"There actually seems to be a rough justice to all of this," said Edgar Dobie, managing producer of the Tonys.
It came with "no strings," said Patti Parson, managing producer of "NewsHour," which is seen on 315 PBS stations.
"They stuck with that one," said Elizabeth I. McCann, a longtime producer from the old school and managing producer of the Tony Awards.
New York Stage and Film is a "very lean little operation" year round, in the words of Johanna Pfaelzer, managing producer and one of a staff of three working full time the rest of the year in the organization's Manhattan office, putting the Powerhouse program together for the summer.
When Mr. Gennaro met with Paper Mill executives this summer, he was part of a team put together by the Broadway producer Marty Bell, who was considered for a new position of managing producer.
Ms. McCann left the show after it became apparent that she was overbooked; she is also producing two other Broadway shows and is the managing producer of the Tonys.
Elizabeth I. McCann, the managing producer of the awards, said that the main problem this year was the surfeit of shows.
"Everybody has a special request," said Ms. McCann, who is Ms. Blitzer's boss and the managing producer of the Tony Awards.
He works in Washington as the senior producer of "John McLaughlin's One-on-One" and a managing producer of "The McLaughlin Group," syndicated television programs.
Elizabeth Ireland McCann, the managing producer of the Tony Awards since 2001, and Joey Parnes, a coordinating producer, will no longer be producing the awards show.
