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So thrilled Outsiders won! I had never read the book or seen the movie - went to see it and wow! Intense, dynamic lively night. Looks like ticket sales are flying now.

Well, “The Outsiders” won the Tony for best musical in a sort of upset. They did do the fight/dance number and it looked terrific. I imagine tickets are going to skyrocket now but I really want to see it. I never saw the movie though. 

I'm not a huge fan of the Tonys whose Board of Directors seems to want to keep them in the 1970s, but will watch this year because there are some really interesting races. I won't say that there will be upsets, because I think there are several categories, where there are several folks getting a lot of buzz. 
I do think Merrily has a lock on Best Musical Revival, Actor, Featured Actor, Featured Actress, Director, and Orchestration. 
And I think Stereophonic will win Best Play, Director, Sound...but with most of the cast competing against each other in the acting categories, I suspect they'll cancel each other out. (Hey, Tony committee: Where's an award for ENSEMBLE?) 
But many of the other categories? 
Best Actor/Play...both Jeremy Strong and Leslie Odom, Jr, getting buzz...Purlie is closed, but it was great, and Enemy of the People is the one nominated show I have not seen, so I cannot "vote".  
Best Actress/Play...Jessica Lange, Rachel McAdams, and Sara Paulson, all deserving. (Jessica and Sarah both won the Drama Desk, over the men! DD is now not separating Actor/Actress and just doubling number of nominees in each category and naming two winners. This year 8 of the 9 acting awards went to women.) 
Best Actress/Musical...Malea Joi Moon, Kelli O'Hara, and Marianne Plunkett. I know several Tony voters and their votes are spread. Malea is so young...Kelli's show has closed...Marianne barely sings...but they're all giving amazing performances. 
Best Featured Actress/Play...if anyone from Stereophonic was going to break through it might be Sarah Pidgeon here, but this is Kara Young's third consecutive nomination. Is it her year? 
The design awards are tough to call. Committee determines whether projections are Scenic Design or Lighting Design depending on the show...why not make that a separate category? My favorite Scenic Design (including projections) was Great Gatsby which wasn't nominated. 
Best Revival/Play...both Appropriate and Purlie have ardent fans. Purlie has a LOT more producers, and if they all have votes....
Best Musical...this is where it could be REALLY interesting...most often, there's one show that gets Best Musical, Book, Score, Choreography, and Direction. This year Direction will most certainly go to Maria Friedman for Merrily Revival. But I suspect this year, the winners of the other categories will NOT be the same. It will be interesting to see. 
I'll be watching with friends...and I have definite favorites. 

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For those interested, on the British Museum website, you can find something called The Parthenon Sculptures: The Trustees’ statement regarding their position about returning the sculptures to Greece. It’s worth a read and you can decide for yourself if you agree with their position or not. 
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I only had a short 3 hours this morning but what I did see was really great. The museum is free but there was a huge line outside. Luckily the friends I was with are members so we went right in before the crowds. It pays to know the right people lol. 

In the last 2 days I’ve managed to squeeze in visits to parts of several London museums. The Soane, the British Museum, the V&A, the Wallace Collection and some of the Tate Modern. Happily they are mostly free except for some special exhibits. I’m pretty wiped out but it’s been amazing. I was there mostly when they opened and stayed till closing. Obviously I didn’t see everything but I did my best. I’ve got a few more days but I’ll need more future visits. 

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If you enjoyed the book and movie, you are going to love this show. 
The setting is 1967 Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 2 rival groups are the Greasers and the Socs. They are constantly fighting which leads to one of the best choreographed fight numbers Broadway has seen. 
It’s a young and attractive cast… Making his Broadway debut is Brody Grant playing Ponyboy. He's on stage the entire performance. He’s extremely talented not only in acting but singing and dancing. He really connected with the audience as you could hear a lot of sniffles during the 2nd Act. 
The role of Johnny is played by Sky Lakota Lynch. He’s performed Off-Broadway. He does an excellent job in this role. Great voice & energy. 
It’s an easy show to follow. The songs tell the story and sides between the Greasers & Socs are well distinguish. There was some blind-casting but it made no difference.
I’ll be interested to find out on 4/30 how many Tony nominations this show receives. 
I highly recommend seeing it. Right now it’s an easy ticket to get but come 4/30 it might not be. 
 

A few images from the show. Pretty astounding. 

Tony Awards is on Sunday, June 16th. 🥇 
@Lucky, I haven’t seen all the nominated musicals but I’m rooting for “The Outsiders”. I heard they were selected to perform a number from the show. If they can pull it off, I hope it’s the amazing fight/dance number in the rain. ☔️ 
Best Book of a Musical
Hell's Kitchen
Kristoffer Diaz
The Notebook
Bekah Brunstetter
The Outsiders
Adam Rapp and Justin Levine
Suffs
Shaina Taub
Water for Elephants
Rick Elice

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