The 68th annual Tony Awards got off to a hoppin’ start with Hugh Jackman on Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall.
The evening’s host entered New York’s Radio City Hall hopping his way from the streets of New York, through the aisles and then backstage where he proceeded to meet the cast members of many of today’s biggest Broadway shows.
Audra McDonald who made Tony history on Sunday. She won best lead actress in a play for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,” making her sixth-ever Tony and making her the biggest Tony winner of all time. She now tops five-time Tony winners five-time winners Angela Lansbury and the late Julie Harris.
A list of announced winners follows:
Best Leading Actor in a Play
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Best Leading Actress in a Play
Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Best Costume Design of a Play
Jenny Tiramani, Twelfth Night
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Linda Cho, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Sophie Okonedo, A Raisin in the Sun
Best Choreography
Warren Carlyle, After Midnight
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
James Monroe Iglehart, Aladdin
Best Score
Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County
Best Director of a Play
Kenny Leon, A Raisin in the Sun
Best Director of a Musical
Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Best Book of a Musical
Robert L. Freedman, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Mark Rylance, Twelfth Night
Best Orchestrations
Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt, Act One
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Christopher Barreca, Rocky
Best Sound Design of a Play
Steve Canyon Kennedy, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Brian Ronan, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
The night’s presenters included:Kevin Bacon, Matt Bomer, Wayne Brady, Zach Braff, Kenneth Branagh, Patricia Clarkson, Bradley Cooper, Fran Drescher, Clint Eastwood, Emilio Estefan, Gloria Estefan, Vera Farmiga, Will Ferrell, Tony Goldwyn, Anna Gunn, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Carole King, Zachary Levi, Lucy Liu, Kate Mara, McDonald, Leighton Meester, Alessandro Nivola, Zachary Quinto, Emmy Rossum, Liev Schreiber, Orlando Bloom, Barrett Foa, Jonathan Groff, T.I., LL Cool J, Samuel L. Jackson, Judith Light, Rosie O’Donnell and Patrick Wilson.
Make sure to check out this stellar gallery.
The 26 winners were chosen by about 870 voters who are part of the the Actors’ Equity Association, the Dramatists Guild and the Stage Directors and other organizations.
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