Did I mention the Tonys are coming? Are you as excited as I am? The Tonys is the most spectacular award show of them all. It outshines the Oscars, Emmys (American's television awards) and Grammys in my opinion. The reason being, it showcases the musicals up for best musical with well chosen bits from each of the nominees. But this year there is more. This year the 62nd annual Tony Awards will showcase 13 shows. All of the 11 eligible musicals will perform this coming Sunday night in the gala hosted by my "good friend" Whoopi Goldberg. The extravaganza will be aired live from New York's famous Radio City Music Hall on CBS-TV here in America with a live red carpet preshow which will be webcast at TonyAwards.com at 11:30 p.m. (UK time).
Cry-Baby, In the Heights, Passing Strange, and Xanadu are competing for the Best Musical award; and Gypsy, Grease, South Pacific, and Sunday in the Park With George are all nominated for Best Revival of a Musical. We'll see musical numbers from all of these but the 3 other eligible musicals, A Catered Affair, Young Frankenstein and Little Mermaid, which were not nominated will also present performances. I'm so pleased about this because I saw A Catered Affair and Young Frankenstein and really enjoyed them both, especially Young Frankenstein. And as if this wasn't enough, we'll also be treated to performances by the long-running musical Rent which is scheduled to close in September after 12 years on Broadway and Lion King which celebrated 10 years on Broadway this past November.
Listen up this Sunday, June 15, to "The Matinee" for more information from me, "the fabulous Suko" (a legend in her own mind) about the 62nd annual Tony Award show.
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