The Tony Awards were back at Radio City Music Hall for the first time since June 2019. The awards ceremony, which honors the plays and musicals staged on Broadway and resumed its traditional calendar after a long pandemic disruption, honored work that opened on Broadway between Feb. 20, 2020, and May 4, 2022. (“Girl From the North Country” opened on March 5, 2020, just a week before theaters shut down for the pandemic.) Ariana DeBose, the former Broadway understudy turned Oscar winner, hosted the three-hour broadcast portion of the Tony Awards on CBS, which was preceded by a one-hour segment hosted by Darren Criss and Julianne Hough on Paramount+. “A Strange Loop” won best musical and “The Lehman Trilogy” was awarded best play at a glittering ceremony celebrating Broadway’s comeback. Myles Frost won his first Tony for best leading actor in a musical for “MJ,” his Broadway (and professional acting) debut. And there were performances from some of the past year’s most prominent musicals: “Company,” “Girl From the North Country” and “Paradise Square,” among others. A complete list of winners is below. Barbara Whitman, center, accepting the Tony for best musical for “A Strange Loop.”Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times “Take Me Out” Best Book of a Musical Michael R. Jackson, “A Strange Loop” Lucy Moss, left, and Toby Marlow accepting the Tony for best original score for “Six: The Musical.”Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Jesse Tyler Ferguson accepting the Tony for best featured actor in a play for “Take Me Out.”Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Best Featured Actor in a Play Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “Take Me Out” Phylicia Rashad accepting the Tony for best featured actress in a play for “Skeleton Crew.”Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Patti LuPone accepting the Tony for best featured actress in a musical for “Company.”Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Best Lighting Design of a Musical Natasha Katz, “MJ” Best Sound Design of a Play Mikhail Fiksel, “Dana H.” Best Sound Design of a Musical Gareth Owen, “MJ” Christopher Wheeldon accepting the award for best choreography for “MJ.”Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Best Choreography Christopher Wheeldon, “MJ” Best Orchestrations Simon Hale, “Girl From the North Country” Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement Angela Lansbury Isabelle Stevenson Award Robert E. Wankel Regional Theater Tony Award Court Theater (Chicago) Special Tony Award James C. Nicola Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater Asian American Performers Action Coalition
An Enchanted Musical Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific has won more Tony Awards over all of its Broadway productions to date than any other musical. That’s 17 Tonys: 10 for the original 1949 production, plus seven for the 2008 revival. What Tony Awards did the musical win?More Stories By Greg. Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the stage adaptation of the 2001 film, won the Tony Award for Best Musical tonight. The Inheritance, Matthew López’s elegiac two-part drama about the AIDS scourge inspired by E.M Forster’s Howards End, won the Tony Award tonight for Best Play. What Broadway musical holds the record for Tony nominations? musical Hamilton (2016) Who is the youngest person to win a Tony Award? Frankie Michaels What Tonys did Jagged Little Pill win?Lauren Patten has won Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical at the 74th Annual Tony Awards for her performance as Jo in Jagged Little Pill. This is her first Tony nomination and win. Who won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play is 1992?Gregory Hines What Tony’s did the producers win? The Producers (musical)
Broadway musicals pair solid storytelling with exciting lyrics and superstar performances. They are some of the most thrilling in the theater world. However, one takes the cake with the most Tony Award wins for its Broadway excellence. Hint: It’s not Hamilton. Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Ramos attend Lin-Manuel Miranda’s final performance of “Hamilton” on Broadway at Richard Rodgers Theatre on July 9, 2016, in New York City | Nicholas Hunt/Getty ImagesThe most Tony Award nominations goes to ‘Hamilton’Hamilton is the top Broadway musical when it comes to Tony nominations. Lin-Manuel Miranda took the story of Alexander Hamilton’s life and turned it on its head. Its hip-hop-infused soundtrack reached the top of the Billboard charts. It sparked a renewed interest in American History. Subsequently, Hamilton received a whopping 16 Tony nominations in 2016. These included best musical and performances by the show’s leading and featured actors and actresses. Hamilton’s winning streak continued with nominations that year for best book, original score, scenic, lighting, and costume design. Additionally, the show’s direction, choreography, and orchestration also received nominations. Most importantly, the musical won a total of 11 Tony Awards. Which musical has won the most Tony Awards?Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick | Producers 2002/Getty ImagesRELATED: Tonys 2021: How To Watch The Tony Awards This Year However, Hamilton isn’t the ultimate Broadway musical Tony-winner. That honor goes to The Producers, the new Mel Brooks Musical with 12 overall Tony Award wins in one year. The Producers uses Brooks’ signature politically incorrect humor to push the envelope of good taste. This pairs with great music, lyrics, and big dance numbers. The show celebrates all that is big and bold about Broadway musicals. The Producers led the Tony nominations pack in 2001. It was honored as best musical for its original score, book, director, actress, and actor in featured and leading roles. In addition, the show was honored for its choreography, lighting, costume design, and orchestrations. In total, The Producers scored 15 nominations. What is ‘The Producers: a new Mel Brooks musical’ about?A poster of the Broadway musical “The Producers” | Spencer Platt/NewsmakersRELATED: Billy Porter Completely Stole the 2019 Tony Awards With His Broadway Karaoke The Broadway play The Producers had its adaptation from Brooks’ 1968 movie of the same name. It tells the story of Max Bialystock, the onetime king of Broadway producers. Along with Leo Bloom, an accountant with dreams of becoming a theatre producer, the two decide to make quick cash by producing a flop rather than a hit. Their life turns upside down when their musical surprisingly becomes a Broadway smash. Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr. host this year’s Tony Awards ceremony. McDonald helms the live broadcast of the 74th Annual Tony Awards at 7 p.m. EST on Paramount+. Odom Jr. serves as host for The Tony Awards Present Broadway’s Back!, the live concert event celebrating Broadway’s return at 9 p.m. EST on CBS. |