All those jokes and speeches about being a theater kid, being seen as weird, finding a community of like-minded people,...that’s all real. Lots of kids don’t dream about being the next Serena Williams or Steph Curry. Lots of kids watch Sutton Foster or Jeremy Jordan and say “I wanna do that.” The Tonys are those kids’…

If you hire James Corden, “pleasant but bland” is the best you can hope for.

I haven’t seen any of the nominated plays (unless you count seeing Oklahoma and Kiss Me Kate in previous revivals), and I watched it. It gives you a chance to see a portion of something for free that you probably won’t see live, so why not?

Yes. I do enjoy the Tony’s even though I haven’t seen the plays. Many of the plays & music is still very well known outside of just New York.

“And to all those criticising my choice of roles, I say ...”

Spencer always gets criticism for her choice of roles, accusations of reinforcing stereotypes, and so on, but she usually does her best to add layers and personality to whatever she’s given. She’s never been someone who gets big magazine covers about how groundbreaking and incredible she is, but she’s the type of…

We got the tap dance at Paddy’s funeral...

Williams was absolutely phenomenal throughout the series. Her Verdon felt real, complicated, and lived in. I don’t feel quite the same about Rockwell, who is unquestionably a good actor but who too often seemed to get saddled with writing that was "stand there pensively while we insert a flashback explaining your…

I think a special Emmy should be awarded to Fosse’s truly glorious combover.  

Michelle Williams is amaze-balls. I came to this show to watch Sam Rockwell but now she’s got me hooked.

I’m not a huge Pippin fan, but I think as people look back even the big fans see it more as a showcase of Fosse’s choreography with some good songs than a super well constructed show overall. I do LOVE the way his relationship with Stephen Schwartz was dramatized in All That Jazz.

I’ve been impressed with this series in a every conceivable way- great script, great production design, great pacing, and great performances. I have to say, though, that Michelle Williams stands tall above the rest of it. I know people realize she’s a good actress, but I feel like, given the enormity of her talent,…

I set-designed Pippin once. It is so transparently easy to tell the Pippin parts from the Fosse/Vereen parts. And the Manson Trio is one of the finest 2 minutes in American dance.

Love that clip. The original Pippin cast album is a favorite listen of mine. (hunts YouTube for a clip of “Simple Joys.”).

I’m very excited about Gwen Verdon coming back from the great beyond to do an AV Club recap!

She was very much a lone voice in an otherwise mediocre crowd of moral majorities, reflexive abstinence and conspiracy-fueled AIDS panicking.

I doubt anyone who remembers her show from the 80s considers her just a curio of the time.  She certainly wasn’t loud or crude, and gave good advice that I assume she’s continued to provide ever since fading a bit from the public eye.

I never understand why shows with dance sequences never give us more wide shots. I want to see what the damn choreography looks like as a whole!

For a show about two genuine artistic geniuses they don’t seem much interested in one of them, at least not yet. Verdon was maybe the greatest musical comedy actress/dancer in the history of Broadway. She was a Tony winning star before she ever worked with him. Framing this as his story in which she’s the long…

Next time Oprah and Gayle sit down to chat should be interesting....and probably need a lot of wine.