Tony California Casualties

Yeah, yeah, it's a little later for a Tony Awards post mortem. There weren't truthfully a lot of surprises, and the shows/actors with southland ties weren't exactly big news either.

"Cry-Baby" -- which started life at the La Jolla Playhouse -- won nothing and has closed. "A Catered Affair -- originating at the Old Globe in San Diego -- will fold July 27.

I would have predicted "Cry-Baby" to have a longer life than "Catered Affair." Based on a John Waters movie, "Cry-Baby" was good, nasty, high energy rockin' fun with a great turn by Harriet Harris. "A Catered Affair" is a chamber piece, nearly brought down by co-creator and star Harvey Fierstein.

Shows you what I know. "Cry-Baby" played 68 performances (it may yet tour); "A Catered Affair" will end at 116.

"Curtains," the backstage mystery with David Hyde Pierce that opened in 2007, (out of town tryout at the Ahmanson), will top both "Affair" and "Cry-Baby" with more than 500 performances when it shuts this weekend. Pierce, bless his non Niles Crane heart, has stayed with it the entire way. How this beast will look on tour without DHP is a question, indeed.