“The Band’s Visit,” “Angels in America,” and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” emerged big winners at the 72nd Tony Awards, a celebration of Broadway’s best that would have made Antoinette Perry, the theater awards’ namesake, proud. Hosted by Tony nominees Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall June 10, the ceremony ended by crowning Itamar Moses and David Yazbek’s “The Band’s Visit” the best new musical of the 2017–18 season. Leading actress Katrina Lenk, leading actor Tony Shalhoub, supporting actor Ari’el Stachel, and director David Cromer were among the show’s impressive 10 Tony wins, more than any other musical this year. Jack Thorne’s “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two” took home best new play, triumphing over “The Children,” “Farinelli and the King,” “Junk,” and “Latin History for Morons.” The two-part spectacle, developed alongside J.K. Rowling,...
- 6/11/2018
- backstage.com
The 2017–18 Broadway season culminates on June 10 when the whole of the community convenes at Radio City Music Hall for the 72nd annual Tony Awards. It was a distinguished season on the Great White Way, and Tony (whose full name is Antoinette Perry) will likely reflect that. To impress your Tonys viewing party—or to simply enrich your all-important niche theater knowledge—we’ve compiled 2018 Tonys trivia facts from records broken to cosmic inter-category connections. Curtain up! Two Ti Mounes are better than one.The leading actress in a musical category is especially stacked this year, expanded to six nominees from the usual five, and two of them have a particularly special connection. Newcomer Hailey Kilgore received a nod for her Broadway debut as island-dwelling Ti Moune in the first revival of “Once on This Island.” In an ironic twist, Kilgore’s competitor Lachanze, recognized for her work in “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,...
- 6/6/2018
- backstage.com
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