The star-studded 78th Annual Tony Awards had been held at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York Metropolis on Sunday.
The present, hosted by Cynthia Erivo, celebrated Broadway’s brightest skills in singing, performing, dancing and extra.
Sarah Snook, 37, was the primary winner of the evening for Finest Main Actress in a Play. Snook delivered an unbelievable efficiency in The Image of Dorian Grey, enjoying all 26 characters, together with Dorian and Lord Henry.
The Succession star made her Broadway debut within the formidable stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel, directed and written by Kipp Williams.
Invoice & Ted’s Wonderful Journey stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter offered her with the award.
Sarah beat out a robust lineup of nominees together with Laura Donnelly for The Hills of California, performing legend Mia Farrow for The Roommate, LaTanya Richardson Jackson for Goal, and Stranger Issues star Sadie Sink for John Proctor Is the Villain.
Sarah Snook, 37, was the primary winner on the star-studded 78th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday. She received for Finest Main Actress in a Play for The Image of Dorian Grey
In the meantime George Clooney misplaced out the Finest Actor in a Play award to Cole Escola, 38, who received for his efficiency in Oh, Mary! which he wrote and stars in
Snook famous that the Tony Awards viewers is an ‘intimidating room of extremely proficient individuals.’
She went on: ‘Thanks a lot for this. This implies a lot for a little bit Australian woman to be right here on Broadway.’
‘Thanks to my unimaginable group… and simply all people on stage. [The Picture of Dorian Gray] is billed as a one individual present, and I do not really feel alone any evening that I do that present.’
‘There are such a lot of individuals on the stage making it work and so many individuals behind the stage making it work.’
She additionally thanked her husband Dave Lawson: ‘And an distinctive thanks, the largest thanks I can ever give to my husband, my soulmate, you’re so good holding household collectively and taking care of the telephones.’
The Image of Dorian Grey follows a good-looking younger man whose painted portrait grotesquely ages with every of his sins, whereas he stays eternally youthful.
In the meantime George Clooney misplaced out the Finest Actor in a Play award to Cole Escola, 38, who received for his efficiency in Oh, Mary! which he wrote and stars in.
Other than Clooney, who was nominated for Good Night time, And Good Luck, Escola beat out Jon Michael Hill for Goal, Daniel Dae Kim, for Yellow Face, Harry Lennix for Goal, and Louis McCartney for Stranger Issues: The First Shadow.
Set within the weeks earlier than Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the 80-minute one-act darkish comedy Oh, Mary! shares a glimpse into the suffocated lifetime of Mary Todd Lincoln.
A thrilled Escola informed the gang: ‘Julie Harris has a Tony for taking part in Mary Todd Lincoln!’
He went on to acknowledge his fellow nominees, together with George: ‘I wish to thank the opposite nominees. George and Jon and Harry and Daniel and Louis. It is an honor to be in your organization.’
He then joked, ‘Greater than that, it has been a honest pleasure spending time with you over these heat salads in any respect these luncheons.’
The star then quipped: ‘I’ve to thank – oh, to start with, hello, mother. I like you. I will name you after I can.’
He then jokingly thanked ‘Tebow from Grindr’, the relationship app for homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and queer people.
Snook delivered an unbelievable efficiency within the present, enjoying all 26 characters
The Succession star made her Broadway debut within the formidable stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s novel
‘Thanks a lot for this. This implies a lot for a little bit Australian woman to be right here on Broadway,’ Sarah informed the gang as she accepted the award
Invoice & Ted’s Wonderful Journey stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter offered her with the award
Sarah beat out a robust lineup of nominees together with Laura Donnelly for The Hills of California , Mia Farrow for The Roommate, LaTanya Richardson Jackson for Goal, and Sadie Sink for John Proctor Is the Villain
Escola went on to acknowledge his fellow nominees, together with George, in his speech
Set within the weeks earlier than Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the 80-minute one-act darkish comedy Oh, Mary! shares a glimpse into the suffocated lifetime of Mary Todd Lincoln
He then joked, ‘It has been a honest pleasure spending time with you over these heat salads in any respect these luncheons’
He additionally jokingly thanked ‘Tebow from Grindr’, the relationship app for homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and queer people
Francis Jue, 61, received the most effective featured actor in a play for his efficiency in Yellow Face.
Katie Holmes and Danielle Brooks offered him with the award.
He beat out Glenn Davis for Goal, Gabriel Ebert for John Proctor Is the Villain, Bob Odenkirk for Glengarry Glen Ross, and Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!
He gave a passionate speech, telling the gang: ‘For individuals who do not feel seen, for these being focused in these authoritarian occasions, I see you. At its finest, this group sees you. And I hope that encourages you to be courageous and to dream and to dream massive.’
