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NEW YORK THEATRE GUIDE AT THE TONY AWARDS
On this page you'll find all you need to know about Broadway's biggest night of the year - The Tony Awards!
Founded in 1947 and named after Antoinette Perry, an actress, director, producer and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, who had died the previous year, the Tonys honor the highest level of achievement in Broadway Theatre. Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, the ceremony has been broadcast live on CBS since 1967.
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards was held on Sunday, June 9, 2019 at Radio City Music Hall and the cut-off date for eligibility for this year's awards was Thursday, April 25, 2019.
On March 19, 2019, it was confirmed that Tony and 7-time Emmy Award winner James Corden would return to host the 2019 ceremony (having previously earned wide acclaim for his hosting duties in 2016).
(Photo by Jason Bell/CBS)
Alongside a special performance by 2016 Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo, who sang a touching rendition of "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" from Disney's The Lion King during the 'In Memoriam' section of the ceremony, the casts of no less than nine Broadway productions also performed during the 2019 ceremony. These included (in alphabetical order) Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations; Beetlejuice; The Cher Show; Choir Boy; Hadestown; Kiss Me, Kate; Oklahoma!; The Prom and Tootsie.
In addition, the following stars all made special appearances during The 73rd Annual Tony Awards ceremony: Sara Bareilles, Laura Benanti, Abigail Breslin, Kristin Chenoweth, Darren Criss, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tina Fey, Sutton Foster, Josh Groban, Danai Gurira, Jake Gyllenhaal, Christopher Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Shirley Jones, Regina King, Jane Krakowski, Isabelle Stevenson Award recipient Judith Light, Laura Linney, Lucy Liu, Aasif Mandvi, Audra McDonald, Sienna Miller, Catherine O’Hara, Tony Nominee Kelli O’Hara, Ben Platt, Billy Porter, Anthony Ramos, Andrew Rannells, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Michael Shannon, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marisa Tomei, Samira Wiley and BeBe Winans.
And the pre-telecast Creative Arts Awards was co-hosted by Moulin Rouge! The Musical stars Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit and Danny Burstein.
The nominations for The 73rd Annual Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 8:30am (ET) by two-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth and two-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, which was broadcast live on "CBS This Morning".
(Photo by Tom Millward)
The 2019 Tony Award winners (and nominees) by category were:
BEST PLAY
Choir Boy - Author: Tarell Alvin McCraney
The Ferryman - Author: Jez Butterworth - WINNER!!!
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus - Author: Taylor Mac
Ink - Author: James Graham
What the Constitution Means to Me - Author: Heidi Schreck
BEST MUSICAL
Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
Beetlejuice
Hadestown - WINNER!!!
The Prom
Tootsie
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Arthur Miller's All My Sons
The Boys in the Band - Author: Mart Crowley - WINNER!!!
Lanford WIlson's Burn This
Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song
The Waverly Gallery - Author: Kenneth Lonergan
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Kiss Me, Kate
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! - WINNER!!!
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations - Dominique Morisseau
Beetlejuice - Scott Brown & Anthony King
Hadestown - Anaïs Mitchell
The Prom - Bob Martin & Chad Beguelin
Tootsie - Robert Horn - WINNER!!!
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE
Be More Chill - Music & Lyrics: Joe Iconis
Beetlejuice - Music & Lyrics: Eddie Perfect
Hadestown - Music & Lyrics: Anaïs Mitchell - WINNER!!!
The Prom - Music: Matthew Sklar, Lyrics: Chad Beguelin
To Kill a Mockingbird - Music: Adam Guettel
Tootsie - Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Paddy Considine, The Ferryman
Bryan Cranston, Network - WINNER!!!
Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird
Adam Driver, Burn This
Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Annette Bening, Arthur Miller's All My Sons
Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman
Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery - WINNER!!!
Janet McTeer, Bernhardt/Hamlet
Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton
Heidi Schreck, What the Constitution Means to Me
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom
Derrick Baskin, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice
Damon Daunno, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
Santino Fontana, Tootsie - WINNER!!!
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show - WINNER!!!
Caitlin Kinnunen, The Prom
Beth Leavel, The Prom
Eva Noblezada, Hadestown
Kelli O'Hara, Kiss Me, Kate
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Bertie Carvel, Ink - WINNER!!!
