by Chris Corbellini
Old Man Frey is a horrible winner. With that smug look and what remains of his hair combed back he reminds me of Pat Riley. “Here’s to the young wolf,” he howls. Up next, Greyjoy is adjusting not-so-nicely to life in an S&M palace. I must say this entire subplot is at best confusing and at worst, torture porn. I now fully expect a GoT themed adult pleasure palace to open somewhere in the Meat-Packing district of Manhattan. (Walters: Or in this case, the Non-Meat-Packing District)
Oh no, a Greyjoy sausage. Just, no. No, no, no. Should have put that in the dead pool. You won’t be seeing that on the ESPN highlights tonight.
Auman on the Tonys:
Here’s a good confluence of star power and star role — Jane Lynch as Miss Hannigan in the revival “Annie,” belting out her number I felt like she even upstaged the orphans.
Most forced emotion of the night? The reading on the Royal Caribbean ads — cruise industry’s having a rough year or two, so it’s hard to take those ads with a straight face.
Winner for choreography for “Kinky Boots” says he believes everyone in the show would walk through a wall for him, but he would walk through the wall for them first. To me, once one person has walked through a wall, you just go through the hole they made, and it’s just not as impressive. … Nice little midshow number, opening with NPH and Andrew Rannells, riffing on stage stars getting their TV shows cancelled. … Andrea Martin — yes of SCTV and SNL fame — wins her second Tony for Pippin, 20 years after her first: “I ran up here like a longshoreman because I know we only have 75 seconds,” she says. If I were toggling over to the NBA Finals more often, I’d tell you that Pippin wins a lot but doesn’t get the respect it deserves historically.