Month: September 2021

The Tonys

The 74th Annual Tony Awards are being held this Sunday after being delayed for over a year due to COVID. This year’s celebration will be hosted by Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom, Jr. This year the nominees for Best Musical are Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, and Tina-The Tina Turner Musical.

Never in our wildest dreams did we think we would be attending a Tony Awards but not only did we have the opportunity to go, we watched our favorite musical of all time, Once on This Island win a Tony for the Best Revival of a Musical.

One of the many highlights from the 72 Annual Tony Awards, June 2018

The biggest moment of our night at the Tonys was when Once on This Island was named the winner.

The only video of the moment I could find-we did not video it ourselves because we didn’t think it was going to win!

Broadway is Back!

After the longest shutdown in history, the lights are coming back on in Broadway theaters and it’s exhilarating. Last week, both Hadestown and Waitress re-opened.

We flew back to NYC from Ohio for the first time since the COVID shutdown in March 2020. The streets weren’t as crowded as they were pre-COVID but it still felt like home to walk through midtown.

Wednesday evening, we were lucky enough to go to the Invited Dress Rehearsal of the musical, Hadestown and Friday night we saw Sara Bareilles in Waitress. Both nights, the crowds went wild as soon as the casts appeared on stage and there were plenty of tears and standing ovations.

  • Walter Kerr Theatre: Hadestown
  • Ethel Barrymore Theatre: Waitress

Hamilton, The Lion King, and Wicked are all resuming performances on September 14th and more are coming back throughout September and October. If you can get to NYC and are vaccinated go and enjoy this historic re-opening of Broadway, just make sure to bring your mask and vaccine card with you!

Here is a video Hadestown posted on Instagram of the first few moments of opening night.