The Next Best Theatre Podcast: Episode 59 - Our Reactions To The 78th Tony Awards

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4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full podcast episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture The 78th annual Tony Awards were held last Sunday night, and it was a memorable show with some shocking wins, some expected wins, delightful musical performances, moving and rousing speeches, and a terrific job from Tony Award Winner & Academy Award-nominee Cynthia Erivo as host. What did Dan Bayer & Lauren LaMagna think of the show? In this final episode of the season, tune in below to listen to their thoughts and how wrong or right they were regarding their winner predictions. Thank you, and we hope you enjoy it! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the American Theater wings, Tony goes to...
0:04.0	And the Tony Moore goes to...
0:06.0	And the Tony goes to...
0:07.0	Dear Evan Hanson.
0:09.0	Memphis.
0:10.0	What's Avenue Q.
0:12.0	Hamilton.
0:13.0	Hey, Hedley.
0:14.0	Hello, everybody in Arkansas.
0:16.0	The next best theater.
0:18.0	I am your host for today, Dan Baer, Dance and Dan to those who know me,
0:23.8	and I am joined by the lovely Lauren LaMagna. Hello. And we are going to talk everything about the
0:33.6	78th annual Tony Awards for the 2024- 2025 season, which just happened on Sunday, June
0:41.6	8th. We are now on Monday, June 9th, so both Lauren and I have had a day or so to think about
0:49.7	what we saw and what the awards ended up shaking out to be. But I want to start this podcast by
0:57.5	talking about the show itself, both the Act 1, which was hosted by Darren Chris and
1:05.3	Reneally's Goldsbury, and the main show, which was hosted by the one and only Cynthia Arrivo.
1:13.9	I thought the both shows went pretty well, but Lauren, what did you think?
1:21.5	I love them. You know, we say time and time again that the Tonys are the best award show ever,
1:27.2	and you could just feel the passion and... time and time again that the Tonys are the best award show ever.
1:36.0	And you could just feel the passion and enthusiasm, both in the pre-show and the broadcast show.
1:40.4	I call it the same show, but I love everything.
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