The Tony Awards Use Hollywood Stars and Glee to Great Effect
If you flipped over to the Tony Awards at any moment last night, the chances are good you probably thought it was the Oscars. Or the MTV Movie Awards. Scarlett Johannson won for Best Featured Actress in a play for A View From a Bridge and gave a shout out to her husband, Ryan Reynolds; Catherine Zeta-Jones -- remember her? -- won for Best Actress in a Musical for A Little Night Music and gave a shout out to her husband, Michael Douglas; and Denzel Washington won for Best Actor in a Play for Fences and -- well, pretty much just stammered. And that's to say nothing of the audience, which included Will Smith, Jay-Z and Beyonce. Oh and Green Day performed. All that was missing was Justin Bieber! And with that reference, here comes Glee stars Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison to perform. Video after the jump.
For reference, if this was Lea Michele's audition for the Broadway revival of Funny Girl that's happening in 2012, she nailed it. Ryan Murphy better start auditioning replacement Rachel Berrys as soon as possible.
[Video via Vulture]
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Comments
Lea has an amazing voice, and acting skills. She won't stay long in Glee if her buzz keeps going. That's probably the reason FOX already signed for 3 seasons...
I thought the audience looked underwhelmed after her performance.
I happen to agree. I think the "Hey Tony Awards, here I am" line put some people off. Doesn't matter, she's still stupid talented.
The audience seemed kind of underwhelmed after almost everything, which is sad b/c it was one of the more entertaining Tony shows in recent memory.
Speaking of underwhelmed, was I the only one underwhelmed by the performance from Memphis? That didn't exactly scream "Tony Winner" to me.