reacting to the TONY Awards... | what happened at the unscripted 2023 Broadway awards show
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OHMYGOD HEY!
This weekend, even though we live in the UK, we stayed up until the middle of the night to watch the 2023 TONY Awards, celebrating the last Broadway season.
This year's ceremony was unscripted due to the WGA strike, and was hosted by Ariana Debose.
Nominated shows included Sweeney Todd, Parade, Shucked, Some Like it Hot, Kimberly Akimbo, Life of Pi, Leopoldatadt, Fat Ham, Prima Facie and more!
Check out this recap video to find out what happened and see our reaction to the winners...
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I already know the most surprising part will be learning that Mickey Jo played The Sims as it was actually intended instead of cheating in money like the rest of us
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Agree on a less scripted show next year. I didn’t miss the inane ditties between things. Very unhappy that the full part of Joel Gray and John Kander’s Lifetime Achievement Awards were not shown on the main broadcast. They both deserved that.
Ariana DeBose was excellent. The United Palace Theater is stunning.
@yf2734 I really enjoyed the non -scripted Tonys because of the shown snippets of the nominated plays and musicals - fingers crossed that continues!
Agree with you that Joel Grey And John Kander deserved a better moment on the main broadcast.
Does anybody know where to find David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori’s speech? Really happy for their win, as well as for Kimberly Akimko’s triumphant and joyful night. Thrilled for Victoria Clark and what a classy speech.
The opening number was a pleasant and fantastic surprise! It was neat to see the show in a different venue - beautiful theater indeed.
my friend from high school is the one who played the piano in the opening number! she's only 26 and orchestrated it
"Big night for Lesbians" i literally thought the same thing watching the girls in Camelot
I spat out my drink😂😂😂
Yes, Sweet Caroline is HUGELY popular in America. My dad is ALWAYS singing the first part of the song. We all love it.
Also, the fact that Alex Newell and J Harrison Ghee both won their respective Tonys means so much to me as a non-binary theatre person in middle America. I cried during both of their speeches. I can’t even express how much it means to me, and I’m sure every trans/non-binary person feels similar. Especially right now, with everything happening in America right now.
I wonder if it's big in the UK bc there's an excellent BBC special with Neil in his prime. The Sweet Caroline clip is usually floating around UA-cam but it gets copy-claimed a lot then reposted. He's performing & you can only see him & his guitar but the BBC had an orchestra backing him. You know it's the right clip bc a little bit into the song, the music fills out & Neil says something like "oh those strings!" & blisses out. It's adorable & a great version of the song so I hope you can find it & enjoy & share with your Dad!
I was in a original show where we sang “Sweet Caroline” and the whole audience sang with us.
While a couple of the musicals’ performance choices might seem odd, i’d say the smartest odd choice was actually for Sweeney Todd. As one of the few shows to do their opening number, at first it seems like a weird song choice because it’s not a stand-out for any main characters.
And yet, that was the point. Sweeney knows that everyone’s going to see the show with Josh Groban in it, but they also know that if the production is to survive after whenever he leaves the show, they need to make audiences interested the talented cast, make-up/costumes and intriguing staging.
I vote we keep less of the pointless chat and incorporate the technical categories back in. Usually when it's scripted, we at least get a "earlier in the night, so and so won this design category for this show." This year, you had to look up what won, which is a shame, cuz Life of Pi really shone in the technical categories. Also, who thought the best way to introduce Funny Girl was to focus on Lea Michelle's reviews after everything that went down with Beanie?? So distasteful.
I love that you have a wave pun in your name.
Also agree about technical. I don't know why all these award shows aren't more into highlighting craft & they relegate them to a B-event. When I was a kid we wanted to see how the makeup was done, the pyro, the sound, the effects, etc. The "making of" anything is extremely popular & the stage + screen industries are always talking about how under-appreciated their crafts are. Well...let us appreciate them then! Show their categories, make something interesting to incorporate them!
