Tonys 2023: What happened and the biggest talking points from last night’s ceremony
1 year, 6 months ago

Tonys 2023: What happened and the biggest talking points from last night’s ceremony

The Independent  

✕ Close Ariana DeBose sings from Andrew Garfield's lap at Tony Awards 2022 Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Broadway’s biggest night took place on Sunday, as the 2023 Tony Awards celebrated the best of New York theatre. Brit shows win big Three years after it first opened in London’s West End, Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt took home one of the night’s biggest awards for Best New Play. Speaking to the crowd about her Broadway debut, Comer said: “This has been my greatest honour, and it continues to be these three weeks left.” open image in gallery Jodie Comer accepts the award for Best Leading Actress in a Play for ‘Prima Facie’ The actor, who hails from Liverpool, also won the Best Actress in a Play award at the Oliviers earlier this year for the London production. Lea Michele gets her Funny Girl flowers Thirteen years after Lea Michele first performed “Don’t Rain on My Parade” at the Tony Awards as part of the Glee cast, the actor returned to the stage.

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Tony Awards 2024: The full list of winners as Daniel Radcliffe wins first major acting prize
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Tony Awards 2024: The full list of winners as Daniel Radcliffe wins first major acting prize

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A 2024 Tony Awards lesson for regional theaters nationwide: Be fearless
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A 2024 Tony Awards lesson for regional theaters nationwide: Be fearless

LA Times  

Now that the Tony Awards have been doled out for the 2023-24 Broadway season, what can we conclude about a theatrical year that alternated between drought and flood? And “Appropriate,” which won for play revival, was launched at Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theater by Second Stage, a nonprofit with a rich off-Broadway history. I assumed “Hell’s Kitchen” would get the nod …

‘The Outsiders’ wins best musical and ‘Stereophonic’ best play as women make strides at Tony Awards
6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘The Outsiders’ wins best musical and ‘Stereophonic’ best play as women make strides at Tony Awards

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — “The Outsiders,” a gritty adaptation of the classic young adult novel, became the essence of a Broadway insider on Sunday, winning the Tony Award for best new musical on a night when women made strides. Producer Matthew Rego, in his acceptance speech, thanked Hinton, in the audience at Manhattan’s Lincoln Center: “Susie, I’m here to tell you …

Tony Awards 2024: The complete list of winners
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Tony Awards 2024: The complete list of winners

NPR  

Tony Awards 2024: The complete list of winners toggle caption Charles Sykes/Invision/AP The 77th Tony Awards air Sunday night on CBS. Best Musical WINNER: The Outsiders Hell's Kitchen Illinoise Suffs Water for Elephants Best Play WINNER: Stereophonic Jaja's African Hair Braiding Mary Jane Mother Play Prayer for the French Republic Best Revival of a Musical WINNER: Merrily We Roll Along …

Tony Award host Ariana DeBose says viewers should expect a ‘full Broadway experience’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Tony Award host Ariana DeBose says viewers should expect a ‘full Broadway experience’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Ariana DeBose promises Sunday’s Tony Awards will move “like a Broadway show.” “This is Broadway’s biggest night. We want to give you a full Broadway experience.” That means viewers will see transitions between scenes, with cast members coming on stage to help move items and sets changing in front of the audience. “So I kind of figured, …

How to watch the 2024 Tony Awards
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How to watch the 2024 Tony Awards

LA Times  

Maleah Joi Moon, foreground, and the company of the world premiere of “Hell’s Kitchen” perform at the Public Theater. All three hours of the show, which will feature live performances of some of Broadway’s most beloved nominated shows, including “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Water for Elephants” and “Illinoise,” will air live on CBS and stream simultaneously on Paramount+. …

How to watch the Tony Awards on Sunday
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How to watch the Tony Awards on Sunday

NPR  

How to watch the Tony Awards on Sunday toggle caption Marc J. Franklin/ Hell's Kitchen The Tony Awards are Broadway’s biggest night — and Ariana DeBose is hosting again this year. Many of the nominated musicals will be showcased on the Tony Award stage, including Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club with Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin; Hell’s Kitchen, which …

At the Tony Awards, a veteran host with plenty of stars and songs on tap
6 months, 3 weeks ago

At the Tony Awards, a veteran host with plenty of stars and songs on tap

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Tony Awards are Sunday with a familiar host and a new venue, Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in Manhattan. Other shows performing include “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Illinoise,” “Suffs,” “The Outsiders” and “The Who’s Tommy.” In a last-minute switch, CBS made room for “Stereophonic,” the raved-about new play with music by former Arcade Fire’s Will Butler. Looking …

