As noted here, I decided to not follow every moment of the January 6 hearings. I have largely failed to carry out my own decision. I'm not watching live but thanks to TiVo and various online sources, I'm watching almost all of it, perhaps as much to admire good television presentation as for any political reason. They're making a solid case for those willing to listen. Those who won't, of course, won't.
I finally watched the Tony Awards…a very slick, well-produced show. Ariana DeBose was a terrific host and most of the show excerpts made me want to jump on a plane and go east…but I still won't for a while. I really liked the moment at the end of the number from Six: The Musical when Ms. DeBose came out to single out one of the performers as a swing who'd been put into the number twelve hours earlier. That was indeed what much of the telecast was about.
Most of the speeches were memorable and/or fun. Joaquina Kalukango's win for Lead Actress in a Musical (for Paradise Square) gave us what may be the most emotional, crowd-pleasing acceptance speech in Award Show History. The folks who produce award shows have little to no control over when these moments happen but the producers of this one must have been happy they had this one at (almost) the end of the show.