I can't quite get over that opening number on the Tony Awards on Sunday night. It wasn't just the bravery and skill of all those in front of the camera. It was also the bravery and skill of all those operating the cameras and the lights and seeing that 100+ performers hit their cues precisely. (Were you impressed by the magic trick where Neil Patrick Harris vanished from the stage and appeared in the audience? Credit magician Ed Alonzo…but also nod to the one cameraman covering it and to whoever cued the lights at the proper split-second.)
And let's salute director Glenn Weiss, who had to "cut" the show live, making instant decisions as to which of about a dozen cameras should be feeding to your home TV…with no chance to change his mind later. What he did was amazing and it looked very much like this…