2010 TONYs Live Blog!

11:03: RED finished the night with 6 awards, and MEMPHIS got 5! They're the big winners! Three each for FENCES and LA CAGE. Yay #Tonys!

11:01: Best Musical Tony Award was announced JUST past 11pm. I feel bad for those watching on DVR #Tonys

11:00: And the Tony Award goes to.... @MemphisBroadway!!!!!!!!!!! #Tonys

10:59: Bernadette Peters announces nominees for THE Tony Award, Best New Musical. I predict @MemphisBroadway will win.

10:57: ONE AWARD LEFT. Who do you think will win Best New Musical? #Tonys

10:56: "If you want to see a Democrat kissing a Republican, come to the Longacre Theatre" - Douglas Hodge @LaCageBway #Tonys

10:55: Douglas Hodge just won for Best Actor in a Musical. I'm not surprised, but I'm sorry that Sahr Ngaujah wasn't recognized too. #Tonys

10:53: Catherine thanks Michael Douglas: "He's a movie star and I get to sleep with him every night!" #Tonys

10:52: Catherine Zeta-Jones calls Angela Lansbury "delicious". I love that! #Tonys

10:51: BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL GOES TO... Catherine Zeta-Jones! She looks genuinely surprised and delighted! #Tonys

10:50: Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth are announcing Best Leading Actor & Actress in a Musical (It's funny because they weren't nominated!) #Tonys

10:42: Rock it out, American Idiots! Suck it, haters. #Tonys

10:41: Billy Joe Armstrong of @GreenDay introducing the @AmericanIdiotNY performances. Thanks for reminding us there's a teleprompter. :-P #Tonys

10:40: La Cage aux Folles just won the Best Musical Tony for the THIRD TIME! It won for its last revival AND its original incarnation. #Tonys

10:38: "Hello there," Raquel Welch! #Tonys

10:36: Ahhh Sean Hayes as Spiderman!!  Singing "Don't Rain On My Parade" too!  Hahahahah #Tonys

10:29: Here comes @MsLeaMichele singing... "Don't Rain on My Parade," of course!! #Glee #Tonys

10:26: Matt Morrison is performing "All I Need is the Girl" from Gypsy. See, folks who only know him from TV? He CAN sing without Autotune! #Tonys

10:25: Here comes #Glee! #Tonys

10:24: Well @LauraBellBundy, you're looking fab in gold tonight at the #Tonys.

10:22: Best Original Play winner is... @RedOnBroadway! I loved it, but I'm sorry that @NextFall couldn't ALSO win. #Tonys

10:20: FENCES just won for Best Revival of a Play! I called that one. (Look how cute the kids look on TV!) #Tonys

10:18: Helloooo, Uncle Fester! Cute bit with Sean Hayes and Kevin Chamberlain. #Tonys

10:16: Brittany Murphy was on Bway in the last revival of A View From the Bridge, but they left her off the "In Memoriam" list. Who else? #Tonys

10:13: Saying goodbye to the Broadway legends who died this year. No jokes in this tweet. Just appreciation. #Tonys

10:12: Bill T. Jones just thanked "the queens". Is he talking about @LaCageBway? ;-) #Tonys

10:11: The choreography Tony goes to Bill T. Jones, who choreographed AND directed @FelaMusical. He's a legend; glad he won. #Tonys

10:08: Choreography performances from @ComeFlyAwayBway and @BwayPromises showcase excellent dance numbers from both shows. #Tonys

10:04: To quote @TadWilson from this morning, "Paula Abdul is here. I hope she knows it" #Tonys

10:01: I have been sitting here tweeting the #Tonys for FOUR HOURS!! I should probably eat something, but i don't want to miss a single minute

9:58: I have been sitting here tweeting the #Tonys for FOUR HOURS!! I should probably eat something, but i don't want to miss a single minute

9:53: Lillias White looks fantastic, but I feel bad for whoever is sitting behind her in that headdress!  J/K... #Tonys

9:52: Why is Forrest Gump trending on Twitter right now? Are they making it into a musical? #Tonys

9:50: Leading Actor goes to... Denzel Washington for @FencesBroadway! He and Viola can do a "we have Tonys and you don't" victory dance. #Tonys

9:48: Viola Davis thanked her high school teachers. Drink! #Tonys (2010 Tonys Drinking Game: http://bit.ly/crQ0n3

9:47: The Leading Actress TONY goes to... VIOLA DAVIS!! Congrats @SteveOnBroadway, you don't have to eat your Playbill. #Tonys

9:46: Q: Is Helen Mirren too old/proper to pull off a "shout out?" A: No way. Helen Mirren can do whatever the F she wants. #Tonys

