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>> CYNTHIA!
THEY NEED YOU ON STAGE, LIKE, NOW.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE OPENING NUMBER?
>> Cynthia: I'M FIGURING IT OUT.
>> IT'S THE TONYS!
WE NEED COMEDY, WE NEED DANCE, WE NEED SPECTACLE.
CAN YOU SHOOT GEORGE CLOONEY OUT OF HUMAN CANNON?
>> Cynthia: NO.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> YOU NEED STUNTS.
PUSH ME DOWN THE STAIRS LIKE IN "DEATH BECOMES HER."
>> Cynthia: NO!
>> IT'S FINE!
I'LL GET WORKER'S COMP.
>> WE TALKING OPENING?
WE NEED AMAZING COSTUMES AND QUICK CHANGES.
>> Cynthia: I THINK I HAVE COSTUMES COVERED.
>> CYNTHIA, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO?
[ELPHABA-STYLE VOCALIZING] >> Cynthia: I THINK THAT BELONGS TO
DANIEL RADCLIFFE.
>> CYNTHIA, HUGH JACKMAN CALLED.
HE SAYS WE NEED A HUGE AMOUNT OF TROMBONES.
MORE THAN 75, BUT LESS THAN 77.
>> Cynthia: NO!
>> WELL, THEN WE NEED TO PATTER.
KICK LINE.
>> Cynthia: NO!
>> HWABOON?
>> Cynthia: THANK YOU.
♪ ♪ OPRAH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
>> IT'S THE TONYS.
IT'S YOU.
I HAD TO BE HERE.
>> Cynthia: WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN EVERYONE IS TELLING YOU WHAT YOU
NEED TO DO?
>> FORGET ABOUT THEM, BABE.
THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO DO IS BE YOURSELF.
♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: ♪ SOME FOLKS LAND ALL
THE PUNCHLINES ♪ ♪ AND BARELY BREAK A SWEAT ♪ ♪ WHILE OTHERS
CAN DO PATTER AS THEY DOUBLE-PIROUETTE ♪ ♪ WHETHER
COMEDY OR KICKLINE ♪ ♪ IF YOU'RE DOIN' YOU, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG ♪
♪ AND SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A SONG
♪ ♪ OOH ♪ ♪ SOME MOMENTS CALL FOR GRANDEUR AS MIGHTY TRUMPETS
BLARE ♪ ♪ SOME MOMENTS CALL FOR SLEIGHT OF HAND ♪ ♪ WELL, I
CAN'T HELP YOU THERE ♪ ♪ AND SOMETIMES IT'S CONFETTI ♪ ♪ FROM
CANNONS FIRIN' STEADY ALL NIGHT LONG ♪ ♪ BUT SOMETIMES ALL YOU
NEED ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A SONG ♪ ♪ NOW, WE LOVE A BIG
PRODUCTION WITH SETS THAT TOUCH THE SKY ♪ ♪ WHILE OTHER TIMES
IT'S TRUE THAT LESS IS MORE ♪ ♪ WELL, ABOVE THAT BIG PRODUCTION
♪ ♪ IF YOU REALLY WANNA FLY ♪ ♪ IT'S OUR STORIES AND OUR SONGS
THAT LET US SOAR ♪ ♪ SO I TOOK IN ALL THE VOICES THAT TOLD ME
WHAT TO DO ♪ ♪ AND I LOOKED THROUGH ALL THE CHOICES ♪ ♪ AND
I FOUND ONE THING IS TRUE ♪ ♪ IT'S REALLY VERY SIMPLE ♪ ♪ IT'S
THE THING THAT MAKES YOU SING ♪ ♪ THAT MAKES YOU STRONG ♪ ♪ AND
SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A SONG
♪ WELCOME, BROADWAY INSPIRATIONAL VOICES!
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A SONG ♪ ♪ IT'S
ALL YOU NEED ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A SONG ♪ ♪ IT'S ALL
YOU NEED ♪ ♪ AND SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS SOME FIRST-TIME
NOMINEES ♪ >> ♪ OR WHEN AUDRA GLOWS AS MAMA ROSE ♪ >> ♪ AND WE
ALL SING OUT LOUISE ♪ >> ♪ SING OUT LOUISE ♪ >> ♪ SOMETIMES ALL
YOU NEED IS A PURPOSE TO ATTEND ♪ ♪ OR A STORY OF ROBOTIC LOVE ♪
>> ♪ AND ITS MAYBE HAPPY END ♪ >> ♪ OH-OH ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES ALL YOU
NEED IS TO BELT AS BLOOD DRIPS DOWN ♪ ♪ AND AS SMASH POPS OFF ♪
♪ WELL, HERE COMES GROFF ♪ >> ♪ 'CAUSE JOHNNY'S BACK IN TOWN ♪
>> ♪ OH, SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED ♪ >> ♪ IS ALL THIS TALENT ON
DISPLAY ♪ >> ♪ GIMME ODENKIRK ♪ >> ♪ OR WATCH COLE WERK ♪ >> ♪
AT "OH, MARY!'S
S" CABARET ♪ ♪ OR DEAD DIVAS WHO LITERALLY SLAY ♪ ♪ OR DEAD
OUTLAWS WHO SLOWLY DECAY ♪ >> ♪ CLOONEY, KIERAN, DOWNEY, DENZEL
♪ >> ♪ HALF OF HOLLYWOOD DID A PLAY ♪ ♪ WHILE THE CUBAN RHYTHMS
SWAY ♪ >> ♪ BOOP ♪ >> ♪ THERE'S A MINCEMEAT MATINEE ♪ >> ♪ SEE
BOOP ♪ >> ♪ SHIV ROY IS DORIAN GRAY ♪ >> ♪ YOU GET IT ALL ON
BROADWAY ♪ >> ♪ IT'S ALL ON BROADWAY ♪ ♪ SO WHEN THE WORLD
IS LOOKIN' GLOOMY ♪ ♪ WELL, LET THAT CURTAIN RISE ♪ >> ♪ LET
THAT CURTAIN RISE ♪ >> ♪ 'CAUSE THE ANTIDOTE IS TO FIND YOUR
NOTE ♪ ♪ AS WE ALL HARMONIZE ♪ >> ♪ WHOA ♪ >> ♪ WE'RE HERE AND
HOLDIN' SPACE ♪ >> ♪ HOLDIN' SPACE ♪ >> ♪ 'CAUSE BROADWAY IS
A PLACE WE ALL BELONG ♪ ♪ WHERE SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED ♪ >> ♪
SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED ♪ ♪ YEAH, SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A SONG
♪ ♪ IT'S ALL YOU NEED ♪ >> Cynthia: OKAY, NOW.
THIS IS WHERE YOU ALL JOIN IN.
I CAN'T HAVE YOU BE AFRAID, BECAUSE I'LL PUT THIS MICROPHONE
IN YOUR FACE.
YOU BETTER SING, UNDERSTAND?
>> ♪ SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A SONG ♪ >> Cynthia: I KNOW YOU
CAN SING THAT, COME ON.
>> ♪ SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A SONG ♪ >> ♪ IT'S ALL YOU NEED ♪
♪ SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A SONG ♪ >> [VOCALIZING] >> ♪
SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A SONG ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A
SONG ♪
>> ♪ WELCOME TO THE 78TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS!
♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE 78TH TONY AWARDS.
[APPLAUSE] I'M CYNTHIA ERIVO, AND IT IS SO GOOD TO BE BACK.
AS THEY APPARENTLY SAY IN A VERY FERTILE PIECE OF INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
[LAUGHTER] AND BROADWAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MINE.
WHAT A SEASON!
WHAT A LINEUP OF SHOWS BEING HONORED TONIGHT.
DRAMAS, COMEDIES, STUNNING MUSICALS, ORIGINALS AND
REIMAGINATIONS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.
FEATURING FIRST-TIME NOMINEES LIKE COLE ESCOLA, SADIE SINK,
YES.
SADIE SINK.
[APPLAUSE] LOUIS McCARTNEY, AND AN UP-AND-COMER WHO I THINK WE
ARE GOING TO BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT -- GEORGE CLOONEY.
GOOD FOR YOU, GEORGE!
THINGS ARE GOING YOUR WAY.
I LIKE IT A LOT FOR YOU.
[LAUGHTER] THERE WERE SHOWS THAT TALK ABOUT OUR PRESENT, SHOWS
ABOUT THE FUTURES WE MIGHT LIVE IN, AND SHOWS THAT PAID HOMAGE
TO AMERICA'S SEXIEST HISTORICAL FIGURES -- MARILYN MONROE, BETTY
BOOP, AND FLOYD COLLINS.
[LAUGHTER] ALSO, THIS WAS BROADWAY'S MOST FINANCIALLY
LUCRATIVE YEAR, EVER.
[APPLAUSE] BROADWAY IS OFFICIALLY BACK!
PROVIDED WE DON'T RUN OUT OF CAST MEMBERS FROM "SUCCESSION."
[LAUGHTER] OKAY, THIS IS AMERICAN THEATER'S BIGGEST
NIGHT.
I REALLY AM IN AWE OF THE ARTISTS IN THIS ROOM.
I SAW NEARLY EVERYTHING THAT WAS NOMINATED, AND I AM MOVED TO
HAVE BEEN PART OF THE AUDIENCES DURING THIS INCREDIBLE SEASON.
WHATEVER HAPPENS TONIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
[APPLAUSE] LET'S GET UNDERWAY.
OUR FIRST PRESENTERS ARE TWO BEST FRIEND FROM THE '80s WHO
ARE GOING TO BE TOGETHER ON STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS
FALL.
PLEASE WELCOME TWO MEN WHO CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS MOST
EXCELLENT, KEANU REEVES AND ALEX WINTER.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Alex: WE ARE THRILLED TO BE REUNITING FOR
A NEW ADVENTURE THIS SEPTEMBER ON BROADWAY IN SAMUEL BECKETT'S
"WAITING FOR GODOT."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Keanu: AND TONIGHT WE ARE HONORED TO
PRESENT THE FIRST TONY AWARD OF THE EVENING, CELEBRATING
EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCES THAT ILLUMINATED THIS RECORD-BREAKING
SEASON.
A TOTAL OF 31 DISTINCT AND ENGAGING CHARACTERS WERE CREATED
BY THESE FIVE INCREDIBLE TALENTS.
>> Alex: HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY.
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: LAURA DONNELLY, "THE HILLS OF
CALIFORNIA."
MIA FARROW, "THE ROOMMATE."
LATANYA RICHARDSON JACKSON, "PURPOSE."
SADIE SINK, "JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN."
SARAH SNOOK, "THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY."
[APPLAUSE] >> Keanu: AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO...
SARAH SNOOK, "THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: EMMY-WINNING ACTRESS
SARAH SNOOK HAS A TONY AWARD FOR HER TO AWARD FOR HER T BROADWA
DEBUT.
♪ ♪ >> HI!
IT DOES SPIN.
I SAW IT IN THE VIDEO AND IT DOES SPIN, IT'S AMAZING.
[LAUGHS] THIS IS AN INTIMIDATING ROOM FULL OF INCREDIBLE TALENTED
PEOPLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
THIS MEANS SO MUCH FOR A LITTLE AUSTRALIAN GIRL TO BE HERE ON
BROADWAY.
THANK YOU TO MY INCREDIBLE TEAM, UTA, BILLY, SCOTT, JENNY, AND
BEN, AND JUST EVERYBODY ON STAGE.
IT IS BILLED AS A ONE PERSON SHOW AND I DON'T FEEL ALONE ANY
NIGHT THAT I DO THIS SHOW.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE STAGE MAKING IT WORK AND SO MANY
PEOPLE BEHIND THE STAGE MAKING IT WORK.
IN PARTICULAR, A HUGE THANK YOU TO KIP WILLIAMS, WHO IS
INCREDIBLE, TO CREATE THIS.
[APPLAUSE] AND AN EXCEPTIONAL THANK YOU, THE BIGGEST THANK YOU
I CAN EVER GIVE TO MY HUSBAND, MY SOULSMATE, YOU ARE SO
BRILLIANT HOLDING FAMILY TOGETHER AND LOOKING AFTER THE
PHONES.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: FROM "DEATH BECOMES HER," PLEASE
WELCOME MICHELLE WILLIAMS.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Michelle: DULL, GLOWLESS SKIN, WATTLING
TURKEY NECKS, SAGGING, SHAPELESS BREASTS, AND THAT'S JUST THE
FRONT ROW.
[LAUGHTER] NOT YOU GUYS, NOT YOU GUYS.
THE FIRST NOMINATED MUSICAL IS AN OUTRAGEOUSLY FUNNY NEW COMEDY
THAT'S SERVING ETERNAL YOUTH, WITH KILLER SIDE EFFECTS.
MEET MADELINE ASHTON, GLAMOROUS, VAIN ACTRESS, AND HELEN SHARP
HER FRENEMY WITH A VENDETTA.
I PLAY VIOLA VAN HORN, MYSTERIOUS, MAGICAL, AND SELLING
YOUTH BY THE VIAL, HONEY.
IN THIS NUMBER, MADELINE TAKES CENTER STAGE IN HER BROADWAY
SHOW, "ME!
ME!
ME!"
GIVE IT UP FOR MEGAN HILTY AND MY HILARIOUS CAST MATES FROM
"DEATH BECOMES HER!"
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ WHY IS A GIRL LIKE ME SITTING
HERE IN THIS CHAIR ♪ ♪ COMBING HER HAIR AND PAINTING HER FACE ♪
♪ IN THE CHASE TO STAY YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL?
♪ ♪ WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE ♪ ♪ THAT I DO IT ALL FOR
YOU?
♪ ♪ FOR THAT GLIMMER IN YOUR EYE, FOR YOUR GAZE ♪ ♪ YES,
EVERYTHING I DO IS FOR THE GAZE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I'LL DO AN OUTFIT
CHANGE, I'LL DO A TWIRL ♪ ♪ I'LL DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO BE
YOUR GIRL ♪ ♪ I'LL BE YOUR TINY DANCING QUEEN ♪ ♪ YOUR JUDY,
GAGA, CHER, CELINE ♪ ♪ I'LL OPTION UP ON CERTAIN MATINEES ♪
♪ BUT ONLY FOR THE GAZE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ SHE WON'T GO QUIETLY ♪ ♪
OR BE IGNORED ♪ ♪ IT'S TRUE ♪ ♪ BE CAREFUL IF YOU PUSH HER ♪ ♪
SHE'LL GO OVERBOARD, SPLISH-SPLASH ♪ ♪ WITH EVERY
MOVE WE LOVE HER MORE ♪ ♪ WE LOVE HER 'CAUSE SHE DOES IT FOR
THE GAZE ♪ >> ♪ I'M JUST A 20-SOMETHING INGENUE ♪ ♪
BEVELING BEFORE YOU, BEGGING FOR YOUR PRAISE ♪ ♪ PLEASE LOVE ME ♪
♪ GIVE ME THE GAZE ♪ ♪ THE GAZE LOVE ME ♪ ♪ I NEED THE GAZE, THE
GAZE LOVE ME ♪ ♪ THE GAZE LOVE ME ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HUH!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> WHOO!
♪ ♪ ♪ OOH, AAH ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ OOH, AAH ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ OH, IT'S THE
GREATEST GIFT ♪ ♪ THE GREATEST LOVE ♪ ♪ THE GREATEST CLUB TO
GET TO BE A MEMBER OF ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE IF YOU ASK ME, WHEN PUSH COMES
TO SHOVE ♪ ♪ IT'S FOR THE GAZE ♪ ♪ FORGIVE ME IF I'M COMING ON
TOO STRONG ♪ ♪ I JUST WANT TO BE LOVED AND FEEL LIKE I BELONG ♪ ♪
THAT'S WHY I WEAR THIS LITTLE GOWN AND SING THIS LITTLE SONG ♪
♪ IT'S FOR THE GAZE ♪ ♪ I'D DO ANYTHING FOR ♪ >> ♪ SHE'D DO
ANYTHING FOR ♪ >> ♪ WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS WHOLE DAMN SHOW ♪ ♪ IS
FOR THE GAZE ♪ >> ♪7 ALL FOR THE GAZE, THE GAZE ♪ >> ♪ ANYTHING
FOR THE GAZE ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Brian: UP NEXT,
THE HEART-PUMPING RHYTHMS OF "BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB."
AND LATER, THE ORIGINAL COMPANY OF "HAMILTON" REUNITES FOR A
SPECTACULAR TENTH ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE.
I'M BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL, AND I'LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT.
THE TONY AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> Cynthia: WE'RE BACK AT THE BEAUTIFUL RADIO CITY
MUSIC HALL.
REAL QUICK, EVERYONE, HOUSE RULES AND SUGGESTED ETIQUETTE.
NO EATING, NO TEXTING.
IF YOU ARE NOMINATED AND LOSE, SMILE AND PRETEND, LIKE WE'VE
ALL HAD TO DO.
[LAUGHTER] MORE IMPORTANTLY: FROM YOUR SEAT TO THE
MICROPHONE, 90 SECONDS TO SPEAK.
90 SECONDS.
IF YOU GO OVER, YOU WILL BE PLAYED OFF, OR I WILL SING YOU
OFF.
♪ AND NOW THE END IS NEAR, AND SO I FACE MY FINAL CURTAIN ♪
DON'T MESS WITH ME.
I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO CAST A FEW SPELLS IN MY TIME.
AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, SPEAK FROM THE HEART.
OKAY, OUR NEXT PRESENTERS INCLUDE ONE OF MY SISTERS, AN
OSCAR AND TONY NOMINEE WHO HAS STARRED IN TWO "COLOR PURPLES,"
AND A STAR OF THIS SEASON'S TONY-NOMINATED REVIVAL OF "OUR
TOWN."
PLEASE WELCOME DANIELLE BROOKS AND KATIE HOLMES.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Danielle: EACH TIME THE CURTAIN RISES, A
NEW ENCOUNTER AND A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR ACTORS AND THEIR
AUDIENCE BEGINS.
THE INTIMACY AND IMMEDIACY OF THAT RELATIONSHIP EXISTS ONLY
ONCE AS THE NEXT GROUP OF THEATERGOERS CREATES AN EXCITING
NEW DYNAMIC.
>> Katie: IT WAS A PLEASURE TO COME BACK TO BROADWAY THIS YEAR
FOR THE UNRIVALED THRILL OF BECOMING ONE WITH THE AUDIENCES
HERE.
THESE NEXT ARTISTS INSPIRED THE THEATERGOERS OF TODAY AND THE
PERFORMERS OF TOMORROW.
THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A
FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY.
>> Announcer: GLENN DAVIS, "PURPOSE."
GABRIEL EBERT, "JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN."
FRANCIS JUE, "YELLOW FACE."
BOB ODENKIRK, "GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS."
CONRAD RICAMORA, "OH, MARY!"
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Danielle: AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S TONY
AWARD GOES TO...
FRANCIS JUE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: THIS IS THE FIRST
NOMINATION ANTONIO WARD WIN FOR YALE GRADUATE FRANCIS JUE.
>> 20 YEARS AGO, WONDERFUL ACTOR, SINGER ALVIN NG GAVE ME
THIS TUX.
HE HAD IT MADE FOR HIMSELF FOR THE OPENING OF "PACIFIC
OVERTURES" ON BROADWAY IN 1976.
WHEN HE GAVE IT TO ME HE TOLD ME HE WANTED ME TO WEAR IT WHEN I
ACCEPTED MY TONY AWARD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I AM ONLY HERE BECAUSE OF THE
ENCOURAGEMENT AND INSPIRATION OF GENERATIONS OF WONDERFUL,
DENERATIONS OF WONDERFUL, DESERATIONS OF WONDERFUL,
DESERVTIONS OF WONDERFUL, DESERVINONS OF WONDERFUL,
DESERVING S OF WONDERFUL, DESERVING ASOF WONDERFUL,
DESERVING ASIA WONDERFUL, DESERVING ASIAN ONDERFUL,
DESERVING ASIAN ARDERFUL, DESERVING ASIAN ARTIRFUL,
DESERVING ASIAN ARTISTUL, DESERVING ASIAN ARTISTS ,
DESERVING ASIAN ARTISTS WHO CAME BEFORE ME.
[APPLAUSE] AND NEVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAVE HAD.
IT CAN BE DIFFICULT IN CHALLENGING TIMES TO BE BRAVE,
SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SCOTT ELLIS AND ROUNDABOUT THEATER FOR
DARING TO DO A PLAY CALLED "YELLOW FACE" IN AN ELECTION
SEASON.
THANK YOU TO DAVID HENRY LONG FOR ME AND SO MANY OTHERS OF
VOICE.
THANK YOU TO THE BILLY DIRECTOR, LEIGH SILVERMAN , WHOSE
INTEGRITY MADE THIS ENTIRE GORGEOUS PRODUCTION SEWE ENTIRE
GORGEOUS PRODUCTION SEW SEWER.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T FEEL SEEN, FOR THOSE BEING TARGETED IN
THESE AUTHORITARIAN TIMES, I SEE YOU.
AT ITS BEST, THIS COMMUNITY SEES YOU.
[APPLAUSE] AND I HOPE THAT ENCOURAGES YOU TO BE BRAVE AND
TO DREAM AND TO DREAM BIG.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] MUSIC OF THE HOME >> Cynthia: PLEASE WELCOME
EMMY-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER JULIANNE HOUGH.
[APPLAUSE] >> Julianne: EARLIER TONIGHT, PATRICIA DELGADO AND
JUSTIN PECK RECEIVED THE TONY FOR THEIR AMAZING CHOREOGRAPHY
OF THE NEXT NOMINATED MUSICAL.
INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS, IT TRANSPORTS US TO HAVANA, WHERE
BLAZING TRUMPETS AND SIZZLING GUITARS SET THE DANCE FLOOR ON
FIRE.
SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE LEGENDS WHO LIVED IT, FORGOTTEN
MUSICIANS ARE REUNITED TO IMMORTALIZE THEIR HISTORIC CUBAN
SOUND AS ONE WOMAN DISCOVERS THE MUSIC THAT WILL FOREVER CHANGE
HER LIFE.
PLEASE WELCOME THE COMPANY OF "BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB."
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> THERE'S THIS PLACE IN MARIANAO -- WE ARE
PLAYING THERE TONIGHT.
>> ISN'T THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DANGEROUS?
>> IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, SO PEOPLE MAKE CERTAIN
ASSUMPTIONS.
BUT I PROMISE, IT'S SAFE.
>> WHAT'S THIS PLACE CALLED?
♪ ♪ >> THE BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB ♪ ♪ ♪ AY, CANDELA, CANDELA
♪ ♪ CANDELA ME QUEMO AÉ ♪ ♪ AY, CANDELA, CANDELA ♪ ♪ CANDELA ME
QUEMO AÉ ♪ ♪ PUSO UN BAILE UNA JUTÍA, PARA UNA GRAN DIVERSIÓN ♪
♪ DE TIMBALERO UN RATÓN, QUE ALEGRABA EL CAMPO UN DÍA ♪ ♪ UN
GATO TAMBIÉN VENÍA, ELEGANTE Y PLACENTERO ♪ ♪ BUENAS NOCHES,
COMPAÑERO, SIEMPRE FIJO HACIA EL TIMBAL ♪ ♪ PARA EL CHIVO DE
TOCAR, PARA DESCANSAR UN POCO ♪ ♪ SALIÓ EL RATÓN MEDIO LOCO,
TAMBIÉN VOY A DESCANSAR ♪ ♪ Y EL GATO EN SU BUEN BAILAR, BAILABA
UN DANZÓN LIVIANO ♪ ♪ EL RATÓN SE SUBE AL GUANO, Y DICE BIEN
PLACENTERO ♪ ♪ Y AHORA SI QUIEREN BAILAR, BUSQUENSE OTRO
TIMBALERO ♪ ♪ AY, CANDELA, CANDELA ♪ ♪ CANDELA ME QUEMO AÉ
♪ ♪ AY, CANDELA, CANDELA ♪ ♪ CANDELA ME QUEMO AÉ ♪ ♪ AY,
CANDELA, CANDELA ♪ ♪ CANDELA ME QUEMO AÉ ♪ ♪ AY, CANDELA,
CANDELA ♪ ♪ CANDELA ME QUEMO AÉ ♪ ♪ AY, CANDELA, CANDELA ♪ ♪
CANDELA ME QUEMO AÉ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ AY!
♪ ♪ ME QUEMÓ AÉ ♪ ♪ DILÁN, DILÁN ♪ ♪ ME QUEMÓ AÉ ♪ ♪ DIDILÁN,
DIDILÁN ♪ ♪ ME QUEMÓ AÉ ♪ ♪ DILÁN, DILÁN, DILÁN ♪ ♪ ME QUEÓO
AÉ ♪ ♪ DI-DI-DI-DI-DI-DI-DI DILÁN ♪ ♪ ♪ ME QUEMÓ AÉ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ME QUEMÓ AÉ ♪ ♪ AY, OMARA QUE ME QUEMO ♪ ♪ ME QUEMÓ AÉ ♪ ♪
MIRA QUE ME ESTOY QUEMANDO ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ME QUEMÓ AÉ ♪ ♪ MÍRALO QUÉ
RICO ESTÁ ♪ ♪ ME QUEMÓ AÉ ♪ ♪ OYE MIRA MI PASILLO ♪ ♪ ME QUEÓO
AÉ ♪ ♪ QUE TE QUEMA ♪ ♪ LA CANDELA MULATONA ♪ ♪ ME QUEMÓ ÉE
♪ ♪ ME QUEMÓ AÉ ♪ >> i >>
¡ESO!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NEXT, JONATHAN GROFF SINGS THE MUSIC OF BOBBY
DARIN.
AND, COMING UP, THE ORIGINAL COMPANY OF "HAMILTON" WITH A
LIVE MIX TAPE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE.
THE TONY AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: WE'RE BACK.
HE MADE HIS BRADWAY DEBUT IN "CABARET," AND SHE'S CURRENTLY
ON STAGE IN "& JULIET."
ADAM LAMBERT AND CHARLI D'AMELIO.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Charli: MEETING YOUNG FANS AND HEARING
HOW EXCITED THEY ARE ABOUT LIVE THEATER HAS BEEN AN AMAZING
GIFT.
THANKS TO THE BROADWAY LEAGUE'S PROGRAM, BROADWAY BRIDGES, MORE
THAN 120,000 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEW YORK CITY HAVE
SEEN A SHOW FOR JUST $10.
>> Adam: IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL NEVER
FORGET.
MANY OF THEM WERE NO DOUBT INSPIRED BY OUR NEXT NOMINEES
FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL.
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: BROOKS ASHMANSKAS, "SMASH."
JEB BROWN, "DEAD OUTLAW."
DANNY BURSTEIN, "GYPSY."
JAK MALONE, "OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL."
TAYLOR TRENSCH, "FLOYD COLLINS."
♪ ♪ >> Charli: AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO...
JAK MALONE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: FOR HIS BROADWAY
DEBUT, JAK MALONE EARNS HIS FIRST TONY NOMINATION AND WIN.
♪ ♪
>> [LAUGHS] THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING, THE
BROADWAY LEAGUE, AND TO THIS INCREDIBLE BROADWAY COMMUNITY
FOR YOUR WARMTH, GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT, AND THE FULFILLMENT OF A
LIFELONG DREAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE ON THE TEAM, OUR PRODUCERS,
CREATIVES, CAST, AND THE EXCEPTIONAL TEAM.
IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO COME TO WORK WITH YOU EACH DAY.
ALL WE DO IS LAUGH.
THANK YOU, MUCH LOVE, AND I'VE THE BEST DRESSER IN ALL OF
BROADWAY AND HIS NAME IS JIM.
THANK YOU TO MY WONDERFUL AGENTS, GERI ALLAN FOR THE
NOTES, CLAIRE HAULED FOR BEING IN SPACE AND FROM DAY ONE FOR
THANK YOU FOR WRITING WHAT I BELIEVED TO THE BEST BELIEVED TO
THE BE BEST MUSICAL THEATER SONG IN RECENT HISTORY AND NOT HAVING
THE GOOD SENSE TO SING YOURSELVES.
THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY WATCHING IN ENGLAND AND THANK YOU TO MY
FAMILY WHO CAME OUT TO HAVE THIS ADVENTURE TO ME.
YOU ARE MY WHOLE HEART AND I WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT YOU AND
I'M GRATEFUL EVERY DAY.
THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS THIS: EIGHT TIMES A WEEK I
WALK OUT ON THAT STAGE UNTIL THE AUDIENCE ON A WOMAN.
AND I'M NOT ONE.
I ONLY CONVEY IT THROUGH SIMPLE ADJUSTMENT TO POSTURE, VOICE,
AND ENERGY, BUT NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THE AUDIENCE IS BELIEVE IN
HESTER.
IF YOU WATCHED OUR SHOW AND FOUNDERS OF BELIEVING IN HESTER,
I'M SO GLAD TO TELL YOU THAT INTENTIONALLY OR OTHERWISE YOU
MIGHT HAVE JUST BID FAREWELL TO CYNICISM, OUTDATED IDEAS OF THAT
ROTTEN OLD BINARY AND OPEN YOURSELF UP TO A WORLD THAT'S
ALREADY OUT THERE IN GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOR AND ISN'T GOING AWAY
ANYTIME SOON.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: SO SORRY.
YOU CAUGHT ME ENJOYING THE SHOW.
COULD YOU TAKE THAT?
AND HER NAME IS CYNTHIA, TOO.
CONGRATULATIONS TO JAK MALONE.
CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] YES, YES.
I'M UP IN THE BALCONY, BECAUSE I ADORE A BIT OF BALCONY.
I'M 5'1", AND IT'S THE BEST CHANCE FOR ME TO GET A CLEAR
VIEW OF THE STAGE.
I SAW PRODUCTION WHICH SHALL NOT BE NAMED, BUT I WILL SAY IT WAS
A "SMASH."
A WELL-INTENTIONED YOUNG MAN RAN UP TO ME AND SAID, "DO YOU NEED
THIS?"
BEFORE TRYING TO HAND ME AN ACTUAL BOOSTER SEAT.
[LAUGHTER] BALCONY SEATS SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
EVERYONE LOVES A BALCONY SEAT, EXCEPT, AS WE LEARNED THIS
SEASON, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
[AUDIENCE REACTS] THE BALCONY'S ALSO THE BEST AND SAFEST PLACE
TO SEE JONATHAN GROFF SAYING -- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WITHOUT
GETTING SPIT ON, IF THAT'S NOT YOUR THING.
SO PLEASE WELCOME A MAN WHO MAKES EVERYONE WET.
[LAUGHTER] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] FROM "JUST IN TIME," AS BOBBY
DARIN, MY FRIEND, THE INCREDIBLE JONATHAN GROFF.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ OH, THE SHARK, BABE, HAS SUCH TEETH,
DEAR ♪ ♪ AND HE SHOWS THEM, PEARLY WHITE ♪ ♪ JUST A
JACKKNIFE HAS OLD MacHEATH, BABE ♪ ♪ AND HE KEEPS IT OUTTA SIGHT
♪ NOW ON THE SIDEWALK, AH-HUH ♪ ♪ OOH, SUNDAY MORNIN', AH-HUH ♪
♪ LIES A BODY JUST OOZIN' LIFE ♪ ♪ EEK!
♪ ♪ AND SOMEONE'S SNEAKIN' 'ROUND THE CORNER ♪ ♪ COULD THAT
SOMEONE BE MACK THE KNIFE?
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU LOVE THAT LASTS FOREVER ♪ ♪ AND THE
PROMISE TO BE NEAR EACH TIME YOU CALL ♪ ♪ AND THE ONLY HEART I
OWN, FOR YOU AND YOU ALONE ♪ ♪ THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL ♪ ♪ I CAN
ONLY GIVE YOU COUNTRY WALKS IN SPRINGTIME ♪ ♪ AND A HAND TO
HOLD WHEN LEAVES BEGIN TO FALL ♪ ♪ AND A LOVE WHOSE BURNING LIGHT
♪ ♪ WILL WARM THE WINTER NIGHT ♪ ♪ THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL ♪ I'VE
DONE A LOT OF THINGS AND I'VE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT OF THE
DAY, I AM A NIGHTCLUB ANIMAL!
♪ ♪ ♪ ONCE IN A LIFETIME ♪ ♪ A MAN KNOWS A MOMENT ♪ ♪ ONE
WONDERFUL MOMENT ♪ ♪ WHEN FATE GRABS HIS HAND ♪ ♪ AND THIS IS
MY MOMENT ♪ ♪ MY ONCE IN A LIFETIME ♪ ♪ WHEN I CAN EXPLORE
♪ ♪ A NEW AND EXCITING LAND ♪ ♪ FOR ONCE IN MY LIFETIE ♪ ♪ YA
KNOW I FEEL LIKE A GIANT ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE ♪ ♪ AS
THOUGH I HAD WINGS ♪ ♪ FOR THIS IS MY MOMENT ♪ ♪ MY DESTINY
CALLS ME ♪ ♪ AND THOUGH IT MAY BE ♪ ♪ JUST ONCE IN MY LIFETIME
♪ ♪ I'M GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS ♪ ♪ LOOK OUT, OL' MACKIE IS
BACK!
♪ ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NEXT, NICOLE SCHERZINGER WITH A PERFORMANCE
FROM "SUNSET BLVD."
AND THEN, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA AND THE ORIGINAL COMPANY OF
"HAMILTON" REUNITE FOR A LANDMARK LIVE MIX TAPE.
THE TONY AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Cynthia: WE ARE BACK WITH A BROADWAY VETERAN AND AN ACTOR
WHO IS MAKING HIS BROADWAY DEBUT THIS FALL IN "HARRY POTTER AND
THE CURSED CHILD," CARRIE PRESTON AND TOM FELTON.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Carrie: THE FULLY REALIZED CHARACTERS
CREATED BY THIS NEXT GROUP OF ARTISTS ARE SHINING EXAMPLES OF
THE SHEER VARIETY OF OFFERINGS ON BROADWAY.
THEY GAVE US SOME OF THE BOLDEST AND BRAVEST HUMAN MOMENTS OF THE
SEASON.
>> Tom: THE INTENSITY THEY BRING TO THEIR ROLES ENRICHES NOT ONLY
THE WRITING, BUT THE PERFORMANCES OF THEIR FELLOW
ARTISTS.
THEIR COMMITMENT TO REALITY IS WHAT MAKES LIVE THEATER SO
THRILLING AND VIBRANT.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED
ACTRESS IN A PLAY.
>> Announcer: TALA ASHE, "ENGLISH."
JESSICA HECHT, "EUREKA DAY."
MARJAN NESHAT, "ENGLISH."
FINA STRAZZA, "JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN."
KARA YOUNG, "PURPOSE."
>> Carrie: AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S TONY AWARD GOES
TO...
KARA YOUNG, "PURPOSE."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: THIS IS THE FOURTH
YEAR IN A ROW KARA YOUNG HAS EARNED A NOMINATION IN THIS
CATEGORY, AND TONIGHT SHE SCORES HER SECOND CONSECUTIVE TONY WIN.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO -- WOW, HI!
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING.
THANK YOU TO THE BROADWAY LEAGUE, THANK YOU TO MY MOTHER
AND MY FATHER.
MY MOTHER, WHO IS MY DATE, VANESSA JENKINS YOUNG.
MY BELIZEAN QUEEN OF THE BAY WHO COOKED AND STEWED AND BREWED ME
FOR NINE MONTHS.
THANK YOU.
MY FATHER, KLAY YOUNG, AND MY BROTHER, KLAY JR.
I LOVE YOU GUYS.
TO MY PARTNER, WHO IS EVERYTHING, AND TO BRANDEN
JACOBS-JENKINS, PULITZER PRIZE WINNING BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS,
SERIOUS LIKE A NATURAL STORM, AND ALL AND AL ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO IS BUE UP.
TO THE INCREDIBLE LEGENDARY PHYLICIA RASHAD, WHO IS OUR
DIRECTOR, WHO OPENED WINDOWS AND DOORS AND MOVED MOUNTAINS TO
GUIDE ME THROUGH AZIZA, THIS INCREDIBLE COMPANY PEOPLE I GET
TO BE WITH EIGHT SHOWS A WEEK.
LATANYA RICHARDSON JACKSON, OUR MATRIARCH, THE QUEEN OF NUANCE.
HARRY LENNIX, JON MICHAEL HILL, GLENN DAVIS, MAKING HER A COUPLE
BROADWAY DEBUT.
WRAP IT UP.
THANK YOU TO THE PRODUCERS OF "PURPOSE."
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM SO GRATEFUL.
ONE MORE SECOND.
IN THIS WORLD THAT WE ARE SO DIVIDED, THEATER IS A SACRED
SPACE!
IT'S A SACRED SPACE THAT WE HAVE TO HONOR AND TREASURE.
AND IT MAKES US UNITED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SORRY, CYNTHIA!
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: PLEASE WELCOME A THREE-TIME TONY
WINNER, TWO-TIME NORMA DESMOND, AND THE ONE AND ONLY GLENN
CLOSE.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Glenn: THE FIRST NOMINATED MUSICAL REVIVAL
IS ABOUT A CHARACTER WHO STILL PROWLS THE CORRIDORS OF MY HEART
AND SOUL.
MOVIE STAR NORMA DESMOND IS STILL HAUNTED BY HER MEMORIES
AND STILL PLOTTING HER RETURN TO THE SILVER SCREEN.
JAMIE LLOYD'S THRILLING REIMAGINATION CREATES AN
IMMERSIVE FEVER DREAM TO SHOWCASE THE PERFORMANCE OF RAW
ARTISTRY AND ASTOUNDING BRAVERY.
FROM ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S "SUNSET BLVD.," PLEASE WELCOME
TONY NOMINEE NICOLE SCHERZINGER.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M FRIGHTENED ♪ ♪ I
KNOW MY WAY AROUND HERE ♪ ♪ THE CARDBOARD TREES, THE PAINTED
SCENES, THE SOUND HERE ♪ ♪ YES, A WORLD TO REDISCOVER ♪ ♪ BUT
I'M NOT IN ANY HURRY ♪ ♪ AND I NEED A MOMENT ♪ ♪ THE WHISPERED
CONVERSATIONS IN OVERCROWDED HALLWAYS ♪ ♪ THE ATMOSPHERE AS
THRILLING HERE AS ALWAYS ♪ ♪ FEEL THE EARLY MORNING MADNESS ♪
♪ FEEL THE MAGIC IN THE MAKING ♪ ♪ WHY, EVERYTHING'S AS IF WE
NEVER SAID GOODBYE ♪ ♪ I DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE, THAT'S ALL IN
THE PAST ♪ ♪ THIS WORLD'S WAITED LONG ENOUGH ♪ ♪ I'VE COME HOME
AT LAST ♪
[APPLAUSE] ♪ AND THIS TIME WILL BE BIGGER ♪ ♪ AND BRIGHTER THAN
WE KNEW IT ♪ ♪ SO WATCH ME FLY, WE ALL KNOW I CAN DO IT ♪ ♪
WE'LL HAVE EARLY MORNING MADNESS ♪ ♪ WE'LL HAVE MAGIC IN THE
MAKING ♪ ♪ YES, EVERYTHING'S AS IF WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE ♪ ♪
YES, EVERYTHING'S AS IF WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE ♪ ♪ WE TAUGHT THE
WORLD NEW WAYS TO DREAM ♪
♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NEXT, A ROLLICKING PERFORMANCE FROM
"PIRATES!
THE PENZANCE MUSICAL," AND LATER, A SPECIAL "HAMILTON"
TENTH ANNIVERSARY REUNION.
THE TONY AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
♪ ♪ >> HEY, I'M MULTITASKER DARREN CRISS, AND AT THIS VERY
MOMENT I'VE GOT A LOT ON MY PLATE.
I'M ONE MORE COSTUME CHANGE FROM OVERHEATING.
IN "MAYBE HAPPY ENDING," I PLAY A ROBOT AND, JUST LIKE MY
CHARACTER, I'VE ONLY GOT SO MUCH BATTERY LIFE.
THAT'S WHY, WHEN IT STARTS TO RUN LOW, I NEED A LITTLE BIT OF
CAFFEINE AND SOMETHING REVITALIZING THAT SAYS, "YOU GOT
THIS."
THAT'S WHY PURE LEAF IS THE PERFECT SCENE PARTNER TO GET ME
THROUGH THE SHOW, SO GRAB A PURE LEAF, TAKE A TEA BREAK, AND COME
BACK FOR MORE OF THE TONY AWARDS.
AAH, LET'S GO.
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: SPONSORED BY PURE LEAF ICED TEA.
TAKE A TEA BREAK.
>> AND WE'RE LIVE IN THREE, TWO, ONE -- >> Cynthia: HERE NOW, THE
NEWS.
THIS SEASON BROADWAY AUDIENCES WERE THRILLED BY ENDLESS AMOUNTS
OF ON-STAGE CAMERAS, AN ABUNDANCE OF SERIOUS MEN
SMOKING, AND EXTREMELY BLACK AND WHITE CLOSE-UPS OF EXTREMELY
ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE.
[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] SOURCES SAY THE APPROACH ADDS A SENSE OF
DRAMA AND MYSTERY TO OTHERWISE STRAIGHTFORWARD INFORMATION.
MORE SOON.
AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME A TONY-WINNING PAIR THAT INCLUDES
ONE OF MY TOP TWO GLINDAS -- KRISTIN CHENOWETH AND RACHEL BAY
JONES.
THAT'S THE NEWS.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Kristin: THE 16TH ANNUAL JIMMY AWARDS,
PRODUCED BY THE BROADWAY LEAGUE FOUNDATION, RECOGNIZES TALENTED
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
MORE THAN 100 HOPEFULS WILL COMPETE FOR THIS YEARS AWARDS ON
ON JUNE 23RD.
OH, RACHEL...
I STILL REMEMBER WHEN I WON MY FIRST JIMMY AWARD.
>> Rachel: KRISTIN, THEY JUST STARTED IN 2009.
[LAUGHTER] >> Kristin: YEAH...
THE YEAR I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.
[LAUGHTER] >> Rachel: PAST WINNERS HAVE STARRED ON BROADWAY
IN SHOWS LIKE "DEAR EVAN HANSEN," OR BEEN RECOGNIZED,
LIKE THESE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A
FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL.
>> Announcer: NATALIE VENETIA BELCON, "BUENA VISTA SOCIAL
CLUB."
JULIA KNITEL, "DEAD OUTLAW."
GRACIE LAWRENCE, "JUST IN TIME."
JUSTINA MACHADO, "REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL."
JOY WOODS, "GYPSY."
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Kristin: AND THE TONY AWARD FOR THE BEST
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL, ONE
OF OUR PARTICULAR FAVORITE WORDS OF THE NIGHT...
NATALIE VENETIA BELCON, "WHEN IT WAS.
""BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB."
>> Announcer: OTHER BROADWAY CREDITS INCLUDE " AVENUE Q" AND
"RENT."
SHE EARNS HER FIRST TONY NOMINATION AND WIN.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
[APPLAUSE] AMAZING!
OKAY.
THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS THE 58TH TONY AWARDS.
YEAH.
I MISS THIS PLACE.
ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE, ACTUALLY.
THANK YOU TO THE BROADWAY LEAGUE AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING.
TARO, XAVIER, THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE INCOME EVEN IF IT IS
A 12-YEAR-OLD ASIAN BOY.
SHE SAYS, I'VE GOT YOU, GIRL, AND THERE I AM.
TO MY PRODUCERS, ORIN WOLF, JOHN STILES, PATRICK DALY, BARBARA
BROCCOLI, DAVID YES THAT, BROCCOLI, DAVID YES TH YAZBEK,
THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING YOU THIS.
SAHEEM ALI, I'D LIKE TO CALL HIM "BOOKED AND BUSY," AND OUR
WONDERFUL BOOK WRITER, MARCO RAMIREZ.
THE BAND, MY OBSESSION.
WELL, MY SECOND SESSION.
THE FIRST ONE IS JASON MOMOA.
HEY, JASON.
HOW YOU DOING?
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] AND THE REAL BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB,
WHO OF COURSE WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT.
I HOPE YOU WILL SEE THIS.
I HOPE YOU ARE PROUD OF US.
IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO PORTRAY YOU.
MY FELLOW NOMINEES, YOUR PERFORMANCES ARE ALL INCREDIBLY
INSPIRING.
MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME CRY AND
CACKLE AND COMPLAIN AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
AND MY TEAM, JOHN MASON, PERRY, LAUREN, AND ALEX, THIS IS SUCH
AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO COME BACK THIS WAY AND TO PORTRAY THIS
WOMAN, AND THIS BAND.
I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
GOOD NIGHT.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: PLEASE WELCOME TONY AWARD WINNER
KELLI O'HARA.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Kelli: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
EIGHT TIMES A WEEK, A THEATRICAL LANDMARK SETS SAIL FROM
BROADWAY, AS MY BELOVED ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY
CHARTS A NEW COURSE FOR THE SHOW THAT LAUNCHED MUSICAL COMEDY.
THIS IS "PIRATES!," THE JAZZED-UP REIMAGINING OF GILBERT
AND SULLIVAN'S "PIRATES OF PENZANCE," JOYFULLY RELOCATED TO
THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
NOW TONY AWARD WINNER DAVID HYDE PIERCE AND THE ENTIRE PIRATES!
CREW PERFORM THE CLASSIC, "WE SAIL THE OCEAN BLUE."
AYE, AYE, CAPTAIN.
>> OH, I'M NOT A CAPTAIN.
I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A MODERN MAJOR GENERAL.
HE'S A CAPTAIN!
♪ ♪ >> ♪ I GOT THE SAIL THE OCEAN BLUES ♪ ♪ AND AS PIRATE
KING, I'M MINDLESS ♪ ♪ YET I MIX MY BOOTLEG BOOZE ♪ ♪ WITH THE
MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS ♪ ♪ WITH PLUCK AND PANACHE ♪ ♪ I CAN
BUCKLE AND SWASH ♪ ♪ ALTHOUGH MY HEART IS NOT IRONCLAD, GUYS ♪ ♪
IF I MAY BE SUCCINCT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE EXTINCT ♪ ♪ WE WISH
TO LIVE OR DIE AS BAD GUYS ♪ >> ♪ I WAS ONCE A PIRATE, TOO ♪ ♪
AND A CRAVEN SLAVE TO DUTY ♪ >> ♪ IN A PLEASANT SWITCHEROO ♪ ♪ I
HAVE FOUND MYSELF A CUTIE ♪ >> ♪ WHEN THE TRADEWINDS PLAY OVER
HURRICANE BAY ♪ ♪ I COULDN'T WISH MY LIFE TO BE FINER ♪ ♪ BUT
IF PIRATES APPEAR, THEN I FEAR YOU'LL HEAR ♪ ♪ THIS MAJOR
GENERAL SING >> ♪ BUT YOU'RE LOVED IN A MAJOR WAY ♪ >> ♪ LOVE
HAS THROWN ME OVERBOARD ♪ ♪ IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA, I'M FLAILING
♪ ♪ I'M SINKING FAST AND REVIEWING MY PAST ♪ ♪ WHATEVER
MADE ME TAKE UP SAILING ♪ >> ♪ AHOY, AHOY ♪ >> ♪ THE SITUATION
STINKS ♪ >> ♪ AHOY, AHOY ♪ >> ♪ I GUESS THAT I'M A JINKX ♪ >> ♪
SO WE'LL STAND BY OUR HEARTS ALL DAY ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [SHOES TAPPING]
[WASHBOARD] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> TAKE IT HOME!
♪ ♪ >> ♪ WE'VE A STORY JUST FOR YOU ♪ ♪ OF ROMANCE AND DANCE AND
CROSSED SWORDS ♪ ♪ ONE OF SISTERS BRAVE AND TRUE ♪ ♪ AND
ABOUT TWO DOZEN WASHBOARDS ♪ ♪ AND HERE'S OUR GRAND CONFESSION
♪ ♪ THAT BORDERS ON OBSESSION ♪ ♪ WE LIVE TO GIVE THIS HARDY
HIP-HOO-RAH ♪ ♪ LIFE IS A MARDI GRAS ♪ ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NEXT, A PERFORMANCE FROM "MAYBE HAPPY
ENDING."
THEN, IT'S A LIVE "HAMILTON" MIX TAPE.
THE TONY AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME ACTOR, DIRECTOR,
NEW YORKER, BEN STILLER.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Ben: I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE, BECAUSE
THEATER IS MY PASSION, THE PLACE WHERE I FEEL MOST AT HOME.
THE STAGE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT SANCTUARY FOR ME, DATING ALL THE
WAY BACK TO LAST WEEK, WHEN THE KNICKS LOST THE EASTERN
CONFERENCE FINALS.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.
I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A HUGE CROSSOVER BETWEEN THEATER LOVERS
AND SPORTS FANS.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] YEAH.
THE FIVE DISTINCT VOICES NOMINATED FOR OUR NEXT AWARD
REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY AND EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH OF NEW
MATERIAL THAT CAPTIVATED THEATERGOERS THIS SEASON.
AMONG THEM ARE TONY AND PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS, ALONG WITH THREE
PLAYWRIGHTS WHO ARE MAKING THEIR BROADWAY DEBUTS.
[APPLAUSE] TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE INSPIRATIONS BEHIND THEIR WORKS
ARE SOME OF THE BRILLIANT NOMINATED ARTISTS FROM EACH
PLAY.
♪ ♪ >> GUYS, PLEASE, PLEASE.
I HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS.
"OH, MARY!"
BEGAN AS A STUPID QUESTION I EMAILED TO MYSELF: "WHAT IF ABE
LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION WASN'T SUCH A BAD THING FOR OL' MARY
TODD?"
AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF PAINSTAKINGLY AVOIDING ANY
RESEARCH, I WROTE MY HISTORICALLY INACCURATE PORTRAIT
OF THE BRATTY CURLED FIRST LADY.
IN MY VERSION, MARY IS A FRUSTRATED ALCOHOLIC CABARET
PERFORMER.
IT'S THAT CLASSIC TALE OF ART IMITATING LIFE -- MY LIFE, NOT
HERS.
[APPLAUSE] >> LAST YEAR'S TONY-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT BRANDEN
JACOBS-JENKINS RETURNS TO BROADWAY WITH THIS YEAR'S
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER, "PURPOSE."
