I got busy last night and didn't have time to watch the Tony Awards, which await on my TiVo. In fact, since CBS ran the show twice, I think there are two copies of it on my TiVo. Those of you who want to hear what I thought of the show will have to wait until I get the time to watch one of those copies.
I did hear who the winners were and the four predictions (not mine) I cited here all came true. In some ways, the actual competition is less interesting than this consideration: Which shows improved their box office receipts as a result of what was presented on the telecast? There have been shows that were saved from an imminent closing not because they won a Tony but because the sample presented on TV sent folks scrambling to purchase seats.
You can't always tell. The Music Man was selling out all of its absurdly-expensive tickets before last night so it may not be possible to track if there's even more demand for them today. I see folks online saying that what was seen of Mr. Saturday Night made them want to see it. Take Me Out won for Best Revival of a Play but that won't help its ticket sales since it closed over the weekend.
The revival of Company won big and I have no idea if I want to see it. While I love moments of the basic show, I've never loved it as a whole…and I've seen a number of productions. Switching some genders around as this version does doesn't sound like it will change things for the better for me but, hey, it's getting raves. So who knows? I'll decide if I'm going to see it if and when it comes out here or I go back there.
In the meantime, I dunno how I missed this but last November, most of the cast members did this mini-concert version. Some interesting lyric changes in there…