The opening number, "Not Just for Gays Anymore" was brilliant. Neil Patrick Harris was a terrific host!
I don't understand why Spiderman was included in this broadcast. It hadn't even opened yet... And the choice was death defyingly dull and landed with a thud...
Frances McDormand? What was she wearing? Peasant not chic! A denim jacket? Really? And what was wrong with her arm as she left the stage?...
Whoopi Goldberg looked ridiculous, IMHO...
Sutton Foster had a perfect acceptance speech... The ideal balance of authenticity and sincere emotion... Mark Rylance's was the most authentically peculiar. And Norbert Leo Butz's reeked of gratitude, in an all good way...
I loved the NPH and Hugh Jackman "Any Show You Can Host I Can Host Better!" number. Loved seeing the two original Tony winning "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" leads (Robert Morse and Matthew Broderick) kicking-off that revival's production number...
The Book of Mormon's choice number was actually a solo... Interesting. But it worked... (Might also be the only number they could get away with broadcasting prime time?)
Completely despised the Company number... Those contrived celebrity cast things are just plain annoying...
Loved the performances of Sutton Foster and Norbert Leo Butz... Proving that "Anything Goes" when you "Don't Break the Rules"...
Got a kick outta the Martha Wash with the Priscilla cast number... The whole evening was raining men, indeed...
And Chris Rock had the best line of the night when he aligned the opening of the envelope for best musical to "taking a hooker to dinner"....
