Playlist For Sunday, June 19, 2022: Tony Glow...and Onward!

So yeah, the Tonys! From the over-the-top musical numbers (did you count the number of shows that opener referenced? Tho IMHO, the BEST opener is still that Neil Patrick Harris one from 2013, "Bigger"...google it!) to La LuPone, to the absence of Angela!?!? Understandable that at the age of 96, AL elected not to participate, but not to do a tribute to her during the prime time section of the show? That was rotten. A Poor Decision on the part of Those Making Decisions. I was disappointed and a bit pissed. I hope she's okay. But more time and honor shouldda been paid to Mame-y. 

It was nice, of course, to get a taste of all the new shows, from SIX to Loop to Paradise to MJ. Like a personally addressed, embossed, embroidered and ecru-flavored invitation: Come Back To Broadway! One huge advert, but that's okay. We don't really need the invite: we DO need the inspiration.

 

This Sunday's meager 2OTA offerings (compared to The TONYS! A one-person kickline rarely impresses.): Birthday salutes to Judy Holliday and George Hearn, audition songs, pride-full songs (not talkin' Lion King here), and silly themes about doors (open, closed, next door, indoors) and of course a couple of DAD songs (yup, it's Father's day. Buy a tie.)! I'm no Neil Patrick Harris, but I keep trying.  

 

Theatre Party Ladies (Jeffrey Haddow, John Driver, Roger Neil, Scrambled Feet)

I Hope I Get It (Company, A Chorus Line)

Makin' The Rounds (Jeffrey Haddow, John Driver, Evelyn Baron, Scrambled Feet)

Audition Sequence (Fred Barton, Ensemble, Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 1)

What's Gonna Happen (Sarah Stiles, Tootsie)

It's A Perfect Relationship (Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing)

An Occasional Man (Judy Holliday, Trouble Is A Man)

Is It A Crime? (Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing)

Color And Light (Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Sunday In The Park With George)

Colored Lights (Karen Mason, And The World Goes 'Round)

We See The Light (Kate Reinders, John Cariani, Brooks Ashmanskas, Something Rotten!)

My Daddy Always Taught Us To Share (Ben Vereen, Grind)

Not My Father's Son (Billy Porter, Stark Sands, Kinky Boots)

My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Mary Martin, Leave It To Me!)

The Boy Next Door (Judy Garland, Meet Me In St. Louis)

Doors (Sally Mayes, Richard Muenz, Lynne Wintersteller, Closer Than Ever)

Not The Boy Next Door (Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz)

A Little More Mascara (George Hearn, La Cage Aux Folles)

Too Many Mornings (George Hearn, Barbara Cook, Follies)

Good Thing Going (George Hearn, Putting It Together)

Opening Doors (Lonny Price, Jim Walton, Ann Morrison, Jason Alexander, Merrily We Roll Along)

Close Every Door (Ensemble, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)

The Great Indoors (Mylinda Hull, The New Yorkers) 

Let's Lock The Door (And Throw Away The Key)(Jay & The Americans)

Someone Is Here (Andrea Marcovicci, Nefertiti)

Something To Point To (Company, Working)

This Is Me (Keala Settle, The Greatest Showman)