The Bests, Worsts, Leasts, and Mosts of the 2024 Tony Awards

We're on EGOT Watch for Angelina Jolie

No matter what goes down in terms of who wins what, you can always watch the Tony Awards feeling confident that it’ll be a rousingly competent live show full of assured singing and enthusiastic dancing, put on by professionals who do live theater eight times a week and love the hell out of the genre. Yes, some of the sound and lighting felt a bit muddy at times during last night’s festivities, but it was hard not to be enthralled by the snippets we saw of Illinoise and The Outsiders — which performed a rumble — and the charms of Merrily We Roll Along, and vocal bombast of Hell’s Kitchen. The speeches are invariably delivered with the oomph of people who are very comfortable with public speaking, and the earnestness of Big Theater Kid Energy. It’s always a refreshingly warm night; very rarely does something happen where you think, “Ugh, people are gonna have some hot takes on this.” Having said that, of course we have notes. There are always notes.

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