Monday, September 27, 2021

Complete List Of Tony Winners!

Best Play 

Grand Horizons 
WINNER: The Inheritance 
Sea Wall/A Life 
Slave Play 
The Sound Inside 

Best Musical 
Jagged Little Pill
WINNER: Moulin Rouge! The Musical 
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical 

Best Revival of a Play 
Betrayal 
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune 
WINNER: A Soldier's Play 

Best Book of a Musical 
WINNER: Diablo Cody, Jagged Little Pill 
John Logan, Moulin Rouge! The Musical 
Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical 

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre 
WINNER: A Christmas Carol, Music: Christopher Nightingale  
The Inheritance, Music: Paul Englishby  
The Rose Tattoo, Music: Fitz Patton and Jason Michael Webb  
Slave Play, Music: Lindsay Jones  
The Sound Inside, Music: Daniel Kluger  

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play 
Ian Barford, Linda Vista
WINNER: Andrew Burnap, The Inheritance
Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall/A Life
Tom Hiddleston, Betrayal
Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life
Blair Underwood, A Soldier's Play 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play 
Joaquina Kalukango, Slave Play
Laura Linney, My Name is Lucy Barton
Audra McDonald, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
WINNER: Mary-Louise Parker, The Sound Inside

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical 
WINNER: Aaron Tveit, Moulin Rouge! The Musical 

**From The Tony Awards Rules: If the Tony Awards Nominating Committee has determined that if there is only one nominee in a category listed, such category shall be submitted to the Tony Voters which may, by the affirmative vote of sixty (60%) percent of the total ballots cast, grant an Award in that category. 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical 
Karen Olivo, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Elizabeth Stanley, Jagged Little Pill
WINNER: Adrienne Warren, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play 
Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play
James Cusati-Moyer, Slave Play
WINNER: David Alan Grier, A Soldier's Play
John Benjamin Hickey, The Inheritance
Paul Hilton, The Inheritance 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play 
Jane Alexander, Grand Horizons
Chalia La Tour, Slave Play
Annie McNamara, Slave Play
WINNER: Lois Smith, The Inheritance
Cora Vander Broek, Linda Vista 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical 
WINNER: Danny Burstein, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Derek Klena, Jagged Little Pill
Sean Allan Krill, Jagged Little Pill
Sahr Ngaujah, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Daniel J. Watts, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical 
Kathryn Gallagher, Jagged Little Pill
Celia Rose Gooding, Jagged Little Pill
Robyn Hurder, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
WINNER: Lauren Patten, Jagged Little Pill
Myra Lucretia Taylor, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical 

Best Scenic Design of a Play 
Bob Crowley, The Inheritance
Soutra Gilmour, Betrayal
WINNER: Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol
Derek McLane, A Soldier's Play
Clint Ramos, Slave Play 

Best Scenic Design of a Musical 
Riccardo Hernández and Lucy Mackinnon, Jagged Little Pill
WINNER: Derek McLane, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical 

Best Costume Design of a Play 
Dede Ayite, Slave Play
Dede Ayite, A Soldier's Play
Bob Crowley, The Inheritance
WINNER: Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol
Clint Ramos, The Rose Tattoo 

Best Costume Design of a Musical 
Emily Rebholz, Jagged Little Pill
Mark Thompson, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
WINNER: Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge! The Musical 

Best Lighting Design of a Play 
Jiyoun Chang, Slave Play
Jon Clark, The Inheritance
Heather Gilbert, The Sound Inside
Allen Lee Hughes, A Soldier's Play
WINNER: Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol 

Best Lighting Design of a Musical 
Bruno Poet, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Justin Townsend, Jagged Little Pill
WINNER: Justin Townsend, Moulin Rouge! The Musical 

Best Sound Design of a Play 
Paul Arditti & Christopher Reid, The Inheritance
WINNER: Simon Baker, A Christmas Carol
Lindsay Jones, Slave Play
Daniel Kluger, Sea Wall/A Life
Daniel Kluger, The Sound Inside 

Best Sound Design of a Musical 
Jonathan Deans, Jagged Little Pill
WINNER: Peter Hylenski, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Nevin Steinberg, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical 

Best Direction of a Play 
David Cromer, The Sound Inside
WINNER: Stephen Daldry, The Inheritance
Kenny Leon, A Soldier's Play
Jamie Lloyd, Betrayal
Robert O'Hara, Slave Play 

Best Direction of a Musical 
Phyllida Lloyd, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Diane Paulus, Jagged Little Pill
WINNER: Alex Timbers, Moulin Rouge! The Musical 

Best Choreography 
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jagged Little Pill
WINNER: Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Anthony Van Laast, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical 

Best Orchestrations 
Tom Kitt, Jagged Little Pill
WINNER: Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stine and Justin Levine, Moulin Rouge! The Musical 
Ethan Popp, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical

Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-Competitive Categories

Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Graciela Daniele

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Julie Halston

Special Tony Awards
Broadway Advocacy Coalition
David Byrne's American Utopia
Freestyle Love Supreme

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
Fred Gallo
Irene Gandy
Beverly Jenkins
New Federal Theatre (Woody King Jr., founder)

So Many B'way Greats . . . Gone!

Bernadette Peters helps Broadway say goodbye to those we’ve lost over the past year and a half. Robbie Fairchild then gives dance performance, followed by Brian Stokes Mitchell performing “The Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha. Kelli O'Hara and Norm Lewis end the segment with a stunning performance of “Somewhere” from West Side Story. The 2020 Tony Awards aired on CBS September 26, 2021.

OMG! Three Magical Broadway Moments!

 

From last night's Tony Awards. Absolutely stellar!

THE Biggest Tony Moment Last Night! WOW!

 

Two of Broadway's greatest stars. 
One of the most melodic and compelling Broadway numbers ever written. 
An epic show that simply resonates more and more as each year passes -- so rich in meaning. 
A Tony moment to savor, to treasure, to herald and  to share endlessly. THIS gave us goosebumps. 
Oh, how proud I am to say that I saw them do it in the original production and I'll NEVER forget it. 
THIS is Broadway!

Thursday, September 16, 2021

A NEW Sondheim Musical Next Season?

During a rare TV appearance (to promote a new book he's co-authored) America's greatest living Broadway composer revealed that he's been working on a NEW musical.
Yes, at 91 Stephen Sondheim says his new show (called Square One) had a preliminary reading and, if all goes well, may be ready for Broadway "nest season".  As for that trial reading, on another TV show Nathan Lane reports that he and Bernadette Peters participated in a reading of "a new Stephen Sondheim musical". Could this be the long-anticipated Buñel musical that Sondheim was said to have set aside? Or is it something else? Very few details are know about the show. We suppose we'll just have to wait.
But a NEW Sondheim musical? That would be cause for unparalleled joy!