Robin De Jesús, The Boys in the Band
Gideon Glick, To Kill a Mockingbird
Brandon Uranowitz, Burn This
Benjamin Walker, Arthur Miller's All My Sons
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman
Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird - WINNER!!!
Kristine Nielsen, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Julie White, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Ruth Wilson, King Lear
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
André De Shields, Hadestown - WINNER!!!
Andy Grotelueschen, Tootsie
Patrick Page, Hadestown
Jeremy Pope, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
Ephraim Sykes, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Lilli Cooper, Tootsie
Amber Gray, Hadestown
Sarah Stiles, Tootsie
Ali Stroker, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! - WINNER!!!
Mary Testa, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Rupert Goold, Ink
Sam Mendes, The Ferryman - WINNER!!!
Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird
Ivo van Hove, Network
George C. Wolfe, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown - WINNER!!!
Scott Ellis, Tootsie
Daniel Fish, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
Des McAnuff, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
Casey Nicholaw, The Prom
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Camille A. Brown, Choir Boy
Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate
Denis Jones, Tootsie
David Neumann, Hadestown
Sergio Trujillo, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations - WINNER!!!
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, Hadestown - WINNER!!!
Simon Hale, Tootsie
Larry Hochman, Kiss Me, Kate
Daniel Kluger, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
Harold Wheeler, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Miriam Buether, To Kill a Mockingbird
Bunny Christie, Ink
Rob Howell, The Ferryman - WINNER!!!
Santo Loquasto, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Jan Versweyveld, Network
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
Peter England, King Kong
Rachel Hauck, Hadestown - WINNER!!!
Laura Jellinek, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
David Korins, Beetlejuice
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Rob Howell, The Ferryman - WINNER!!!
Toni-Leslie James, Bernhardt/Hamlet
Clint Ramos, Torch Song
Ann Roth, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Ann Roth, To Kill a Mockingbird
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Michael Krass, Hadestown
William Ivey Long, Beetlejuice
William Ivey Long, Tootsie
Bob Mackie, The Cher Show - WINNER!!!
Paul Tazewell, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Neil Austin, Ink - WINNER!!!
Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Peter Mumford, The Ferryman
Jennifer Tipton, To Kill a Mockingbird
Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden, Network
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Kevin Adams, The Cher Show
Howell Binkley, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
Bradley King, Hadestown - WINNER!!!
Peter Mumford, King Kong
Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini, Beetlejuice
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Adam Cork, Ink
Scott Lehrer, To Kill a Mockingbird
Fitz Patton, Choir Boy - WINNER!!!
Nick Powell, The Ferryman
Eric Sleichim, Network
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Peter Hylenski, Beetlejuice
Peter Hylenski, King Kong
Steve Canyon Kennedy, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
Drew Levy, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown - WINNER!!!
As always, there were also be a number of Special Recognition awards presented at this year's ceremony. Here is a list of all the non-competitive categories and their respective recipients:
The Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre 2019 recipients were Tony Award-winning actress Rosemary Harris, four-time Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally, and six-time Tony-nominated composer and musician Harold Wheeler.
(Rosemary Harris photo by Joan Marcus)
The 2019 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award recipient was two-time Tony Award-winning actress Judith Light, in recognition of her impassioned advocacy to end HIV/AIDS and her support for LGBTQ+ and human rights.
Special Tony Awards recipients also included the late three-time Tony-nominated actress Marin Mazzie, for her outstanding contributions to the theatre and community, and Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company, who are the creators of the 20 feet tall, 2,000 pound puppet at the center of the Broadway premiere of King Kong.
(Marin Mazzie photo by Paul Kolnik / King Kong photo by Matthew Murphy)
Musical director and arranger Jason Michael Webb, who provided the glorious arrangements that were heard this season in Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Choir Boy, was also a 2019 Special Tony Award recipient.
The 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award went to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, who also received a grant of $25,000, and the 2019 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre went to Broadway Inspirational Voices (founded by Michael McElroy), Peter Entin, retired Vice President of Theatre Operations for the Shubert Organization, Joseph Blakely Forbes, Founder and President of Scenic Art Studios, Inc. and FDNY - Engine 54 / Ladder 4 / Battalion 9.