He started his speech saying: ’20 years in the past, fantastic actor, singer Alvin Ing gave me this tux. He had it made for himself for the opening of “Pacific overtures” on Broadway in 1976.’
‘When he gave it to me he informed me he needed me to put on it after I accepted my Tony award. I’m solely right here due to the encouragement and inspiration of generations of fantastic Asian artists who got here earlier than me, and by no means bought the alternatives that I’ve had.’
‘It may be tough in difficult occasions to be courageous, so I want to thank Scott Ellis and roundabout theater for daring to do a play referred to as “Yellow face” in an election season. Thanks to David Henry Hwang for giving me and so many others a voice.’
Hwang’s Yellow Face is a semi-autobiographical satirical comedy that explores the complexities of race and id.
English actor Jak Malone, 30, nabbed the win for finest featured actor in a musical, for his Broadway debut in Operation Mincemeat.
Francis Jue, 61, received the most effective featured actor in a play for his efficiency in Yellow Face
He gave a passionate speech, telling the gang: ‘For individuals who do not feel seen, for these being focused in these authoritarian occasions, I see you. At its finest, this group sees you. And I hope that encourages you to be courageous and to dream and to dream massive’
Katie Holmes and Danielle Brooks offered him with the award
English actor Jak Malone, 30, nabbed the win for finest featured actor in a musical, for his Broadway debut in Operation Mincemeat
In an impassioned speech, Malone informed the viewers: ‘Eight occasions every week I stroll out on that stage and inform the viewers I am a girl. I am not one. I solely convey it by means of easy adjustment to posture, voice, and power, however evening after evening the viewers is consider in Hester’
‘In case you watched our present and located your self believing in Hester, I am so glad to let you know that deliberately or in any other case you might need simply bid farewell to cynicism, outdated concepts of that rotten previous binary and open your self as much as a world that is already on the market in wonderful technicolor and is not going away anytime quickly’
He obtained the award from Adam Lambert and Charli D’Amelio
He beat out Brooks Ashmanskas for Smash, Jeb Brown for Lifeless Outlaw, Danny Burstein for Gypsy, and Taylor Trensch for Floyd Collins.
In an impassioned speech, Malone informed the viewers about his portrayal of a girl within the play: ‘Eight occasions every week I stroll out on that stage and inform the viewers I am a girl. I am not one. I solely convey it by means of easy adjustment to posture, voice, and power, however evening after evening the viewers is consider in Hester.’
‘In case you watched our present and located your self believing in Hester, I am so glad to let you know that deliberately or in any other case you might need simply bid farewell to cynicism, outdated concepts of that rotten previous binary and open your self as much as a world that is already on the market in wonderful technicolor and is not going away anytime quickly.’
He obtained the award from Adam Lambert and Charli D’Amelio.
Operation Mincemeat is a fast-paced musical comedy dramatizing the true 1943 Allied deception: tricking the Nazis into believing they’d invade Greece as a substitute of Sicily.
Kara Younger received finest featured actress in a play for her efficiency in Goal.
She triumphed over Tala Ashe for English, Jessica Hecht for Eureka Day, Marjan Neshat for English, and Fina Strazza for John Proctor Is the Villain.
Goal is a darkly comedic household drama that delves into the advanced legacy of a outstanding African-American household.
Kara sweetly thanked her mom earlier than making an announcement on how theater brings individuals collectively, even in a world that always feels fractured.
Kara Younger received finest featured actress in a play for her efficiency in Goal
‘On this world that we’re so divided, theater is a sacred house! It is a sacred house that we now have to honor and treasure. And it makes us united,’ she said in her acceptance speech
She was offered the award by Carrie Preston and Harry Potter star Tom Felton
‘Thanks to my mom and my father. My mom, who’s my date, Vanessa Jenkins Younger. My Belizean queen of the bay who cooked and stewed and brewed me for 9 months. Thanks. My father, Klay Younger, and my brother, Klay Jr. I like you guys.’
She then said: ‘On this world that we’re so divided, theater is a sacred house! It is a sacred house that we now have to honor and treasure. And it makes us united. Thanks a lot.’
She was offered the award by Carrie Preston and Harry Potter star Tom Felton.
The Finest Featured Actress in a Musical award went to Natalie Venetia Belcon, 56, for her efficiency in Buena Vista Social Membership.
It was her first Tony nomination and win, and the star bought emotional whereas accepting her award.
At one level Belcon additionally joked about having an ‘obsession’ with actor Jason Momoa, quipping, ‘Hey, Jason. The way you doing?’
