Kevin Spacey Was Not a Great Tony Awards Host, and Bette Midler Would Not Stop Talking During Her Acceptance Speech

by Christopher Frizzelle
At first I thought the problem with the opening number was that Neal Patrick Harris wasn't doing it—in case you've forgotten how good he is, scroll down—or that I didn't know this year's musicals very well. But the problem was also Kevin Spacey. The Whoopie Goldberg jokes about coming out of the closet were kinda sorta funny. But the New York Times called Spacey's performance in the above opening number "torturous."The Times didn't even mention a few later Sp