WILDLY FUNNY AND EXPLOSIVELY DRAMATIC, "PURPOSE" CENTERS
AROUND THE COMPLEX DYNAMICS OF A POLITICAL DYNASTY LED BY SOLOMON
JASPER, PASTOR AND HERO OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
GATHERED TOGETHER FOR AN EMOTIONAL HOMECOMING, THE FAMILY
MEMBERS EACH WRESTLE WITH WHAT PURPOSE MEANS TO THEM, AS
LONG-BURIED TRUTHS ARE REVEALED, FORCING THEM INTO A RECKONING
WITH THEMSELVES, THEIR FAITH, AND THEIR FAMILY'S LEGACY.
[APPLAUSE] >> IN A SEASIDE TOWN IN 1950s ENGLAND, A MOTHER
DREAMS OF FREEING HER FOUR DAUGHTERS FROM LIVES OF STIFLING
DRUDGERY.
THEIR IMPECCABLY DRILLED SISTER ACT WILL CARRY THEM TO DISTANT
SHORES TO LIVE OUT SPARKLING, EMPOWERED FUTURES.
WHEN THOSE SAME DAUGHTERS GATHER TWO DECADES LATER AT THEIR
MOTHER'S DEATHBED, A LONG-BURIED SECRET WILL CHANGE THEIR STORY
FOREVER.
IN "THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA," JEZ BUTTERWORTH EXPLORES HOW THE
ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.
[APPLAUSE] >> PLAYWRIGHT KIMBERLY BELFLOWER RE-EXAMINES
"THE CRUCIBLE" THROUGH A CONTEMPORARY LENS IN "JOHN
PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN," A PLAY RUNNING ON POP MUSIC, OPTIMISM,
AND FURY.
HER INFECTIOUS COMING-OF-AGE STORY SPEAKS TO MY GENERATION,
AND ALL AUDIENCES, IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE, AND IT'S REALLY FUNNY.
WHEN A GROUP OF SMALL-TOWN TEENAGE GIRLS IN GEORGIA START
TO QUESTION EVERYTHING THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT TO BELIEVE, THEY
JOIN FORCES TO CHALLENGE OLD NARRATIVES AND CREATE NEW ONES,
DANCING TOGETHER AMIDST A WORLD ON FIRE.
[APPLAUSE] >> PRODUCED BY ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY, THE
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING "ENGLISH" WAS WRITTEN BY SANAZ TOOSSI IN
RESPONSE TO THE 2017 MUSLIM TRAVEL BAN.
THIS COMEDY ABOUT LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY FOLLOWS FOUR IRANIAN
ADULTS AND THEIR TEACHER AS SHE PREPARES THEM FOR AN ENGLISH
LANGUAGE EXAM THAT WILL DETERMINE THEIR FUTURES.
THROUGH LINGUISTIC GAMES, ACCENT EXERCISES, AND EVEN THE LYRICS
OF A RICKY MARTIN SONG, THEY ARE ALL CONFRONTED BY THEIR WILDLY
DIFFERENT DREAMS AND WHETHER THEY CAN STILL BE THEMSELVES IN
ANOTHER LANGUAGE.
[APPLAUSE] >> Ben: THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR NOMINEES FOR YOUR
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEATER.
AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO...
"PURPOSE."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Announcer: ACCEPTING THE AWARD
FOR "PURPOSE," AUTHOR BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS AND PRODUCER
GLENN DAVIS.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
>> ALL RIGHT.
DAMN.
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STEPPENWOLF COMMUNITY AND TEAM
PURPOSE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BROADWAY LEAGUE IN THE
AMERICAN THEATRE WING FOR THIS HONOR.
MY FELLOW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AUDREY FRANCIS, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR BROOKE FLANAGAN, AND I DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO
STEPPENWOLF'S LEADERSHIP STAFF, OUR BOARD, AND OUR ENSEMBLE.
THEY ARE WITHOUT QUESTION SOME OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS IN OUR
COUNTRIES, RISK TAKERS AND INNOVATORS WHO HAVE LARGE SUM OF
THE MOST BOLD PLAYS IN THE AMERICAN THEATRICAL CANON.
THANK YOU TO OUR SINGULAR PRODUCER, THE INCOMPARABLE DAVID
STONE.
AND TO THE ENTIRE PRODUCING TEAM FOR GIVING US THIS ONCE A
LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, AND OUR BRILLIANT DIRECTOR, MS.
PHYLICIA RASHAD, THE QUEEN, FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND VISION.
AND THANK YOU TO ASK ORDINARY PLAYWRIGHT, THE GENIUS THAT IS
BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS.
YOU'VE CREATED THIS PLAY WITH US, FOR US.
YOU ARE A CREATIVE GENIUS AND A FRIEND.
I LOVE YOU.
THANK YOU.
ONE OF THE GREAT VOICES OF OUR GENERATION.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, TONY NOMINATORS AND VOTERS AND THANK YOU TO THESE
AUDIENCES THAT HAD BEEN SHOWING UP AND SHOWING OUT, BRINGING
THEIR AUNTIES AND MOM'S ANCESTORS AND MAKING IT A FAMILY
AFFAIR.
I WANT TO THANK MY HUSBAND WHO HAD NO BUSINESS LETTING ME GO TO
CHICAGO TO PLAY MAKE BELIEVE ON THE THTO WITH THE BEST ARTIST IN
AMERICA.
I WANT TO THANK MY TEACHERS, FOR MAKING ME A PLAYWRIGHT, FOR
GIVING A PURPOSE.
I WANT TO THANK MARSHA NORMAN AND CHRISTOPHER FOR TELLING ME
TO STOP BEING A STUDENT AND TO START WRITING.
I WANT TO THANK JEFFREY SCOTT AND LIZ FOR PLUCKING ME OUT OF
THE SLUSH PILE, AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO WHO MADE THIS SHOW WHAT
IT WAS WITH THEIR ENTHUSIASM, WHO SENT PEOPLE HERE.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL THEATERS.
A LOT OF GREAT STUFF HAPPENS IN NEW YORK, BUT A LOT HAPPENS OUT
IN OTHER REGIONS, SO USE YOUR NEXT COMMERCIAL BREAK TO GOOGLE
A LOCAL THEATER NEAR ME, OR HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION
WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HERE WE ARE AGAIN, THEATER'S BIGGEST
NIGHT.
>> TONIGHT ISN'T JUST ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS HERE ON BROADWAY, IT'S
ABOUT OUR ENTIRE THEATER WORLD, FROM SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
CENTERS TO OFF-BROADWAY HOUSES AND REGIONAL STAGES.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES BROADWAY THE LONGEST STREET IN AMERICA.
>> THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING SUPPORTS THEATER MAKERS BY
OFFERING MENTORSHIPS, AWARDING GRANTS, AND OPENING DOORS INTO
THE INDUSTRY, DEVELOPING THE TALENT PIPELINE TO SUSTAIN THE
ART FORM NATIONWIDE.
>> THE POWER OF THEATER REACHES FAR BEYOND THE FOOTLIGHTS.
IT STRENGTHENS OUR SCHOOLS, FUELS OUR ECONOMY, AND DEFINES
OUR NATIONAL LEGACY.
>> WE ARE LIVING THROUGH UNSETTLING AND UNCERTAIN TIMES,
BUT IN MOMENTS OF DARKNESS IT IS ARTISTS WHO ILLUMINATE OUR PATH
FORWARD, AND FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS, THE WING HAS
STOOD WITH OUR ARTISTS.
>> BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE, SO GO SEE A PLAY.
>> JOIN A DRAMA CLUB.
>> SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL THEATER.
>> OR DONATE TO HELP THE NEXT GENERATION TAKE THE STAGE.
VISIT AmericanTheatreWing.org TO ADD YOUR VOICE TO OUR MISSION.
♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: PLEASE WELCOME TONY AWARD WINNER LEA SALONGA.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Lea: THE NEXT NOMINATED MUSICAL TAKES US TO
FUTURE SOUTH KOREA, WHERE ROBOTS OLIVER AND CLAIRE MEET AT A
RETIREMENT HOME FOR OBSOLETE "HELPERBOTS."
WITH LIMITED TIME BEFORE THE BATTERIES FAIL FOR GOOD, THEY
SET OFF ON AN ADVENTURE TO FIND THE LAST OF THE NEARLY EXTINCT
FIREFLIES THAT LIVE DEEP IN THE FORESTS OF JEJU ISLAND.
ALONG THE WAY, THEY DISCOVER LOVE, LOSS, AND THE COMPLEXITIES
OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
PLEASE WELCOME THE COMPANY OF "MAYBE HAPPY ENDING."
[APPLAUSE] >> HOW'S YOUR BATTERY?
>> YOU REALLY DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT ME, OLIVER.
>> I'M NOT WORRYING.
WAS I WORRYING, HWABOON?
>> I CAN'T PROMISE WE ARE GOING TO SEE ANY FIREFLIES.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE DRAGGED YOU HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> WAITING FOR THE LITTLE FOREST ROBOTS.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> JUST STAND STILL.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ HI, TINY FRIEND ♪ ♪ CAN YOU SAY HELLO?
♪ ♪ TELL ME, WHY, TINY FRIEND, DOES YOUR TUMMY GLOW?
♪ ♪ DO YOU FLY JUST FOR FUN ♪ ♪ OR TO GET SOMEWHERE BY THE DAWN?
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ NEVER FLY AWAY, LITTLE ROBOT ♪ ♪ DON'T YOU WANT TO
STAY, LITTLE ROBOT?
♪ ♪ BLINKING ALONE IN THE NIGHT, YOUR LITTLE LIGHT CALLED ME ♪ ♪
PLEASE NEVER FLY AWAY, LITTLE FRIEND ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ WHERE, TINY
FRIEND, DO YOU HAVE TO BE?
♪ >> ♪ DO YOU CARE, TINY FRIEND, WHAT YOU MEAN TO ME?
♪ >> ♪ IF I SWEAR, TINY FRIEND, TO LOOK AFTER YOU ♪ >> ♪ WILL
YOU SLEEP?
♪ >> ♪ NEVER FLY AWAY, LITTLE ROBOT ♪ ♪ STAY ANOTHER DAY,
LITTLE ROBOT ♪ ♪ BLINKING ALONE IN THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ YOUR LITTLE
LIGHT ♪ ♪ CHANGED ME ♪ ♪ NOW NEVER FLY AWAY, LITTLE FRIEND ♪
♪ ♪
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NEXT, JEREMY JORDAN PERFORMS
WITH THE COMPANY OF "FLOYD COLLINS."
PLUS, A LANDMARK LIVE REUNION AS OF "HAMILTON."
THE TONY AWARDS.
TEXT "GAVIN" TO 44321 TO SUPPORT THE WING'S GAVIN CREEL
FELLOWSHIP, AND VISIT AmericanTheatreWing.org TO LEARN
MORE.
THIS IS CBS.
♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> Brian: WELCOME BACK TO THE TONY AWARDS.
AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME PLAYWRIGHT AND TWO-TIME ACADEMY
AWARD NOMINEE JESSE EISENBERG.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Jesse: OUR NEXT NOMINATED MUSICAL REVIVAL
RECOUNTS THE TALE OF A TRUE AMERICAN DREAMER AND CAVE
EXPLORER WHO MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES AND BECAME A TOURIST
ATTRACTION.
IN 1925, WHILE CHASING FAME AND FORTUNE, HE BECAME TRAPPED 200
FEET UNDERGROUND.
ALONE, EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONAL CONTACT WITH HIS FAMILY AND AN
INTREPID REPORTER, HE FIGHTS FOR HIS SANITY -- AND, ULTIMATELY,
HIS LIFE.
PLEASE WELCOME THE COMPANY OF "FLOYD COLLINS."
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ >> ♪ DEEP IN THE LAND OF THE HOLLOWS AND CREEKS ♪ ♪ IF'N YOU
GET LOST, YOU GET LOST FOR WEEKS ♪ ♪ LISTEN TO THE TALE OF A MAN
WHO GOT LOST ♪ ♪ A HUNDRED FEET UNDER THE WINTER FROST ♪ >> ♪
EVEN FLOYD KNEW SOMETHIN' WASN'T RIGHT ♪ ♪ HE WAS SUFFERIN'
NIGHTMARES AT NIGHT ♪ >> ♪ BUT HE DIDN'T WORRY 'BOUT WHAT HE
DREAMED ♪ ♪ THINGS WAS GOIN' GOOD, OR SO IT SEEMED ♪ ♪ WENT
LOOKIN' FOR HIS FORTUNE UNDER THE GROUND ♪ ♪ SURE ENOUGH HIS
FORTUNE IS WHAT HE FOUND ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ALL RIGHT!
LET'S FIND OUT IF THERE IS CAVERN DOWN THERE.
OO-EE!
[NO ECHO] AAGH!
>> Echo: OO-EE!
>> YES!
♪ IF I FOLLOW THAT SOUND ♪ ♪ I COULD FIND WHAT I'M LOOKIN' FOR
♪ ♪ IT COULD BE GLORY CALLIN' ♪ ♪ CALLIN' ME ♪ ♪ CALLIN' ♪ ♪
COME ON, BOY ♪ ♪ YOU CAN DO IT NOW ♪ ♪ YOU CAN HAVE WHAT YOU
DREAM ON ♪ ♪ CALLIN' ♪ ♪ AND COMIN' BACK AND COMIN' CLEAR ♪ ♪
CALLIN' IS WHAT I HEAR ♪ ♪ NO MORE PLOWIN' A HARD-SCRABBLE
FIELD ♪ ♪ I JUST KNOW ♪ ♪ I JUST KNOW IT'S MY LUCKY DAY ♪ WELCOME
TO FLOYD COLLINS' SAND CAVE!
♪ YOU GOT YOUR MAGICAL PASSAGEWAYS ♪ ♪ YOU GOT YOUR
SQUEEZES AND BENDS ♪ ♪ MY KINGDOM IS OPEN ♪ ♪ COME ONE AND
ALL, MY TRAVELING FRIENDS ♪ ♪ I ALWAYS KNEW YOU'D HEAR MY CALL ♪
♪ DOH-OH-EE-OH ♪ >> Echo: ♪ DOH-OH-EE-OH ♪ >> ♪ EE-OH-OH ♪
>> Echo: ♪ EE-OH-OH ♪ >> ♪ GONNA FOLLOW THAT SOUND ♪ ♪ GONNA FIND
WHAT I'M LOOKIN' FOR ♪ ♪ THAT'S MY GLORY CALLIN' ♪ ♪ IT'S
CALLIN' ME ♪ ♪ CALLIN' ♪ ♪ COME ON, BOY ♪ ♪ YOU CAN DO IT NOW ♪
♪ YOU CAN HAVE WHAT YOU DREAM ON ♪ ♪ GLORY, OO-EE-HOO ♪ ♪ AND
COMIN' CLEAR ♪ ♪ GLORY IS WHAT I HEAR ♪ ♪ I ALWAYS KNEW I'D HEAR
THE SOUND ♪ ♪ OF VOICES ALL AROUND ME ♪ ♪ THAT'S THE SOUND
OF GLORY, AFTER ALL ♪ ♪ THAT'S MY CALL ♪ ♪ DOH-OH-EE-OH ♪ >>
Echo: ♪ DOH-OH-EE-OH ♪ >> ♪ EE-OH-OH ♪ >> Echo: ♪ EE-OH-OH ♪
>> ♪ OO-EE ♪ >> Echo: ♪ OO-EE ♪ ♪ OO-EE ♪ ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: PLEASE WELCOME THE GREATEST THEATER COUPLE
SINCE KANDER & EBB, SAMUEL L.
JACKSON AND LATANYA RICHARDSON JACKSON.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Samuel: THE PERFORMANCES AND PRODUCTIONS
NOMINATED TONIGHT ARE GLOWING REMINDERS OF BOTH THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE ARTS AND, AS PERFORMERS, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PART OF
THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY.
>> LaTanya: THIS SEASON, BROADWAY THEATERGOERS WERE
STIMULATED BY REVIVALS OF SHAKESPEARE, AN AMERICAN
CLASSIC, AND TWO MODERN WORKS THAT ARE AS TIMELY AND
THOUGHT-PROVOKING AS EVER.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY.
♪ ♪ >> "EUREKA DAY" TAKES PLACE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRIVATE
PROGRESSIVE SCHOOL, AND THEY ARE WRESTLING WITH WHAT YOU DO TO
PROTECT CHILDREN AND EDUCATE THEM IN THE FACE OF
DISAGREEMENT.
>> IF YOU TEASED TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL, I'M SORRY WE COULDN'T
MAKE A WAY TO FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A PLACE YOU HERE.
>> THE PLAY REALLY DEALS WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT SOMEHOW
RELATE TO A MODERN AUDIENCE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WRITTEN 500
YEARS AGO.
>> IT FELT LIKE BROADWAY WAS YOUNG IN OUR EYES, BRINGING IN
SUCH A YOUNG CROWD, HAVING THAT KIND OF ENERGY IN THE ROUND, IT
IS PRETTY UNREAL.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE LIFE TO LOVE LIFE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL A VICIOUS CIRCLE.
>> IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SHOW ABOUT LOVE AND COMMUNITY AND
APPRECIATING YOUR LIFE WHILE YOU HAVE IT.
>> WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ETERNAL SPIRIT, BOTH BEFORE AND
AFTER THAT LIFE ON EARTH.
YOU COULD STUDY THIS FOREVER.
>> IT'S A SHAPE-SHIFTING PLAY.
IT'S A COMEDY ABOUT MISTAKEN RACIAL IDENTITY.
>> ASIAN PARTS MUST ONLY BE PLAYED BY ASIAN ACTORS.
>> THEN BECOMES SOMETHING VERY HEARTFELT.
>> SO MUCH OF THIS PLAY IS ACTUALLY BASED ON TRUE EVENTS.
IT IS AS RELEVANT, IF NOT MORE SO.
THERE IS MORE OF AN AWARENESS OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO
ASPIRE TO.
[APPLAUSE] >> Samuel: AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S TONY
AWARD GOES TO...
"EUREKA DAY."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: ACCEPTING THE AWARD
FOR "EUREKA DAY," PRODUCER LYNNE MEADOW AND AUTHOR JONATHAN
SPECTOR.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THANK YOU TO THE BROADWAY LEAGUE.
SUCH AN HONOR TO BE INCLUDED IN SUCH AN AMAZING SEASON OF PLAYS
ON BROADWAY.
THANKS TO MY THEATER COMMUNITY WHO GAVE ME SPACE TO FIND MY
VOICE AS A WRITER, MY WIFE, MOLLY, WHO MAKES EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE, MY CHILDREN WATCHING AT HOME, MY PARENTS, THE WORLD'S
BEST AGENT, THE REST OF THE TEAM, AND ESPECIALLY OUR
AWE-INSPIRING COLLABORATORS, ANNA SHAPIRO, THIS INCREDIBLE
CAST, THE TEAM BEHIND THE THEATER CLUB, PASSIONATE
SUPPORTERS OF NEW PLAYS, PRODUCING PARTNERS LIKE THE
SINGULAR SONIA FRIEDMAN AND ALL THE ARTISTS WHO ARE PART OF THE
JOURNEY OF THIS PLAY.
I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM ALL OF YOU, SO THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL
HONOR.
ON BEHALF OF MY MANHATTAN THEATER CLUB COLLEAGUES, OUR
STAFF, OUR BOARD, OR OTHER PRODUCING PARTNERS, SONIA
FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING THIS PLAY TO HAPPEN.
IT WAS A JOY TO WORK WITH JONATHAN SPECTOR ON THIS PLAY.
THIS SERIOUSLY FUNNY PLAY, THIS INSIGHTFUL PLAY.
NOW I AM IN MY 50-PLUS YEARS OF MANHATTAN THEATER CLUB AS ITS
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, AND MORE THAN EVER I FEEL SUCH GRATITUDE TO
HAVE THIS PLATFORM TO WELCOME OUR PLAYWRIGHTS, OUR ARTISTS, TO
TELL STORIES LIKE JONATHAN'S THAT IMPACT, ENTERTAIN, AND OPEN
OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS.
I AM S NERVOUS, I'M SHAKING, BUT I FEEL SO PASSIONATELY ABOUT ALL
OF THIS.
CAN YOU HOLD THIS?
[LAUGHTER] OKAY, HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY.
WE CELEBRATE OUR ANCIENT AND TIMELESS ART FORM IN THIS
INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING TIME.
-- >> Cynthia: ♪ AND HOW THE END IS NEAR ♪ >> SO LET'S DOUBLE
DOWN AND GO OUT AND DO MORE GREAT THEATER, LIKE "EUREKA
DAY."
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: IN 2015, A LOT WAS DIFFERENT.
BARACK OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] TIKTOK WASN'T EVEN CALLED TIKTOK YET.
AND I HAD HAIR, AND I WAS BUSY REHEARSING FOR MY BROADWAY DEBUT
IN "THE COLOR PURPLE."
[APPLAUSE] IN A THEATER A BLOCK SOUTH, A NEW PHENOMENON WAS
PLAYING TO SOLD-OUT CROWDS AT THE RICHARD RODGERS.
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA HAD CREATED AND STARRED IN SOMETHING SPECIAL
AT THE PUBLIC, AND EVEN BEFORE ITS TRANSFER TO BROADWAY, PEOPLE
WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS PIECE'S BRILLIANCE.
STILL, NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED WHAT IT WOULD BECOME.
"HAMILTON" REINVIGORATED AMERICAN THEATER, NEARLY SWEPT
THE TONYS, AND CHANGED NOT JUST BROADWAY BUT HOW AMERICANS VIEW
THEIR OWN HISTORY -- OR SO I'M TOLD.
[LAUGHTER] THOSE OF US WHO SAW THE SHOW AMIDST ITS
TRANSFORMATION INTO A CULTURAL FORCE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT
EXPERIENCE, JUST AS THOSE OF US WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SHARE
IN THAT SPECIAL SEASON WILL NEVER FORGET THE EXPLOSION OF
JOY THAT SPILLED ONTO BROADWAY'S SIDEWALKS, AND IS HERE FOR YOU
NOW.
PLEASE WELCOME, TEN YEARS LATER, MY FRIENDS, AND THE ORIGINAL
COMPANY OF "HAMILTON."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ AFTER THE WAR I WENT BACK TO NEW
YORK ♪ >> ♪ AFTER THE WAR I WENT BACK TO NEW YORK ♪ >> ♪ I
FINISHED UP MY STUDIES AND I PRACTICED LAW ♪ >> ♪ I PRACTICED
LAW, BURR WORKED NEXT DOOR ♪ >> ♪ EVEN THOUGH WE STARTED AT THE
VERY SAME TIME ♪ ♪ ALEXANDER HAMILTON BEGAN TO CLIMB ♪ ♪ HOW
TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS RISE TO THE TOP ♪ ♪ MAN, THE MAN IS NONSTOP
♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ I'MA GET A SCHOLARSHIP TO KING'S COLLEGE ♪
♪ I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BRAG, BUT DAG ♪ ♪ I AMAZE AND ASTONISH ♪ ♪
THE PROBLEM IS I GOT A LOT OF BRAINS BUT NO POLISH ♪ ♪ I GOTTA
HOLLER JUST TO BE HEARD ♪ ♪ WITH EVERY WORD I DROP KNOWLEDGE ♪ ♪
I'M PAST PATIENTLY WAITIN' ♪ ♪ I'M PASSIONATELY SMASHIN' EVERY
EXPECTATION ♪ ♪ EVERY ACTION'S AN ACT OF CREATION ♪ ♪ I'M
LAUGHIN' IN THE FACE OF CASUALTIES AND SORROW ♪ ♪ FOR
THE FIRST TIME I'M THINKIN' PAST TOMORROW ♪ >> ♪ AND I AM NOT
THROWING AWAY MY SHOT ♪ ♪ I AM NOT THROWING AWAY MY SHOT ♪ ♪
HEY YO, I'M JUST LIKE MY COUNTRY ♪ ♪ I'M YOUNG, SCRAPPY, AND
HUNGRY ♪ ♪ AND I'M NOT THROWING AWAY MY ♪ ♪ NOT THROWING AWAY MY
SHOT ♪ >> ♪ LOOK AROUND, LOOK AROUND AT HOW LUCKY WE ARE ♪ ♪
TO BE ALIVE RIGHT NOW ♪ >> ♪ LOOK AROUND, LOOK AROUND AT HOW
LUCKY WE ARE ♪ ♪ TO BE ALIVE RIGHT NOW ♪ >> ♪ HISTORY IS
HAPPENING IN MANHATTAN ♪ ♪ AND WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE ♪ ♪ IN THE
GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD ♪ >> ♪ IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE
WORLD ♪ ♪ WORK, WORK ♪ >> ANGELICA.
>> ♪ WORK, WORK ♪ >> ELIZA.
>> AND PEGGY.
>> ♪ WORK, WORK ♪ >> ♪ THE SCHUYLER SISTERS ♪ >> ♪ WORK,
WORK ♪ >> ♪ WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MIND AT WORK ♪ >> ♪ HEY ♪ >> ♪
WORK, WORK ♪ >> ♪ HEY ♪ >> ♪ WORK, WORK ♪ >> ♪ HEY ♪ >> ♪ IN
THE GREATEST CITY ♪ ♪ IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD ♪ >>
♪ IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ LAFAYETTE ♪ >>
♪ I'M TAKIN' THIS HORSE BY THE REINS ♪ ♪ MAKING REDCOATS REDDER
WITH BLOODSTAINS ♪ >> ♪ LAFAYETTE ♪ >> ♪ AND I'M NEVER
GONNA STOP 'TIL I MAKE 'EM DROP ♪ ♪ BURN 'EM UP AND SCATTER THE
REMAINS, I'M ♪ >> ♪ LAFAYETTE ♪ >> WATCH ME ENGAGIN' 'EM ♪ ♪
ESCAPIN' 'EM, ENRAGIN' 'EM ♪ ♪ I'M ♪ >> ♪ LAFAYETTE ♪ >> ♪ NO
ONE HAS MORE RESILIENCE ♪ ♪ OR MATCHES MY PRACTICAL, TACTICAL
BRILLIANCE ♪ >> REALLY?
♪ DA-DA-DA DAT DA ♪ ♪ DAT DA-DA-DA DAYA-DA ♪ ♪ DA-DA DAT
DAT DAYA DA ♪ ♪ DA-DA-DA DAT DA ♪ ♪ DAT DA-DA-DA DAYA DA ♪ ♪ DA
DA DAT DAT -- ♪ EVERYBODY!
>> ♪ DA-DA-DA DAT DA ♪ ♪ DAT DA-DA-DA DAYA-DA ♪ ♪ DA-DA DAT
DAT DAYA DA ♪ >> WE HAD A SPY ON THE INSIDE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
♪ HERCULES MULLIGAN ♪ >> ♪ A TAILOR SPYIN' ON THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT ♪ ♪ I TAKE THEIR MEASUREMENTS, INFORMATION ♪ ♪
AND THEN I SMUGGLE IT ♪ >> ♪ UP ♪ >> ♪ TO MY BROTHER'S
REVOLUTIONARY COVENANT ♪ ♪ I'M RUNNIN WITH THE SONS OF LIBERTY
AND I AM LOVIN' IT ♪ ♪ SEE, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU UP
AGAINST THE RUFFIANS ♪ ♪ WE IN THE NOW, SOMEBODY GOTTA
SHOVEL IT ♪ ♪ HERCULES MULLIGAN ♪ ♪ I NEED NO INTRODUCTION ♪ ♪
WHEN YOU KNOCK ME DOWN, I GET THE -- BACK UP AGAIN ♪ >> ♪ THE
WORLD TURNED UPSI-- ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ I WANNA BE IN THE ROOM WHERE IT
HAPPENS ♪ >> ♪ THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS ♪ ♪ I WANNA BE IN THE
ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS ♪ >> ♪ THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS ♪ ♪ THE
ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS ♪ >> ♪ WHOA-OH ♪ >> ♪ THE ROOM WHERE IT
HAPPENS ♪ >> ♪ I WANNA BE IN ♪ >> ♪ I'VE GOT TO BE ♪ >> ♪ I
WANNA BE IN ♪ >> ♪ I'VE GOT TO BE ♪ >> ♪ IN THE ROOM ♪ >> ♪ THE
ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS ♪ ♪ WE DREAM OF A BRAND-NEW START ♪ >>
♪ BUT WE DREAM IN THE DARK ♪ ♪ FOR THE MOST PART ♪ >> ♪ DARK AS
A TOMB WHERE IT HAPPENS ♪ >> ♪ I'VE GOT TO BE ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT TO
BE ♪ >> ♪ I WANNA BE IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS ♪ >> CLICK,
BOOM.
♪ ♪ >> ♪ LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I WISH I'D KNOWN ♪ ♪ WHEN I WAS
YOUNG AND DREAMED OF GLORY ♪ ♪ YOU HAVE NO CONTROL ♪ ♪ WHO
LIVES, WHO DIES, WHO TELLS YOUR STORY ♪ ♪ I KNOW THAT WE CAN WIN
♪ ♪ I KNOW THAT GREATNESS LIES IN YOU ♪ ♪ BUT REMEMBER, FROM
HERE ON IN ♪ ♪ HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU ♪ >> WHY DO YOU
ASSUME YOU'RE THE SMARTEST IN THE ROOM ♪ >> ♪ LOOK AROUND,
LOOK AROUND ♪ >> ♪ WHY DO YOU ASSUME YOU'RE THE SMARTEST IN
THE ROOM ♪ ♪ WHY DO YOU ASSUME YOU'RE THE SMARTEST IN THE ROOM
♪ >> ♪ SATISFIED, SATISFIED ♪ >> ♪ HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU ♪
>> ♪ I AM NOT THROWIN' AWAY MY ♪
HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU ♪ >> ♪ I AM NOT THROWIN' AWAY MY SHOT
♪ >> ♪ JUST YOU WAIT ♪ >> ♪ I AM NOT THROWIN' AWAY MY SHOT ♪ >> ♪
ALEXANDER HAMILTON ♪ ♪ HAMILTON ♪ ♪ JUST YOU WAIT ♪ >> ♪ I AM
NOT THROWIN' AWAY MY SHOT ♪ ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[OVATION CONTINUES]
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NEXT, SARA BAREILLES JOINS CYNTHIA ERIVO
FOR AN EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE SPECIAL FRIENDS WE LOST THIS
YEAR.
AND LATER, MORE NOMINATED PERFORMANCES FROM BROADWAY'S
BRIGHTEST STARS.
THE TONY AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Cynthia: WE'RE BACK.
PLEASE WELCOME A TONY AWARD WINNER AND A TWO-TIME TONY
NOMINEE, BRYAN CRANSTON AND ALLISON JANNEY.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Bryan: ACTORS ARE -- >> Allison: CLOSER
TO THE MIC, AND ENUNCIATE.
>> Bryan: ENUNCIATE?
OH, YOU'RE DIRECTING ME.
>> Bryan: ACTORS ARE AT OUR MOST INVENTIVE AND REVEALING WHEN
GIVEN THE FREEDOM TO BECOME VULNERABLE.
[LAUGHTER] THERE IS NO GREATER COMFORT THAN TO BE SUPPORTED BY
DIRECTORS WHO ENCOURAGE US TO TAKE RISKS AND CREATE FLIGHTS OF
FANCY, AS WE FIND OUR OWN WAY TO THE TRUTH OF THE MATERIAL.
>> Allison: OKAY.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT TWO AWARDS TO SUCH
VISIONARIES WHO BROUGHT THEIR OWN GENIUS AND INSIGHT TO THE
WRITTEN WORD, AND WHO HAVE TO PUT UP WITH INDULGENT ACTORS.
THE PRODUCTIONS THEY GUIDED ARE LAYERED, COMPLEX, AND IN SOME
CASES DROP-DEAD HILARIOUS.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT.
>> Announcer: KNUD ADAMS, "ENGLISH."
SAM MENDES, "THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA."
SAM PINKLETON, "OH, MARY!"
DANYA TAYMOR, "JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN."
KIP WILLIAMS, "THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY."
>> Bryan: AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S TONY AWARD GOES
TO...
SAM PINKLETON.
"OH, MARY!"
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Announcer: THIS IS THE FIRST
TONY WIN FOR SAM PINKLETON, WHO WAS LAST NOMINATED FOR
CHOREOGRAPHING NATASHA PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS!
TO EVERY DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER IN THIS ROOM, I
SALUTE YOU.
I SHARE THIS AWARD WITH DIRECTORS WHO TOOK A CHANCE ON
ME AS A YOUNG ARTIST.
I WANT TO THANK MY DAD AND MY MOM, WHO DID NOT STOP A LITTLE
GAY BOY FROM DOING LITTLE GAY THINGS.
MY HUSBAND, THANK YOU FOR NOT LETTING ME QUIT THEATER.
COLE ESCOLA!
[APPLAUSE] YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME TO MAKE WHAT YOU LOVE AND NOT WHAT
YOU THINK PEOPLE WANT TO SEE.
I SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE WHO PUT THEIR FINGER PRINTS ON "OH,
MARY!"
UPTOWN AND DOWNTOWN.
THE CAST, THE STAGE MANAGERS, DESIGNERS, THE UNDERSTUDIES, MY
ASSISTANT, MY COCONSPIRATORS, OUR AMAZING PRODUCERS.
KEVIN, LUCAS, MIKE, CARLY.
YOU HAVE TRUSTED ARTISTS AND DONE IT WITH DECENCY AND
GENEROSITY.
THIS CAST.
I WANT TO THANK THE AUDIENCES WHO HAVE MADE THIS PLAY WHAT IT
IS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING, THANK YOU FOR FEELING JOY.
THIS IS A THING WE CAN DO.
WE CAN BRING JOY TO PEOPLE AT THE END OF A CRAPPY DAY AND THAT
FEELS LIKE A BIG DEAL TO ME.
I LOVE MAKING THEATER AND I LOVE BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I LOVE YOU!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Bryan: AND NOW, ONCE MORE, BUT
WITH MUSIC.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL.
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: SAHEEM ALI, "BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB."
MICHAEL ARDEN, "MAYBE HAPPY ENDING."
DAVID CROMER, "DEAD OUTLAW."
CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI, "DEATH BECOMES HER."
JAMIE LLOYD, "SUNSET BLVD."
[APPLAUSE] >> Allison: AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO...
MICHAEL ARDEN.
"MAYBE HAPPY ENDING."
>> Announcer: DIRECTOR MICHAEL ARDEN HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR
SEVEN CAREER TONY AWARDS.
HE WON TWO IN 2023.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ SAM PINKLETON JUST WON A TONY AWARD.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE HELPER BOTS WHO SHAPED "MAYBE HAPPY ENDING"
AND MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE SEEM EFFORTLESS.
EIGHT TIMES A WEEK AT THE GLASGOW THEATER.
YOU ARE THE REASON I SENT YOU TONIGHT.
WILL ARONSON AND HUE PARK WROTE A PERFECT MUSICAL, AND IT DARES
US TO LOVE WITH RADICAL ABANDONED DESPITE THE FACT THAT
WE KNOW WE HAVE SHELF LIVES.
HE REMINDS US THAT COMPASSION IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR ISOLATION, AND
THAT EMPATHY IS NOT WEAKNESS, BUT A GIFT AND OUR SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY.
THE EXPERIENCE OF LIVE THEATER CONFIRMS, NO MATTER HOW
DIFFERENT WE MAY BE FROM ONE ANOTHER, WE ARE ALL CONNECTED
AND WE ARE ALL HERE AND IN IT TOGETHER IN THIS BRIEF BEAUTIFUL
LIFE.
SO I IMPLORE YOU, PLEASE, GO TO THE THEATER.
WHETHER IT'S A BROADWAY SHOW OR A SCHOOL PLAY, SUPPORT THE ARTS,
SUPPORT ARTISTS.
WE NEED YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER.
"MAYBE HAPPY ENDING" WAS A MONUMENTAL RISK SO MANY PEOPLE
TOOK, SO TO EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND ARTISTS, I SAY
KEEP TAKING RISKS, KEEP TELLING STORIES THAT PROBE FOR DEEPER
TRUTHS AND INSPIRE HOPE, BECAUSE THE DARKER IT GETS THE MORE WE
NEED YOUR LIGHT.
AS DADDY SONDHEIM SAID, GIVE US MORE TO SEE, AND IF THERE ARE
ANY QUEER PEOPLE WATCHING TONIGHT...
[LAUGHTER] HAPPY PRIDE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ MUSICAL >> Cynthia: IT'S BEEN A
REMARKABLE YEAR ON BROADWAY, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN A DEVASTATING
ONE.
WE LOST CHANGED COLLEAGUES FROM ONSTAGE AND BEHIND THE SCENES.
TO HELP PAY TRIBUTE TO SOME BELOVED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY
WHO HAVE PASSED ON, PLEASE WELCOME MY FRIEND SARA
BAREILLES.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ THE SUN'LL COME OUT ♪ ♪ TOMORROW ♪ ♪ BET YOUR BOTTOM
DOLLAR THAT TOMORROW ♪ ♪ THERE'LL BE SUN ♪ ♪ JUST
THINKIN' ABOUT ♪ ♪ TOMORROW ♪ ♪ CLEARS AWAY THE COBWEBS AND THE
SORROW ♪ ♪ 'TIL THERE'S NONE ♪ >> ♪ WHEN I'M STUCK WITH A DAY
THAT'S GRAY ♪ ♪ AND LONELY ♪ ♪ I JUST STICK UP MY CHIN ♪ ♪ AND
GRIN ♪ ♪ AND SAY ♪ ♪ OH ♪ >> ♪ THE SUN'LL COME OUT ♪ ♪ TOMORROW
♪ ♪ SO YA GOTTA HANG ON 'TIL TOMORROW ♪ ♪ COME WHAT MAY ♪ ♪
TOMORROW, TOMORROW ♪ ♪ I LOVE YA, TOMORROW ♪ ♪ YOU'RE ALWAYS A
DAY AWAY ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ THE SUN'LL COME OUT ♪ ♪ TOMORROW ♪ ♪
BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR THAT TOMORROW ♪ ♪ THERE'LL BE SUN ♪ ♪
JUST THINKIN' ABOUT ♪ ♪ TOMORROW ♪ ♪ CLEARS AWAY THE COBWEBS AND
THE SORROW ♪ ♪ 'TIL THERE'S NONE ♪ >> ♪ WHEN I'M STUCK WITH A DAY
♪ ♪ THAT'S GRAY AND LONELY ♪ ♪ I JUST STICK OUT MY CHIN ♪ ♪ AND
GRIN ♪ ♪ AND SAY ♪ ♪ TOMORROW, TOMORROW ♪ ♪ I LOVE YA, TOMORROW
♪ ♪ YOU'RE ALWAYS A DAY AWAY ♪ ♪ TOMORROW, TOMORROW ♪ ♪ I LOVE
YA, TOMORROW ♪ ♪ YOU'RE ALWAYS A DAY ♪ ♪ AWAY ♪ ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪
♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> Cynthia: WE'RE BACK WITH AN ACTRESS CURRENTLY
ON BROADWAY IN "CALL ME IZZY," ALONG WITH LAST YEAR'S LEADING
ACTRESS IN A PLAY, JEAN SMART AND SARAH PAULSON.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Sarah: IT'S FINE, IT'S A MAN-EATING
DRESS.
>> Jean: YOU STOLE MY JOKE.
>> Sarah: I DID STEAL YOUR JOKE.
SIX DEDICATED ARTISTS ARE NOMINATED FOR THIS NEXT AWARD.
WHETHER THEY PLAYED A TV NEWS ICON, A PROMINENT POLITICAL
FATHER, OR HIS FIERCELY INDEPENDENT SON, A TONY-WINNING
PLAYWRIGHT, AN OUTCAST WITH TELEPATHIC POWERS, OR MARY TODD
LINCOLN -- [APPLAUSE] THESE ARTISTS INHABITED THEIR ROLES
WITH THE UTMOST COMMITMENT.
>> Jean: BY COMPLETELY IMMERSING THEMSELVES IN THEIR CHARACTERS,
THESE GIFTED PERFORMERS CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES AND EARNED
THE ADMIRATION OF THEIR PEERS.
THEIR CHALLENGING WORK HELPED MAKE THIS AN ELECTRIFYING SEASON
ON BROADWAY.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A
LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY.
>> Announcer: GEORGE CLOONEY, "GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK."
COLE ESCOLA, "OH, MARY!"
JON MICHAEL HILL, "PURPOSE."
DANIEL DAE KIM, "YELLOW FACE."
HARRY LENNIX, "PURPOSE."
LOUIS McCARTNEY, "STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW."
♪ ♪ >> Sarah: AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S TONY AWARD GOES
TO...
COLE ESCOLA, "OH, MARY!"
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: COLE ESCOLA EARNS THE
TONY AWARD FOR THEIR REIMAGINING OF MARY TODD LINCOLN AS A
WANNABE CABARET STAR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
OH, MY GOD.
WOW.
JULIE HARRIS HAS A TONY FOR PLAYING MARY TODD LINCOLN.
SORRY.
I WANT TO THANK THE OTHER NOMINEES.
GEORGE AND JOHN AND HARRY AND DANIEL AND LOUIS.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN YOUR COMPANY.
MORE THAN THAT, IT'S BEEN A SINCERE PLEASURE SPENDING TIME
WITH YOU OVER THESE WARM SALADS AT ALL THESE LUNCHEONS.
[LAUGHTER] I HAVE TO THANK -- OH, FIRST OF ALL, HI, MOM.
I LOVE YOU.
I'LL CALL YOU WHEN I CAN.
23 SECONDS.
SAM PINKLETON AND THE PRODUCERS, LUCAS McMAHON, CARLY, MICHAEL,
KEVIN, THE CAST.
CONRAD, JAMES, BIANCA, TONY, THE EXTENDED CAST, AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, MY FRIENDS
ARE HERE TONIGHT.
JEFFREY, JEN, THEN COME EVERYONE WATCHING AT HOME CHRISTIAN,
DAKOTA, THE WHOLE GANG.
JOHN, CLAUDIA.
AND FROM GRINDR, AND AMY SAID AS HE ALWAYS REMIND ME HOW
IMPORTANT SHE IS TO ME, AND SHE IS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOOD NIGHT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: AND NOW, A TONY AWARD
WINNER FOR HER PERFORMANCE AS ANGELICA SCHUYLER IN "HAMILTON"
-- WEK WWERK -- RENEE ELISEGOLDSBERRY.
>> Renee: AS A PROUD GRADUATE OF CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, I AM
SO HAPPY THAT CMU AND THE TONY AWARDS COCREATED THE EXCELLENCE
IN THEATER EDUCATION AWARD, WHICH RECOGNIZES ARTS EDUCATORS
NATIONWIDE.
EARLIER, THIS YEAR'S AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO EDWIN ROBINSON,
THEATER ARTS TEACHER OF BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN,
NEW YORK.
[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING THE NEXT
GENERATION OF TONY WINNERS.
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR NEXT YEAR'S AWARD, SO YOU CAN TELL US
ABOUT A THEATER EDUCATOR WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE.
AND NOW, OUR NEXT NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSICAL.
PLEASE WELCOME THE COMPANY OF "DEAD OUTLAW."
[APPLAUSE] >> I WANT TO TELL YOU THE TRUE STORY OF THE DEAD
OUTLAW ELMER McCURDY.
TO BEGIN, IT'S 1911.
WE'RE IN PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA.
A SMALL GROUP OF MEN SIT AROUND A CAMPFIRE, UNDER A NIGHTTIME
SKY, AND ONE OF 'EM STARTS TO SING.
>> ♪ WHEN THE STARS ARE BRIGHT LIKE THESE STARS ♪ ♪ SO THEY
ALMOST HURT YOUR EYES ♪ ♪ IT'S LIKE MAYBE GOD IS SINGING YOU A
SONG ♪ ♪ SINGING YOU A SONG ♪ ♪ WHEN THE WIND IS WARM ♪ ♪ LIKE
THIS WIND ♪ ♪ IT REMINDS YOU WHO YOU ARE ♪ ♪ THE DEW, IT APPEARS
♪ ♪ JUST LIKE GRATEFUL TEARS ♪ ♪ I'M HERE ♪ ♪ OOH, I'M HERE ♪ ♪
I'M HERE ♪ ♪ I'M HERE ♪ [TRAIN WHISTLE] ALL RIGHT, BOYS.
LET'S GO ROB THAT [BLEEP] TRAIN.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ YOU'RE BORN WITH NOTHIN' ♪ ♪ YOUR CHEEKS ARE
APPLE DUMPLINGS ♪ ♪ THE AIR, THE WATER ♪ ♪ THERE'S SOMETHING MORE
YOU'RE WANTING ♪ ♪ THE MILK, THE SUGAR ♪ ♪ OUTSIDE YOU THERE'S A
NAME, AND ♪ ♪ YOU CAME WITH NOTHIN' ♪ ♪ YOU'LL LEAVE HERE
JUST THE SAME, BUT -- ♪ >> ♪ BETWEEN THE DARK AND THE DARK IS
♪ ♪ THE VOICE YOU'RE ALWAYS HEARIN' ♪ ♪ SOME CRAZY
AUCTIONEER IS YELLING AT YOU AND ♪ ♪ YOU WALK ♪ ♪ YOU RUN ♪ ♪ YOU
FLEE THE DARK AND SEE THE SUN ♪ ♪ AND EVERY BRICK YOU EVER LAID
WILL CRUMBLE AWAY ♪ ♪ YOUR MAMA'S DEAD ♪ >> ♪ YOUR DADDY'S
DEAD ♪ >> ♪ YOUR BROTHER'S DEAD ♪ >> ♪ AND SO ARE YOU ♪ >> ♪ ABE
LINCOLN'S DEAD ♪ >> ♪ FRANK JAMES IS DEAD ♪ >> ♪ YOUR MAMA'S
DEAD ♪ >> ♪ AND SO ARE YOU ♪ ♪ AND SO ARE YOU ♪ ♪ WHOO ♪ >> NOW
IT'S 1976 AND WE'RE IN A DARK RIDE ON THE LONG BEACH PIER,
WHERE A TV CREW IS SET-DRESSING AN EPISODE OF "THE SIX MILLION
DOLLAR MAN."
AND A TEAMSTER HOLDING A LIGHT IS DRAWN TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE THE
PUPPET OF A SHRIVELED MUMMY, HANGING FROM A NOOSE, AND WHEN
THE ARM BROKE OFF IN HIS HAND...
HE SAW A WHITE SHINE OF BONE.
>> THIS IS A MAN.
THIS IS A MAN!
SOMEBODY HELP ME CUT HIM DOWN!
♪ ♪ >> ♪ YOUR ADOLESCENCE ♪ ♪ WAS JUST UNOPENED PRESENTS ♪ ♪
YOU DRANK THE LIQUOR ♪ ♪ IT MADE IT ALL GO QUICKER ♪ ♪ THOSE DEAD
ANCESTORS ♪ ♪ YOU HAD TO MAKE AN EXIT ♪ ♪ YOU FOUND THE BOTTLE ♪
♪ THEN YOU CRUMBLED AWAY ♪ ♪ YOUR MAMA'S DEAD ♪ ♪ JOHN
GOTTI'S DEAD ♪ ♪ DILLINGER'S DEAD ♪ ♪ AND SO ARE YOU ♪ ♪
BALZAC IS DEAD ♪ ♪ TUPAC IS DEAD ♪ ♪ ANNE FRANK IS DEAD ♪ ♪ AND
SO ARE YOU ♪ ♪ I'VE BEEN A PILGRIM ON THE ROAD FROM COAST
TO COAST ♪ ♪ I'VE LOOKED AROUND AND ALL I SEEN WAS HUNGRY GHOSTS
♪ ♪ GETTING AND SPENDING ON THE GRAVEL ROAD THROUGH HELL ♪ ♪ I
KNOW THE DRILL, 'CAUSE I'M ONE OF THEM, AS WELL ♪ ♪ ♪ >> SHOCK
AND HORROR IN LONG BEACH TODAY AS MUMMIFIED HUMAN REMAINS WERE
REMOVED FROM AN AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE ON THE -- >> LOCAL TEAMSTER
FOUND THAT WHAT HE'D BEEN TOLD WAS A PUPPET WAS IN FACT THE
BODY -- >> COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE, WHO WILL TRY TO
DETERMINE WHO THIS MAN WAS, HOW HE DIED, AND HOW NO ONE WAS
AWARE OF HIM, EVEN THOUGH HE'D BEEN, ACCORDING TO EMPLOYEES,
"HANGING THERE FOR YEARS."
♪ ♪ >> ♪ YOUR MAMA'S DEAD ♪ ♪ YOUR DADDY'S DEAD ♪ ♪ THEY'RE
ALL JUST DEAD ♪ ♪ AND SO ARE YOU ♪ ♪ LOOK AT THEM DEAD ♪ ♪ LOOK
AT ME DEAD ♪ ♪ LOOK AT YOU DEAD ♪ ♪ AND SO ARE YOU ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NEXT, AUDRA McDONALD WITH A PERFORMANCE FROM
"GYPSY," AND THE AWARD FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL.
PLUS, THE COMPANY OF "OPERATION MINCEMEAT."
THE TONY AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> I KNOW, "DON'T TEXT IN THE THEATER."
THIS TIME, IT'S ENCOURAGED.
AMEX IS GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF
BROADWAY'S BIGGEST NIGHT HERE AT THE TONYS.
THERE'S STILL TIME, UNTIL 11:59 EASTERN TONIGHT.
JUST TELL US WHICH CHARACTER FROM THIS YEAR'S TONY-NOMINATED
SHOWS YOU'D TRADE PLACES WITH, AND WHY.
NATALIE S.
WANTS TO TRADE PLACES WITH SMASH'S IVY LYNN AND EMPLOY SOME
METHOD ACTING AT HER OFFICE.
AND LUCY T.
WOULD LOVE TO SCOPE OUT WHAT'S INSIDE MAMA ROSE'S PURSE.
TO GET STARTED, TEXT THE WORD "FANFARE" TO THE NUMBER ON YOUR
SCREEN FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE, INCLUDING
TICKETS TO NEXT YEAR'S TONY AWARDS, COURTESY OF AMEX,
BRINGING FANS CLOSER TO THE THEATER THEY LOVE.
I'LL BE BACK AFTER THIS TO PRESENT BEST REVIVAL OF A
MUSICAL WITH LEA MICHELE, ON THE TONY AWARDS.
>> Announcer: SPONSORED BY AMERICAN EXPRESS, THE OFFICIAL
PAYMENTS PARTNER OF THE TONY AWARDS.
♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> IT'S THE MOST BROADLY OF ALL BROADWAY
"GYPSY" IS THE STORY OF ROSE, THE ULTIMATE STAGE MATTER
DETERMINED HER DAUGHTER GETS A .
