There was plenty of uncertainty in the run-up to this year’s Tony Awards, which at one point seemed unlikely to happen at all due to the Hollywood writer’s strike
immediately addressed the elephant in the room. Speaking to the audience before the pre-show telecast began, she explained nothing would be scripted and told winners the only words they'd see on teleprompters would be"wrap up please." When the main telecast began, she appeared on camera reading a Tony script, but the pages were blank.
Instead of words, DeBose and others spoke with their dance moves, doing a brassy number in the theater’s grand lobby, staircases and aisles, complete with gravity-defying leaps. Afterward, DeBose warned anyone who may have thought last year was “unhinged”: “Buckle up!”also passionately explained why the Tonys are so crucial to the economic survival of Broadway, and to touring productions around the country.An early award brought a sobering reminder of the horrors of antisemitism.
Uranowitz, who won for featured actor in a play, also joked that the thing he wanted most in life was to repay his parents for the sacrifices they made — only he couldn’t, because he works in the theater."Leopoldstadt" went on to win best play, while best musical revival went to another searing work about antisemitism:"Parade,"as Leo Frank, a Jewish man lynched in 1915 in Georgia.
He added his own story of how, growing up, he often had been called the “f-word,” referring to a homophobic slur. He then earned some of the night's loudest cheers when he triumphantly reclaimed the slur while pointing out that he now had a Tony.It was an emotional moment when Alex Newell of"Shucked" became the first out nonbinary person to win an acting Tony, taking the prize for best featured actor in a musical.
“For every trans, non-gender-conforming, nonbinary human who ever was told you couldn't be seen, this is for you,” Ghee said, tapping the Tony for emphasis.Not to mix show metaphors or anything, but Lea Michele was not about to throw away her shot. The"Funny Girl" lead was not eligible for a Tony because she didn't originate the role last year (that would be
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