Broadway Is Fresh and Eclectic This Year. So Why Is the Tony Ceremony So Stale?

NYTimes.com: "Some observers of this enjoyably eclectic and unusually solid Broadway season might want to make that case, but you would expect the Tony producers to take a more sanguine view of the current scene. Instead this year’s telecast seemed desperate to erase distinctions between the nominated shows and the (often justly) overlooked, between seasons present and past."