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Last night, at the Beacon Theatre in NYC, NY, the 2011 Tony Awards were handed out in celebration of the best of the best in musical and stage productions on Broadway and, unsurprisingly, the musical The Book of Mormon walked away with the most awards of the night. Collecting 9 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Book of Mormon cemented it’s stature as THE best offering from Broadway this season. Neil Patrick Harris brilliantly hosted the show last night and provided one of the more entertaining Tony Awards of recent memory. Click below to see some photos, read some deets and watch video from the Tony Awards show last night.

Congratulations are in order for the new Broadway musical The Book of Mormon because it has nabbed 14 Tony Awards nominations … the most of any show this year. The full list of 2011 Tony Awards nominations was announced in NYC, NY earlier today and among the nominees there were some surprises … especially concerning those who did NOT get nominated at all. Daniel Radcliffe, the lead in the new musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, did NOT get a nomination … and he is speaking out to Celebuzz about about that snub. Read on for all the Tony Awards nominations goss below.

In June of 2009, Bret Michaels and Poison performed at the 63rd Annual Tony Awards and during that performance, he inadvertently walked into a moving part of the set and banged up his face pretty bad. At the time, Michaels complained publicly that the folks at the Tony Awards didn’t show him much sympathy for his injury going so far as to issue a public statement on the incident. Over a year later, in August of 2010, Michaels suffered a brain hemorrhage that almost killed him … and now he is suing the Tony Awards, blaming his on stage accident on his health problems.

Last night actors and celebrities made their way to Radio City Music Hall in NYC, NY to attend the 2010 Tony Awards — Broadway’s biggest night. The red carpet sparkled as the various celebs made their way into the theater … here are a few photos:

It’s pretty crazy how the Tony Awards have turned into a major event to see our fave Hollywood celebs. With the increasing number of movie actors making their way to the Great White Way (like Scarlett Johansson, Denzel Washington, Catherine Zeta-Jones) the Tonys get a bit of a bump from new fans tuning in to watch the show … and what a show it was. Here are some photos from the Tony Awards show last night along with some deets about who won what:

“Red,” the anguished two-man drama about painter Mark Rothko and the timeless tug of war between art and commerce, was a big winner Sunday at the 2010 Tony Awards, receiving the best play prize and five other honors. “This to me is the moment of my lifetime,” said “Red” playwright John Logan. The play picked up Tonys for Michael Grandage, who won for best director of a play, and Eddie Redmayne, for featured performance by an actor in a play. Redmayne portrayed the young, increasingly disillusioned assistant to Rothko, the abstract expressionist who agonizes over whether to accept a lucrative commission for the Four Seasons restaurant. “This is the stuff dreams are made of. Wow,” Redmayne said, clutching his prize. “Red,” starring Alfred Molina as Rothko, was also awarded a Tony for best lighting design of a play, best sound design and best scenic design. “Memphis,” the rhythm ‘n’ blues musical set in the American South in the 1950s, won four Tonys, including best musical. A tale of segregation and integration, “Memphis” was also cited for best orchestration, original score and best book of a musical. Three Hollywood stars, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Denzel Washington and Scarlett Johansson, were first-time nominees and winners. “Fences,” a revival of August Wilson’s deeply personal drama about family, won for best revival of a play and its two stars, Washington and Viola Davis, won for best actors in a play. Even their acceptance speeches seemed to complement each other. “My mother always says, ‘Man gives the award, God gives the reward.’ I guess I got both tonight,” Washington said after winning for his performance as the sanitation man who might have been a baseball star. It was his first Tony Award and nomination. “I don’t believe in luck or happenstance. I absolutely believe in the presence of God in my life,” said Davis, honored for playing Washington’s all-sacrificing wife. “It feels like such a divine experience eight times a week.” Zeta-Jones won for best actress in a musical as the amorous actress in the revival of “A Little Night Music.” She thanked many, including her husband, fellow actor Michael Douglas, who she “gets to sleep with every night.” “Fela!” — the innovative Afro-beat biography of Nigerian superstar Fela Anikulapo-Kuti — and “La Cage aux Folles” — a revival of the classic Jerry Herman-Harvey Fierstein musical farce — each had 11 nominations, but won just three Tonys apiece. “La Cage Aux Folles” won for best revival of a musical, for David Hodge as best lead actor in a musical and director Terry Johnson for best direction of a musical. “Fela!” won for Bill T. Jones’ choreography, best costume design of a musical and best sound design of a musical. Johansson won for best featured performance as an actress in a play for her Broadway debut, the object of her uncle’s lust in Arthur Miller’s “A View From a Bridge.” “Every since I was a little girl I wanted to be on Broadway and here I am,” said Johansson, the voluptuous Hollywood star best known for such films as “Matchpoint” and “Lost in Translation.” The ceremony, from Radio City Music Hall and telecast on CBS, was hosted by Sean Hayes, who didn’t win as lead actor in a musical for “Promises, Promises,” but did put on a memorable show of song, jokes and costumes, dressing up as everyone from Spiderman to Little Orphan Annie. “I have actually managed to combine a good chance of losing with a good chance of bombing,” he joked during his opening monologue, which was widely applauded. Hayes began with a playful piano medley circling around “Give My Regards to Broadway,” then stepped up the beat and segued into a stomping “Blue Suede Shoes,” as performed by cast members from “Million Dollar Quartet.” Segments from “Promises, Promises,” “Come Fly With Me” and others followed, capped and stolen by a shouting medley from Green Day … Five-time Tony winner Angela Lansbury, a nominee Sunday for “A Little Night Music,” was named the first-ever honorary chairman of the American Theatre Wing. Special Tony Awards for lifetime achievement were given to playwright Alan Ayckbourn (“The Norman Conquests,” a trilogy that won the play-revival Tony last year), and actress Marian Seldes (“A Delicate Balance,” “Equus,” “Deathtrap,” “Three Tall Women”). The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Conn., received the regional theater award.

