Best in “Tony” Show
"Grand Hotel". Image via Youtube.
Unless you grew up in New York City, the annual Tony Awards show was your gateway drug to theater bliss. Before Glee made showtunes safe again for prime time, a burgeoning musical lover had to make due with the three show albums in his parents’ collection (in my case, a reel to reel of Camelot, an 8-track of Godspell and a vinyl copy of the Paint Your Wagon motion picture soundtrack–I could have turned my parents’ into child services for that one alone) and wait it out until that one night a year when the world was shiny and bright.
With this year’s Tony Awards fast approaching (Sunday, June 12 on CBS), let’s take a look at video from some of my favorite Tony moments. They may not be the best of all time, but these are the ones that came to mind today:
