Gestern Nacht wurden die Tony Awards verliehen und Audra McDonald hat den historischen 6. Sieg eingefahren. Kein Darsteller/in hat mehr als sie Zuhause stehen. Sie war Siegreich als „Best Actress in a Play, Best Actress in  a Musical, Best Featured Actress in a Play and Best Featured Actress in a Musical.“

Weitere Preisträger, von denen viele auch im Filmgeschäft tätig sind, sind:

Best Musical „A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder“

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Neil Patrick Harris, „Hedwig and the Angry Inch“

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Jesse Mueller, „Beautiful — The Carole King Musical“

Best Play „All the Way“

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Audra McDonald, „Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill“

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Bryan Cranston, „All the Way“

Best Revival of a Musical „Hedwig and the Angry Inch“

Best Revival of a Play „A Raisin in the Sun“
(I swear this wins Tonys every time it’s revived. And it’s revived ALL THE TIME)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Mark Rylance, „Twelfth Night“

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Lena Hall, „Hedwig and the Angry Inch“

Best Book of a Musical Robert L. Friedman, „A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder“

Best Direction of a Musical Darko Tresnjak, „A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder“

Best Direction of a Play Kenny Leon, „A Raisin in the Sun“

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater „The Bridges of Madison County“
(Strange that this one two music awards and still wasn’t nominated for Original Musical)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical James M. Iglehart, „Aladdin“

Best Choreography Warren Carlyle, „After Midnight“

Best Costume Design of a Musical Linda Cho, „A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder“

Best Costume Design of a Play Jenny Tiramani, „Twelfth Night“

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Sophie Okonedo, „A Raisin in the Sun“
SOPHIE!!!

Best Lighting Design of a Musical Kevin Adams, „Hedwig and the Angry Inch“

Best Lighting Design of a Play Natasha Katz, „The Glass Menagerie“

Special Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Jane Greenwood

Regional Theatre Award Signature Theatre

Isabelle Stevenson Award Rosie O’Donnell

Honors for Excellence in the Theatre Joseph P. Benincasa Joan Marcus Charlotte Wilcox