Around here, the general consensus on last night's Tony Awards seems to be…telecast: "eh"; Neil Patrick Harris as host: "yay." What did you think of Dr. Horrible's hosting skills? Check out NPH's performance of a heavily improvised West Side Story parody tune to close out the show, then vote in our poll, below!
Missed the show? Read this morning's Tonys 2009: Best and Worst Moments photo gallery so that you can fake your way through a Tonys conversation, or check out PopWatch's live blog from last night.
Oh, and even if you have no interest in NPH, polls, the stage, or television, your day will be incomplete if you don't watch Bret Michaels' collision with a descending piece of the set. A stunt man could not have pulled this off with more nonchalance. My god. It's a marvel.
NPH is a total class act and a performing wonder. I hereby recant all the snotty remarks I made about Doogie when I was a teenager.
Loved him as host. Maybe now he’ll finally get an Emmy award.
Considering they cobbled that closing medley together in the last hour of the show – I was quite impressed. As good as anything Billy Crystal did on the Oscars with weeks to prepare.
TV Land Awards, Tonys, – when does NPH get a crack at the Emmys? Probably the most entertaining and lively Tonys I’ve ever seen.
Other Top moments: Michaels, the mike problems (nothing like live theater), Liza being Liza, Langella, the Billys, the Hair performance, and seeing Angela Landsbury win number 5.
He was good but he wasn’t there enough!
I loved NPH as host – I’m only sorry we didn’t get to see more of him! Quick note – the ending song wasn’t improvised, it was written by the Hairspray guys (with lots of different verses depending on who actually won).
The closing number was fantastic! It is so great to see a LIVE show.
I was lucky enough to be at Radio City last night and NPH rocked! He entertained the audience with magic tricks and his general charm during the commercial breaks. A total class act. The hilarious final number was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman of ‘Hairspray’ fame.
I thought he was terrific. Just got back from NYC, wish I could have seen him. He is so talented & funny! I’m proud that he is from my home state-New Mexico.
Other than singing a nice little number at the end of the telecast, he didn’t really do a whole lot. There were times I forgot he was even there. Sorry, but singing a funny song at the end of a 3+ hour telecast doesn’t make for a great host.
He is wonderful at this type of thing. Smart, witty, relaxed, inviting, quick on his feet and extraordinarily likeable. Quite a class act. I would have liked to have seen more of him, but the show was already three hours long!
I didn’t watch it… A friend of mine was there and he seemed to like it. If this finale was really improvised I am truly impressed. If not he still did a good job, but I’m not quite as in awe.
I loved Dougie…
I think Jessica Lange was snobbish on her response to his comment which obviously was a joke.
What a shame that outstandingingly talented actors we never get to see got the bum’s rush off the stage during their moving and intelligent acceptance speeches, but there was plenty of time allotted for NPH’s trite sexual double entendres.
FYI: They will return:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHwpDeu6aS4
They didn’t cobble that number together at the end of the show…I was there for the dress rehearsal and NPH performed it then too.