a day with the tonys
Both musicals deserved their respective awards, but the overall winner of the two was definitely HAIR. Now, don’t get me wrong, I fell in love with Billy (we saw Trent… the Billy featured at the Tonys) himself, but I think the musical will only have staying power as long as the cast is AMAZING. I left Billy Elliot still singing “Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair hair hair HAIR!” even though the daisy behind my ear had wilted and I didn’t get to capture a photo of myself dancing on the stage at curtain call (Yes.. that’s right… I danced on stage with the cast after the curtain call… and got a big hug from Berger too!).
Here’s a brief glimpse of my day yesterday, as told by Sunday’s Tony Awards show on CBS:
Billy Elliot performance at 2009 Tony Awards
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Wow, that’s awesome that you got to see both award-winning musicals! How nice of Father M to get you guys tixx for such fab shows. Hope you all had a great time here in the city.
I am delurking to say that I am beyond jealous of your fabulous day! I’m a musical theatre junkie and wish I lived closer to New York in order to see all these shows. Please tell me you got to dance with Gavin Creel (Claude) along with Berger!
She actually got a hug from Berger during the after-performance lovefest on stage. The best part of the whole “Hair” experience had to be the 65+-year-old women to our right who, during the full company nude scene, kept asking where Berger was and how much they wanted to see Berger because he was just “delicious.”