Next Sunday is the 63rd annual Tony Awards, celebrating the best in live theatre, dramatic and musical, achievement. Aside from the Oscars, it is one of my favorite awards shows. Granted, Emmy and Grammy are up there, too. These 4 awards shows are the originators of the award genre. But, I digress. Live theatre is so exciting. Each night can be different. I'll never forget Bernadette Peters in Song and Dance during the song Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad- she forgot a lyric and substituted "la la la las" to my horror! But nevertheless, Miss Peters did receive the Best Actress in a Musical for that performance. And John Lithgow in his beyond-amazing performance in M.Butterfly kept me on the edge of my seat. So, this week I will reminisce about going to see a play or musical- on Broadway or even on its pre-Broadway run here in San Francisco. BTW: Evita, Wicked, and Lestat got their starts in San Francisco. OK, Evita premiered in Los Angeles...but it did come to our Orpheum Theatre before Broadway. So, dim the lights, start that overture, and raise the curtain- another stunning year to celebrate!