After the jump, check out some photos of some of last night’s Tony Award winners posing with their shiny new trophies …

Congratulations are in order today as the nominations for the 2010 Tony Awards have been announced in NYC. Big name celebs who’ve made the move from Hollywood to Broadway like Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones are celebrating their Tony Award nominations today as their work and their shows receive recognition. The winners will be announced in June, so let’s find out who is in contention this year:

Star wattage will burn bright at the 2010 Tony Awards with Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kelsey Grammer among those receiving nominations Tuesday. Washington and Law were each cited for best actor performances in “Fences” and “Hamlet,” respectively. Zeta-Jones was nominated for best performance by a leading actress in a musical, “A Little Night Music,” and Grammer was nominated for lead actor in a musical, “La Cage aux Folles.” “What a thrill to be nominated! The experience of doing this incredible show and working every night with such a talented group of people has truly been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career,” Zeta-Jones said Tuesday. “And now to be nominated for a Tony. In my dreams, I couldn’t imagine a better way to make my Broadway debut.” “Fela!” — nominated for best musical — and “La Cage aux Folles” — nominated for the best musical revival — each received 11 nominations, followed by “Fences” with 10 nods. Nominated for best play were “In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)” by Sarah Ruhl; “Next Fall,” by Geoffrey Nauffts; “Red,” by John Logan; and “Time Stands Still,” by Donald Margulies. Best musical nominations went to Green Day’s “American Idiot”; “Memphis”; “Million Dollar Quartet”; and “Fela!” … Besides Washington and Law, the actor-play nominees include Alfred Molina, “Red”; Liev Schreiber, “A View From the Bridge”; and Christopher Walken, “A Behanding in Spokane.” In the actress-play category, the nominees were Viola Davis, “Fences”; Valerie Harper, “Looped”; Linda Lavin, “Collected Stories”; Laura Linney, “Time Stands Still”; and Jan Maxwell, “The Royal Family” … The performers competing with Zeta-Jones for the actress-musical prize were Kate Baldwin, “Finian’s Rainbow”; Montego Glover, “Memphis”; Sherie Rene Scott, “Everyday Rapture”; and Christiane Noll, “Ragtime” … Besides Grammer, the actor-musical nominees were Sean Hayes, “Promises, Promises”; Douglas Hodge, “La Cage aux Folles”; Chad Kimball, “Memphis”; and Sahr Ngujah, “Fela!” Nominees for featured actress in a play: Maria Dizzia, “In the Next Room (or the vibrator play”; Rosemary Harris, “The Royal Family”; Jessica Hecht, “A View From the Bridge”; Scarlett Johansson, “A View From the Bridge”; Jan Maxwell, “Lend Me a Tenor.” Featured actor in a play nominees included David Alan Grier, “Race”; Stephen McKinley Henderson, “Fences”; Jon Michael Hill, “Superior Donuts”; Stephen Kunken, “Enron”; Eddie Redmayne, “Red” … Special Tony Awards for lifetime achievement were given to playwright Alan Ayckbourn (“The Norman Conquests,” a trilogy of three plays that won the best play revival Tony last year), and actress Marian Seldes (“A Delicate Balance,” “Three Tall Women,” “Tiny Alice”). The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Conn., will receive the regional theater award. Winners will be announced June 13 during a ceremony televised by CBS from Radio City Music Hall.

