I thought the Tony Awards were pretty good last night. I'm talking about the telecast itself, not who won. Having not seen any of the shows, I had no real feelings about any of that, though I sure wasn't the only person pleased that Kelli O'Hara finally snagged one. Kristen Chenoweth and Alan Cumming were fine hosts. The show had an awful lot of music and great performances and clever segues and really, there wasn't much to complain about. That won't stop a certain kind of person who claims to "love the theater" from finding much to bitch about. No one hates the theater like people who "love the theater."
The highlight for me was the opening number. The show Something Rotten didn't win much in the way of awards last night but I'll bet they sold lots of tickets because of this. It's the invention of musical comedy as re-created for us by Brian d'Arcy James, Brad Oscar and the company…
