The musical Kimberly Akimbo—acclaimed by critics and audiences, and the little engine that might in a sea of extra historically razzle-dazzle rivals—took dwelling the most important honors on the 76th Tony Awards, with 5 awards, together with finest musical, lead actress in a musical (Victoria Clark), and featured actress in a musical (Bonnie Milligan).
It beat out Some Like It Scorching, whose 4 Tony Awards together with a history-making win for J. Harrison Ghee, who, alongside Alex Newell (Shucked), turned the primary non-binary actors to win Tony Awards. Each actors gave highly effective, shifting speeches, straight addressed to LGBTQ, trans and non-binary youth.
Leopoldstadt, Sir Tom Stoppard’s play about generations of a Jewish household, received Greatest Play and 4 different Tony awards. Will & Grace star Sean Hayes received Greatest Actor (Play) for his position as Oscar Levant in Good Evening, Oscar, whereas Jodie Comer beat out Jessica Chastain for the Lead Actress (Play) award for her searing efficiency in Prima Facie.
“The corporate of Kimberly Akimbo.”
Joan Marcus
Sure, there have been awards on Sunday evening—and not using a script due to the continuing WGA strike—nevertheless it was extra emphatically a showcase for Broadway, an enormous promoting billboard in CBS primetime to get as many individuals as potential to guide tickets to help a theater business nonetheless struggling to search out its post-pandemic footing.
Not for nothing did the night open with a roof-raising rendition of “New York, New York” from the musical of the identical identify. That was the message of the night: guide these tickets now! No awards got out earlier than the primary business break. “Buckle up,” stated host Ariana DeBose stated firstly, envisioning what surprises and mischief a scriptless night might unleash.
There was quite a lot of pointed and emotional speechmaking, completely timed for Delight month. After such a protracted and sustained interval of homophobia and transphobia being voiced and signed into legislation—and broadcast by information applications with little or no questioning of these behind it by ill-informed anchors and reporters—members of the queer neighborhood on Broadway took a possibility to vocalize resistance and pleasure, and inform queer youth watching that they weren’t alone.
Ghee stated, “For each trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming human who ever was instructed you could not be, you could not be seen, that is for you.”
Newell stated: “Thanks for seeing me, Broadway. I shouldn’t be up right here, as a queer, non-binary, fats, Black little child from Massachusetts. To anybody who thinks they will’t do it…you are able to do something you place your thoughts to.”
Michael Arden, who received the Greatest Route of a Play Tony for Parade, gave a robust speech, highlighting how the present revealed the significance of combating all of the forces of hatred round anti-Semitism, white supremacy, homophobia, and transphobia. Arden stated trans, non-binary, and queer youth might rely his and others’ help.
“Rising up I’ve been referred to as the f phrase extra occasions than I can rely and now I can say I’m a f***** with a Tony,” Arden added to large cheers and applause—with CBS muting the F-word itself. Will additionally they mute all these Republican presidential candidates, politicians and their supporters propagating homophobia and transphobia on their varied applications, one wonders.
Denée Benton referred to as Ron DeSantis the “present Grand Wizard” of Florida. Wishing the viewers a contented Delight month, actor Wilson Cruz thanked the overwhelming majority of Individuals watching who help LGBTQ individuals and equality.
Accepting the Tony for Greatest Featured Actor in a Play, Brandon Uranowitz (Leopoldstadt) joked that he had lengthy wished to repay his dad and mom for the sacrifices they’d made for him, however he labored in theater so couldn’t. They may hold the Tony at their place, he stated, including—extra significantly—all dad and mom ought to settle for their kids after they say who they’re.
Bonnie Milligan, who received the featured actress in a musical Tony for Kimberly Akimbo, paid shifting tribute to her household, and stated to all those that had been instructed they didn’t look proper, or that their identities—or who they liked—have been flawed, “Nicely, guess what, you’re proper.”
Some Like It Scorching had led the sphere for the Tony Awards, with 13 nominations. Musicals & Juliet, Shucked, and New York, New York adopted with 9 nominations apiece. Kimberly Akimbo, the vital favourite and a real Broadway authentic, scored 8 nominations.
Out of 38 eligible productions in 26 classes, this yr there have been 17 new performs, 9 new musicals, six play revivals, and 6 musical revivals. The campaigns for all of the nominees now start in earnest. Huge-name contenders included Audra McDonald, Samuel. L. Jackson, Jessica Chastain, Wendell Pierce (although Dying of a Salesman didn’t obtain a nomination for Greatest Play Revival), Comer, Ben Platt, Sara Bareilles, and Josh Groban.
Notable snubs had included Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Dangerous Cinderella dealing with the identical destiny within the Greatest Musical class, Laura Linney going un-nominated for Summer season, 1976 (her co-star Jessica Hecht was nominated), Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan going un-nominated for The Register Sidney Brustein’s Window, and the acclaimed Sharon D. Clarke not being nominated for Dying of a Salesman. Phillipa Soo was not nominated for Camelot or Into the Woods.
11 productions have been shut out utterly of all classes: musicals A Stunning Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical and Dangerous Cinderella, performs Mike Birbiglia: The Previous Man & The Pool, Peter Pan Goes Mistaken, Photos From Residence, The Collaboration, The Kite Runner, The Thanksgiving Play, and Strolling With Ghosts, and musical revivals Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ and 1776: The Musical.
