The 2017 Tony Awards, Part 2 - a podcast by Anna & Tim

And now we move on to the undeserving flop section of the season, where Anna gets to brag about reading War and Peace and we contemplate if Tim Minchin accomplished what Sondheim couldn't. Email us at mylittletonyspodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@mylittletonys) for additional content about this season’s shows!

 

Broadway Backstory [Episode 11: Natasha, Pierre and the The Great Comet of 1812](broadwaybackstory.libsyn.com/episode-11-natasha-pierre-the-great-comet-of-1812. ) 3 Oct. 2017.

Als, Hilton. [Russian Nobility.](www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/03/russian-nobility.) The New Yorker, 19 June 2017.

 

Arons, Ben. [How The Great Comet Moved From Cabaret to Broadway.](www.vulture.com/2017/06/the-great-comet-set-broadway-set-history.html.) Vulture, 5 June 2017.

 

Blair, Elizabeth. [There’s No Easy Answer For Why 'The Great Comet' Is Closing.](www.npr.org/2017/08/09/542400237/there-s-no-easy-answer-for-why-the-great-comet-is-closing.) NPR, 9 Aug. 2017.

 

Burton, Tara Isabella. [How Dave Malloy Adapted 'War and Peace' Into an Electrifying Musical.](www.villagevoice.com/2016/11/22/how-dave-malloy-adapted-war-and-peace-into-an-electrifying-musical/.) The Village Voice, 2 Nov. 2016.

 

Burton, Tara Isabella. [Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 Was Broadway's Best Show about Faith.](www.vox.com/culture/2017/9/9/16271342/natasha-pierre-great-comet-1812-broadways-best-show-faith.) Vox, 9 Sept. 2017.

 

Edwards, Aaron. [The Great Comet" Will Never Die.](theoutline.com/post/2175/the-great-comet-will-never-die?zd=2&zi=hedm4nej.) The Outline, 30 Aug. 2017.

 

Green, Jesse. [Theater Review: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Ironic Detachment of 2012.](www.vulture.com/2013/05/theater-review-natasha-pierre-great-comet.html.) Vulture, 17 May 2013.

 

Green, Jesse. [Theater Review: Silly Tolstoy? Yes, at Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.](www.vulture.com/2016/11/theater-review-natasha-pierre-on-broadway.html.) Vulture, 15 Nov. 2016.

 

Healy, Patrick. [A Russian Supper Club for 'Natasha' Musical.](artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/producers-will-create-a-russian-supper-club-for-relaunched-natasha-musical/.) The New York Times, 25 Mar. 2013.

 

Isherwood, Charles. [Love Away From the Battlefield.](www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/theater/reviews/natasha-pierre-and-the-great-comet-of-1812-at-kazino.html.) The New York Times, 17 May 2013.

 

Paulson, Michael. [Dispute at 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812' Leads to a Lawsuit.](www.nytimes.com/2016/10/29/theater/dispute-at-natasha-pierre-the-great-comet-of-1812-leads-to-lawsuit.html.) The New York Times, 28 Oct. 2016.

 

Paulson, Michael. [How to Keep the 'Great Comet' Party Going on Broadway: Dish Out the Pierogies (and Add Josh Groban).](www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/theater/how-to-keep-the-great-comet-party-going-on-broadway-dish-out-the-pierogies-and-add-josh-groban.html.) The New York Times, 14 Sept. 2016.

 

Paulson, Michael. [A 'Hamilton' Star Is to Replace Josh Groban in 'Great Comet’.](www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/theater/hamilton-star-is-to-replace-josh-groban-in-natasha.html.) The New York Times, 15 Feb. 2017.

 

Paulson, Michael. [Race, Money and Broadway: How 'Great Comet' Burned Out.](www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/theater/great-comet-broadway-race.html.) The New York Times, 29 Aug. 2017.

 

Saltz, Rachel. [Vodka, Uniforms, Tolstoy, Songs and Vodka.](www.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/theater/reviews/natasha-pierre-the-great-comet-of-1812-at-ars-nova.html?searchResultPosition=11.) The New York Times, 17 Oct. 2012.

 

Schulman, Michael. [The Musical Eccentric Who Turned Tolstoy's Pierre Into Every Seeker.](www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-musical-eccentric-who-turned-tolstoys-pierre-into-every-seeker.) The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2017.

 

Schulman, Michael. [Rocking Out to ‘War and Peace.’](www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/rocking-out-to-war-and-peace.) The New Yorker, 18 June 2017.

 

Schulman, Michael. [Rocking Out to ‘War and Peace.’](www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/rocking-out-to-war-and-peace.) The New Yorker, 18 June 2017.

 

Soloski, Alexis. [Denée Benton, Tony Nominee, Embraces Her Inner Natasha.](www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/theater/denee-benton-tony-nominee-embraces-her-inner-natasha.html.) The New York Times, 11 May 2017.

 

Welsh/Vulture, Alex. [Great Comet's Creator Still Can't Believe How His Show Ended.](www.vulture.com/2017/09/great-comet-dave-malloy-is-still-processing.html.) Vulture, 8 Sept. 2017.

Brantley, Ben. [Review: 'War Paint' Recalls Two Cosmetics Titans.](www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/theater/review-war-paint-recalls-two-cosmetics-titans.html?searchResultPosition=11.) The New York Times,19 July 2016.

Jones, Jennifer R. [‘War Paint’ Musical Closes after Eight Months.](www.nytix.com/news/war-paint-musical-closes-after-eight-months.) NYTIX, 5 Nov. 2017.

Als, Hilton. [Lucas Hnath's Leap of Faith Into "A Doll's House”.](www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/08/lucas-hnaths-leap-of-faith-into-a-dolls-house.) The New Yorker, 9 July 2019.