2024 Tony Awards: Nominations complete list; when and where to watch the celebration of Broadway marvels
8 months, 1 week ago

2024 Tony Awards: Nominations complete list; when and where to watch the celebration of Broadway marvels

Hindustan Times  

Tony-winning artists Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry led the 2024 Tony Awards nomination announcements on Tuesday morning. The 77th Tony Awards will be held at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York on June 16, 2024. Most Nominations: Hell's Kitchen and Stereophonic, The Outsiders, Appropriate, Merrily We Roll Along and Water for Elephants, 2024 Tony Awards …

Tony Awards 2024: Full list of nominations
8 months, 1 week ago

Tony Awards 2024: Full list of nominations

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Hell’s Kitchen, a musical inspired by Alicia Keys’s childhood …

2024 Tony Awards: ‘Stereophonic’ and ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ lead nominations
8 months, 1 week ago

2024 Tony Awards: ‘Stereophonic’ and ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ lead nominations

LA Times  

“Stereophonic,” pictured, and “Hell’s Kitchen” led the 2024 Tony Awards nominations on Tuesday. The Musical!” The best play revival nominees are “Appropriate,” “An Enemy of the People” and “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch.” Marquee names receiving acting nominations include William Jackson Harper for “Uncle Vanya,” Eddie Redmayne for “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club,” Jessica Lange …

Ariana DeBose to host Tony Awards for the third straight time
9 months, 1 week ago

Ariana DeBose to host Tony Awards for the third straight time

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — It’s a new location but the same host for the Tony Awards:Ariana DeBose will make it three in a row as MC of theater’s most watched event, which this year moves uptown to Lincoln Center. DeBose is a theater veteran, with roles in “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,” “Hamilton,” “A Bronx Tale,” “Pippin,” “Motown the Musical,” “Bring …

Tony Awards telecast makes inclusive history and puts on quite a show despite Hollywood strike
1 year, 6 months ago

Tony Awards telecast makes inclusive history and puts on quite a show despite Hollywood strike

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed its creative muscle amid the Hollywood writers’ strike and made history with laurels for nonbinary actors J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell. Victoria Clark, as the lead in the show, …

The best-dressed stars from the 76th Annual Tony Awards in NYC
1 year, 6 months ago

The best-dressed stars from the 76th Annual Tony Awards in NYC

Daily Mail  

All eyes were on the red carpet at United Palace Theater in New York City on Sunday, June 11 as the biggest stars on Broadway arrived to the 76th Annual Tony Awards. Jessica Chastain made a glamorous entrance in a sunshine yellow strapless Gucci gown, complete with a matching cape that elegantly grazed the red carpet. Lea Michele and Julianne …

No script at Tony Awards, but plenty of song, dance, high spirits and history-making wins
1 year, 6 months ago

No script at Tony Awards, but plenty of song, dance, high spirits and history-making wins

The Independent  

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Inside the Tony Awards: No script, but plenty of song, dance, high spirits and history
1 year, 6 months ago

Inside the Tony Awards: No script, but plenty of song, dance, high spirits and history

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — No script? The ceremony also touched on the specter of antisemitism in very different places: World War II Europe, with best play winner “Leopoldstadt,” and early 20th-century America, with “Parade,” winner for best musical revival. Brandon Uranowitz of “Leopoldstadt,” Tom Stoppard’s sweeping play about a Jewish family in Vienna, thanked the celebrated playwright “for writing a play …

Tonys 2023: Best dressed on the red carpet, from Lupita Nyong’o to Jessica Chastain
1 year, 6 months ago

Tonys 2023: Best dressed on the red carpet, from Lupita Nyong’o to Jessica Chastain

The Independent  

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Select list of winners at 2023 Tony Awards
1 year, 6 months ago

Select list of winners at 2023 Tony Awards

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Select final winners at the 2023 Tony Awards: Best musical: “Kimberly Akimbo” Best play: “Leopoldstadt” Best revival of a musical: “Parade” Best revival of a play: Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Topdog/Underdog” Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical: Victoria Clark, “Kimberly Akimbo” Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play: …

Host Ariana DeBose opens Tony Awards with passionate monologue
1 year, 6 months ago

Host Ariana DeBose opens Tony Awards with passionate monologue

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At the beginning of the performance, DeBose could be seen inside her dressing room opening …

