June 6, 2009

Tweeting the Tony Awards, who to follow Sunday night

There are a number of Broadway people and media outlets on Twitter, some already offering pictures from rehearsals inside Radio City Music Hall for Sunday night’s Tony Awards. Here’s a list of Twitter people likely to offer an inside look at the Tonys:

@TheTonyAwards - official Twitter of The 2009 Tony Awards

@Janefonda - actress nominated for “33 Variations”

@RockOfAges - Tony-nominated “Rock of Ages”

@reasons2bpretty - Tony-nominated “reasons to be pretty”

@Dolly_Parton - Tony nominee, best original score for “9 to 5”

@HAIRTribe - Tony-nominated “Hair”

@n2nbroadway - Tony-nominated “Next to Normal”

@BillyElliot - Tony-nominated “Billy Elliot”

@WestSideStry - Tony-nominated “West Side Story”

@titleofshow - Tony nominated “[title of show]”

@kendavenport Ken Davenport, Broadway producer

@iPhillyChitChat - credentialed red-carpet photographer

@nicolepatrick26 - aspiring actress, will be in the audience

@PlaybillMag - Playbill at the Tonys

@ShreksterOnline - Tony nominated “Shrek”

@BBBway - Boneau/Bryan-Brown Broadway publicists

@vfagenda - Vanity Fair Agenda will tweet Tony afterparty

@columbiajames - BroadwayWorld.com editor, tweeting from the Tony media room

@jaimealyse - tweeting the dress rehearsal

@KChenoweth - actress, Tony Award presenter.

@jimaize - assistant director of Tony-nominated “33 Variations,” promises “tweeting from inside @thetonyawards, mostly wardrobe malfunctions - no 5 second delay”

@broadwaypulse - editor-in-chief of BroadwayWorld.com, tweeting from 9 a.m. Sunday rehearsals

@broadwayworld - Broadway World’s official live coverage

@Bubbles2828 - Broadway PR

@GrahamNY - actor in Tony-nominated “Guys and Dolls”

@RyanOConnor - in the media room for BroadwaySpace.com

@markindelicato - actor from “Ugly Betty”

@StageDoorOnline - tweeting rehearsals and backstage

@eonline - tweeting form press room

@KevinSpacey - artistic director for Old Vic

@broadwaycom - Broadway.com’s live coverage

And don’t forget @NewYorkology

The Tony’s official twitter feed has endorsed #Tonys as the hashtag to use for tweets about the show. Read the #Tonys feed.

While this might be the first Twittered Tonys, let the record show the cast of “Spring Awakening” was texting from the Tonys in 2007, and those posts — and out-of-focus party pictures — fed into the show’s blog.

Picture source: @rockofages’ Twitpic of Sunday morning Tony rehearsal.

This list was updated through the weekend.

Earlier: NYC Twitter list: museums, Broadway, transit and food
OMG, ‘Spring Awakening’ blogs the Tonys from inside

June 6, 2009 9:35 AM in Broadway, Midtown, Techology

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