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| Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton |
The 70th Annual Tony Awards were held in New York with host James Corden. The host of CBS’s “Late Late Show,” mentioned the tragedy in Orlando that weighed heavily on everyone’s mind.
Corden was introduced by the cast of “Hamilton.” He promises that the awards will not be all about “Hamilton” saying that their will also be commercial breaks. His opening number is him singing a number of famous songs from “Phantom of the Opera,” “Grease,” “Dreamgirls,” “The Lion King,” “Annie” and “42nd Street” among others.
An all-star cast came out for the night, including James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Cate Blanchett, Oprah Winfrey and Barbra Streisand.
Below is a complete list of winners:
See the full winners list below.
Best Musical: “Hamilton”
Best Play: “The Humans”
Best Book of a Musical: Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Hamilton”
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater: “Hamilton”
Best Revival of a Play: “Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge”
Best Revival of a Musical: “The Color Purple”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Frank Langella, “The Father”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Jessica Lange, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Leslie Odom Jr., “Hamilton”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Cynthia Erivo, “The Color Purple”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Reed Birney, “The Humans”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Jayne Houdyshell, “The Humans”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Daveed Diggs, “Hamilton”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Renee Elise Goldsberry, “Hamilton”
Best Scenic Design of a Play: David Zinn, “The Humans”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: David Rockwell, “She Loves Me”
Best Costume Design of a Play: Clint Ramos, “Eclipsed”
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Paul Tazewell, “Hamilton”
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Natasha Katz, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Howell Binkley, “Hamilton”
Best Direction of a Play: Ivo Van Hove, “Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge”
Best Direction of a Musical: Thomas Kail, “Hamilton”
Best Choreography: Andy Blankenbuehler, “Hamilton”
Best Orchestrations: Alex Lacamoire, “Hamilton”
Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre: Sheldon Harnick, Marshall W. Mason
Special Tony Award: National Endowment for the Arts, Miles Wilkin
Regional Theatre Tony Award: Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Brian Stokes Mitchell
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: Seth Gelblum, Joan Lader, Sally Ann Parson