Because I haven’t spent any time in NYC this year seeing shows I think my excitement for this year’s Tony Awards is at an all-time low. I did love Jude Law in Hamlet when I saw the play last year but I haven’t seen any of the other shows listed among these nominees. David and I will be in NYC all next week and we are hoping to see 2 shows so, perhaps my Tony Awards interest will go up once I get back to Broadway. Have any of y’all seen any of these shows? Which ones are your faves and who are your picks to win Tonys this year?

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Earlier this week we were presented with a statement from Poison frontman Bret Michaels‘s representative publicly complaining that Michaels did not receive the care and attention necessary from the producers of the 63rd Annual Tony Awards after he was injured during a performance on the Tony Awards stage last Sunday night. Then we got our first look at Bret Michaels‘s injuries along with more complaining from Michaels‘s rep. Today we get to read the full, personal statement from Bret Michaels himself on the matter … here is the full text of his statement:

My Official Statement

I am trying to remain very positive and somewhat humorous about the whole situation. I apologize that I did not make a statement earlier as I have been feeling pretty beat up over the last few days. The fact is I was honored to be asked to perform at the event. The entire “Rock of Ages” production were awesome and even though I was completely out of my element I was really enjoying myself prior to my injury. In fact all involved at the awards show treated me good.

I had a great time at the Tonys right up until I got blindsided, I must admit it was a little blurry after that. In hindsight, there is no doubt I got my bell rung, unfortunately it has been posted and perhaps funny to watch, but I can assure you it has been painful to experience. In all honesty I had absolutely no idea what struck my head. Upon impact I thought a piece of the lighting rig had fallen out of the ceiling and as I fell back it seemed like my head struck the stage and I blacked out for a second. When I opened my eyes I noticed a large set prop coming down straight for me. I immediately pushed myself out of the way and amidst the chaos I laid on the floor and asked “what the hell just happened?”

My nose, mouth and the back of my head felt numb. I vaguely remember asking Big John, ‘do I have any teeth left in my mouth?’ I knew I could move my arms and legs and that was an instant relief. Somebody handed me a towel to wipe the blood from my face and in my dazed state I recall staring at what seemed to be Shrek, a talking goat head and several monkey like creatures.

Over the last few days a lot of speculation as to what happened and who is to blame have surfaced. I need to make clear at no point since the incident occurred do I feel like the accident was malicious in any way and I feel this will all work itself out. However I must state I found it a little strange that the only statement released by the Tony organization was that I missed my mark and that I was completely fine. First, I thought, ‘what mark?’ as there was no official mark, just a retracting drum riser and an overhead prop being rapidly lowered which was out of my view. Second, I think it was slightly irresponsible for them to report that I was fine without full knowledge of my condition, when a doctor hadn’t even looked at me yet and I surely don’t remember any X-Ray machines backstage. I am not looking for an apology, I only hoped that on a human level that the Tony organizations’ representative would have expressed some concern for injury in their statement or at the very least claim they would be looking into the matter.

Whether it was a miscommunication, missed cue or missed mark no matter what the situation was the prop should have been stopped or at least slowed for a few more seconds until I cleared the stage. I apparently had less than two seconds to avoid being hit. It was evident I was backing up and moving in the direction to exit the stage for at least 30 to 40 feet and it is plain to see I had no clue this prop was descending. For God sake, they have at least a five second delay to prevent the airing of unapproved expletives and nudity!

For the record never at any point during my Sunday morning rehearsal was I ever instructed that the piece was coming down and that I had very little time to get off the stage, otherwise believe me I would have stopped or at least ducked so as not to be knocked out at the Tonys. Trust me I never wanted any of this to happen. I was simply doing as I was told which was to exit the stage as Poison’s song “Nothin’ but a Good Time” came to a close.

