Tony Awards 2011

Neil Patrick Harris as host.

Opening number was clever, entertaining, and dare I say it -- funny.


Highlight of the evening for me. Seeing Robert Morse & Matthew Broderick on stage together.

As a geek analogy, it's like seeing Picard and Kirk on the same bridge!


John Leguizamo's one-man shows are legendary.

His hilarious monologue on the broadcast didn't disappoint.


Hugh Jackman & NPH? Together? O.M.G.

...sides still hurting from laughing...


Legend. Period. Full Stop.

Angela Landsbury still going strong and looking great!


Bono & The Edge.

Yep, I love the boys but they were out of place here. Their saving grace was they understood the Spiderman jokes and took 'em on the chin.


Sutton Foster in "Anything Goes".

In another time and era, this woman would be a house-hold name. A true theatre gift.


Theatre Royalty: Vanessa Redgrave & James Earl Jones.

While they presented this award, I closed my eyes and reveled at just the sound of their voices.

Alejandro

I know that we are young.
And I know you may love me.
But I just can't be with you like this anymore.
Alejandro.


She's got both hands
in her pocket.
And she won't look at you,
Won't look at you


She hides true love
En su bolsillo.
She's got a halo 'around her finger.
Around you.


You know that I love you boy.
Hot like Mexico, rejoice.
At this point I gotta choose,
nothing to loose.


Don't call my name.
Don't call my name, Alejandro.
I'm not your babe.
I'm not your babe, Fernando.


Don't wanna kiss, don't wanna touch.
Just smoke my cigarrette and hush.
Don't call my name.
Don't call my name, Roberto.


Alejandro.
Alejandro.
Ale-ale-jandro.
Ale-ale-jandro. [2x]

(Just stop. Please. Just let me go. Alejandro. Just let me go.)


She's not broken,
She's just a baby.
But her boyfriend's like a dad, just like a dad.
and all those flames that burned before him.
Now he's gonna fight your fight, gonna cool the bad.

Sad Stuff in the Park

"Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."

But throwing out a filthy, full-body Tigger plush onesie is perfectly acceptable.


"FREE" reads the sign. (urine-soaked cushion is extra.)

Blue Monday

How does it feel
To treat me like you do
When you've laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are


I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how do I feel



Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They will turn away no more



And I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
Just how I should feel today



I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn't for your misfortunes
I'd be a heavenly person today




And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how should I feel




Now I stand here waiting




I thought I told you to leave me
While I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold

When Barack Met Angie

At the official State Dinner in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel (June 7, 2011).

Or as I like to think of it, "When Barack Met Angie"

"Who-farted-eyes?" translates into any language:


Michelle going in for tongue. Watch out Joachim:


"You. Are. Out. Of. Cool Whip? Shut. Up!"


"Hey Michelle, your boobs look spectacular!"


Hmm, Angie drinks red?
Barack drinks Champagne? (or is that lager?)



That Barack! He oughta write for the Jon Stewart Show! Or Colbert even! What a scream!


Ok, seriously!? Did anyone know we had a SMOKIN' HOT Supreme Court Justice? Whoa! It's Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and his wife Jane Roberts. Hubba, hubba!


Their silhouettes look so angelic...no pun intended...

The Gift

Darling don't you understand
I feel so ill at ease
The room is full of silence and it's getting hard to breathe
Take this guilded cage of pain and set me free
Take this overcoat of shame
It never did belong to me



I need to go outside
I need to leave the smoke
'Cause I can't go on living in this same sick joke
It seems our lives have taken on a different kind of twist
Now that you have given me the perfect gift
You have given me the gift


For we have fallen from our shelves
To face the truth about ourselves
And we have tumbled from our trees
Tumbled from our trees

And I can almost...
I can almost feel the rain falling
Don't you know it feels so good
So let's go out into the rain again
Just like we said we always would

If I Had A Boat

If I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat


If I were Roy Rogers
I'd sure enough be single
I couldn't bring myself to marrying old Dale
It'd just be me and Trigger
We'd go riding through them movies
Then we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail


And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat


The mystery masked man was smart
He got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto he was smarter
And one day said kemo sabe
Kiss my ass I bought a boat
I'm going out to sea


And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat


And if I were like lightning
I wouldn't need no sneakers
I'd come and go whenever I would please
And I'd scare 'em by the light pole
But I would not scare my pony on my boat
out on the sea


And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat