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| Over at my Facebook page (Squigs Knows His Lines), I've been posting some illustrated reflections on the Tony Award nominees this year. Here are some results (click on the sketches to see them a bit bigger)... | |||||||||
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| Best Musical: Billy Elliot, Next to Normal, Rock of Ages, Shrek. Best Revival of a Musical: Guys & Dolls, Hair, Pal Joey, West Side Story. Leading Actors: David Alvarez/Trent Kowalik/Kiril Kulish, Gavin Creel, Brian d’Arcy James, Constantine Maroulis, and J. Robert Spencer. Leading Actresses: Stockard Channing, Sutton Foster, Allison Janney, Alice Ripley, and Josefina Scaglione. Featured Actors: David Bologna, Gregory Jbara, Marc Kudisch, Christopher Sieber, and Will Swenson. Featured Actresses: Jennifer Damiano, Haydn Gwynne, Karen Olivo, Martha Plimpton, and Carole Shelley. | Best Play: 33 Variations, Dividing the Estate, God of Carnage, and Reasons to be Pretty. Best Revival of a Play: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Mary Stuart, The Norman Conquests, Waiting for Godot. Leading Actors: Jeff Daniels, Raúl Esparza, James Gandolfini, Geoffrey Rush, and Thomas Sadoski. Leading Actresses: Hope Davis, Jane Fonda, Marcia Gay Harden, Janet McTeer, and Harriet Walter. Featured Actors: John Glover, Zach Grenier, Stephen Mangan, Paul Ritter, and Roger Robinson. Featured Actresses: Hallie Foote, Jessica Hynes, Marin Ireland, Angela Lansbury, and Amanda Root. | ||||||||
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| Above is a bit of a celebration of the Special Theatrical Event category at the 2009 Tonys. I'm enthralled by the diversity... Liza's at the Palace, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America, Soul of Shaolin, and Slava's Snowshow.
At the right is a piece depicting some of my impressions of the Tony ceremonies on June 7, 2009. The bottom portion of the piece features the immense opening number, and the top portion of the sketch features some favorite speech moments. |
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June 7th, Broadway fans around the world were glued to the TV (or were sitting in Radio City Music Hall) for the Tony awards. But why are they called "Tony" awards?
Of course the name comes from Antoinette Perry, early twentieth century actress, director, and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing. When the awards were first presented, she had recently passed on. So, in her honor, the medallion was named. Learn more about Ms. Perry at the Tony's official site... click HERE. You can also check out a sketch I did last year representing the 2008 musical nominees... HERE. |
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