9:45: Sean Hayes dressed as Annie -- claiming he is dressed as Bernadette Peters ("the BP who isn't ruining the planet"). har, har #Tonys

9:41: Thanks, Kerry Washington, for reminding us again how lucky we are to have the NYPD protecting the Theatre District! #Tonys

9:40: The "plays" montage is really fantastic. It's like a rap video! But it works. #Tonys

9:34: Viola Davis looks simply stunning in lime green, introducing Best Revival of a Play nominees with Denzel Washington. #Tonys

9:32: OMG. OMG! @ChristianeNoll is INCREDDDDDDDIBLE #Tonys @RagtimeOnBway09

9:24: Michael Douglas looks so genuinely proud and in love with Catherine. That makes me feel a lil warm & fuzzy. #Tonys

9:21: Catherine Zeta-Jones' performance of "Send in the Clowns" from @NightMusicBway (and tonight on the #Tonys) makes me cry every time.

9:19: Here is @KChenoweth announcing Featured Actor in a Musical. And the Tony goes to... @LEVIKREIS!!! Who I love!!!!!!  xoxoxoxox #Tony

9:17: Kristin Chenoweth is reading an acceptance speech. Only she wasn't nominated tonight! #funschtick #Tonys

9:13: This @MemphisBroadway performance looks fantastic - I predict that ticket sales will go through the roof! #Tonys

9:10: Performance from @MemphisBroadway happening now on the #Tonys on CBS. (Nice mustache, Chad)

9:09: Katie Finneran is crying onstage and I AM CRYING AT HOME WATCHING!!! I freaking LOVE THE TONYS!!!!!!! @BwayPromises #Tonys

9:08: Katie Finneran: "Thanks to @KChenoweth for loaning me her eyelashes tonight" #Tonys

9:07: OH MY GOSH, Katie Finneran was called KARINE PLANTADIT on the screen on CBS!!!  #MAJORTONYFAIL!!  #Tonys

9:06: Best featured actress in a musical goes to... KATIE FINNERAN (no surprise there!) #Tonys #iTotallyCalledIt

9:05: Everyone at my #Tonys party just said "Awwww" in unison when David Hyde Pierce & @Kelsey_Grammer walked onstage together.

9:04: Angela Lansbury is plugging @TheWing's website. How can I get her to mention www.BroadwayGirlNYC.com? WINK #Tonys

9:02: ANGELA LANSBURY!!!!!!!!! STANDING OVATION FROM MY COUCH!!!!!! #Tonys

8:59: Hello Jon @BonJovi, "live" from London, teasing the @MemphisBroadway performance coming up! #Tonys

8:58: Eddie Redmayne is just a baby, but he's soooo pretty. #Tonys

8:56: Mr. Big (Chris Noth) on The #Tonys. Introducing "In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play" (in my opinion -- sorry -- the worst of the year.)

8:49: RED wins Best Direction of a Play! Award goes to Michael Grandage. He is fondling that Tony like it's a body part #Tonys

8:47: RED wins Best Direction of a Play! Award goes to Michael Grandage. He is fondling that Tony like it's a body part #Tonys

8:44: Sean Hayes is dressed as Billy Elliot! NICE PACKAGE, Sean! Hilarious. He says "it is huge" (referring to the show) #Tonys

8:37: Douglas Hodge sat on Matt Morrison's lap -- and he handed "her" a $20!!  Classic #Tonys moment!!

8:36: Performance from @Kelsey_Grammer, Douglas Hodge and @LaCageBroadway! I love this number: "The Best of Times" #Tonys

8:33: EDDIE REDMAYNE wins Best Featured Actor at the #Tonys (for RED)! I totally called that one. He's fantastic

8:32: Lucy Liu (who I LOVED in God of Carnage) is here to present Best Featured Actor #Tonys

8:27: Levi Kreis is one of the most incredible performers I've ever seen in my life. #Tonys

8:23: Ricky Martin in da house!  (I don't think I can pull off "in da house," do you? I don't think I'll use that phrase again.) #Tonys

8:22: Scarlett says being on Broadway is a childhood dream come true. I like her dress. She called Ryan "the Canadian I live with" - Cute. #Tonys

8:20: Featured Actress in a play Tony goes to... Scarlett Johansson!  That's a surprise!  It's her Broadway debut. #Tonys

8:19: May I say again that Daniel Radcliffe is like, CRAZY SHORT?! #Tonys

8:18: Here come Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Holmes! #famouspeople #Tonys

8:16: Sean Hayes says the #Tonys is the #WorldCupOfShowtunes. Let's get THAT trending, shall we?

