Hey everybody, as I continue to catch up on the blog, take a trip down memory lane with me to June 12 which is where this post goes, which was still late to the party to be talking about the Tonys.
I know I’m a little late to the party to be talking about the Tony Awards. But, you know, I was talking about other stuff.
Last year, I hosted a little Tony Awards party at my apartment. This year, I went to the special shindig Actor’s Equity was throwing!
I’m sure you watched the Tonys, so I don’t need to run down the broadcast with you. The one general thing I will say is that I thought Alan Cumming and Scarlett Johansson were two super sports to come present an award after being overlooked for nominations.
As far as little tidbits that you missed by not watching the Tony Awards with me at the party –
The Actor’s Equity Group played songs from musicals in every commercial break. And I perked up and said, “Oh I sang that at a scene night (or my senior recital)! for what seemed like every single song that played throughout the night. (Do you or do you not totally miss high school?)
The number about how television sucks absolutely killed for this Los Angeles crowd. I believe we were the absolute exact audience meant for that song, and being in that room for it was quite fun. When Neil Patrick Harris said, “Kiss L.A. goodbye” the room erupted into absolutely wild noise and applause. (We all need to get out of her and on our way to New York!)
During all the breaks, prizes would be raffled off. As the night wore on, I thought I might be the only person in the room who didn’t win something – until the final ultimate prize of the cool book remembering 100 years of AEA (Actor’s Equity Association) was being awarded. And boom. My name was the last one called! It may not have been a Tony, but at least i went home with something.
Since a bunch of Actor’s Equity Members were all gathered around to party, they also did a little celebration for the big 100 year anniversary. We had a huge cake and everything! Yum, yum.