HAVE TONY WILL TRAVEL

The contest for best play in this Sunday’s Tony Awards is likely to come down to a two-way contest between Britain’s “Copenhagen” (about the atomic bomb) and the US’s “Dirty Blonde” (about Mae West). “The result may have less to do with nationalism than the increased influence of Tony voters who are road presenters. (Their percentage on the judges’ panel rose last year when 100 New York producers lost their voting eligibility.) On the road, the late blonde bombshell Mae West is probably more powerful than the atomic bomb, audience-wise.” – The Times of India (Reuters)