Critic’s Notebook: Tonys deliver an ‘Amen’ to Broadway’s bright outlook

Critic’s Notebook: Tonys deliver an ‘Amen’ to Broadway’s bright outlook
There were few surprises as crowd-pleasers ‘Book of Mormon’ and ‘War Horse’ took top prizes. But it would have been nice to spread the love.
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A P & P vacation — and, the charms of “Midnight in Paris”
After wrapping up a few loose SIFF ends this weekend, I’m out of here for a week. You can talk among yourself. (I’ll give you a topic: SIFF — Why can’t it be shorter and more selective? In an economy when all of us are dealing with fewer resources, why doesn’t the festival trim off a week and concentrate on presenting its very best?)
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Critic’s Notebook: Tonys deliver an ‘Amen’ to Broadway’s bright outlook
There were few surprises as crowd-pleasers ‘Book of Mormon’ and ‘War Horse’ took top prizes. But it would have been nice to spread the love. Although the ratings of Sunday’s CBS Tony telecast might not detect a seismic shift, theater is in danger of becoming popular. Newsweek dubbed this “the Mormon moment,” but the truth is apparently a lot hammier: It looks like we’ve all succumbed to the over …
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