Lea Michelle at the 64th Annual TONY Awards in NYC

The TONY’s are to NY what the OSCARS are to LA.  Cept less Down low!  No other show is gayer – don’t even try!  If it’s gay, its found here.  And to make sure the TV viewing audience were well informed of this fact, this years show was hosted by non-other than “Promisess, Promises” star Sean Hayes. 

Take that Newsweek!

But it didn’t quite start off with razzle dazzle.  The whole thing almost turned into one big wet mess, with damn near torrential rain right until the curtain went up – or in this case the red-carpet plastic being un-sheathed.

Good thing it stopped when it did too, cuz The TONY’s have not seen a list this luminary celebrating the great white way in many a decade.  Even if Beyonce and Jay Z, Denzel Washington and Jude Law skipped the step-and-repeat.

The Ladies were everywhere!  And by that we mean real ladies – not the mary’s! 

in attendance:  Linda Lavin, Aretha Franklin, Lucy Liu, winner Catherine Zeta Jones, Scarlett Johansson, Helen Mirren, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kerry Washington, Michelle Williams, Idina Menzel, Lea Michele, winner Viola Davis, Laura Linney, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Melanie Griffith (who never lets go of Antonio – and who can blame her!), Cate Blanchett, Paula Abdul and Naomi Watts – to name a bunch.

Thank you all for the wonderful work that you do so well!

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