It was Broadway’s largest night time, and that meant a number of toe-tapping, sobbing, and tributes to the gays. Yup, it was Tony Awards night time. The 78th American Theater Wing’s Tony Awards have been hosted by Cynthia Erivo and noticed a few surprises amid the anticipated wins. For those who had cash on Audra McDonald successful her seventh Tony final night time, my apologies to you.
Possibly Joyful Ending, an English-language adaptation of a Korean musical about robots falling in love, went into the night as certainly one of three reveals tied for most-nominated productions of the season. It was one thing of an underdog for a lot of the season as a small present not primarily based on a main Hollywood IP, but it surely ended up successful six awards final night time, together with Finest Musical. Darren Criss additionally gained Finest Main Actor in a Musical, beating out the likes of Jeremy Jordan and Jonathan Groff. Sure, the man from Glee is now midway to the EGOT.
The Finest Play Tony went to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Objective, the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama in regards to the lives of an Illinois household of civil rights leaders. Jacobs-Jenkins made historical past as certainly one of solely three playwrights who’ve gained back-to-back Tonys, and he’s the primary Black playwright to realize that honor. Its star, Kara Younger, additionally made historical past as she turned the primary Black actor to win Tonys in consecutive seasons (she has 4 nominations to her identify now.) The massive revival winners have been the novel reinvention of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sundown Blvd., which additionally noticed Nicole Scherzinger win Finest Lead Actress in a Musical, and the satire Eureka Day.
Scherzinger beat Audra, whose efficiency of ‘Rose’s Flip’ from Gypsy was a startling spotlight of the night’s ceremony. Sarah Snook can be midway to the EGOT after successful Lead Actress in a Play for taking part in 26 roles in a one-woman model of The Image of Dorian Grey. See, Shiv is Logan’s favorite.
Cole Escola made historical past as the primary overtly non-binary actor to win Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Main Function in a Play for their work as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! Escola’s play, a comedic model of the story of Lincoln within the weeks main as much as her husband’s assassination, was one of many largest hits on Broadway all season.
Alas, some reveals went house empty handed, like Lifeless Outlaw, a rock musical primarily based on the true story of a corpse that turned a fairground attraction, and John Proctor is the Villain, a play that tackles one of many true masterpieces of theatre, The Crucible, via a fashionable feminist lens. Even George Clooney didn’t take house something, besides for the truth that he’s George Clooney.
It was a night time the place the massive winners have been reveals that includes various casts, deeply political tales, proudly queer narratives, and odes to vary. Sounds homosexual. I’m in. Listed here are the winners of this 12 months’s Tony Awards!
Finest Musical
Possibly Joyful Ending
Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Main Function in a Musical
Nicole Scherzinger — Sundown Blvd.
Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Main Function in a Musical
Darren Criss — Possibly Joyful Ending
Finest Revival of a Musical
Sundown Blvd.
Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Main Function in a Play
Cole Escola — Oh, Mary!
Finest Course of a Musical
Michael Arden — Possibly Joyful Ending
Finest Course of a Play
Sam Pinkleton — Oh, Mary!
Finest Revival of a Play
Eureka Day
Finest Play
Objective
Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Featured Function in a Musical
Natalie Venetia Belcon — Buena Vista Social Membership
Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Featured Function in a Play
Kara Younger — Objective
Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Function in a Musical
Jak Malone — Operation Mincemeat: The Musical
Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Function in a Play
Francis Jue — Yellow Face
Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Main Function in a Play
Sarah Snook — The Image of Dorian Grey
Finest Authentic Rating (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Possibly Joyful Ending — Will Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (lyrics)
Finest Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell — Loss of life Turns into Her
Finest Costume Design of a Play
Marg Horwell — The Image of Dorian Grey
Finest Scenic Design of a Musical
Dane Laffrey and George Reeve — Possibly Joyful Ending
Finest Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether and 59 — Stranger Issues: The First Shadow
Finest Lighting Design of a Musical
Jack Knowles — Sundown Blvd.
Finest Lighting Design of a Play
Jon Clark — Stranger Issues: The First Shadow
Finest Choreography
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck — Buena Vista Social Membership
Finest Orchestrations
Marco Paguia — Buena Vista Social Membership
Finest Sound Design of a Musical
Jonathan Deans — Buena Vista Social Membership
Finest E book of a Musical
Will Aronson and Hue Park — Possibly Joyful Ending
Finest Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti — Stranger Issues: The First Shadow