The seventy fifth annual Tony Awards occurred final night time at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York, making its first official ceremonial return for the reason that pandemic.
The night was hosted by West Facet Story Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose, who admitted delight that 'the theatre is turning into extra reflective of the group who adores it'.
DeBose carried out an unforgettable musical quantity interacting with a number of members of the gang - at one level she even sat on Andrew Garfield's lap as he wrapped his arms round her whereas she sang.
It was a particular night time for British theatre - Firm (originated within the West Finish) and The Lehman Trilogy dominated the award wins.
The gender-swapped revival of the late Stephen Sondheim's musical Firm directed by Marianne Elliott, received 5 main awards, together with finest Musical Revival and Finest Route of a Musical.
Elliott's win made Tony historical past by making her the one girl to have received three Tonys for steering.
In her acceptance speech she thanked Sondheim for letting her put a girl "entrance and centre.'
An evening of variety and inclusivity
The Lehman Trilogy, which follows the fortunes of a single household into the monetary crash of 2008, was topped Finest New Play and Sam Mendes received for Finest Route of a Play.
Considered one of its three stars, Simon Russell Beale, received for Finest Actor in a Play and thanked the viewers for coming to see a trio of British actors inform a New York story.
A Unusual Loop, an irreverent work about Blackness and queerness took dwelling the Finest New Musical crown, as voters celebrated Broadway's most racially numerous season by selecting an envelope-pushing Black voice.
The musical, which additionally received the 2020 Pulitzer Prize drama award, was written by Michael R. Jackson.
A Unusual Loop's win additionally secured Jennifer Hudson with official EGOT standing. It was the ultimate trophy she wanted to finish the quartet of getting received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. (Hudson serves as a producer of the present.)
Myles Frost moonwalked away with the award for Finest Lead Actor in a Musical for enjoying Michael Jackson in MJ.
Deirdre O'Connell received for Finest Actress in a Play for her work in Dana H., which tells the story of an actual girl kidnapped by a former convict and white supremacist. O'Connell by no means speaks within the play, as an alternative she lip-syncs to an edited recording of the survivor.
Take a look at the video above to see the second A Unusual Loop was topped Finest Musical
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