Tony Awards Opening Number 2010

The amazing opening number of the 2010 Tony Awards - featuring Sean Hayes and performances from Million Dollar Quartet, Memphis, Promises Promises, Come Fly Away, Everyday Rapture, Fela!, La Cage Aux Folles and American Idiot

I take no credit for this video!! All credit to the Tony Awards and CBS.

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Entertainment

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• tony
• awards
• 2010
• opening
• performance
• sean
• hayes
• million
• dollar
• quartet
• levi
• kreis
• memphis
• chad
• kimball
• kristin
• chenoweth
• come
• fly
• away
• karine
• plantadit
• twyla
• tharp
• everyday
• rapture
• sherie
• rene
• scott
• fela!
• la
• cage
• aux
• folles
• american
• idiot
• john
• gallagher
• jr.

[WinsorIII]

Although I liked this, it didn't seem to have the same 'musical' feel as previous years. It felt more like a series of covers

[TheTheatreGleek]

@WinsorIII That's probably there was a lack of completely original musicals this year.... haha

[digikate813]

What's the name of the song the "American Idiot" cast performs???

[TheTheatreGleek]

@digikate813 Boulevard of Broken Dreams

[classicalgalNYC]

HOLY CRAP SEAN HAYES CAN TICKLE THOSE KEYS!

[ThePhantom135]

@JRipley15 Well, I'm not a fan of jukebox musicals. Pop music doesn't really work with musicals because pop songs are all about describing emotion whereas show songs are part of the narrative. But to each his own.

[JRipley15]

@ThePhantom135 I actually disagree.. I love those musicals that are the works of music legends, like, 'All Shook Up' which features nothing but Elvis songs threaded into a plot. and '9 to 5' it's not really Dolly Parton's famous songs, but she did write them for the musical. I do however agree that I don't like those musicals that pretend to have a plot when they really don't, they just want to feature random hit songs.

[ThePhantom135]

remember when original musicals dominated Broadway and not cheap rock concerts disguised as musicals? yeah, those were nice times.

[starrygemz]

I wish the tony's were in England :(

[emilycarl55]

fela...what the fuck just happened?! literal LOL.

[warjikin]

It's like watching Victor Borge.

[EchoSinger]

God, Green Day and John Gallagher Jr... could I ask more??

[RandomPersonman]

@TheMagga18 im gonna live untill i die

[broadwayfan66]

Kristen's dresses just keep getting shorter and shorter!

[MyWay2Broadway]

@thedubber3000 I liked the idea of him introducing the other shows in character, especially following Million Dollar Quartet... but they should have had a song in there too! I love Memphis. :-)