Tony Awards 2023: Best dressed stars on red carpet
1 year, 6 months ago

Tony Awards 2023: Best dressed stars on red carpet

Daily Mail  

Other big winners include Kimberly Akimbo for Best Musical, Leopoldstadt for Best Play and Parade for Best Musical Revival Jodie Comer won Lead Actress for Prima Facie as she took home the night's top prize All eyes were on the red carpet at United Palace Theater in New York City on Sunday, June 11 as the biggest stars on Broadway …

The complete list of 2023 Tony Award winners
1 year, 6 months ago

The complete list of 2023 Tony Award winners

LA Times  

Ariana DeBose at The 76th Tony Awards, live from the United Palace in New York City’s Washington Heights. Despite fears of a possible cancellation, the show went on, with critical darling “Kimberly Akimbo” and top play “Leopoldstadt” leading with the night’s biggest awards. Also, in capturing the 2023 best play award for “Leopoldstadt,” his fifth award, Tom Stoppard breaks the …

Tony Awards 2023 live updates: ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ win big
1 year, 6 months ago

Tony Awards 2023 live updates: ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ win big

LA Times  

The 2023 Tony Awards aired live Sunday, June 11, on CBS and Paramount+. “So to anyone who may have thought that last year was a bit unhinged, to them I say, darlings: buckle up.” Because of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, there wasn’t an opening number by Lin-Manuel Miranda — or any pre-written witty banter by Ariana DeBose, …

2023 Tony Awards: Have the Tonys become too big to fail?
1 year, 7 months ago

2023 Tony Awards: Have the Tonys become too big to fail?

LA Times  

For a few days earlier this month, Broadway producers panicked at the possibility that the Tony Awards would not air on television. “‘This year in particular, when the theater is just coming out of a two-year catastrophic window from COVID, is there any way that you can allow our show to continue?’” Though it ultimately secured a compromise that will …

Writers Guild clears path for Tony Awards to proceed — with alterations
1 year, 7 months ago

Writers Guild clears path for Tony Awards to proceed — with alterations

LA Times  

Amid Hollywood’s ongoing writers’ strike, the Tony Awards are going to go a bit differently this year. “Tony Awards Productions has communicated with us that they are altering this year’s show to conform with specific requests from the WGA, and therefore the WGA will not be picketing the show,” the WGA said in a statement. The plan comes after the …

Select list of nominees for 2023 Tony Awards
1 year, 8 months ago

Select list of nominees for 2023 Tony Awards

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Select nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards, announced Tuesday. Best Musical: “& Juliet,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” “New York, New York,” “Shucked,” “Some Like It Hot.” Best Play: “Ain’t No Mo,’” “Between Riverside and Crazy,” “Cost of Living,” “Fat Ham,” “Leopoldstadt.” Best Revival of a Play: “August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson,” “A Doll’s House,” “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s …

TONY AWARD WINNERS 2023
1 year, 8 months ago

TONY AWARD WINNERS 2023

Daily Mail  

Charlie Rosen & Bryan Carter — Some Like It Hot — WINNERS Casey Nicholaw — Some Like It Hot Natasha Katz — Some Like It Hot Gregg Barnes — Some Like It Hot — WINNER Scott Pask — Some Like It Hot NaTasha Yvette Williams — Some Like It Hot Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in …

Ariana DeBose to host Tony Awards for 2nd consecutive year
1 year, 8 months ago

Ariana DeBose to host Tony Awards for 2nd consecutive year

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Ariana DeBose’s stint as host of last year’s Tony Awards went so well that she’s been asked to return this year. “I was honored to serve as host last year and even more so to be asked back,” DeBose said in a statement. DeBose is a theater veteran, with roles in “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,” “Hamilton,” …

Ariana DeBose to host Tony Awards for a consecutive year
1 year, 8 months ago

Ariana DeBose to host Tony Awards for a consecutive year

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ariana DeBose's stint as host of last year's …

Mark your calendars, theater lovers: Tony Awards are June 11
2 years ago

Mark your calendars, theater lovers: Tony Awards are June 11

Associated Press  

The producers of the Tony Awards have set June 11 for the show that celebrates the best of Broadway and are setting it in a new location — more than a hundred blocks north of New York City’s theater district. “We are excited to bring the Tony Awards to the historic United Palace for the first time,” said Heather Hitchens, …