On a related note, there should be more categories for awards in general as stage + screen are evolving. Culture keeps getting broader, more nuanced, more sophisticated & the awards shows all feel so narrow + constrained, & the constant centering of performers + other playbill-bio-worthy names while tech + craft get shunted aside contribute to that narrowing.
Dated a lighting director they don't get enough attention
I teared up a little when Alex Newell won. I remember watching them on glee then seeing them perform amazingly on shucked and to now winning this Tony is so heartwarming.
As a Celiac suffer, I love the seeing how much you calling out the gluten free feast! Aaron is super lucky! Mixed gluten household are hare to maintain.
To answer your question, Americans lose their minds over Sweet Caroline. It started as a thing at Boston Red Sox baseball games and became a bit of an anthem.
Really anywhere in Massachusetts you can start a Sweet Caroline singalong. I've been waiting in the Boston subway when a buskers starts it and *everyone* joins in.
@@MelissaBlue oh, absolutely!
I didn't miss the bad chatter & "jokes". I loved being able to actually see play clips again. Small intros, more clips from now on.
I second more clips!
Last year's Tony Awards was so cringy. By comparison, this year's was much better, imperfections and all.
The high sopranos in Sweeney Todd gave me chills! Soooo good
Was looking forward to seeing you guys watching but the tony themed buffet just pushed it beyond my expectations 💜
Honestly a labour of love!
Brava! Maybe I’ll do that next year
The idea of the show-themed foods is so genius!! I just wish you had included watermelon pickles for Parade 😂 (yeah I've watched the Lincoln Center concert so much that I know some of dialogue by heart)
it was really cute and well-done but not exactly an original idea
You get the TONY for outstanding buffet!🍾
The best part of the video is watching people who love the theatre as much as I do watching the Tony's! I don't have any theatre geek friends to watch with! Even though it was a day later, it was still fun!! I have to say, I didn't miss scripts. Usually that dialogue isn't funny. I suppose some background of the shows would be helpful but the clips of the plays was great! Looking forward to your Tony party next year! You get a Tony for theatre themed snacks!🥰
Awe, dang. I really wanted to see your guys’ reactions to the censored part of Micheal’s speech lol.
I love your Tonys feast! Last year, in honor of the Best Revival of a Musical nominees, I made an applesauce cake with caramel apple ice cream (birthday-style cake in honor of Company, 'ice cream' in honor of the Music Man barbershop quartet and the ice cream social, applesauce because that's something Caroline helps make in Caroline or Change)!
How fun and festive! My goal is to celebrate that way next year!
I am so very upset about Sweeney Todd only getting two and Josh deserves the award and I will never stop fighting for him
WOW you two were on the pulse with those predictions! That's a sure sign I'm subbed to someone who knows what they're talking about! 😄
I agree about half the shows I questioned the songs that they picked especially when they were missing their leading cast. The only one that made sense without their whole main cast was into the woods because they are on tour currently and that song highlighted the most nominees that were there.
Love your video! What a fun evening you all had. It makes me wish I was 30 again.
I love this informal recap of the Tonys!
I got 22 out of 26 picks correct, which I’m really proud of! But I also saw every single new show this season, so I did have a leg up. 😅
I've watched this video so many times, I don't know why lol You guys are so entertaining. I hope you do this every year!
I want to watch the Tony’s with you guys every year! This was a fun video!
Aw thank you! Glad you enjoyed 😁
This was a delightful watch 💖 the buffet deserves its own award
Here in Boston, "Sweet Caroline" is a huge part of Red Sox Baseball culture -- played at every single baseball game at Fenway Park.
Congrats guys on truly giving it all (staying up until after 4am) for your video. *hug* ❤
Bravo ❤️🎉
Loved watching you and Aaron react.
Sad they didn’t have Annaleigh sing cause she killed it
I thought that was odd because most of the other noms performed. Like, why not showcase why these people are up for it?