The Buena Vista Social Membership musical is impressed by the true occasions surrounding the creation of the Grammy-winning album of the identical identify and the lives of the long-lasting Cuban musicians who created it.
Belcon then thanked the ‘actual Buena Vista Social Membership, who in fact we couldn’t do that with out. I hope you will note this. I hope you’re pleased with us. It’s such an honor to painting you.’
‘My fellow nominees, your performances are all extremely inspiring. My family and friends, thanks for listening to me cry and cackle and complain at 3:00 within the morning.’
She received out towards Julia Knitel for Lifeless Outlaw, Gracie Lawrence for Simply in Time, and Justina Machado for Actual Girls Have Curves, and Pleasure Woods for Gypsy.
She obtained the award from Rachel Bay Jones and Kristin Chenoweth.
The Finest Featured Actress in a Musical award went to Natalie Venetia Belcon, 56, for her efficiency in Buena Vista Social Membership
It was her first Tony nomination and win, and the star bought emotional whereas accepting her award
At one level she additionally joked about having an ‘obsession’ with actor Jason Momoa, quipping, ‘Hey, Jason. The way you doing?’
She then thanked the ‘actual Buena Vista Social Membership, who in fact we couldn’t do that with out. I hope you will note this. I hope you’re pleased with us. It’s such an honor to painting you’
She obtained the award from Rachel Bay Jones and Kristin Chenoweth
The very best new play award went to writer Branden Jacobs Jenkins and producer Glenn Davis for Goal
They had been offered the award by actor Ben Stiller
The very best new play award went to writer Branden Jacobs Jenkins and producer Glenn Davis for Goal.
They had been up towards Oh, Mary!, John Proctor Is the Villain, English, and The Hills of California.
Creator Jonathan Spector and producer Lynne Meadow accepted the award for Finest Revival of a Play for Eureka Day.
They had been up towards Our City, Romeo + Juliet, and Yellow Face.
Samuel L. Jackson and his spouse LaTanya Richardson Jackson offered them with the award.
The very best path of a play award was given to theatre director Sam Pinkleton for Oh, Mary!.
The award was offered by two-time Tony nominee Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney.
Pinkleton received out towards Knud Adams for English, Sam Mendes for The Hills of California, Danya Taymor for John Proctor Is the Villain, and Kip Williams for The Image of Dorian Grey.
‘We will carry pleasure to individuals on the finish of a crappy day and that looks like a giant deal to me. I like making theater and I like being a part of this group. Thanks a lot! I like you!’ he stated whereas accepting his award.
In the meantime the most effective path of a musical Tony award went to Michael Arden for Possibly Comfortable Ending.
He beat out Saheem Ali for Buena Vista Social Membership, David Cromer for Lifeless Outlaw, Christopher Gattelli for Demise Turns into Her, and Jamie Lloyd for Sundown Boulevard.
Arden thanked playwrights Will Aronson and Hue Park for writing, ‘an ideal musical.’
Creator Jonathan Spector and producer Lynne Meadow accepted the award for Finest Revival of a Play for Eureka Day
Samuel L. Jackson and his spouse LaTanya Richardson Jackson offered them with the award
The very best path of a play award was given to theatre director Sam Pinkleton for Oh, Mary!
The award was offered by two-time Tony nominee Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney
In the meantime the most effective path of a musical Tony award went to Michael Arden for Possibly Comfortable Ending
‘It dares us to like with radical abandon even supposing we all know we now have shelf lives. He reminds us that compassion is the antidote for isolation, and that empathy will not be weak spot, however a present and our shared duty.’
‘The expertise of dwell theater confirms, regardless of how totally different we could also be from each other, we’re all related and we’re all right here and in it collectively on this transient lovely life.’
On the finish of his acceptance speech he gave a shout out to composer Stephen Sondheim and the queer group, quipping, ‘As daddy Sondheim stated, give us extra to see. And if there are any queer individuals watching tonight, Comfortable satisfaction.’
Essentially the most prestigious ceremony honoring theatre is hosted by three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo, who kicked off the present with an exhilarating efficiency that includes Oprah.
This 12 months options main star energy within the lead actor and actress classes.
George Clooney is competing for his massively profitable play Good Night time, And Good Luck — an adaptation of the movie of the identical identify that he directed, co-wrote and costarred in.
Darren Criss and Jonathan Groff are including some star energy to the lead actor in a musical class, whereas Megan Hilty, Nicole Scherzinger and Broadway legend Audra McDonald are among the largest names within the lead actress in a musical class.
Bob Odenkirk is finest recognized for his movie and tv work, together with his acclaimed run on Breaking Unhealthy and Higher Name Saul, however he is now nominated within the Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Function in a Play class for his flip within the revival of David Mamet’s iconic drama of desperation, Glengarry Glen Ross.