 

[An Interview with the Playwright: Paula Vogel on INDECENT.](www.vineyardtheatre.org/interview-playwright-paula-vogel-indecent/.) Vineyard Theatre, 26 May 2016.

 

Bonazzo, John. [Paula Vogel's 'Indecent' Isn't Closing on Broadway This Weekend After All.](observer.com/2017/06/indecent-broadway-not-closing-paula-vogel/.) Observer, 23 June 2017.

 

Brantley, Ben. [Review: 'War Paint' Recalls Two Cosmetics Titans.](www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/theater/review-war-paint-recalls-two-cosmetics-titans.html?searchResultPosition=11.) The New York Times, 19 July 2016.

 

Brantley, Ben. [Review: 'Oslo' Fills a Large Canvas in a Thrilling Production.](www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/theater/oslo-broadway-review.html.) The New York Times, 14 Apr. 2017.

 

Brantley, Ben. [Review: 'Indecent' Pays Heartfelt Tribute to a Stage Scandal.](www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/theater/indecent-review-paula-vogel-broadway.html.) The New York Times, 19 Apr. 2017.

 

Culwell-Block, Logan. [Indecent to Release Original Broadway Cast Recording.](www.playbill.com/article/indecent-to-release-original-broadway-cast-recording.) PLAYBILL INC., 8 Jan. 2019.

 

Fottrell, Quentin. [Lynn Nottage on 'Sweat,' Her Broadway Play about Factory Workers in Trump's America.](www.marketwatch.com/story/pulitzer-prize-winning-author-on-sweat-her-broadway-play-about-trumps-america-2017-03-20.) MarketWatch, 4 May 2017.

 

Freedlander, David. [Why 'Bandstand' Is a Broadway Show Lost in Time.](www.thedailybeast.com/why-bandstand-is-a-broadway-show-lost-in-time.) The Daily Beast Company, 27 Apr. 2017.

 

Green, Jesse. [Theater Review: Scattered Brush Strokes of Beauty in War Paint.](www.vulture.com/2017/04/theater-review-scattered-strokes-of-genius-in-war-paint.html.) Vulture, 7 Apr. 2017.

 

Green, Jesse. [Theater Review: Reopening That Door With A Doll's House, Part 2.](www.vulture.com/2017/04/theater-reopening-that-door-with-a-dolls-house-part-2.html.) Vulture, 28 Apr. 2017.

 

Hetrick, Adam. [“How Broadway's Anastasia Is a Very Different Story Than the Animated Musical.”](www.playbill.com/article/how-broadways-anastasia-is-a-very-different-story-than-the-animated-musical.) Playbill, 22 Mar. 2017.

 

Isherwood, Charles. [Review: Lynn Nottage's 'Sweat' Examines Lives Unraveling by Industry's Demise.](www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/theater/review-lynn-nottages-sweat-examines-lives-unraveling-by-industrys-demise.html.) The New York Times, 16 Aug. 2015,

 

[Lynn Nottage on the Origins of SWEAT.](www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcReO9WfWeQ.) Youtube.com, 2 Aug. 2018.

 

McHenry, Jackson. [Lunch With Laurie Metcalf, Star of A Doll's House, Part 2, at a Doll Store.](www.vulture.com/2017/06/laurie-metcalf-on-a-dolls-house-part-2.html#error=invalid_request&error_description=The generated token is too large. Try with more specific scopes.&error_uri=https://auth0.com/docs/scopes&state=OPAQUE_VALUE.) Vulture, 5 June 2017.

 

McPhee, Ryan. [What Did Critics Have to Say About Bandstand on Broadway?](www.playbill.com/article/what-did-critics-have-to-say-about-bandstand-on-broadway.) PLAYBILL INC., 26 Apr. 2017.

 

Rizzo, Frank. [Broadway Review: Swing Musical ‘Bandstand’.](variety.com/2017/legit/reviews/bandstand-review-broadway-musical-1202399420/.) Variety, 29 Apr. 2017.

 

Schulman, Michael. [The First Theatrical Landmark of the Trump Era.](www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/27/the-first-theatrical-landmark-of-the-trump-era.) The New Yorker, 9 July 2019.

 

Soloski, Alexis. [Review: Singing and Dancing the Postwar Blues in ‘Bandstand’.](www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/theater/bandstand-review-broadway.html.) The New York Times, 27 Apr. 2017.

 

Staff, Playbill. [What Did Broadway Critics Think of War Paint, with Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole?](www.playbill.com/article/what-did-broadway-critics-think-of-war-paint-with-patti-lupone-and-christine-ebersole.) PLAYBILL INC., 6 Apr. 2017.

 

Taylor, James C., and NJ Advance Media. [How N.J. Resident Christine Ebersole Conquered Broadway.](www.nj.com/entertainment/2017/06/christine_ebersole_tony_nominee_war_paint_intervie.html.) Nj, 11 June 2017.

 

Teeman, Tim. [Review: How Lynn Nottage's 'Sweat' Explains Trump's America.](www.thedailybeast.com/review-how-lynn-nottages-sweat-explains-trumps-america.) The Daily Beast Company, 27 Mar. 2017.

 

[War Paint Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole & Michael Greif.](www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMZx6q1BqXo&list=PLhZin8CzOGZ7DzHSqvpDWxpMvVNrc6W3O&index=25.) Youtube.com, 25 Apr. 2017.

 

Winer, Linda. [The Joy and Sorrow of a Banned Yiddish Play.](www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/indecent-review-gripping-extraordinary-play-about-a-play-1.13483344.) Newsday, 19 Apr. 2017.

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