Wow! Good job edging over Aaron on Tony win predictions! I watched it the other day on Paramount and it was fun. I love the speeches especially from Michael Arden! Heres to a great season and looking forward to the next one again.
I was surprised that & Juliet performed Roar. It does a good job showcasing Lorna and the ensemble and it I guess expresses the theme of the show, but I would have liked to see something that included more of the main cast, especially Betsy Wolfe. It’s also one of the most straightforward interpretations of the original song in the whole musical. If I didn’t already love & Juliet so much (saw it Saturday!) I’m not sure it would have sold me on seeing the show. That being said, I don’t really know what I’d offer in its place. & Juliet doesn’t seem to have a go-to special performance song on Broadway, and I don’t think it had one in the West End either.
I’d go for One Less Problem/Can’t Feel My Face, but I see what you mean, Roar has become their go to marketing song but it’s a Katie Perry cover whereas the actual songs in the show are presented with much more clever and unexpected orchestrations.
@@evancourtney7746 My husband commented that he thought it might be nice for people who couldn't get Katy Perry concert tickets. His low opinion of jukebox musicals was not changed by this number.
Your themed food spread is an inspiration!
Oooo I absolutely love the Tony award nominated themed food!!! Would make a great concept for a party. I should tell my theater loving friends. Anyway this unscripted show was so fun. Was rooting for Some Like It Hot, glad it won so many awards. Congratulations to J Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell! Was rooting for them throughout.
I may have missed it, but I would love to see your reaction, as a Brit, to Denee Benton calling Ron DeSantis a "grand wizard". I mean do you know what that is (no judgment if you don't)? I adored it and was laughing so hard because she went there and she was right.
We screamed. Sadly I wasn't filming!
Everyone knows what that means; he lives in the UK not under a rock. Arthur Conan Doyle was writing about the KKK in the 1800s
@@pseudonymous9153 Hey I didn't want to assume. I feel like I have a pretty good knowledge of the world, but I didn't know what an Orangman was until a couple of years ago. Also, "grand wizard" I feel is less used than "Klansmen".
@@MickeyJoTheatre ahh bummer, but wow her delivery was incredible!
I gasped & then cheered when she said it
Love your themed snacks!!! Very fun!!!
I have been waiting for this video. As I watched last night I was trying to recall what you guys had chosen. I loved this unscripted award show.
I agree. Also liked the natural and genuine vibes of this year’s telecast.
“big night for lesbians” TRUE
I am a casual theatre fan who only occasionally becomes obsessed with productions, so extremely glad I follow this channel so I can find out the awards ceremony in abridged and fun way.
It looked like a lovely food spread and good luck with the higher temperatures in the the UK!
Can confirm, Sweet Caroline is the anthem of white people worldwide.
I think that title belongs to “You Light Up My Life”
I think that's definitely inaccurate.
In Boston (or anywhere in Massachusetts), you can totally start a Sweet Caroline singalong anywhere. I've been in a subway station and a busker will start to play... and *everyone* joins in.
You had me at the Tony-themed buffet 😍🤤
Sweet Caroline was played at a Drag Show I was recently. a real good moment too.
My guess was that Some like it Hot was going to win Best Musical due to its flashiness and it feels more like a traditional musical, but I'm fine with Kimberly Akimbo winning all it did.
I was surprised that & Juliet didn't win anything, I thought it might take choreography or one of the actor categories. What does this mean for the show going forward?
already announced the national tour.
it has very good advance sales. it will last. top 5 shows in grosses and audience attendance. very nostaglia music.
As someone who has never got to see Parade on Broadway (because I'm well to the north of the New York State border), this needs to do one of two things: 1, transfer to the UK. 2, go on national tour and at least stop in Toronto or another Canadian city. I wasn't around obviously, when the OG Broadway production of Parade opened, however I learned about this musical and learnt some of the score a few years before COVID. We needed this revival now more than ever, IMHO!
