1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:04,038 --> 00:00:05,246 >> Announcer: AND NOW, A CBS 3 00:00:05,281 --> 00:00:07,007 SPECIAL PRESENTATION. 4 00:00:07,041 --> 00:00:11,908 LIVE FROM RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, THE 75th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS WITH 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 6 00:00:11,942 --> 00:00:14,876 YOUR HOST, ARIANA DEBOSE! 7 00:00:14,911 --> 00:00:29,857 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 8 00:00:29,857 --> 00:00:32,653 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 9 00:00:32,686 --> 00:00:36,898 AND EVERYONE-- . 10 00:00:36,933 --> 00:00:42,421 ♪ WE ALL PLAY A LEADING PART. 11 00:00:42,456 --> 00:00:51,879 ♪ AND SO TONIGHT FOR YOU I WANT TO START. 12 00:00:51,913 --> 00:00:55,262 ♪ BY IN PRESENTS, FUTURE AND PAST. 13 00:00:55,296 --> 00:00:56,884 ♪ TONIGHT AT LAST. 14 00:00:56,918 --> 00:00:57,505 ♪ THE SOUND OF APPLAUSE. 15 00:00:57,540 --> 00:01:01,268 ♪ FOR THE LAST 75 YEARS. 16 00:01:01,302 --> 00:01:02,924 ♪ YOU GET TO BE LIVE HERE. 17 00:01:02,959 --> 00:01:03,649 ♪ HIGH FIVE. 18 00:01:03,684 --> 00:01:05,962 ♪ THIS IS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 19 00:01:05,996 --> 00:01:06,928 ♪ CUZ YOU KNOW THE SHOW. 20 00:01:06,963 --> 00:01:08,965 ♪ WOULD NEVER GO ON. 21 00:01:08,999 --> 00:01:13,521 ♪ IF WE DIDN'T ALL COME TOGETHER. 22 00:01:13,556 --> 00:01:16,800 ♪ SO LET'S TAKE A CHANCE AND MAKE A SONG AND DANCE. 23 00:01:16,835 --> 00:01:19,009 ♪ LET'S SEE YOUR HAT. 24 00:01:19,044 --> 00:01:25,878 ♪ THIS IS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. PUTTING IT TOGETHER. 25 00:01:25,913 --> 00:01:30,504 ♪ THERE'S BEEN TOO MANY SHOWS. 26 00:01:30,538 --> 00:01:37,372 SO WE'VE GOT A FEW TO SEE IF YOU CAN START THEM. 27 00:01:37,407 --> 00:01:52,319 ♪ ♪ IN CABARET OH CABAR. 28 00:01:52,319 --> 00:01:54,286 ♪ ♪ IN CABARET OH CABAR. 29 00:01:54,321 --> 00:01:57,979 ♪ IF ONLY YOU KNOW IT. 30 00:01:58,014 --> 00:02:04,607 ♪ AND IT'S ALL PLAYING FOR YOU. 31 00:02:04,641 --> 00:02:09,508 ♪ ♪ WILL YOU NEVER HAVE A FRIEND 32 00:02:09,543 --> 00:02:10,406 LIKE ME. 33 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,374 ♪ WE'VE GOT MAGIC TO DO. 34 00:02:13,409 --> 00:02:14,168 ♪ JUST FOR YOU. 35 00:02:14,203 --> 00:02:21,796 ♪ BUT I SIMPLY CANNOT DO IT ALONE. 36 00:02:21,831 --> 00:02:27,147 ♪ RADIO CITY! 37 00:02:27,181 --> 00:02:30,460 ♪ TO LIN MANUEL MIRANDA ♪ I'M SUCH A FAN-- DUH 38 00:02:30,495 --> 00:02:35,534 ♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE WON'T FORGET 39 00:02:35,569 --> 00:02:39,228 ♪ CAN'T REGRET ♪ I GOT RHYTHM 40 00:02:39,262 --> 00:02:42,023 I GOT MUSIC ♪ I GOT MY GAL 41 00:02:42,058 --> 00:02:47,339 WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE ♪ !¡ROUND AND !ROUND 42 00:02:47,374 --> 00:02:49,410 AND MY HEART'S KEEPING TIME ♪ TO THE SPEED OF SOUND 43 00:02:49,445 --> 00:02:52,275 I WAS LOST !¡TIL ♪ I HEARD THE DRUMS 44 00:02:52,310 --> 00:02:57,555 ♪ THEN I FOUND MY WAY!¡ CAUSE YOU CAN'T STOP THE BEAT 45 00:02:57,591 --> 00:03:00,766 ♪ TO ALL MY THEATER QUEENS WHO GET IT DONE LIKE MACHINES 46 00:03:00,801 --> 00:03:03,907 ♪ BEHIND THE SCENES THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE 47 00:03:03,942 --> 00:03:07,532 ♪ IT'S BEEN 75 YEARS OF BRINGING LAUGHTER AND TEARS 48 00:03:07,566 --> 00:03:11,846 ♪ AND Y'ALL ARE FIERCE THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE ♪ 49 00:03:11,881 --> 00:03:13,020 >> THIS CAN'T BE FOR REAL. 50 00:03:13,054 --> 00:03:14,470 I DON'T THINK I CAN TALK. 51 00:03:14,504 --> 00:03:18,336 MOM AND DAD, YOU DROVE ME TO MANY, MANY HOURS OF BALLET AND 52 00:03:18,370 --> 00:03:19,164 DANCE CLASSES. 53 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:20,890 I HOPE YOU FEEL IT'S WORTH IT NOW. 54 00:03:20,924 --> 00:03:22,409 ♪ LET'S GO >> MY PARENTS. 