CBS cut the In Memoriam segment last night from the Tony Awards. Dead People don’t get ratings! There was rapt applause in Radio City for all of these people, especially Philip Seymour Hoffman. I am particularly sad about him, and about Kathleen Raitt, a wonderful, elegant woman who worked with the Nederlander Organization was a sparkling presence at opening nights. She was married to John Raitt, and was Bonnie Raitt’s stepmother. Everyone here will be missed, except at CBS:
