Tony Awards the 2010 if you watched—and that’s a very big if, considering it was the night of the True Blood premiere and game 5 of the NBA finals—you likely saw a few strange things: Host Sean Hayes tonguing Kristin Chenoweth, Green Day playing a mini concert, and Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Catherine Zeta Jones making off with two of the four major acting awards. The night’s biggest winner was, uncharacteristically, a play: the Mark Rothko homage Red, which took home six awards including Best Play. Memphis—featuring music by Bon Jovi’s David Bryan—won Best Musical. Below, a few more moments from Tony night 2010:
Green Day night: So, let’s tally it up here: American Idiot had four musical numbers. Four: three in the opening number (one from the cast, and two from Green Day), then the show’s official Best Musical performance later in the telecast. That’s more awards than it got (it won best sets and lighting). Heck, that’s more nominations than it got. Think the other best musical nominees were ticked off?
The Jay-Z factor: We wonder…did Fela! producer Jay-Z make some sort of no-cameras deal with the Tony people—like, I’ll be there, but don’t keep showing me in the audience? His co-producers Will and Jada Pinkett Smith got some camera time—and even went onstage to introduce Fela!’s musical number. Seriously, we didn’t even know he was there until he and Beyoncé gave choreography winner Bill T. Jones a standing ovation. Come on—eight jillion cutaways to Glee star Matthew Morrison and practically none to Jay-Z? We wanted to see what Beyoncé was wearing!
The press factor: This year, journalists—about 100 or so of them—were removed from the Tony voter list. So did that make a difference? A few weeks ago, at a luncheon at Sardi’s, a few journalists were talking Tonys, and were asked what effect, if any, we thought the press’ absence would have on this year’s awards. My answer: I thought it would take votes away from Fela! in the very tight Best Musical race.
Green Day night: So, let’s tally it up here: American Idiot had four musical numbers. Four: three in the opening number (one from the cast, and two from Green Day), then the show’s official Best Musical performance later in the telecast. That’s more awards than it got (it won best sets and lighting). Heck, that’s more nominations than it got. Think the other best musical nominees were ticked off?
The Jay-Z factor: We wonder…did Fela! producer Jay-Z make some sort of no-cameras deal with the Tony people—like, I’ll be there, but don’t keep showing me in the audience? His co-producers Will and Jada Pinkett Smith got some camera time—and even went onstage to introduce Fela!’s musical number. Seriously, we didn’t even know he was there until he and Beyoncé gave choreography winner Bill T. Jones a standing ovation. Come on—eight jillion cutaways to Glee star Matthew Morrison and practically none to Jay-Z? We wanted to see what Beyoncé was wearing!
The press factor: This year, journalists—about 100 or so of them—were removed from the Tony voter list. So did that make a difference? A few weeks ago, at a luncheon at Sardi’s, a few journalists were talking Tonys, and were asked what effect, if any, we thought the press’ absence would have on this year’s awards. My answer: I thought it would take votes away from Fela! in the very tight Best Musical race.
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