My daughter, Aria was extremely excited about attending this year's Helen Hayes Awards because I promised her, "If I get nominated, you may go this time." Well....technically, I was nominated under the category, "Outstanding Ensemble for Resident Musical." So, Aria went to her first Helen Hayes Awards Ceremony last night and the 25th annual Helen Hayes Awards Ceremony to boot!
It was very nice to see my daughter all glamoured up with her hair and make-up done, the jewelry gleaming, working the high-heeled shoes, a sequenced cocktail dress and grandma's fur coat to top it off.
As usual, the ceremony ran an hour too long with the special recognition of Artistic Directors, the memoriam of actors that have passed away, The Washington Post Award and the new "Outstanding Actor Award in a Resident Play" renamed the Robert Prosky Award.
Actually, I found the musical numbers highly entertaining starting with the opening spoof off of "Lion King Opening", the "Fiddler on the Roof/Tradition" spoof about the people that make up a theatre production, the "Guys & Dolls/Fugue for Tinhorns" spoof to honor the HH sponsors and even the "Camelot" spoof to sing the 80 plus artistic directors to their seats.
Then something weird happened. They ended the evening singing, "Seasons of Love" from "Rent". People started to laugh thinking this was another spoof. but it wasn't...just awkward!
Overall, the evening was very exhilarating even though "Jerry Springer: The Opera" didn't snag any awards. Congrats to my friends in Signature's production of "Les Miz".
It's always nice to be with everyone and anyone who is someone in the theatre scene of the DC metropolitan area It's just one big reunion for theatre folks.
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