‘Shine the light': Ariana DeBose talks hosting Tony Awards
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Shine the light': Ariana DeBose talks hosting Tony Awards

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Tony Award host and theater veteran Ariana DeBose says this year’s telecast will spread its arms wider than just Broadway’s stars and celebrate the unsung heroes like understudies and swings who kept shows open during the pandemic restart. “There’s no way in the world that this Tony Awards will go by without us taking the time to …

'Shine the light': Ariana DeBose talks hosting Tony Awards
2 years, 6 months ago

'Shine the light': Ariana DeBose talks hosting Tony Awards

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Select list of nominees for 2022 Tony Awards
2 years, 7 months ago

Select list of nominees for 2022 Tony Awards

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Best Musical: “Girl From the North Country,” “MJ,” “Mr. …

Film and stage star Ariana DeBose to host the Tony Awards
2 years, 8 months ago

Film and stage star Ariana DeBose to host the Tony Awards

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose will host this year’s Tony Awards. The “West Side Story” star will lead the presentation June 12 at New York City’s famed Radio City Music Hall live on CBS and on Paramount+ starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. “After the challenging last two years, there is …

Tony Awards to return to Radio City Music Hall in June
2 years, 9 months ago

Tony Awards to return to Radio City Music Hall in June

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In another sign that show business is snapping back to its pre-pandemic rhythm, the Tony Awards will once again take place in June and at a familiar location, Radio City Music Hall. The Musical” took the best new musical crown at the last Tony Awards, one postponed because of the pandemic. That show was also expanded from …

Why a weirdly concocted Tony Awards was the booster shot Broadway needed
3 years, 3 months ago

Why a weirdly concocted Tony Awards was the booster shot Broadway needed

LA Times  

The long-postponed Tony Awards were presented on Sunday night to recognize the best of a Broadway season that was cut short when COVID-19 forced theaters to close in March last year. Part celebration, part commercial, “The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back!” was designed to resurrect box office for an industry struggling to return from the dead. Mary-Louise Parker accepts Tony …

Commentary: The Tony Award nominations are out. Talk about bad timing
4 years, 2 months ago

Commentary: The Tony Award nominations are out. Talk about bad timing

LA Times  

Leave it to Broadway to put on a beauty contest in the middle of a famine. Shows that opened later, such as Ivo van Hove’s bracing multimedia revival of “West Side Story” and the new musical built around Bob Dylan songs, “Girl From the North Country,” were deemed ineligible because not enough Tony voters would have had the opportunity to …

Tony Award nominations to be announced Oct. 15
4 years, 3 months ago

Tony Award nominations to be announced Oct. 15

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Tony Awards Nominating Committee will meet Tuesday to …

Tony Award nominations to be announced Oct. 15
4 years, 3 months ago

Tony Award nominations to be announced Oct. 15

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Nominations for this year’s Tony Awards have been set for Oct. 15, pitting 18 eligible shows in competition for 26 competitive categories in a coronavirus-shortened season. That left the following productions eligible for 2020 Tony Award nominations: “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune,” “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” “Sea Wall/A Life,” Betrayal,” “The Height of the …

Tony Awards for shortened Broadway season will go digital
4 years, 4 months ago

Tony Awards for shortened Broadway season will go digital

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Despite being interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the shortened Broadway season will nonetheless have a Tony Awards. Final eligibility determinations will be made by the Tony Awards Administration Committee “in the coming days.” Broadway theaters abruptly closed on March 12, knocking out all shows — including 16 that were still scheduled to open. Some spring shows — …

Tony awards live: Winners, highlights, best looks and everything you missed at the 2019 ceremony
5 years, 6 months ago

Tony awards live: Winners, highlights, best looks and everything you missed at the 2019 ceremony

The Independent  

Bryan Cranston accepts the best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play for network onstage during the 2019 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on 9 June, 2019 in New York City. Read our privacy policy Hadestown triumphed during the 2019 Tony Awards, picking up the title of best musical among a long list of …

Tony winners: ‘Hadestown’ racks up 8 awards including best musical — and women make history
5 years, 7 months ago

Tony winners: ‘Hadestown’ racks up 8 awards including best musical — and women make history

LA Times  

Anaïs Mitchell accepts the award for original score for “Hadestown,” which made Tonys history by becoming the first production written and directed by women to win best musical. 14 / 66 The cast of “Choir Boy” performs during the 2019 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. 21 / 66 Alex Brightman and the cast of “Beetlejuice” perform during the …

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