AND SHE'LL DO IT IN A MATTER THE COST TO HERSELF AND EVERYONE
AROUND HER.
>> SHE'S GOING TO BE A STAR!
>> IF IT KILLS YOU AND HER!
>> HER UNSTOPPABLE SPIRIT MAKES "GYPSY" THE ICONIC FABLE OF BOTH
BROADWAY AND AMERICA ITSELF.
READY OR NOT, HERE COMES MAMA!
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> WHAT I BEEN HOLDING DOWN IN ME, IF I EVER
LET IT OUT -- THERE WOULDN'T BE SIGNS BIG ENOUGH.
THERE WOULDN'T BE LIGHTS BRIGHT ENOUGH.
HERE SHE IS, BOYS!
HERE SHE IS, WORLD!
HERE'S ROSE!
♪ ♪ ♪ CURTAIN UP ♪ ♪ LIGHT THE LIGHTS ♪ PLAY IT, BOYS.
♪ YOU EITHER GOT IT ♪ ♪ OR YOU AIN'T ♪ ♪ AND, BOYS, I GOT IT ♪
♪ SOME PEOPLE GOT IT AND MAKE IT PAY ♪ ♪ SOME PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN
GIVE IT AWAY ♪ ♪ THIS PEOPLE'S GOT IT ♪ ♪ AND THIS PEOPLE'S
SPREADIN' IT AROUND ♪ ♪ YOU EITHER HAVE IT ♪ ♪ OR YOU'VE HAD
IT ♪ HELLO, EVERYBODY!
MY NAME IS ROSE.
WHAT'S YOURS?
♪ HOLD YOUR HATS AND HALLELUJAH ♪ ♪ MAMA'S GONNA SHOW IT TO YA ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ READY OR NOT, HERE COMES MAMA!
♪ MAMA'S TALKIN' LOUD ♪ ♪ MAMA'S DOIN' FINE ♪ ♪ MAMA'S GETTIN'
HOT ♪ ♪ MAMA'S GOIN' STRONG ♪ ♪ MAMA'S MOVIN' ON ♪ ♪ MAMA'S ALL
ALONE ♪ ♪ MAMA DOESN'T CARE ♪ ♪ MAMA'S LETTIN' LOOSE ♪ ♪ MAMA'S
GOT THE STUFF ♪ ♪ MAMA'S LETTIN' GO ♪ ♪ MAMA'S GOTTA MOVE ♪ ♪
MAMA -- ♪ ♪ MAMA'S GOTTA LET GO ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WHY DID I DO IT ♪ ♪ WHAT
DID IT GET ME ♪ ♪ SCRAP BOOKS FULL OF ME IN THE BACKGROUND ♪ ♪
GIVE 'EM LOVE AND WHAT DOES IT GET YOU ♪ ♪ WHAT DOES IT GET YOU
♪ ♪ ONE QUICK LOOK AS EACH OF 'EM LEAVES YOU ♪ ♪ ALL YOUR LIFE
AND WHAT DOES IT GET YOU ♪ ♪ THANKS A LOT AND OUT WITH THE
GARBAGE ♪ ♪ THEY TAKE BOWS AND YOU'RE BATTIN' ZERO ♪ ♪ I HAD A
DREAM ♪ ♪ I DREAMED IT FOR YOU ♪ ♪ JUNE ♪ ♪ IT WASN'T FOR ME ♪ ♪
HERBIE ♪ ♪ AND IF IT WASN'T FOR ME ♪ ♪ THEN WHERE WOULD YOU BE,
MISS GYPSY ROSE LEE?!
♪ ♪ WELL, SOMEONE TELL ME ♪ ♪ WHEN IS IT MY TURN ♪ ♪ DON'T I
GET A DREAM FOR MYSELF ♪ ♪ STARTIN' NOW IT'S GONNA BE MY
TURN ♪ ♪ GANGWAY, WORLD, GET OFF O' MY RUNWAY ♪ ♪ STARTIN' NOW, I
♪ ♪ BAT A THOUSAND ♪ ♪ THIS TIME, BOYS ♪ ♪ I'M TAKIN' THE
BOWS AND ♪ ♪ EV'RYTHING'S COMING UP ROSE ♪ ♪ EV'RYTHING'S COMING
UP ROSES ♪ ♪ THIS TIME FOR ME ♪ ♪ FOR ME ♪ ♪ FOR ♪ ♪ ME ♪ ♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Announcer: AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME TWO STARS WHO ARE COMING
BACK TO BROADWAY THIS FALL IN THE FIRST-EVER REVIVAL OF
"CHESS," LEA MICHELE AND TONY AWARD WINNER AARON TVEIT.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Aaron: WOW.
THROUGH REVIVALS, WE'VE HAD BOTH THE PLEASURE OF SHARING
BROADWAY'S MUSICAL PAST WITH NEW AUDIENCES.
THIS SEASON MORE THAN 14 MILLION THEATERGOERS CAME TO NEW YORK TO
SEE A SHOW.
>> Lea: AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY NEARLY 15 MILLION FANS ATTENDED
BROADWAY LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS ON TOUR.
WE'VE SHARED PERFORMANCES FROM THE THRILLING REVIVALS THAT
ENLIVENED THE SEASON WITH THEIR FRESH INTERPRETATIONS.
ONCE AGAIN, HERE ARE THE NOMINEES.
>> Announcer: "FLOYD COLLINS."
"GYPSY."
"PIRATES!
THE PENZANCE MUSICAL."
"SUNSET BLVD."
>> Aaron: AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO...
"SUNSET BLVD."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: ACCEPTING THE AWARD
FOR "SUNSET BLVD.," PRODUCER JAMIE LLOYD AND COMPOSER,
ORCHESTRATOR ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ON BEHALF OF THE JAMIE LLOYD COMPANY AND ADAM SPEERS, HARRIS,
WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS EXCEPTIONAL
HONOR.
WE THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN "SUNSET BLVD."
ONSTAGE, BACKSTAGE COME IN THE ORCHESTRA, AND VARIOUS OFFICES
AROUND THE CITY.
AND OF COURSE LORD ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> IT'S JUST FANTASTIC FOR ME TO SEE THE OLD SHOWS WE THOUGHT,
REWORKED, AND WITH THE FANTASTIC LEAD OF NICOLE, OF COURSE.
I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ONE PERSON WITHOUT WHOM THIS WOULD
BE POSSIBLE, MY PRODUCER AND PARTNER NOW, MICHAEL HARRISON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: WHAT A SHOW WE'VE HAD SO FAR.
IF YOU HAVE FEEDBACK AT HOME IN REAL TIME, PLEASE EMAIL NEIL
PATRICK HARRIS.
[LAUGHTER] HE ISN'T HERE, BUT I'M SURE HE'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT
YOU THOUGHT.
DANIELLE, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED A "COLOR PURPLE" UNION, AND I WISH
THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE WHO COULD REALLY HELP US FACILITATE THAT.
WHO COULD THAT BE A QUESTION MARK.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] HELLO.
AS A CHANGE OF PACE, I THOUGHT CHECK UNDER YOUR CHAIR.
[LAUGHTER] GOT IT, THAT'S RIGHT.
HAVE A LOOK.
>> OH MY -- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Cynthia: WHAT'S THAT OTHER THING AND THEY ARE YOU GET A
CAR.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] OBVIOUSLY IT COMES WITH SNACKS,
BUT YOU NEEDED IT, TOO.
YOU DESERVE IT, TOO.
THERE SNACKS HERE.
HARIBO, JUNIOR MEANTS.
SHARE IT WITH GAYLE AND YOUR NEIGHBORS.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM HANGRY.
WE DON'T NEED HANGRY PEOPLE HERE.
YES?
GOOD.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR GIFT.
SHE LOVES THE CAR, EVERYONE.
SHE LOVES THE CAR.
[APPLAUSE] LET'S KEEP IT MOVING.
PLEASE WELCOME CECILY STRONG.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Cecily: IF A HOLLYWOOD EXECUTIVE WERE
PITCHING THE FINAL NOMINATED MUSICAL, THEY'D SAY, "IT'S
'SAVING PRIVATE RYAN' MEETS 'WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S.'"
THEN THEY'D PROBABLY GET FIRED.
BUT THIS IS BROADWAY.
TO THOSE WATCHING IN HOLLYWOOD, BROADWAY IS THE PLACE GEORGE
CLOONEY HAS BEEN OFF PLAYING IN.
LIKE A SECOND LAKE COMO.
[LAUGHTER] THIS INGENIOUS MUSICAL COMEDY ABOUT ONE OF THE
MOST OUTRAGEOUS MILITARY SCHEMES EVER ATTEMPTED WILL MAKE YOU
LAUGH, THEN CRY, THEN LAUGH AGAIN, UNTIL YOU'RE YOUR SHIRT
IS SOAKING WET AND YOU'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY.
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I GO THROUGH DAILY AS THE MOTHER OF A
9-WEEK-OLD.
PLEASE WELCOME THE BRILLIANT COMPANY AND AUTHORS OF
"OPERATION MINCEMEAT."
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ SO YOU DREAMT OF BEING A PILOT ♪ ♪ BUT
YOU NEVER GOT TO FLY ♪ ♪ SO YOU DREAMT OF SAILING THE SEVEN SEAS
♪ ♪ BUT NEVER GOT TO TRY ♪ ♪ WELL, LET NAVY LADS GET SOAKING
♪ ♪ WE'LL ALL STAY NICE AND DRY ♪ ♪ WE'LL SHOUT TO ALL THE
SOLDIERS, JUMP ♪ ♪ AND HEAR THEM SHOUT HOW HIGH ♪ ♪ FOR WE ARE
MADE TO GIVE THE ORDERS ♪ ♪ WHILE LESSER MEN TAKE HEED ♪ ♪
FOR SOME WERE BORN TO FOLLOW ♪ ♪ BUT WE WERE BORN TO LEAD ♪
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO MI5!
>> ♪ YOU'RE SURE TO SAVE THE NATION ♪ >> ♪ NANNY TOLD ME IN
MY COT ♪ >> ♪ FOR YOUR FATHER GAVE YOU COURAGE ♪ >> ♪ ALSO
PONIES ♪ >> ♪ AND THAT YACHT ♪ >> ♪ MY CENTURIES OF BREEDING ♪
♪ I KNOW THEY'LL FAIL ME NOT ♪ ♪ FOR FORTUNE FAVORS BRAVERY ♪ ♪
AND A FORTUNE'S WHAT I'VE GOT ♪ ♪ OH YES, SOME BOYS GO TO BATTLE
♪ ♪ BUT WE'RE A DIFFERENT BREED ♪ ♪ FOR SOME WERE BORN TO FOLLOW
♪ ♪ BUT WE WERE BORN TO LEAD ♪ ♪ WE ARE THE MASTERS ♪ ♪ WE ARE
THE CLEVER MEN ♪ ♪ WHO HOLD THE REINS ♪ ♪ FOR WHO NEEDS GUNS ♪ ♪
WHEN YOU'VE GOT BRAINS ♪ ♪ YOU'LL SEE ♪ ♪ FOREVER AFTER ♪ ♪
WHEN ALL THIS WAR IS DONE ♪ ♪ AND FADES TO DUST ♪ ♪ THE WORLD
WILL TURN AND SAY TO US ♪ ♪ THAT WE WERE BORN TO LEAD ♪ >> ♪ WHEN
I WAS A YOUNG EXPLORER ♪ >> ♪ YES ♪ >> ♪ I DISCOVERED A NEW
BREED OF TROUT ♪ >> ♪ WHAT?
♪ >> ♪ IT LEAPT INTO MY KAYAK AND JUST BRIEFLY KNOCKED ME OUT
♪ >> ♪ SORRY, WHAT?
♪ >> ♪ THE FEELING WAS QUITE MAGICAL ♪ ♪ WHEN IT SLAPPED ME
ON THE MOUTH ♪ ♪ IT MADE THE LOCAL PAPERS ♪ ♪ RARE FISH
ATTACKS BOY SCOUT ♪ ♪ IT'S STILL MY PROUDEST MOMENT ♪ ♪ OF THAT I
HAVE NO DOUBT ♪ ♪ FOR SOME WERE BORN TO FOLLOW ♪ ♪ BUT I WAS
BORN TO FIND TROUT ♪ >> MORNING MILITARY DECEPTION, NOW THE NEXT
ALLIED INVASION TARGET IS SICILY.
AND WITH THE HELP OF MI5, IT'LL BE OURS FOR THE TAKING.
♪ SICILY COULD TURN THE TIDE OF THE WAR ♪ ♪ BUT WE CAN'T JUST
ROCK UP AND KNOCK UPON THE DOOR ♪ ♪ FOR EACH MAN WE'VE GOT
THEY'VE GOT TEN MORE ♪ >> ♪ WE'D BE SLAUGHTERED BEFORE WE EVEN
REACH THE SHORE ♪ >> ♪ WE NEED A WAY TO REDUCE THE DANGER ♪ ♪ TIP
THE ODDS IN OUR FAVOR ♪ ♪ GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO DRAIN THE
STRENGTH ♪ ♪ OF THE SICILIAN DEFENSE ♪ ♪ BY MISDIRECTING
THEIR DEAR DICTATOR ♪ ♪ GOTTA MAKE HITLER BELIEVE ♪ ♪ SICILY
ISN'T WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE ♪ ♪ GOTTA PROCEED WITH SOME
DISHONESTY ♪ ♪ GOTTA DECEIVE, 'CAUSE WHAT I WANNA SEE ♪ ♪ IS
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GERMANS GETTING OFF OUR PROPERTY ♪ ♪ SO
I NEED YOUR BRAINS ♪ ♪ TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE SELL A FAKE CAMPAIGN
♪ ♪ FIND ME A STRATEGY ♪ ♪ USE YOUR GRAY MATTER TO TACTICALLY
SCATTER ♪ ♪ THE ENEMY TO THE BREEZE ♪ ♪ THEN ONCE THE ISLAND
IS UNATTENDED ♪ ♪ ONCE THE BEACHES ARE UNDEFENDED ♪ ♪ WE
SEND OUR BOYS IN, THEN WE DESTROY THEM ♪ ♪ THAT'S HOW
SICILIY IS APPREHENDED ♪ ♪ WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS A GENIUS
PLAN ♪ >> ♪ WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS A GENIUS MAN ♪ >> ♪ BUT
WE WERE BORN TO LEAD ♪ >> ♪ OH, BROTHERS!
♪ ♪ LET'S GET WINNING!
♪ ♪ MY MIND SHALL SET US FREE!
♪ ♪ GONNA WIN THE WAR, CHAMPAGNE GALORE ♪ ♪ WHILE I FLICK THE HUN
THE "V" ♪ ♪ I'LL DEFINITELY GET A KNIGHTHOOD ♪ ♪ AND A VICTORIA
CROSS OR THREE ♪ ♪ LOOK UP "VICTORY" IN THE DICTIONARY ♪ ♪
THERE'S A PICTURE THERE OF ME ♪ ♪ WE ARE THE FINEST MINDS IN
ENGLAND ♪ ♪ ON THAT, WE ARE AGREED ♪ ♪ FOR SOME WERE BORN TO
FOLLOW ♪ >> ♪ SOME WERE BORN TO FOLLOW ♪ ♪ BUT WE WERE BORN TO
LEAD ♪ ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: LATER, OPRAH
WINFREY PRESENTS LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL, AND LIN-MANUEL
MIRANDA PRESENTS BEST MUSICAL.
AND NEXT, A PERFORMANCE FROM "REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES."
THE TONY AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> Cynthia: WE'RE BACK.
AND NOW, AN ACTRESS WHO MADE HER BROADWAY DEBUT THIS SEASON IN
"CABARET," AULI'I CRAVALHO.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Auli'i: SET IN 1987 LOS ANGELES, AND
NOMINATED TONIGHT FOR BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, "REAL WOMEN HAVE
CURVES" FOLLOWS 18-YEAR-OLD ANA GARCIA, THE DAUGHTER OF MEXICAN
IMMIGRANTS.
SHE DREAMS OF ATTENDING COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TO STUDY JOURNALISM,
BUT HER MOTHER, CARMEN, WANTS HER TO JOIN THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
JUGGLING TWO JOBS FOR THE SUMMER, WORKING AT A LOCAL
NEWSPAPER AND THE FAMILY SEWING FACTORY, ANA STRUGGLES TO HONOR
HER FAMILY WHILE REACHING FOR HER OWN AMERICAN DREAM.
NOW, TO PERFORM "JUGGLIN'," PLEASE WELCOME THE COMPANY OF
"REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES."
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> WATCH AND LEARN.
>> ♪ LOOK HOW SHE MOVES ♪ ♪ NOT BREAKIN' A SWEAT ♪ ♪ GRACEFULLY
SMOOTH ♪ ♪ PERFORMING HER OWN DUET ♪ >> ♪ JUGGLIN', JUGGLIN',
JUGGLIN', JUGGLIN', JUGGLIN' ♪ >> ♪ MAYBE I CAN CATCH HER
RHYTHM ♪ ♪ GOTTA LEARN TO SYNCOPATE ♪ ♪ COULD IT REALLY BE
THAT HARD TO TRY AND COORDINATE?
