Maximalism Is Back at the Tonys
Our chief theater critic, Helen Shaw, shares her highlights of the Tony Awards on Sunday in New York City.
Our chief theater critic, Helen Shaw, shares her highlights of the Tony Awards on Sunday in New York City.
Many of the winning plays and musicals are still onstage, and some are closing soon. Here’s a guide to help you navigate the field and find tickets.
Many of the winning plays and musicals are still onstage, and some are closing soon. Here’s a guide to help you navigate the field and find tickets.
The long-running sketch comedy show proved its power during the Tony Awards on Sunday, with Lorne Michaels and several former stars grabbing the spotlight.
Scott Rudin is a lead producer of “Death of a Salesman,” but he kept a low profile this awards season after a four-year hiatus prompted by bullying allegations.
Thousands of people contributed their Broadway favorites of the season ahead of the Tony Awards. Here’s how their votes stacked up.
A crowd that included Daniel Radcliffe, Cole Escola and Carrie Coon celebrated with whiskey ice cream at Rockefeller Center and show tunes at the Carlyle hotel.
Pink brought sincerity and punk energy as the host, musical numbers by “Cats,” “Ragtime” and “Chicago” popped, and Maya Rudolph and Cole Escola mined comic gold.
The Broadway revival of “Salesman” led with six Tony Awards. “Schmigadoon!” won best new musical, and “Ragtime” and “Liberation” also took home major prizes.
The knowing, and loving, musical theater satire won the coveted award of the night.
As Coalhouse Walker Jr. in “Ragtime,” Henry belts out emotional solos that have prompted mid-show standing ovations.
Arthur Miller’s classic won the same award in 1984, 1999 and 2012.
Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow, “Ragtime” follows three communities colliding in turn-of-the-20th-century New York.
The playwright Bess Wohl is the first American woman to win this award since Wendy Wasserstein won for “The Heidi Chronicles” in 1989.
Qween Jean won for “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” becoming the first openly transgender person to win a Tony Award, according to a “Cats” publicist.
In “Giant,” Lithgow leans into monstrosity to play the famed author Roald Dahl.
The pop star, a former theater kid, will also perform on Sunday. Her theater-loving daughter approves of the gig.
The Tony Awards are underway at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.