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In true the show must go on fashion, the ceremony managed to make the most of the situation.
Theater people know how to carry on, and they all did.
Amid lots of energy and sometimes little coherence, here were the highs and lows from the evening.
Winners could go long and tell an anecdote or two.
There were many shout-outs to the state of New Jersey.
Low:That part is, of course, not actually broadcast.Oh, well!
and So lets just keep this thing moving, shall we?
Youve made your point, WGA.
Let the legends speak!
High:Jennifer Greys introduction of her father.Hi, friends of my dad.
Good joke, Jennifer.
Hope no one wrote it for you.
Real life is but anOther Twojoke.
The upside: generous bathroom and/or snack break.
Its a bonkers concept, but DeBose is both our most overcommitting celebrity and an incredible dancer.
She threw herself down the stairs of the theater, where someone caught her.
She danced around a saxophonist and a pianist.
She was visibly out of breath for the next several minutes.
To that we say [mimes an elaborate spin and a kick that means good job].
She did a full-throated thank youuuuu to the WGA.
She put alotofemphasison the importance ofwrapping upwhen the teleprompter tells you to.
This is a simple and effective fix.
Keep doing it next year, (presumably) after the strike is over.
Ruthie Ann Miles, in the audience, looked as confused as everyone else.
Then he delivered a line that brought the house down but was bleeped by the connection.
This is the Tonys!
Ben Platt loved it!
And whats worse: no Betsy Wolfe!
A major star of the evening.
Newells speech was sweet and powerful, and also right to the point.
Further proof ofthe obsolescenceof gendered categories.
But there was no script.
Too bad: That performance needs to be preserved for future generations and shared with youths across America.
Dont bring that here.
Leave it to sports!
Like the Opera Ghost himself, we have notes.
Its a lovely, understated number that displays the heart of the show and also its incredible verbal dexterity.
Will it sell tickets?
Hard to say, but were charmed.
Its just something I thought Id mention.
Fair point, sir.
She is great at it, and she knows it, and shes even alreadydone it at the Tonys.
Its a live performance, and occasionally we even get to see it.
Congratulations to the winners; double congratulations to her.
