Tara's Tony Thoughts

Another theater season comes to an end with another let's-pat-ourselves-on-the-back evening. I don't feel as cheapened watching the Tonys as I do the Oscars, maybe because I know most theater people, while well-paid on Broadway, don't make the $20 mil a pic that dreadful Julia Roberts does.

Thoughts:

Love Neil Patrick Harris. He's cute and funny. And he played Mark in "Rent"!

Is Liza still alive? Who knew?

Could Liza, unlike tonight, ever sing? Who knew?

Would it be wrong to have wished with all my heart that Dolly Parton would finish "9 to 5" instead of the cast of that show?

I think the kids in "Hair" should have had their own hippie hair and not so many dreadful wigs.

And for goodness sake, you can NOT update a classic. What's with the Espanol in "West Side Story"? We know they're Puerto Rican. But as the song they sing says, they're in America and they even discuss having to speak English. It's kind of one of the points of the show! Grrrrrr.

Oh, and finally, even just sitting in the audience... can someone make Anne Hathaway go Hath-away for just a while? I'm really getting tired of looking at her. I need a break.

The show was OK. I absolutely abhor the Disney-izing of Broadway and garish messes like "Shrek," but hey, if that drivel helps pay for the real shows, then I guess I'll tolerate it.

Now I wanna see a show... *sigh*