I feel for the actors and actresses who put in so much time and hard work on or off Broadway to get to the Tonys. This is their moment and I am sorry that some of it may have gotten overshadowed by my thick rocker cranium being struck by a stage prop. On a high note I hear it was the highest rated Tonys they have had in years. However, I was bummed that I did not get to see any of the acts perform during the Tonys as I have never seen a play on Broadway before, probably would have enjoyed it, and even more bummed that I did not get to attend the after parties, cuz rumor has it Anne Hathaway was going to be there and she is hot.

I would like to personally thank Bobby and C.C., Mark Hogue, Larry Morand and my crew along with Liza Minnelli, Mark Indelicato and Carole Propp for rushing to my dressing room to check on my condition. In closing I truly appreciate everyone’s concern. I thank the Good Lord I have a thick skull and I have a feeling this may have been my first and final curtain call at the Tonys.

Sincerely,
Broadway Bret Michaels

And, with that, I hope we’ve heard the last of Bret Michaels‘ injuries. While I understand that he feels the need to be paid attention to in light of his banged up face, I think he went about the whole matter terribly. Publicly complaining in the media about how no one paid attention to you after you got an ouchie makes you look like a crybaby. I’m not sure what he was trying to achieve with that statement released by his PR person. Did he expect a public outcry from people demanding that the Tony Awards producers stop being meanies? If he really had a problem with production, as it sounds like he did, he should’ve just privately contacted production itself and saved the drama for his seemingly unending stream of VH1 reality TV shows. At least Bret‘s personal statement doesn’t sound as douchey as his rep’s statement did … sure, it still sounds like he wants a hug and a pat on the head and sure his statement went on for 8 paragraphs (!!!) but … at least he’s had his say and hopefully we can be done with the matter. Tho … I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a lawsuit somewhere down the line. I mean, those VH1 reality TV shows have to run out sometime.

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As you may recall, Bret Michaels got beaned in the head by a descending backdrop during his performance on The Tony Awards this past Sunday night (Poison performed with the company of the musical Rock of Ages when the accident took place). It turns out that while Bret didn’t suffer any major injuries from this incident, he did walk away with a bit of a bruised ego. His rep Janna Elias, speaking on his behalf, has issued a statement publicly complaining that Michaels should’ve been afforded the same treatment that Liza Minelli or Elton John would’ve gotten if they were injured on the show. Yeah, I don’t get it either … but here is the full text of Elias‘s statement on Bret Michaels‘s behalf anyways:

“After a performance by singer Bret Michaels at the Tony Awards Sunday night, he turned to exit the stage and was struck in the head by a descending half-ton stage prop, sweeping him off his feet causing contusions to his face and knocking him to the ground. Even at that point of impact, the heavy prop was still not halted and continued to descend even though Michaels remained underneath it. Witnesses state the singer moved himself out of the way just moments before the prop touched down. With all due respect to everyone working the Tony Awards, somewhere down the line there was a lack of communication and the prop should have been immediately halted until Michaels was clear. Sunday morning at rehearsals, Bret was never informed that the descending set piece existed, let alone would be moving into position as he was exiting the stage. Although Bret was visibly dazed, he remained extremely calm backstage as members of Poison’s road crew brought him a towel to wipe the blood from his face. His only comment at the time was, ‘What the hell just hit me?’ The severity of this injury is not being taken lightly as symptoms from head and neck injuries at first may seem like nothing and sometimes do not present for days. At this time, the full extent of his injuries remain to be seen until all x-rays are back. I find it surprising that a Tony spokesperson would brush off this incident with a comment stating, ‘Mr. Michaels missed his mark,’ with no mention of concern for his condition. If everyone at the Tonys were aware that Bret missed his mark, then they should have been aware enough to stop the set piece from hitting him or at least slowed it down until he cleared the stage. I feel had this incident happened to Liza Minelli, Dolly Parton or Elton John, the Tonys would have at least issued a letter of concern.”

LMAO!!! I mean … c’mon! Accidents happen, rock stars should know that. It seems silly to me that his rep is making a big stink about this days after the incident took place. Does Ms. Elias really feel that issuing this statement makes her client look better? It makes him look like a crybaby … the poor thing. Memo to Bret Michaels — get over it! You hit your head, you go boom, carry on.

