Larry Busacca
It’s Tony time!
The 72nd Tony Awards, Broadway’s equivalent of the Oscars, take place from 8PM (EST) tonight.
Hit shows from the record-breaking[1] 2017-18 theater season, including “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” “The Band’s Visit,” “Once on This Island,” “Mean Girls,” “Angels in America” and “Frozen” will compete at New York’s theater equivalent of the Oscars.
Stars nominated include Amy Schumer, Andrew Garfield, Tina Fey and Denzel Washington. Bruce Springsteen and Andrew Lloyd Webber will be receiving special awards and the Boss, whose own music show electrified Broadway this season, will be performing together with several of the nominated shows.
The Tonys are taking place at Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall and are hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban with Kerry Washington, Robert De Niro and Claire Danes among the guest presenters.
The Tony Awards are being be televised on CBS. CBS, +0.24%[2] and MarketWatch will have full coverage of the winners as they are announced.
Best Actress in a Play:
WINNER: Glenda Jackson, “Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
Condola Rashad, “Saint Joan”
Lauren Ridloff, “Children of a Lesser God”
Amy Schumer, “Meteor Shower”
Best Actor in a Play:
WINNER: A ndrew Garfield, “Angels in America”
Tom Hollander, “Travesties”
Jamie Parker, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Mark Rylance, “Farinelli and The King”
Denzel Washington, “Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
WINNER: Nathan Lane, “Angels in America”
Anthony Boyle, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Michael Cera, “Lobby Hero”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Lobby Hero”
David Morse, “Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
WINNER: Laurie M etcalf, “Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
Susan Brown, “Angels in America”
Noma Dumezweni, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Deborah Findlay, “The Children”
Denise Gough, “Angels in America”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
WINNER: Lindsay Mendez, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Ariana DeBose, “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”
Renée Fleming, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”...