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70th Tony Awards: guide

James Corden hosts Broadway's big night -with a rare appearance by Barbra Streisand.

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The 70th Annual Tony Awards will be again be screened Live to Australia on Monday morning, via Foxtel Arts.

James Corden, who won a Tony Award in 2012 for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for One Man, Two Guvnors, is host.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Tony Awards. Both times I’ve worked on Broadway have been amongst the happiest times of my professional life. I consider it a huge honour to be asked to host such an incredible night. It’s gonna be fun, I can’t wait to dust off my tap shoes!” said Corden.

Hip hop musical Hamilton has scored a whopping 16 Tony Award nominations, breaking records set by Billy Elliot and The Producers. Hoping to beat it are Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed with ten nominations, Bright Star with five nominations, and School of Rock-The Musical and Waitress with four nominations.

This will be the first time since 1970 Barbra Streisand will present at the Tonys.

VENUE:
Beacon Theatre in New York City

HOST:
James Corden

PRESENTERS:
Uzo Aduba, Cate Blanchett, Edie Brickell, Claire Danes, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Hayes, James Earl Jones, Daniel Dae Kim, Carole King, Diane Lane, Nathan Lane, Angela Lansbury, Lucy Liu, Steve Martin, Audra McDonald, Marlee Matlin, Patina Miller, Andrew Rannells, Saoirse Ronan, Barbra Streisand, Blair Underwood and Oprah Winfrey.

PERFORMANCES:
From the productions:
Spring Awakening, The Color Purple, On Your Feet!, Hamilton, Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, Waitress, Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me, School of Rock and Bright Star.

BROADCAST:
Monday June 13 from 10am AEST on Foxtel Arts

NOMINEES:

Best musical
“Bright Star”
“Hamilton”
“School of Rock — The Musical”
“Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”
“Waitress”

Best revival of a musical
“The Color Purple”
“Fiddler on the Roof”
“She Loves Me”
“Spring Awakening”

Best play
“Eclipsed”
“The Father”
“The Humans”
“King Charles III”

Best revival of a play
“Blackbird”
“The Crucible”
“Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
“Noises Off”
“A View from the Bridge”

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Alex Brightman, “School of Rock — The Musical”
Danny Burstein, “Fiddler on the Roof”
Zachary Levi, “She Loves Me”
Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Hamilton”
Leslie Odom Jr., “Hamilton”

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Laura Benanti, “She Loves Me”
Carmen Cusack, “Bright Star”
Cynthia Erivo, “The Color Purple”
Jessie Mueller, “Waitress”
Phillipa Soo, “Hamilton”

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Gabriel Byrne, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
Jeff Daniels, “Blackbird”
Frank Langella, “The Father”
Tim Pigott-Smith, “King Charles III”
Mark Strong, “A View from the Bridge”

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Jessica Lange, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
Laurie Metcalf, “Misery”
Lupita Nyong’o, “Eclipsed”
Sophie Okonedo, “The Crucible”
Michelle Williams, “Blackbird”

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Daveed Diggs, “Hamilton”
Brandon Victor Dixon, “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”
Christopher Fitzgerald, “Waitress”
Jonathan Groff, “Hamilton”
Christopher Jackson, “Hamilton”

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple”
Renée Elise Goldsberry, “Hamilton”
Jane Krakowski, “She Loves Me”
Jennifer Simard, “Disaster!”
Adrienne Warren, “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Reed Birney, “The Humans”
Bill Camp, “The Crucible”
David Furr, “Noises Off”
Richard Goulding, “King Charles III”
Michael Shannon, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Pascale Armand, “Eclipsed”
Megan Hilty, “Noises Off”
Jayne Houdyshell,” The Humans”
Andrea Martin, “Noises Off”
Saycon Sengbloh, “Eclipsed”

Best book of a musical
“Bright Star,” Steve Martin
“Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda
“School of Rock — The Musical,” Julian Fellowes
“Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed,” George C. Wolfe

Best original score
“Bright Star,” Music: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell; Lyrics: Edie Brickell
“Hamilton,” Music and Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
“School of Rock — The Musical,” Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics: Glenn Slater
“Waitress,” Music and Lyrics: Sara Bareilles

Best direction of a play
Rupert Goold, “King Charles III”
Jonathan Kent, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
Joe Mantello, “The Humans”
Liesl Tommy, “Eclipsed”
Ivo van Hove, “A View from the Bridge”

Best direction of a musical
Michael Arden, “Spring Awakening”
John Doyle, “The Color Purple”
Scott Ellis, “She Loves Me”
Thomas Kail, “Hamilton”
George C. Wolfe, “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Best scenic design of a play
Beowulf Boritt, “Thérèse Raquin”
Christopher Oram, “Hughie”
Jan Versweyveld, “A View from the Bridge”
David Zinn, “The Humans”

Best scenic design of a musical
Es Devlin and Finn Ross, “American Psycho”
David Korins, “Hamilton”
Santo Loquasto, “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”
David Rockwell, “She Loves Me”

Best costume design of a play
Jane Greenwood, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
Michael Krass, “Noises Off”
Clint Ramos, “Eclipsed”
Tom Scutt, “King Charles III”

Best costume design of a musical
Gregg Barnes, “Tuck Everlasting”
Jeff Mahshie, “She Loves Me”
Ann Roth, “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”
Paul Tazewell, “Hamilton”

Best lighting design of a play
Natasha Katz, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
Justin Townsend, “The Humans”
Jan Versweyveld, “The Crucible”
Jan Versweyveld, “A View from the Bridge”

Best lighting design of a musical
Howell Binkley, “Hamilton”
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”
Ben Stanton, “Spring Awakening”
Justin Townsend, “American Psycho”

Best choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, “Hamilton”
Savion Glover, “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”
Hofesh Shechter, “Fiddler on the Roof”
Randy Skinner, “Dames at Sea”
Sergio Trujillo, “On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan”

Best orchestrations
August Eriksmoen, “Bright Star”
Larry Hochman, “She Loves Me”
Alex Lacamoire, “Hamilton”
Daryl Waters, “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theater
Sheldon Harnick
Marshall W. Mason

Special Tony Award
National Endowment for the Arts
Miles Wilkin

Regional Theater Tony Award
Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, N.J.

Tony Honors for excellence in the theater
Seth Gelblum
Joan Lader
Sally Ann Parsons

SOCIAL MEDIA:
TonyAwards.com and
Facebook.com/TheTonyAwards
@TheTonyAwards on Instagram and Twitter.

Amended.

2 Responses

  1. “This will be the first time since 1978 that the awards have been broadcast in the US on CBS.”

    CBS has broadcast the Tonys every year since 1978.

  2. Really? They’re going ahead with the Tony Awards?

    I figured they were going to cancel the ceremony and just hand all the awards to ‘Hamilton’…

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