical

me, looking up from where i’m seated in the literal middle of a theater-large stage while an anachronistic electro-pop opera of leo tolstoy’s war and peace is being performed with thirty seven genres of music beautifully dovetailed into a seamless production that shows the greatest depiction of the realities of searching for love & meaning when you don’t know what love & meaning are, taking centuries old words and abstract concepts and making them visceral enough for you to follow every word and sob like an infant is playing: what