“Kimberly Akimbo,” about a teenager who ages in reverse, and Tom Stoppard’s autobiographical “Leopoldstadt” were among the winners on Sunday as the Tony Awards went on despite the Writers Guild of America strike. | Reuters
“Kimberly Akimbo” won best musical, beating out splashier, higher-budget productions such as “New York, New York” and “Some Like It Hot.” Victoria Clark picked up her second Tony Award for her role as the title character in “Kimberly Akimbo.” Clark won a Tony in 2005 for “The Light in the Piazza.”
Best play “Leopoldstadt,” which also won the 2020 Olivier Award in London for best new play, follows the experiences of a Jewish Viennese family over 50 years.J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell made Tony Awards history as the first two openly nonbinary actors to win. Ghee won best actor in a leading role in a musical for “Some Like It Hot,” and Newell won for best actor in a featured role in a musical for the portrayal of brassy Lulu in “Shucked.
“When I saw the script,” Ghee said, “I saw an opportunity to be an inspiration, to be that representation, to be someone who could be a part of people’s lives where they could see themselves and grow and learn and live and expand, and it’s not something I take lightly. It’s something that I cherish and it’s a dream come true, truly.”
Jodie Comer won best actress in a play for her role as brilliant barrister Tessa in the one-woman tour-de-force “Prima Facie.”“Topdog/Underdog” won the Tony for best revival of a play. During a pre-show hosted by actors Julianne Hough and Skyler Astin and streamed on the free platform Pluto TV, Tonys were awarded mostly in technical categories. The pre-show included the award for best regional theater, which went to the Pasadena Playhouse, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award, which went to director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell.
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