See all of the glitzy after-party moments from the 2022 TonyAwards night
For decades, the Great Stage was where the Great White Way gathered on Broadway’s biggest night until three years ago when the theater district’s lights went dim due to the pandemic before slowly opening back up. At the 75th Annual Awards ceremony on Sunday, the theme of the evening was to celebrate those who made the show went on again , from the understudies to the ushers.
The opening number featured Julianne Hough and Darren Criss, who did a foot-tapping jig to an original song Criss wrote called “Set the Stage.” With catchy lyrics like: “When producers from the Tony’s called us up, they said . . . we’re hoping you can open up with ‘Broadway is back,’” they danced up ladders, spun round laundry hampers, and slid down theater seats while giving the audience literal peak at the geniuses behind the red velvet curtain without missing a beat.
The message was underscored when understudy turned Oscar winner Ariana Debose took the stage as the evening host, mere months after earning a statuette for her portrayal of Anita in Stephen Spielberg’s West Side Story. Debose dazzled the crowd by performing a dizzying mash-up of the most memorable Broadway musical song and dances spanning three-quarters of a century in under five minutes flat, from A Chorus Line to Cabaret, Hairspray to Hamilton.
Debose also reminded the audience that this season was nothing short of record-breaking, as it featured new shows written by seven black playwrights, a gender-flipped production of, and the first openly transgender performer to be nominated for a Tony, among other noteworthy ways Broadway is becoming “more reflective of the community that adores it.”, the Pulitzer-prize winning “big, Black and queer-ass American Broadway” show, not only won Best Musical, playwright Michael R.
Meanwhile, at the gala at The Plaza, Jordan Roth gave new meaning to fashion peacocking in an iridescent ensemble with laser-cut feathered detailing. “It’s giving me phoenix rising from the ashes,” Roth said of the sartorial masterpiece designed by Luchen; look for her name stitched onto labels as she’s set to launch her own brand soon. “I asked Luchen to create this piece for me, because she is herself an innovative, new, and resilient voice in fashion,” Roth said.
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