Im seeing &Juliet in Melbourne this weekend & now im only going to be seeing Mickey doing the choreo in my head 😂😂
I love the buffet!!! But oof at Oreo State Murders 😂
I’m a fan of the fushia carpet! 😍
The buffet is perfect! As is your cute co-host! Next year if you post make-along sing-along videos where you post some of your Tony recipes & do a chill kitchen AMA while prepping your buffet, maybe we can make some of your Tony dishes with you, & y'all can chat about the shows as you go & the singalong will surely manifest.
I love that you think our kitchen process was chill 😅 this sounds fun though and something we should absolutely do!
@@MickeyJoTheatre a little drama never hurt the Tonys lol but obv no matter what you do we'll watch, bc your Tony Tradition is F U N
14:20 "big night for lesbians" lol
Every single person at home getting up during &Juliet to do that weird arm thrust
'Big night for lesbians' REAL
I saw Parade performed at the Dundee Rep several years ago. It was really powerful, so I can only imagine how much more it would be in the West End.
I honestly missed the scripted elements because the writers actually made stuff funny, but Ariana’s not a bad call for hosting an unscripted ceremony. And honestly we were robbed of the Kenendy Center production of Spider-Woman starring Ariana.
What a slap in the face to Beanie to have that Funny Girl performance.
Beanie failed in the role, get over it. Lea made the show a success.
@@Makeji I'm not convinced Lea is a good person and I wouldn't pay to watch her in anything. But yes, she did make this mediocre show a success (with support from the rest of the cast). So it's a bit silly to act like they can't promote it because of Beanie.
I didn't know Ariana was supposed to be in Kiss of a Spiderwoman! We had tickets and then they replaced that show with Spamalot (which was fun). I think they cited scheduling conflicts (?) but I would have loved to see her in that!
@@Chibbykins The FG performance was the best part of the show and the only reason I watched. Awards shows are boring and I hate the self-aggrandizing of actors giving themselves awards. I watched because of Ramin. Period. Had I known FG was at the end I would have waited to turn it on. As for Lea, I think this is the way the Tony folks felt they could reward her for what might have likely been a win for her last year had she opened instead of Beanie. (Judging from the performance of the woman who sang Wishing and won Best Actress last year, I think I'm correct.) From what she's said, singing as Fanny at the Tony's was her dream, so good for her. As for being a good person. I believe people can grow and change, otherwise why are we here? I doubt she's the same woman at 36 that she was during Glee. A lot of life has happened to her. I really don't care. I don't have to live with her.
Beanie should never have been cast. She is a good comedic actress, but she is not a great singer. I think the producers did a real disservice to the production and to Beanie by casting her. The role was originally written for Barbra Streisand to feature her vocal ability, therefore to not have chosen someone who could at least come close to her singing ability is an affront to the show and to Barbra's legacy. Also I went to theatre camp with Lea and she was only ever lovely. I can't speak to her after that, but my hope is that she has learned from whatever pain she caused others. Everyone deserves a redemption, and talent is talent.
Please do a video about how you made the Tony themed food! I’d love to make them at home to celebrate the shows that won! I am so happy that that Kimberly Akimbo won best musical!
The festive food was fantastically fun! It makes me want to do that!
I am thrilled Kimberly Akimbo won! 🤗
Oh babes you should have done a buckeye for Ohio state murders if you don’t know they’re a ball of peanut butter dipped in chocolate and OSU are the buckeyes we make them here in Ohio for Christmas
Have been reading comments regarding this years Tonys. Vast amount of comments are very positive-although the Kander-Gray awards were cut from network channel-which was very disappointing. Also, fair amount of comments about cost. Cumulative costs seeing a Broadway play in NYC . I have the impression that the costs are different in London?
Thank you for your very intelligent and thoughtful comments. Learned a lot! Really. Cheers!
Great snacks, please have similar themed snacks with your future fan get-togethers. You are innovative, and being your fans, they must be the same.