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Broadway’s biggest night took place at Radio City Music Hall in NYC, NY last night as the 63rd Annual Tony Awards were handed out in a lavish and fun ceremony. Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, this year’s Tony Awards injected mirth and merriment into the awards show that honors achievement in plays and musical theater on New York City’s Great White Way. Billy Elliot the Musical, which David and I were fortunate enough to see earlier this year, set a record by winning 10 Tony Awards last night, including Best Actor in a Musical (an award that was given to the 3 young actors who play Billy in the show … which is a first in Tony Awards history) and Best Musical. Here are a few pics from the red carpet arrivals:

Yes, folks … that is Bret Michaels of Poison in the last photo. The band was on hand to preform with the company of Rock of Ages in the opening number … which turned out to be a quite a performance, especially for Bret — but I’ll get to that in a sec. Here are a few photos of some of the Tony Award winners last night and some deets about the show itself:

Broadway productions with roots in the London theater dominated the 63rd annual Tony Awards on Sunday, with “Billy Elliot” winning best musical and nine other awards and “God of Carnage” picking up honors for best play, best director and best actress. While several categories were unusually competitive this year because of the large number of strong Broadway productions, there were also no major upsets. The three teenage boys who rotate in the title role of “Billy Elliot” — David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish — jointly won the award for best actor in a musical, as expected, and they also injected considerable charm into the CBS telecast. Standing onstage together, they covered their eyes with their hands at different points and looked away from the camera bashfully while muttering sentiments like “Oh my God” and “wow” and “unbelievable.” Then they took a long pause, as if trying to decide who should speak first — joint Tony Awards are very rare — and then went on to thank their parents and siblings and school and dance teachers. “And we want to say to all the kids out there who might want to dance, never give up,” Mr. Kulish added. “Billy Elliot” proved to be the commercial and critical musical hit of the 2008-9 Broadway season, routinely grossing more than $1 million a week in spite of the recession. Elton John, who composed the show’s score, made a point of thanking audience members for that success as he accepted the award for best musical. “We came here at a hard time economically, you opened your wallets and you opened your hearts, and we love you for it,” he said. This year’s awards were spread around evenly for the most part, with 14 shows receiving at least one Tony. With “Billy Elliot” far ahead, the musical “Next to Normal” and “God of Carnage” were next up with three Tonys each, including best actress honors for Alice Ripley for “Normal” and Marcia Gay Harden for “Carnage.” The French playwright Yasmina Reza accepted the best play award for “Carnage,” which also took honors for the British director Matthew Warchus. “I’m very happy to be here again — maybe you missed my accent; you wanted to hear it again?” said Ms. Reza, who previously won for her play “Art.” The award for best revival of a play went to another British import, “The Norman Conquests.” If accents were indeed in large supply through the night, so were celebrity presenters and recipients, with Broadway having one of its busiest years for actors from film and television. The Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush (an Australian) was honored as best actor in a play as the monarch in “Exit the King” by Eugène Ionesco, whose works came to define the Theater of the Absurd yet are rarely revived on Broadway. “I want to thank Manhattan theater audiences for proving that French existential absurdist tragi-comedy rocks,” Mr. Rush said. Politics strayed onto the Tony landscape at only a couple of points, most notably when Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public Theater, accepted the award for best musical revival for “Hair.” “Peace now, freedom now, equality now,” Mr. Eustis said, gesturing to his ring finger as he uttered those last two words, a reference to gay marriage rights. “And justice forever.” Angela Lansbury won her fifth Tony Award, for best featured actress in a play, for her turn as the medium in “Blithe Spirit,” 43 years after winning her first award, for best actress in the musical “Mame.” “Who knew, who knew, that at this time in my life that I should be presented with this lovely, lovely award,” said Ms. Lansbury, who is 83. Liza Minnelli received the Tony for special theatrical event for her one-woman show “Liza’s at the Palace.” For best featured performances in a musical, Gregory Jbara (“Billy Elliot”) and Karen Olivo (“West Side Story”) were honored. The best featured actor award went to another theater veteran, Roger Robinson, for his role in “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” Other awards went to Stephen Daldry for his direction of “Billy Elliot,” “Mary Stuart” for costume design and “Equus” for sound design. All three shows had runs in London before the current Broadway productions were mounted.