Going into the 2025 ceremony, three musicals are main the pack with 10 nominations every: Buena Vista Social Membership, Demise Turns into Her and Possibly Comfortable.
Buena Vista Social Membership is impressed by the beloved Cuban ensemble of the identical identify, which recorded successful eponymous album in 1997 and was documented in Wim Wenders’ acclaimed documentary (additionally of the identical identify) in 1999.
Demise Turns into Her relies on the Robert Zemeckis fantastical black comedy from 1992, which starred Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis.
George Clooney is competing for his massively profitable play Good Night time, And Good Luck within the lead actor in a play class; pictured with spouse Amal Clooney
Performing legend Mia Farrow is competing within the lead actress in a play class; pictured Might 16 in NYC; pictured with son Ronan Farrow
Snook wowed earlier on the pink carpet
Pictured with husband Dave Lawson, whom she thanked in her acceptance speech
Stranger Issues star Sadie Sink is nominated for John Proctor Is The Villain
Nicole Scherzinger and Lea Michele introduced loads of glamour to the pink carpet
Brooke Shields placed on a leggy show
Ariana DeBose wowed in a cream silk costume whereas Katie Holmes opted for a pop of shade
The present is being held on the hallowed stage of Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York Metropolis on Sunday, June 8, and it’s hosted by three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo
Cole Escola, 38, is nominated for Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Play for his efficiency in Oh, Mary! which he wrote and stars in
Darren Criss and Jonathan Groff are each nominated within the Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Main Function in a Musical class
In contrast to these musicals, that are tailored from current music and movies, Possibly Comfortable is a science fiction–romance that originated in South Korea. It follows two android helper-bots who develop emotions for one another, even supposing their quick life spans threaten any future plans.
Lifeless Outlaw, John Proctor Is The Villain, Sundown Blvd. and The Hills Of California are all tied for seven Tony nominations, whereas Floyd Collins, Justin In Time, Goal and The Image Of Dorian Grey are tied for six.
Lifeless Outlaw and Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical are additionally competing within the Finest Musical class, whereas English, The Hills Of California, John Proctor Is The Villain, Oh, Mary! and Goal are vying for Finest Play.
Goal and English have already been honored with Pulitzer Prizes.
This 12 months’s nominated revivals embrace Eureka Day, Romeo + Juliet, Thornton Wilder’s Our City and David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face within the play class, whereas Floyd Collins, Gypsy, Pirates! The Penzanze Musical and Sundown Blvd. fill out the Finest Revival of a Musical class.
The performances this 12 months will spotlight the entire new and revived musical nominees, in addition to Simply In Time and Actual Girls Have Curves, which weren’t nominated in finest musical or revival however did obtain different main nominations.
The 2025 Tonys will look to the previous as properly with a tribute to Hamilton for its tenth anniversary as the unique solid reunites for a efficiency.
Miranda can be accompanied by Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs, Ariana DeBose, Jonathan Groff and Christopher Jackson, all of whom had been a part of the unique manufacturing.
Bob Odenkirk is finest recognized for Breaking Unhealthy and Higher Name Saul, however he is now nominated within the Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Function in a Play class for Glengarry Glen Ross; Odenkirk (R) is pictured with costars Invoice Burr (L) and Kieran Culkin (middle)
Former Tony winner Oprah Winfrey (L) is among the many stars presenting on the ceremony
Invoice & Ted’s Wonderful Journey stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter (pictured within the movie) will reunite to current forward of their efficiency in Samuel Beckett’s Ready For Godot
Lin-Manuel Miranda (second to proper) will be a part of the unique solid of Hamilton to pay tribute to his hit musical for its tenth anniversary; pictured with unique stars Leslie Odom Jr. (L), Phillipa Soo (second to left) and Ariana DeBose (R)
Erivo, 38, was higher recognized for her work within the theatre earlier than increasing right into a profitable movie and tv profession.
The Depraved Star — who just lately stirred up controversy when she was introduced because the star of a manufacturing of Jesus Christ Celebrity being held on the Hollywood Bowl in August — is already three-quarters of the way in which towards finishing the uncommon and coveted EGOT after profitable an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony.
Alongside the way in which, she additionally obtained nominations for 4 Golden Globe Awards, two British Academy Movie Awards and two Display Actors Guild Awards.
She beforehand starred on Broadway within the fashionable adaptation of The Coloration Purple, which led to her performing its tune I’m Right here on the 2016 Tonys.
The three-hour present, which begins at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT, will be watched dwell on CBS or streamed on Paramount+ with Showtime. Customers with the Paramount+ Important subscription can have the choice to start watching the present on the next day.
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