Any idea where to watch the performances in full? I’d love to see them but only found a couple clips on instagram, can’t seem to track them down on UA-cam atm! Anyway was thrilled Parade won revival and director and very happy for some of the acting categories even if they weren’t necessarily surprises!
They're on the CBS UA-cam channel.
A lot of the individual shows have posted the full performances on their social medias!
The entire awards show is streamed on Paramount+
I’d suggest the categories be loosely based on the gender of the characters, not the actors. I say loosely based for those few instances of ungendered characters whose actor’s nomination and award votes could be tallied from either/both the actor or actress categories.
Celebrate Alex Newell getting their Tony, in front of Lea Michelle.
That sounds reasonable, especially as the fear that both women and nonbinary people could get shut out if it's entirely an open category. But how should nonbinary characters be handled?
That doesn't fix it when there are non-binary characters like in Head over Heels
Please can we have 'big night for lesbians' merch 😂
QUEEN JODIE I CANT MY HEART LEPT WHEN THEY CALLED HER NAME. Bruh even Suzie Miller said not to Jodie cause she thought she was Russian during casting.
As a loud and proud Masshole, yes, Sweet Caroline is very over in the US, especially in Massachusetts.
Easiest Tony Awards to predict in years.
A friend of mine in college did a similar spread for his annual Oscar’s party. He also would create this elaborate trivia game where you could win fun things and everyone got a door prize when you walked in that was a riddle for one of the night’s nominees, and you had to figure it out before final curtain or you forfeited out.
He did one party a year, and man. He *committed*.
I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I literally thought maybe the unipn agreement was preventing them from performing songs or most songs, and that was why the performance choices were so weird (and why they didnt show any singing clips on the nominee clips- is it the norm to just show spoken parts? I can't remember)
People lose their minds for Sweet Caroline in the US too. It makes me uncomfortable lol. Didn't know that about the UK though.
Darling, you missed the opportunity to do confetti cupcakes for Parade!
Curious what you think of the choice of using the Opening Title for ST instead of something else? I personally was disappointed that that was the number selected, though I thought they did a good job with it. I personally was really hoping to get something with both JG and ALA together. Probably the other pieces are just too taxing for Tonys. Also, it's hard to tell about JG's performance from this song alone, imo, but maybe that's just me. I'm certainly curious to see it, though.
This comment is super late, but the reason my there was a nod to In the Heights at the opening is because that theater is literally in the In the Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. It's probably the most beautiful theater I've ever been to!
I was so nervous when I didn’t see any candy necklaces or corn w
Me too! There HAD to be corn somewhere!
You folks are so cute ❤
I thought that "Anagram" was a weird choice for Kimberly Akimbo, but I'm not sure which song would have been a better choice -- everything I can think of has some reason why it wouldn't really work.
This is the thing - short of concocting a very convoluted medley including sections of 'Better' and 'This Time', I don't know what else they could have performed
@@MickeyJoTheatre Exactly -- "This Time" would be great, but the logistics of the skating probably wouldn't work. "Father Time" is by far my favorite song of the show, but it would make no sense to do a song that doesn't include Kimberly at all. "Make a Wish" is the only other one that I could see working, sort of.
Well I didn't care or know much about the show beforehand but I thought that number was incredible and now I'm interested, especially if that was considered a weak choice
I was thinking “This Time” as well. Kimberly Akimbo producers wanted to do ice skating but it was too costly. Glad they ended up doing Anagram (although that wasn’t my first choice either).
Given the restrictions/difficulties of staging the other songs for TV, I thought Anagram made the best sense for the Tony Award. Plus, it gave exposure for Justin as well as Nina, Olivia, and Michael...all making their Broadway debut with this show.
BTW, after last night's show, the cast members (plus Jeanine Tesori & David Lindsay-Abaire) came on stage with letter placards to spell out "SUBLIME CAST". They moved around to rearrange their letters to say, "BEST MUSICAL". Followed by a speech by Victoria Clark acknowledging the understudies, support staff, back of house, the band, and the audiences for all their support. Such a class act!