8:15: Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth just MADE OUT!! I think we call that a "Newsweek reference" for all playing the #Tonys Drinking game. ;-)

8:14: Maybe she could be the new "Whatsername". Can you imagine? RT @nytimestheater Catherine Zeta-Jones seems to like @AmericanIdiotNY

8:10: Say what you will, I think @AmericanIdiotNY is one of the best shows I've ever seen on Broadway. #Tonys

8:09: John Gallagher Jr sings "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"... and then introduces @GREENDAY!!  OMfingG!!! Love them, love this show #Tonys

8:08: Sound went out during Fela in opening. Darn it, I spoke too soon with the "sound is working" tweet earlier. Hope I didn't jinx the #Tonys!

8:06: Oooh Sherie Rene Scott. I would like to be you in my next life, I think. Or at least have your voice, curves & smile. #Tonys #openingnumber

8:03: Chad Kimball as Huey -- introducing @KChenoweth, who is singing "Say A Little Prayer," with Sean Hayes on piano! #Tonys

8:02: Oh @LeviKreis.  May I have your babies?! #Tonys

8:01: WOW. Sean Hayes is opening the show by playing the piano -- he is INCREDIBLE!!!  Love it. And the sound works! #Tonys #betterthanlastyear

8:00: IT'S STARTING!!!!!!! #Tonys

7:57: Time to turn on CBS! The 2010 Tony Awards broadcast begins in moments!! #Tonys #OMGiAmSoExcited

7:55: A tip: if you plan to DVR the 2010 #Tonys, add an extra few minutes just in case the telecast runs over.

7:50: So far, @MemphisBroadway and @REDonBroadway have each won three #Tonys. Looking like it may be their night at @TheTonyAwards!

7:46: Greg Jbara & Karen Olivo instructing nominees that they only get 1:30 for speech. Otherwise they get "dumped into Xmas Spectacular storage"

7:42: Sound design winners at the #Tonys: Adam Cork for RED (play), and FELA (musical). So much action! These are going so fast!

7:39: Christine Jones, scenic design Tony winner, is getting all teary onstage. Love her speech. (Search it on youtube later.) #Tonys

7:38: Scenic design: for play, RED wins; & for musical, AMERICAN IDIOT takes the Tony! So far RED and MEMPHIS are the big #Tonys winners tonight.

7:35: American Idiot's Kevin Adams takes the Tony for Lighting Design of a Musical! #Tonys (This was my fave, too.) #Tonys

7:34: Next award is lighting design in a play! I liked Red -- I predicted it would win--and it does! Yay Neil Austin! (no speech from him) #Tonys

7:33: With Fela taking Costume Design, that's at least one that Memphis didn't win. Oh well, three for four is still pretty great so far! #Tonys

7:32: Costume Design of a musical: I liked La Cage and predicted it would win. Actual winner is... FELA!

7:31: Catherine Zuber designed costumes for "The Royal Family" at MTC. Congrats! #Tonys

7:30: Next award: Costume Design of a play! My fave is Lend me a Tenor, but I predicted In the Next Room would win. Winner is... ROYAL FAMILY!

7:27: Best Book tony up next. My fave is FELA but I predict Everyday Rapture will win. Winner is... MEMPHIS! OMG, three for three!! #Tonys

7:25: That's two out of two for @MemphisBroadway. Anyone want to predict a sweep?! #Tonys

7:24: Next #Tonys award to give out! Best original score. I loved Memphis but think Fences will win. The winner is... MEMPHIS!

7:23 Best Orchestrations #Tonys annoucement coming up! I picked @MemphisBroadway.  Winner is... MEMPHIS!

7:22 Beautiful speech about Alzheimers from David Hyde Pierce! #Tonys

7:18 Marian Seldes walked off without making a speech at all!  That's ballsy. I love it. #Tonys

7:17 LONG standing ovation for Marian Seldes!! She is visibly touched. She can't even speak! It's beautiful...Now it's getting awkward. #Tonys

7:14: Lifetime achievement in the theatre #Tonys are being awarded to Sir Alan Ayckbourn and Marian Seldes. These were announced in advance, FYI.

7:12: Karen Olivo says she's on crutches because "that's what happens when you don't take a note from Arthur Laurents".  Zing! #Tonys

7:11: Karen Olivo (on crutches) & Gergory Jbara present regional theatre award Tony to the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center.

7:09: Hey Tom Viola of @BCEFA, you deserve your tony honors. You're a hero. #Tonys

7:08: Congrats NYPD for winning a Tony Award!!!  You keep us all safe and happy in Times Square and beyond. Yay for you. #Tonys

7:07: Fill up your drinks, everyone! At 8pm we will start the 2010 Tony Awards Drinking Game. http://bit.ly/crQ0n3 #Tonys

7:03: Is that a fur collar on Sahr Ngaujah's white tux?! #Tonys @FelaMusical

7:00: Thinking I'll take a bath and hit the sheets early tonight. KIDDING!! #Tonys night is my New Years Eve -- I'll be up till dawn!!