♪ >> ♪ COORDINATE ♪ ♪ COORDINATE ♪ >> I'LL LEARN TO SEW, RIGHT
AFTER I RUN TO THIS INTERVIEW!
>> THAT STUPID PAPER!
SHE'S ALWAYS RUNNING AROUND!
>> JUST LIKE MY BOYS.
DOCTOR SAY THEY GOT THE A.D.D.
>> QUE?
>> OH, HALF THE SCHOOL GOT IT.
IT'S GOING AROUND.
>> EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR, YOU LEAVE WITH A
PRESCRIPTION.
DO THEY THINK WE'RE RICH?
>> OH, I AM RICH!
I ONLY WORK THREE JOBS BECAUSE I LIKE IT!
>> ♪ FOUR JOBS, IF YOU COUNT YOUR KIDS ♪ >> ♪ FIVE, IF YOU
COUT YOUR HUSBAND ♪ >> ♪ SIX, IF YOU COUNT YOUR LOVER ♪ >> ♪ HOW
YOU KNOW ABOUT FLACA'S BROTHER?
♪ [LAUGHTER] >> ♪ HUSTLIN', HUSTLIN', HUSTLIN', HUSTLIN',
HUSTLIN' ♪ ♪ HUSTLIN', HUSTLIN', HUSTLIN' ♪ ♪ HUSTLIN', HUSTLIN'
♪ ♪ KEEPIN' ALL THE BALLS IN THE AIR ♪ ♪ DON'T LET 'EM DROP,
'CAUSE AY, CARAMBA ♪ ♪ EVERYBODY COUNTIN' ON US ♪ ♪ GETTIN' IT
DONE ♪ ♪ MAKIN' IT WORK ♪ ♪ THE GRIND DON'T STOP ♪ >> ANA, I
NEED THAT STORY!
>> ANA, WE NEED YOU!
>> ON IT!
>> ♪ THE GRIND DON'T STOP ♪ ♪ DON'T LET THE BALL DROP ♪ >> ♪
HOW THE HELL DO THEY GET THROUGH IT?
♪ ♪ I CAN BARELY STAY AWAKE ♪ ♪ FEELS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT ♪ ♪
HOW WILL I COORDINATE?
♪ >> ♪ COORDINATE ♪ >> ♪ COORDINATE ♪ >> ♪ THE GRIND
DON'T STOP ♪ ♪ DON'T LET THE BALL DROP ♪ ♪ THE GRIND DON'T
STOP ♪ ♪ DON'T LET THE BALL DROP ♪ ♪ THE GRIND DON'T STOP ♪ ♪
DON'T LET THE BALL DROP ♪ ♪ THE GRIND DON'T STOP ♪ ♪ DON'T LET
THE BALL DROP ♪ >> THIS, INTERNS, IS HOW YOU WRITE A
STORY.
GOOD WORK, ANA GARCIA.
>> ♪ JUGGLIN', JUGGLIN', JUGGLIN', JUGGLIN', JUGGLIN' ♪
>> ♪ I THINK I'M GETTIN' THE HANG OF IT 7 >> ♪ JUGGLIN',
JUGGLIN', JUGGLIN', JUGGLIN', JUGGLIN' ♪ >> ♪ I FINALLY FEEL
IN THE GROOVE ♪ >> ♪ JU-JU-JUGGLIN',
JU-JU-JU-JUGGLIN' ♪ >> ♪ I THINK I'M STARTIN' TO GET IT ♪ >> ♪
JU-JU-JUGGLIN', JU-JU-JU-JUGGLIN' ♪ ♪
JU-JU-JUGGLIN' JU-JU-JU-JUGGLIN' ♪ >> ♪ I THINK I'M LEARNIN' THE
MOVES ♪ >> ♪ JU-JU-JUGGLIN', JU-JU-JU-JUGGLIN' ♪ >> ♪ THE
GRIND DON'T STOP ♪ ♪ DON'T LET THE BALL DROP ♪ ♪ THE GRIND
DON'T STOP ♪ ♪ DON'T LET THE BALL DROP ♪ >> ♪ DO IT, DO IT ♪
>> ♪ THE GRIND DON'T STOP ♪ >> ♪ DO IT, DO IT ♪ >> ♪ DON'T LET
THE BALL DROP ♪ >> ♪ DO IT ♪ >> ♪ THE GRIND DON'T STOP ♪ ♪ DON'T
LET THE BALL DROP ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Announcer:
PLEASE WELCOME THREE-TIME TONY HOST, OSCAR-WINNER, AND TONY
NOMINEE, ARIANA DeBOSE.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Ariana: WHAT A NIGHT.
IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO BE BACK HERE AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL TO
CELEBRATE THE INSANELY TALENTED PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M THRILLED FOR MY MANY FRIENDS WHO ARE IN THIS NEXT CATEGORY.
THERE IS NO BETTER REASON TO COME TO BROADWAY THAN TO BE
INSPIRED BY THE FANTASTICALLY MOVING ARTISTRY THEY BROUGHT,
AND CONTINUE TO BRING, TO THE SEASON.
SO HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN
A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL.
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: DARREN CRISS, "MAYBE HAPPY ENDING."
ANDREW DURAND, "DEAD OUTLAW."
TOM FRANCIS, "SUNSET BLVD."
JONATHAN GROFF, "JUST IN TIME."
JAMES MONROE IGLEHART, "A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS
ARMSTRONG MUSICAL."
JEREMY JORDAN, "FLOYD COLLINS."
♪ ♪ >> Ariana: AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO...
DARREN CRISS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] MUSIC OF THE .
>> Announcer: FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS ABANDON HELPER
ROBOT, OLIVER, DARREN CRISS EARNS HIS FIRST NOMINATION AND
TONY WIN.
>> WHOO!
WHAT A NIGHT!
I WILL GET RIGHT INTO IT.
THANK YOU TO THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING AND TO THE DRAMA
LEAGUE FOR THIS TREMENDOUS HONOR AND FOR THIS MARVELOUS CEREMONY.
I HAVE SUCH IMMENSE PRIDE TO GET TO BE PART OF THIS NOTABLY
DIVERSE AND EXQUISITE BROADWAY SEASON THIS YEAR AND TO GET TO
BE AMONG THIS INDUSTRY'S FINEST, NAMELY MY FELLOW LEADING LADS.
THEY PUT US IN A CATEGORY TOGETHER, BUT YOU BOYS ARE ALL
IN A CATEGORY OF YOUR VERY OWN.
I SHARE THIS WITH ONE OF THE BEST LEADING ACTRESS IS IN A
BROADWAY MUSICAL THE SEASON, HELEN J.
SHEN.
[APPLAUSE] I AM SO OF YOU AND YOUR BROADWAY DEBUT FOR THE
BOOKS.
THIS IS WHERE YOU BELONG.
A LOT OF HUMANS GOT ME HERE, SO THANK YOU, MOM, THANK YOU TO
CRAIG AT THE YOUNG CONSERVATORY, FOR SHEPHERDING ME, SEND FOR
SHEPHERDING ME, SE SO MANY PEOPLE.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE ROBOTS THAT MADE THE HAPPY ENDING
POSSIBLE.
I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT LATER, BUT THE REAL HERO FOR
THIS REMARKABLE JOURNEY IS MY WIFE, MIA, WHO TOOK A MASSIVE
SWING ON ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS AND TO ALLOW THIS CRAZY PEOPLE
IN OUR LIFE TO MAKE THIS LOGISTICALLY POSSIBLE AND FOR
BEARING THE BRUNT OF RAISING TWO TINY FRIENDS UNDER THREE SO THAT
I COULD RAISE A SINGING ROBOT AT THE THEATER EIGHT TIMES A WEEK.
YOU ARE THE VERY PEDESTAL THAT UPHOLDS THE SHINY SPINNY BIT IN
OUR LIVES, AND YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR ME AND OUR BEAUTIFUL
CHILDREN COMBINED WITH THE MIRACLE WORKING AT SOMETHING AS
MAGICAL AS "MAYBE HAPPY ENDING" HAS BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE
AWARD ENOUGH.
THIS IS ABOUT LOVE AND MEMORIES SO I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS
IN LOVING MEMORY TO ONE OF THE GREATEST ROLE MODELS I EVER HAD
IN ONE OF THE BEST FRIEND I EVER HAD, AND THAT IS MY FATHER,
BILL, AND MY BROTHER, CHUCK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS.
EVERYONE OUT THERE, BREAK A LEG, AND I'M GOING TO CELEBRATE WITH
MY FAVORITE KIND OF PEOPLE TO PARTY WITH, THEATER PEOPLE!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NEXT, OPRAH WINFREY
AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA PRESENT THE FINAL AWARDS.
ONLY THE ACCOUNTANTS FROM DELOITTE KNOW THE WINNERS.
THE TONY AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: WE'RE BACK WITH TONY AWARD WINNING PRODUCER OF
"THE COLOR PURPLE," MY FRIEND, OPRAH WINFREY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> Oprah: OUR CELEBRATION OF THIS ASTOUNDING YEAR IN LIVE
THEATER TURNS TO THE WOMEN WHOSE WORK SPARKED LIVELY
CONVERSATIONS AMONG THEATER FANS.
A LOT OF TALKING GOING ON.
[LAUGHTER] THEIR PASSIONATELY DISCUSSED PERFORMANCES DREW
AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES FROM FAR BEYOND TIMES SQUARE TO SEE THEM
IN PERSON.
THEY INCLUDE TWO ARTISTS WHO HAVE BEEN EMBRACED FOR THEIR
ELECTRIFYING BROADWAY DEBUTS, DAZZLING PAST TONY NOMINEES, AND
THE MOST AWARDED PERFORMER IN TONY HISTORY.
[APPLAUSE] HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL.
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: MEGAN HILTY, "DEATH BECOMES HER."
AUDRA MCDONALD, "GYPSY."
JASMINE AMY ROGERS, "BOOP!
THE MUSICAL."
NICOLE SCHERZINGER, "SUNSET BLVD."
JENNIFER SIMARD, "DEATH BECOMES HER."
[APPLAUSE] >> Oprah: AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO...
FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A
MUSICAL...
NICOLE SCHERZINGER!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NICOLE SCHERZINGER
WINS HER FIRST TONY AWARD FOR HER PERFORMANCE AS FADING
HOLLYWOOD STAR NORMA DESMOND.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> OKAY, Y'ALL SIT DOWN, BECAUSE THEY
SAID WE ONLY HAVE 90 SECONDS.
[LAUGHTER] FIRST OF ALL, I JUST HAVE TO THANK GOD, FOR CARRYING
ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
I GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY.
OKAY, LOOK, Y'ALL KNOW THIS BROADER SCHEDULE IS HARD CORE.
I GOTS TO KEEP IT REAL.
I'M HONORED TO BE RECOGNIZED ALONGSIDE THESE EXCEPTIONAL
WARRIOR WOMEN IN THIS CATEGORY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
THIS IS GOING TO GO REALLY FAST.
FOR MAKING THIS LITTLE HAWAIIAN UKRAINIAN FILIPINO GIRL'S DREAM
COME TRUE.
SO PROUD TO REPRESENT.
I WANT TO THANK MY MOM, WHO HAD ME AT 18 AND GAVE EVERYTHING UP
FOR ME.
MY DAD, MY SISTER, MY PAPA WHO INSTILLED IN ME AN UNSHAKABLE
FAITH.
MY OHANA, A 5,000 OF YOU, YOU DIDN'T KNOW I LOVE YOU.
TO MY FIANCE, TOM, WHO BELIEVES IN YOU AND I FORGET TO BELIEVE
IN MYSELF.
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.
IT HAPPENED, AND TRUE.
IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO CREATE WITH YOU THE PAST
15 YEARS.
[LISTING NAMES] YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
AND EVERY PERFORMANCE.
YOU ARE EXTERIOR CAST, CREW, PRODUCERS, CREATIVES, I'M
FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOU, AND WE KILLED THAT MATINEE TODAY.
LITERALLY.
IT'S NO JOKE, THIS SCHEDULE.
LITERALLY.
AND JOE, I LOVE YOU.
MYLA, JENNY, CRUSH.
[LISTING NAMES] ALL THE OTHER BILLION HUMAN FRIENDS WHO
SUPPORT ME, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
JAMIE LLOYD, YOU SAW IN ME WHAT NO ONE ELSE DID.
YOU HAVE GIVEN US ALL NEW WAYS TO DREAM AND YOU HAVE CHANGED MY
LIFE FOREVER.
LISTEN, I'M ALMOST DONE.
GROWING UP I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I DIDN'T BELONG, BUT YOU ALL HAVE
MADE ME FEEL LIKE I BELONG, AND I HAVE COME HOME AT LAST.
[APPLAUSE] SO IF THERE'S ANYONE OUT THERE WHO FEELS LIKE THEY
DON'T BELONG, OR YOUR TIME HASN'T COME, DON'T GIVE UP.
JUST KEEP ON GIVING AND GIVING, BECAUSE THE WORLD NEEDS YOUR
LOVE AND YOUR LIGHT NOW MORE THAN EVER.
THIS IS A TESTAMENT THAT LOVES ALWAYS WINS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOD BESS YOU.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: PLEASE WELCOME FOUR-TIME TONY
AWARD WINNER LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA.
>> Lin: IT'S FINALLY HERE, THE MOST EAGERLY ANTICIPATED MOMENT
OF THE NIGHT, WHEN THIS STAGE IS RUSHED BY PRODUCERS.
[LAUGHTER] THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, WE'VE ENJOYED
PERFORMANCES FROM THE SHOW WAS NOMINATED FOR OUR FINAL AWARD.
ONCE AGAIN, HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST MUSICAL.
>> Announcer: "BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB."
"DEAD OUTLAW."
"DEATH BECOMES HER."
"MAYBE HAPPY ENDING."
"OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL."
[APPLAUSE] >> Lin: AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO...
"MAYBE HAPPY ENDING."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Announcer: ACCEPTING THE AWARD
FOR "MAYBE HAPPY ENDING," PRODUCER JEFFREY RICHARDS.
[APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> WE ARE SO HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD,
FOR THIS MAGICAL, MELODICAL, HEARTFELT, THRILLING SHOW THAT'S
BEEN TELLING AUDIENCES AT THE BELASCO THEATER SINCE LAST FALL.
AND I WANT TO SALUTE PEOPLE YOU'VE ALREADY SALUTED TONIGHT.
OUR AUTHORS, WILL ARONSON AND HUE PARK, OUR BRILLIANT
DIRECTOR, MICHAEL ARDEN.
HUE PARK, AS HE IS MENTIONED MORE THAN ONCE, IS STILL SINGLE.
[LAUGHTER] AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE WONDERFUL
PRODUCERS WHO JOINED TO MAKE THIS SHOW HAPPEN AND ESPECIALLY
OUR GENERAL MANAGEMENT WHO HAVE GUIDED US THROUGH THIS ENTIRE
SEASON.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS FOR ALL THE AUDIENCES THROUGH
ALL THE WORLD THEY CAME TO SEE LIVE THEATER THIS YEAR, AND MORE
PORTLY FOR OUR FRIENDS, FAMILIES, SPOUSES WORKING AT
HOME, LIKE MY HUSBAND JASON HAS HELD ME WHEN I BATTERIES WERE
LOW AND PUT UP WITH THIS OBSOLETE MODEL.
WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT SYSTEMS.
WE LOVE YOU, WE SEE YOU, WE THANK YOU.
GOOD NIGHT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ >> Cynthia: CONGRATULATIONS TO "MAYBE HAPPY ENDING," AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE TONIGHT.
IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING NIGHT, BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO GO, SO THERE'S
♪ ♪ ♪ AND I AM TELLING YOU ♪ ♪ I AM GOING ♪ ♪ THIS WAS THE BEST
TIME I'LL EVER KNOW ♪ ♪ JUST ONE LOOK BACK AND THEN IT'S TIME TO
GO ♪ ♪ THE EVENING STARTED WHEN SARAH SNOOK WON ♪ ♪ THEN A TONY
FOR "PURPOSE" BUT WE'D JUST BEGUN ♪ COLE CAUSED QUITE A
SCENE ♪
♪ BROADWAY'S NEW QUEEN ♪ ♪ AND I AM TELLING YOU ♪ ♪ SOON, I'M
GOING ♪ ♪ AND THIS NIGHT WAS SO GAY!
♪ ♪ SO, SO, SO, SO GAY ♪ ♪ "OH, MARY!"
THAT'S BROADWAY ♪ ♪ I'M DONE HOSTING, BUT START TOASTING ♪ ♪
'CAUSE YOU, AND YOU, AND YOU ♪ ♪ YOU WON A TONY ♪
♪ THIS WAS THE TONYS ♪ ♪ TONYS ♪ ♪ THIS WAS THE TONYS ♪ ♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.
GOOD NIGHT.