At the Lincoln Center yesterday night, American actress Angelina Jolie and Daniel Radcliffe led triumphant at the first Tony Awards.
“The Outsiders: A New Musical” created by Angelina Jolie grabbed home the gong for best musical.
She is halfway to EGOT status right now.
For his performance in “Merrily We Roll Along,” Daniel Radcliffe was named Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
But with five out of its 13 nominations, David Adjmi’s “Stereophonic” was the highest winner at the 2024 Tony Awards.
From their 10 nominations, Branden Jacobs-jenkins’ ” Appropriate” got three prizes and Alicia Keys’ “Hell’s Kitchen” earned two.
Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre went to Jack O’Brien and George C. Wolfe.
Special Tony Awards went also to Abe Jacob, Alex Edelman, and Nikiya Mathis.
Honoured for Excellence in the Theatre were Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Dramatists Guild Foundation, Judith O. Rubin, The Samuel J. Friedman Health Centre for the Performing Arts, Wendall K. Harrington, and The Wilma Theatre.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Play
Mary Jane
Mother Play
Prayer for the French
Stereophonic WINNER
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Republic
Best Musical
Suffs
Water for Elephants
The Outsiders WINNER
Hell’s Kitchen
Illinois
Michael Stuhlbarg for the Patriots
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Betsy Aidem for Prayer for the French Republic
Jessica Lange for Mother Play
Sarah Paulson for Appropriate WINNER
Rachel McAdams for Mary Jane
Amy Ryan for Doubt: A Parable
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Jonathan Groff for Merrily We Roll Along WINNER
Brody Grant for The Outsiders
Dorian Harewood for The Notebook
Brian d’Arcy James for Days of Wine and Roses
Eddie Redman
Jiyoun Chang for Stereophonic
Natasha Katz for Grey House
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim for The Outsiders WINNER
Brandon Stirling Baker for Illinois
Justin Peck for Illinois WINNER
Camille A. Brown for Hell’s Kitchen
Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll for Water for Elephants
Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman for The Outsiders
Annie-B Parson for Here Lies Love
Best Orchestrations
Jonathan Tunick for Merrily We Roll Along WINNER
Timo Andres for Illinois
Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone for Hell’s Kitchen
Will Butler and Justin Craig for Stereophonic
Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) for The Outsiders
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