All things Tony always have at least a whiff of holiday about them for me. I love this time in the theatre season when everything has opened (and, in the case of Glory Days, closed) and we hold our breath as Outer Critics and Drama Desks and Dramas Leagues and God knows what else lead to that night... The Tony Awards!!!!
Noms are out today and it's pretty much what I expected. It's probably a given that the awards for new shows will focus on In The Heights and August: Osage County. The revivals are trickier, with Gypsy, Sunday in the Park and South Pacific all having received raves as did MacBeth, Boeing-Boeing and The Homecoming. I was disappointed that the Cyrano revival, which I adored, was overlooked.
Another surprise for me was Cry-Baby landing a Best Musical nomination in the spot I thought would be occupied by A Catered Affair. I was glad they remembereed David Pittu in Is He Dead? I'd expected Jackie Hoffman and Mary Testa to show up on the Featured Actress list, but I truly hope that award goes this year to Laura Benanti who is deliciously nuanced in Gypsy.
I hear Passing Strange is wonderful. That will be next for me.
And I MUST MUST MUST tell you about Sunday night when I have time. I got to play Dainty June!!!
About Me
- Timothy Mathis
- See Timothy Mathis in "Miracle Time", Wednesdays in November at The Metropolitan Room. Call 212-266-0440 for reservations. A songwriter and playwright whose work has been performed extensively in New York. His musical "Sylvia So Far", based upon the life of GLBT Rights Revolutionary Sylvia Rivera, was presented in 2007 in a developmental production at La Mama ETC and is scheduled to move into an extended run in the 2008-2009 theatre season. Last July he supplied songs for New York Artists Collective’s "IOWA 08" at the Vineyard Theatre. Tim’s controversial Bible musical, "Our Story Too", has been frequently performed and will make its London debut in the upcoming year. "The Conjuring", a fairy tale musical about forgiveness, is slated to receive its first full production in Ohio . His newest project is "A Room with a View", a musicalization of the classic novel by E. M. Forster. A longtime member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, Tim is honored to have received the Jerry Harrington Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Musical Theatre.
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