The Tony Awards: Speeches You Didn't See

There will be plenty of time for people to weigh in on the ups and downs of the Tony Awards broadcast last night. I personally thought it was, for the most part, fine: Alan Cumming and Kristen Chenoweth overcame stupid opening material (and some unfortunate schtick throughout) to be pleasant enough as co-hosts. The musical numbers were engaging enough, or not, and either made me want to see the productions in question, or not. Sting has grown a beard and looks like a dope. Jersey Boys has been running for 500 years and I have no fucking clue why they did a closing number, but I hardly lost sleep about it. And finally, while I'm the first to argue that these kinds of awards ceremonies just don't mean very much, I was nevertheless thrilled for the cast and company of Fun Home, and glad to know that the Tony voters recognized that show as a major artistic achievement.

I was, however, kind of bummed that so many good speeches, by winners from some interesting and monumentally important categories, were cut from the broadcast. I thought I'd post them all here. If there are more that I'm missing, please feel free to let me know, and I can put them up, too.

Meanwhile, I look forward to reading more about what other people thought of Sting's beard in the days to come.


Christopher Oram, Costumes, Wolf Hall:

Katherine Zuber, Costumes, The King and I:

 
Natasha Katz, Lighting, An American in Paris:

 
Paule Constable, Lighting, Curious Incident:

 
  Bunny Christie and Finn Ross, Set Design, Curious Incident:

Bob Crowley and 59 Productions, Set Design, An American in Paris:

Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky, Bill Elliot, Orchestrations, An American in Paris:

Tommy Tune's Lifetime Achievement acceptance speech:

 

 

John Cameron Mitchell's special award acceptance:

Lisa Kron, Best Book (Fun Home):

Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, Best Score  (Fun Home):

Stephen Schwartz, Isabelle Stevenson Award:

Christopher Wheeldon, Choreography, An American in Paris