Thoughts on the 2008 TONYS
Start to Ending... A Train of Thoughts...

1. I have never seen it but I love the magic and emotion of The Lion King...question is, when will they stop using it? It IS a powerful presence but opening the Tony Awards in 2008 with it? HUH?
2. Whoopi's crab opening...fell flat
3. Is it just me or does Whoopi look like she's a cross between a Macbeth witch and a Hollywood hooker?
4. Kristine...lovely
5. And Rondi begins the inevitable sweep of the Tony's by August: Osage County with Best Leading Actress
6. Ah, John Waters....this should be good.  My bad....Crybaby number didn't stir any emotions. -- hell, I felt more with the glimpse of Liza in the audience than with the "Little Upset" number.  The one thought that kept running thru my mind was "why is Donnie Osmond in Crybaby?" (he isn't but the lead DOES bear a STRIKING resemblance).
7. Oh look....a BTW THANK YOU CAM just off-stage.  "I forgot to thank you on TV but if you go to this website and search, I thanked you there...."   oh...and STILL not liking this beast of a gown Whoopi is being swallowed up by
8. Laura Linney....LOVE her
9. Jim Norton....great speech
10. Touching intro for Passing Strange
11. Electric performance by Passing Strange....It's Allright
12. [by the way...SO not looking forward to Patti Lupone singing ANYTHING...no apologies, she just jumps on that infamous "last nerve"]
13. 2004 flashback....Carol....PRICELESS
14. John Lithgow -- amazing talent
15. Bartlett Sher forgot to thank the ushers
16. SO nice to Jack Klugman up and about!
17. okay....Patti just changed my mind.....GREAT in context.....evidently she just annoys me when she sings outside a production.
18. Whoopi in Phantom flashback....cute
19.  Barbara Gaines....surprisingly subdued both in speech and dress. -- Congrats Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on the Regional Theatre Tony
20. Julie Chin's bit basically said....."NEXT year and Last year....AWESOME....This year, eh, not so much"
21. I would drink Bobby Cannavale's bathwater in church in front of my parents on Christmas Day...*evil grin*
22. Oh look....the hookers from IN THE LIFE are in the audience!
23. wow....Broadway virgin takes the trophy for Best Score
24. I think this may be the first rapped thank you speech EVERY ANYWHERE -- brilliant
25. SOUTH PACIFIC medley....Timeless perfection BUT why must Some Enchanted Evening ALWAYS be sung in operatic style?
26. Whoppi Poppins.....TRULY DELIGHTFUL!
27. AH...La Chenowith
28. Laura Benanti -- beautiful speech
29. Oh Brooke...that Hefty Cinch Sack looks GREAT  on you!
30. Little Mermaid..lackluster
31. Faith Prince -- not bad considering it went flat a few times
32. Megan....nice touches of Karen Walker but if the rest of Young Frankenstein is similar...I can see why it was sidelined for Tony noms.
33. HALFWAY THRU....so far nothing's really made me glad I'm skipping the TVLand Awards for this.
34. Oh goodie....the boring, staid heads of the Tonys....zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
35. Um....with all the costume designers on broadway, can NO ONE dress Whoopi in something DECENT???
36. 39 Steps.....Astonishing
37. Gabriel Byrne needs an upper or at least a quick stab of a hatpin in his bum...this isn't a wake
38. AOCounty takes Best Direction....Nice Tribute to Steppenwolf
39. Whoppi is the Lady of The Lake.....pointless and uninspired
40.  Mary Louise Parker seems to have had a personality botoxing just before the show.
41. Mark Rylance.....give the Tony back.....the WHEN YOU'RE IN TOWN monologue in lieu of speech...well, SUCKED.
42. Deanna D. picks up another trinket for AOCounty
43. Kudos to AOCounty on Best Play -- I think every member of Steppenwolf just made their way to the stage
44. Sondheim's proxy speech for Lifetime Achievement may well be the most selfless ever made
45. Whoopi in Spring Awakening....is anyone else getting tired of this filler from 2007 and beyond?
46. 30 minutes until the replay of the TVLand Awards.....tick-tock...
47.  Glenn Close is radiant
48. LILY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE this woman. L-M-A-------O...seriously
49. How Cheyenne was overlooked for a nom is beyond me
50. Oh look...yet ANOTHER RENT tribute...
51. LIZA! (nuff said...)
52. hold on....do we have a Liza wardrobe malfunction?? Why YES WE DO!
53. PATTI TAKES THE CAKE!
54. Mario & A Whoopi Line....cute
55.  IN THE HEIGHTS takes the top Musical Prize...
56. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand GOODNIGHT!