I am so happy that Billy Elliot won so many awards. It is truly a superb show, one that David and I thoroughly enjoyed when we saw in January. We saw Trent Kowalik play Billy at our show and really loved his performance … the award to the 3 Billys is much deserved, I think. Congrats!! I’m not sure how many of you watched the Tony Awards last night but it was a very entertaining show. The opening number included short performances from 10 different musicals and offered one of the most talked about/funniest moments of the show. After the jump, check out video from that opening number and see how Poison‘s Bret Michaels almost lost his head during the opening performance …

Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon and In The Heights composer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda were both on hand at The New York Public Library for Performing Arts in NYC this morning to announce the nominations for the 2009 (Antoinette Perry) Tony Awards (which honor “theatre professionals for distinguished achievement”). The musical Billy Elliot walked away with the most nominations this year, a record-tying 15 nominations. What is most surprising to me, tho, is the fact that the revival play Equus got almost completely shut out … garnering only 2 nominations (one for lighting design, one for sound design) and none for actor Daniel Radcliffe. But, Elton John‘s musical Billy Elliot did resonate well with the Tony Awards Academy having garnered the most noms this year:

Sir Elton John: Get out your tutu. The Rocket Man’s musical Billy Elliot, about a British working-class boy’s desire to dance, scored an impressive 15 Tony nominations, including best musical, it was announced Tuesday morning. Billy will compete in the top category with Next to Normal, a brash musical about a mother’s nervous breakdown; the pop compendium Rock of Ages; and Shrek the Musical. Dolly Parton’s just-opened 9 to 5 was among those overlooked in the best musical category, though one of its stars, Allison Janney, received a nod in the leading actress race. Among dramas and comedies, the best play nominees are Horton Foote’s sly Dividing the Estate, about a money-strapped Texas family; the brittle God of Carnage, starring four Tony nominees (James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels, Marcia Gay Harden and Hope Davis); Neal LaBute’s romantic drama Reasons To Be Pretty, and 33 Variations, which stars the nominated Jane Fonda as a dying musicologist. Winners will be announced Sunday, June 7, during a three-hour CBS telecast from Radio City Music Hall.

Having seen Billy Elliot myself, I am not surprised that it managed to garner so many nominations. The show is really pretty fantanstic, most especially since the young boys who play Billy are all so talented. I am thrilled that the three of them — David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish — will share in their Lead Actor in a Musical nomination, meaning if they win then they all win together. I am really very bummed that Equus didn’t so so well with the noms … particularly because I thought Daniel Radcliffe put on a phenomenal performance. The poor guy stripped bare nekkid and he still didn’t get a nomination. I was *sure* that he would get recognized for his performance. It’s a damn shame because he, IMHO, really deserved at the very least a nomination for his performance. After the jump, check out a couple pics of Cynthia Nixon and Lin-Manuel Miranda from this morning’s Tony Awards nominations announcement event and see a full list of the 27 categories (and 4 special categories) and nominees …

While I was happily celebrating the LA Lakers victory over the Boston Celtics last night, I was mourning the shaft that was given to two of my fave Broadway shows at last night’s 62nd annual Tony Awards, which were held live at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. While I was very impressed with the production value of the show (especially the bits that involved host Whoopi Goldberg, who was brills all night long) and the live cast performances (some more than others … loved Xanadu, was a tiny bit let down by both The Little Mermaid and Rent), I was just really bummed that neither Xanadu (my Best Musical) nor Macbeth (my Best Play) got any love at all from the stogy old Tony voters. Boo. Here are a few pics from the Tony Awards red carpet:

Everyone looked amazing on the red carpet … I love that Xanadu‘s Cheyenne Jackson had to show up on the red carpet in a tux and then had to strip it off to don his shorty jean shorts for the live performance and then had to get all dolled up in his tux again — and he wasn’t even nominated for an award! That’s dedication, y’all. I cannot stress enough how fun and inventive both Xanadu and Macbeth are as Broadway productions … and I’m convinced that is why neither show took home any awards. Tony voters seem to love being mired in the past (South Pacific), bucking the new and innovative and choosing instead to stick with the traditional, tired yet true (the same thing happened last year when Legally Blonde got the shaft).