Category: theatre

“The appeal for tolerance and the salute to the inclusiveness of the theater community fit seamlessly into a broadcast that promoted the diversity of the Tony field in the wake of #OscarsSoWhite. (Though when the camera ventured into the orchestra seats of the Beacon, the hashtag could have been #AudienceSoWhite.)”

“First-time Tonys host James Corden began the night with a message for the Orlando victims: ‘Your tragedy is our tragedy. Theater is a place where every race, creed, sexuality, and gender is equal, embraced, and loved. Hate will never win.'”

“Start off by figuring that if you have a reasonable life expectancy, you can wait for ‘Hamilton’ ticket prices to settle and sink. (This is not, contrary to what you might think, a star-driven show.)”

There’s Playbill, of course, and here are more:

The Wall Street Journal

The Broadway Black Twitter account

And here, Heavy.com shows you how to watch the Tonys for free online (though basically, Twitter can easily fill you in on anything at all).

‘”Our hearts are heavy for the unimaginable tragedy that happened last night in Orlando,’ the awards show posted on their Twitter account.”

“It’s hard for us to get any attention. A lot of people ask, ‘Where are the designers of color?’ And I always say, ‘We’re out there! We’re just as busy as other designers!’ But we work behind the scenes, so we can’t get as much attention as the people onstage.”

“He researched the 18th century paintings of John Trumbull as well as the mash-up fashions of Alexander McQueen, John Galliano and Jean Paul Gaultier and the satiric portraits of Kehinde Wiley, who depicted men and women of color in re-creations of classic portraits. The first eureka came through the budget limitations imposed by the Public Theater readings.”

“Another recent problem, she says, is people clogging the aisle taking selfies. But, really, aside from handing out playbills and telling people to turn off their cellphones, the biggest part of the job is answering two questions: Where’s the bathroom? And where’s the bar?”

“The decision follows an incident during Tuesday’s first show when an owl escaped into the auditorium.”