A man, a spotlight.

“Company” used its Tony Award broadcast minutes well, putting Raul Esparza’s explosive performance of “Being Alive” front and center to maybe sell some tickets and buy the slow-selling show a few more weeks of life. (This year’s two best Broadway revivals, musical “Company” and drama “Journey’s End” – CONGRATS ON THOSE TONY AWARDS! -- couldn’t give away tickets.)

No actor/musicians to confuse folks, just a star turn that brought down the house at the Tonys the same way it does at every performance.

CCM was front and center, too, with Ashley Brown performing in the title role in medley from “Mary Poppins” and, on film, Aaron Lazar leading the doomed uprising in the revival of “Les Miz.” (Leslie Kritzer was also in the pre-taped segment in “Legally Blonde,” but she was a blink here and there and you had to know who you were looking for.) 

Jackie Demaline

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