Bewitched, Bothered, and Bret Michaels

Well, ladies and gentlemen, last night was the night of all nights. The gay man's Super Bowl. The Tony Awards. Man oh man how excited were we to watch the one awards show a year that we can actually sit through. We were even more excited to turn on NY1 here in the city and see "Live on the Red Carpet". And our excitement faded after one minute when we realized how horrible it was. Tony Awards fashion is definitely not as exciting as Academy Awards fashion. But the night isn't about fashion - it's about incredibly talented artists who can't dress to save their lives (see: Carrie Fisher). And the nominees for Best Featured Bullets in a Blog are...

• Let's get the bad over with. The two bad things about the show were the ridiculous choices of musical numbers and horrible sound engineering. Sure, Shrek isn't the most amazing musical on the block, but they could have picked a much better number. And Billy Elliot should have picked a different song, as well. We haven't seen the show yet, but judging from that one performance, we would say that Next to Normal kind of got robbed. And all the sound mixing was way off. Thank you alto 2 part... and Jennifer Cody.
• The first go round we completely missed Bret Michaels getting clotheslined during the big opening number. Then we watched the video over and over. We don't necessarily think him falling is funny, but we think the fact that Stockard Channing completely has no idea what's going on is pretty funny.
• Of course we had a lot of fun watching the Rock of Ages performance. How cool was it that people in the audience had lights? And we will never stop loving Amy Spanger. But what we loved the most about this performance was the ridiculous camera angle at the end of the song. Did anyone else notice?? Hello crotch shot.
• How about that Guys and Dolls backdrop, eh? It reminded us of the national tour of Starlight Express. And that should never be an association made with a Broadway show.
• The opening number was amazing. That was the first time we cried last night. Other times included Karen Olivo's speech, Next to Normal's performance, the "In Memoriam" presentation, and when we ran out of bean dip.
• We're so glad the Tony Awards weren't hosted by Hugh Jackman. And of course we loved Neil Patrick Harris's final song that was written by the hilarious South Park guys, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Does anyone else think Neil Patrick Harris and Gavin Creel would make a cute couple? They would have gorgeous kids. Dad? Help?

Even though a lot of sound engineers were fired last night, we think the 2009 Tony Awards was very entertaining! Next time let's leave out the touring shows. And get ready for a blog starring YOU guys! That's right, let's see what you all thought of the Tony's!

This blog is dedicated to the valiant man who ran Titus Burgess's microphone onstage when he was in dire need of salvation.