Photo and Audio Gallery: 2007 Tony Awards

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Post-Gazette theater critic Christopher Rawson was in New York City for the Tony Awards. Below are some photos, each linking to a larger version, and many with audio clips. Click here for the story that these pictures illustrate.
Expectant fans lined up across from the red carpet at Radio City Music Hall.	Azula Romero Wilson, left, and Constanza Romero (in red), August Wilson's daughter and widow, being interviewed for TV.	Azula Romero Wilson, left, and Constanza Romero, August Wilson's daughter and widow Romero describes her mixed feelings
From Atlanta's Alliance Theater, winner of the regional theater Tony, from left: managing director Tom Pechar, formerly of the Pittsburgh Public and Lovelace Marionettes; artistic director Susan Booth; associate artistic director Kent Gash, CMU alum; artistic director of theater for youth Rosemary Newcott, Pittsburgh CLO alum.	Jonathan Wright, right, and another cast member of "Spring Awakening."	Lea Michelle of "Spring Awakening" being interviewed. Michelle describes the reaction to her sex scene
Keith Buterbaugh of Meyersdale, Somerset County, who plays Harry in "Company."	Xanthe Elbrick, who played a boy in "Coram Boy," showing that she's definitely not. Elbrick agrees she's not a boy and acknowledges her accent	Orfeh, nominated for best supporting actress in "Legally Blonde."
"Radio Golf" producer Gordon Davidson and wife Judi.	Patrick Wilson, CMU alum, looking as tanned as a Hollywood star.	Set designer David Gallo, right, with his fiancee, Sarah Zeitler, was nominated for the set for "Radio Golf."
Jonathan Groff of "Spring Awakening" and his mom, Julie Groff.	The scrum of photographers.	In the press room, Christine Ebersole, named Best Actress in a Musical, almost lost one of a pair of $300,000 Harry Winston diamonds: "I can't lose this. They'd put me in pauper's prison!" she joked.
Homestead's Tamara Tunie, actress and "Radio Golf" producer, with its star, Harry Lennix, with James A. Williams in the foreground. On the red carpet, Tunie speaks of producing both 'Radio Gol' and 'Spring Awakening'	At the "Radio Golf" party: Jack Viertel, left, one of the producers, and actor James A. Williams. Viertel describes the effect of 'Radio Golf' on an audience and the cast's vocal skills	At the "Curtains" party: choreographer Rob Ashford and ensemble member Nili Bassman, both Point Park grads. On the red carpet, Ashford describes a community, not a celebration
"Curtains" choreographer Rob Ashford with veteran composer/lyricist John Kander, who got the only standing ovation of the Tony Awards.	"Curtains" choreographer Rob Ashford and star David Hyde Pierce, still holding his Tony for best actor in a musical. Listen carefully to Pierce's press room reaction to his award and you can hear his emotion	"Curtains" ensemble member Jerome Vivona (right) with his wife, Pittsburgher Michelle O'Steen, and his father, Jerry Vivona.
The backroom gang: employees of 101 Productions, who serve as general managers of such Broadway shows as "Curtains," "Radio Golf," "Inherit the Wind" and "Coram Boy."	Times Square at 2 a.m.