Keeping ya Bois well fed.
I agree about red carpet back drop and ivy bathroom
They need to get better handling on when an entire production makes the stage. Parade and Leopoldstadt most definitely went over time. Very annoyed when Kimbery Akimbo one Lashanze ( who won two production Tonys) didnt even get a chance to speak. Her fellow producer took his time speaking.
My God, you speak really, really fast lol (but all your posts are great). Love them.
Two good trivia questions. I know the answer to the second.
1. What revival won best revival, while the original production did not win a Tony? Some productions are considered revivals, while the original never was on Broadway. The concept was too established and premiered on some other media.
2. What play or musical, the original won the Tony and its two or more revivals all won the Tony?
I always watch the CBS Sunday morning broadcasts the weeks before the Tonys they have a great record of predicting best actors & actresses in plays with full interviews. This year they got both correct.
I served punch and pie when Blame Canada was nominated for best song at the Oscars in 2000.
That's a great song.
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you are absolutely adorable in your glasses
yes and thanks for this video
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So happy Alex won. Sad Josh Groban lost. He was so amazing
I love the Pride shirt. Where can I buy one?
always * bum bum bum * for sweet caraline
So good! So good!
It looked like you had fun despite the heat - was it a really hot night or did it just look that way to this Aussie? Anyway congrats on getting through, I can't even remotely function in the heat, and thanks for the fun reaction/vlog.
It has been, and continues to be, VERY hot in the UK!
I thought the madeleines were cornbread for Shucked!
yep, people lose their minds over sweet caroline in the us as well.
I feel like awards added a bunch of spectacle in a desperate bid to get people to tune in, or to have clippable moments for UA-cam and such. But they don’t realize people aren’t watching because it’s either too cheesy, too long, or in the case of the Academy Awards too pretentious until someone/thing people are actually invested in (like all the EEAAO awards) wins and gets to speak.
This seems like the right move, and it would be cool to see them take the spare time and put all awards on-air.
You two are so cute ❤
A beautiful night to be queer or Jewish! Ha! Yes, you should have caught Leopoldstadt. I’m so sorry you missed its genius. Worthy of its awards. (Not just because I have clients in the show) It is profound.
Also, agree that while I support the WGA, awards shows may not need the goofy intros.
Agreed because then that time could be appropriately and excitingly dedicated to showing the snippets/clips of the shows!
No reaction to Samuel L Jackson's face to losing a a tony ? Lol it was epic
at least it is natural reaction.
Where did you watch it? Apart from CBS (that won't work for me for some reason) I can't find a place to watch for free
Ditto!!
I can't get CBS either! So I missed it
To answer your question, yes, Americans definitely lose their minds to Sweet Caroline 😆
Fun fact - Caroline Kennedy can't stand the song. And it was inspired by her!
Jordan giving supermarket fruit wrapped in netting
i see the disneyland paris pride shirt 2:46 👀
Blanche's bedroom background. Obviously not a Golden Girls fanatic.
The show peaked too soon. Nothing could top Ariana being flung down the stairs. I wonder if C. Nicolaw choreographed that number
He did not choreograph it. I don't remember the name but it was a woman.
@@deborahjohansen1776 Ariana mentioned the coreographer's name after the number. Ariana was great in it!
The choreographer was Karla Puno Garcia.
likely jerry mitchell he got a special award as a choregrapher, he was also an actor.
And then she just mentioned on Seth Meyers that the jump down the stairs was not planned at all. She was just supposed to fall backwards but in the moment, she decided to leap down the stairs and trust her WSS costar to catch her.
Pittbsurgh University during the football singing Sweet Caroline, so much then the cast
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Loved the video...the truth is, us new yorkers, and maybe Americans at large, don't value puppet design like the Brits. Never have.