769 Tony voters finally anointed the winners.
THE 2023 TONY AWARDS—FULL LIST OF WINNERS AND NOMINATIONS
Greatest Play
Ain’t No Mo’
Between Riverside and Loopy
Value of Dwelling
Fats Ham
WINNER Leopoldstadt
Greatest Musical
& Juliet
WINNER Kimberly Akimbo
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Scorching
Greatest Revival of a Play
A Doll’s Home
August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
The Register Sidney Brustein’s Window
WINNER Topdog/Underdog
Greatest Revival of a Musical
Camelot
Into the Woods
WINNER Parade
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue
Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Main Position in a Play
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog
Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
WINNER Sean Hayes, Good Evening, Oscar
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Loopy
Wendell Pierce, Dying of a Salesman
Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Main Position in a Musical
Christian Borle, Some Like It Scorching
WINNER J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Scorching
Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue
Brian D’Arcy James, Into the Woods
Ben Platt, Parade
Colton Ryan, New York, New York
Greatest Efficiency by an Actress in a Main Position in a Play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s Home
WINNER Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Jessica Hecht, Summer season, 1976
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders
Greatest Efficiency by an Actress in a Main Position in a Musical
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue
Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods
WINNER Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Lorna Courtney, & Juliet
Micaela Diamond, Parade
Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Position in a Play
Jordan E. Cooper, Ain’t No Mo’
Samuel L. Jackson, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Arian Moayed, A Doll’s Home
WINNER Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
David Zayas, Value of Dwelling
Greatest Efficiency by an Actress in a Featured Position in a Play
Nikki Crawford, Fats Ham
Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo’
WINNER Miriam Silverman, The Register Sidney Brustein’s Window
Katy Sullivan, Value of Dwelling
Kara Younger, Value of Dwelling
Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Position in a Musical
Kevin Cahoon, Shucked
Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo
Kevin del Aguila, Some Like It Scorching
Jordan Donica, Camelot
WINNER Alex Newell, Shucked
Greatest Efficiency by an Actress in a Featured Position in a Musical
Julia Lester, Into the Woods
Ruthie Ann Miles, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue
WINNER Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo
NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Scorching
Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet
Greatest E-book of a Musical
David West Learn, & Juliet
WINNER David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo
Robert Horn, Shucked
Matthew López and Amber Ruffin, Some Like It Scorching
David Thompson and Sharon Washington, New York, New York
Greatest Unique Rating (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Virtually Well-known, music by Tom Kitt; lyrics by Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt
WINNER Kimberly Akimbo, music by Jeanine Tesori; lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
KPOP, music and lyrics: Helen Park and Max Vernon
Shucked, music and lyrics: Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark
Some Like It Scorching, music and lyrics: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
Greatest Orchestrations
Invoice Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro, & Juliet
John Clancy, Kimberly Akimbo
Jason Howland, Shucked
WINNER Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, Some Like It Scorching
Daryl Waters and Sam Davis, New York, New York
Greatest Route of a Play
Saheem Ali, Fats Ham
Jo Bonney, Value of Dwelling
Jamie Lloyd, A Doll’s Home
WINNER Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt
Stevie Walker-Webb, Ain’t No Mo’
Max Webster, Lifetime of Pi
Greatest Route of a Musical
WINNER Michael Arden, Parade
Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Scorching
Jack O’Brien, Shucked
Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo
Greatest Choreography
Steven Hoggett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue
WINNER Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Scorching
Susan Stroman, New York, New York
Jennifer Weber, & Juliet
Jennifer Weber, KPOP
Greatest Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
WINNER Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding, Lifetime of Pi
Rachel Hauck, Good Evening, Oscar
Richard Hudson, Leopoldstadt
Dane Laffrey & Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol
Greatest Scenic Design of a Musical
WINNER Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenu
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Scott Pask, Shucked
Scott Pask, Some Like It Scorching
Michael Yeargan and 59 Productions, Camelot
Greatest Costume Design of a Play
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, Lifetime of Pi
Dominique Fawn Hill, Fats Ham
WINNER Brigitte Reiffensutel, Leopoldstadt
Emilio Sosa, Ain’t No Mo’
Emilio Sosa, Good Evening, Oscar
Greatest Costume Design of a Musical
WINNER Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Scorching
Susan Hilferty, Parade
Jennifer Moeller, Camelot
Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi, KPOP
Paloma Younger, & Juliet
Donna Zakowska, New York, New York
Greatest Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt
Natasha Chivers, Prima Facie
Jon Clark, A Doll’s Home
Bradley King, Fats Ham
WINNER Tim Lutkin, Lifetime of Pi
Jen Schriever, Dying of a Salesman
Ben Stanton, A Christmas Carol
Greatest Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Lap Chi Chu, Camelot
Heather Gilbert, Parade
Howard Hudson, & Juliet
Natasha Katz, Some Like It Scorching
WINNER Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue
Greatest Sound Design of a Play
Jonathan Deans and Taylor Williams, Ain’t No Mo’
WINNER Carolyn Downing, Lifetime of Pi
Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol
Ben and Max Ringham, A Doll’s Home
Ben and Max Ringham, Prima Facie
Greatest Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada, New York, New York
John Shivers, Shucked
Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann, Into the Woods
Gareth Owen, & Juliet
WINNER Nevin Steinberg, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue
Particular Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement
Joel Gray and John Kander
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Jerry Mitchell
Regional Theater Tony Award
Pasadena Playhouse
Tony Honors for Excellence within the Theater
Lisa Daybreak Cave, Victoria Bailey and Robert Fried
Tony Award for Excellence in Theater Schooling
Jason Zembuch Younger