6:56: Paula Abdul is on the #Tonys carpet too. Believe it or not, she has a theatrical past -- she choreographed Reefer Madness!

6:54: Barbara Cook doesn't even need an umbrella. Her hair is big enough to cover multiple nominees #snarkytweet #iloveyoubarbara #Tonys

6:53: In case you were wondering, Ryan Reynolds DID accompany his wife Scarlet Johansson to the #Tonys tonight. He looks smashing, obvs.

6:52: Mark Sanchez of the NY Jets is on the #Tonys red carpet. He is introducing @MemphisBroadway. That seems a little weird to me... am I alone?

6:51: Lea Michele is campaigning to bring Justin Timberlake to #Glee -- to be a substitute teacher if Matt Morrison goes on break! #Tonys

6:50: Lea Michele wearing bright yellow with her hair pulled back and red lips. #Tonys

6:49: WOW, hottest #hotthreesome of the night! Matt Morrison, @MsLeaMichele, and Jonathan Groff all of #Glee on the #Tonys red carpet. Sizzzzlng

6:44: Another #hotthreesome on the #Tonys red carpet: Katie Finneran, Stephen Kunken, and Lillias White! Lillias has cool gold eyebrow makeup.

6:42: #Tonys Nominee Douglas Hodge is adorable in male drag. I mean, a tux! I think he'll win tonight for @LaCageBroadway.

6:39: dina Menzel is on the #Tonys red carpet with her sister -- I mean her mom?! OMG, they are both a VISION! Totally GORGEOUS!!

6:37: One of my all-time fave actresses, Laura Linney, says a NYC red carpet is always rainier than a Hollywood red carpet. DUH, Laura! ;-) #Tonys

6:33: Call me crazy, but I think Karine Plantadit (#Tonys nominee for @comeflyawaybroadway) has the most FABULOUS hair.

 

6:30: WOW -- in 32 years, David Bryan (who co-wrote @MemphisBroadway) has never missed a @BonJovi show. But he's missing one tonight for the #Tonys

6:29: Oooh there is GREEN DAY! I love those guys. Even if they are more Berkeley than NYC. #Tonys

6:26: Scarlett Johansson on the carpet -- man, she is GORGEOUS. She has Hollywood glamour for days. #Tonys

6:25: For some reason @LeviKreis reminds me a little bit of Hunter Bell. Is that weird? #Tonys @TheTonyAwards

6:23: Sherie Rene Scott, @LeviKreis, and Dick Scanlan are together on the #Tonys red carpet #hotthreesome

6:19: Jessica Hecht is a foot taller than Daniel Radcliffe. They make a strange looking couple, tho they're individually quite attractive #Tonys

6:14: Hooray Bobby Steggert (@bsteggert) from the closed-too-soon @RagtimeOnBway09. Thrilled you'll be back w/ @YankTheMusical next season! #Tonys

6:13: Hey @ChristianeNoll, nice cleavage! #Tonys

6:12 Is Daniel Radcliffe walking through a lightning storm?! Oh no, that's just the multitude of camera flashes on the #Tonys red carpet

6:11: Valerie Harper says she intends to take @LoopedBroadway on tour. Watch out for one-liners, America! zing

6:10: Wow, @ValerieHarper looks GORGEOUS in blue on the #Tonys red carpet! huge diamond earrings, too.

6:07: Montego Glover says bringing @MemphisBroadway to the #Tonys is like going to her baby's wedding night. She's clearly so proud.

6:06: Poor Karen Olivo just walked onto the #Tonys red carpet on her crutches! But she's posing without them in front of the step-and-repeat.

6:05: Chad Kimball and Montego Glover (gorgeous in red) on #Tonys red carpet.  Guess what? Chad does NOT talk like Huey. ;-)

6:04: Aretha Franklin (on #Tonys red carpet) says she is looking for a Broadway project. Won't spill about titles or co-stars she's eyeing, tho.

6:03: Aretha Franklin is on the #Tonys red carpet with Roma Torre! She isn't performing tonight but says she loves Fela, Fences, and Night Music.

6:01: Did you know that you can watch the #Tonys live from Times Square in the rain? Or on CBS from home, if you prefer to be warm & dry ;-)

6:00: TV on @NY1onstage and I'm live-tweeting from now till the end of @TheTonyAwards! Get ready for the most exciting night of the year :) #Tonys