55 00:03:22,443 --> 00:03:25,343 EVERYTHING THAT I AM IS BECAUSE OF YOU. 56 00:03:25,377 --> 00:03:28,208 ♪ WAIT FOR ME >> THIS IS SUCH A GIFT AND YOU 57 00:03:28,242 --> 00:03:30,624 ARE SUCH A GENEROUS COMMUNITY. 58 00:03:30,658 --> 00:03:32,798 >> WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR DANCING SETS, OUR DANCING 59 00:03:32,833 --> 00:03:33,972 LIGHTS, OUR DANCING COSTUMES. 60 00:03:34,006 --> 00:03:36,146 ♪ LET'S GO >> IT WAS ON A BROADWAY STAGE 61 00:03:36,180 --> 00:03:37,700 THAT MY CAREER REALLY BEGAN. 62 00:03:37,734 --> 00:03:46,881 ♪ WAIT, I'M COMING WITH YOU ♪ THERE'S A PLACE FOR US 63 00:03:46,916 --> 00:03:49,505 >> I WANT TO THANK ALL THE SHOULDERS OF THE STRONG AND 64 00:03:49,539 --> 00:03:57,513 BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS WOMEN THAT I AM STANDING ON. 65 00:03:57,547 --> 00:04:00,032 >> BECAUSE FOR GIRLS, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BE IT. 66 00:04:00,067 --> 00:04:01,689 YOUR BIGGEST OBSTACLE MAY TURN INTO YOUR PURPOSE. 67 00:04:01,724 --> 00:04:02,725 SO KEEP CLIMBING. 68 00:04:02,759 --> 00:04:05,486 THIS IS A PRAISE SHOUT "“HEY!"” LET'S HEAR IT! 69 00:04:05,521 --> 00:04:06,384 ♪ ONE MORE DAY ONE NIGHT ONLY 70 00:04:06,418 --> 00:04:12,148 ♪ ONE NIGHT ONLY WE ONLY HAVE 'TIL DAWN 71 00:04:12,182 --> 00:04:21,053 ♪ LET THE SUNSHINE LET THE SUNSHINE IN 72 00:04:21,088 --> 00:04:24,816 ♪ EVERYBODY RISE RISE 73 00:04:24,850 --> 00:04:31,478 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 74 00:04:31,512 --> 00:04:33,203 ♪ TO BRASS PERCUSSION AND STRINGS 75 00:04:33,238 --> 00:04:36,034 ♪ TO EVERYONE IN THE WINGS AND ALL THE SWINGS 76 00:04:36,068 --> 00:04:37,518 [ CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP] ♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE 77 00:04:37,553 --> 00:04:40,694 TO EVERY THEATER FAN ♪ HERE SINCE THE TONYS BEGAN 78 00:04:40,728 --> 00:04:42,834 IT'S YOU WE STAN [ CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP] 79 00:04:42,868 --> 00:04:46,113 ♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE CLIMB EV'RY MOUNTAIN 80 00:04:46,147 --> 00:04:47,804 ♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE KEEP IT GAY 81 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:49,634 ♪ KEEP IT GAY KEEP IT GAY 82 00:04:49,668 --> 00:04:54,190 ♪ SO GET YOUR HANDS UP BECAUSE PEOPLE, WHO NEED PEOPLE 83 00:04:54,224 --> 00:04:58,021 ARE THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE ♪ IN THE WORLD 84 00:04:58,056 --> 00:05:08,653 ♪ I AM WHAT I AM VIVA LA VIE BROADWAY 85 00:05:08,687 --> 00:05:16,868 ♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE ♪ 86 00:05:16,902 --> 00:05:31,848 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 87 00:05:31,848 --> 00:05:33,332 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 88 00:05:48,589 --> 00:05:50,280 THANK YOU ALL. 89 00:05:50,315 --> 00:05:57,495 WELL, WELCOME TO THE 75th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS! 90 00:05:57,529 --> 00:05:59,393 THIS THIS NIGHT IS ABOUT ALL OF YOU, 91 00:05:59,428 --> 00:06:01,947 THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THESE NOMINATED SHOWS HAPPEN, AND A 92 00:06:01,982 --> 00:06:05,675 CELEBRATION OF THE VERY BEST OF THE PAST SEASON. 93 00:06:05,710 --> 00:06:07,746 AND WHAT A SEASON IT HAS BEEN! 94 00:06:07,781 --> 00:06:10,542 FOR MANY OF YOU, IT'S BEEN A ROLLER-COASTER, WITH 95 00:06:10,577 --> 00:06:14,374 STARTS AND STOPS, DRAMATIC TWISTS AND TURNS, AND COMPANIES 96 00:06:14,408 --> 00:06:22,589 BEING REUNITED AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS APART. 97 00:06:22,623 --> 00:06:24,453 YEAH. 98 00:06:24,487 --> 00:06:25,971 [ APPLAUSE] I AM SO PROUD TO BE HOSTING THE 99 00:06:26,006 --> 00:06:32,219 FIRST TONY AWARDS SINCE BROADWAY GOT ITS GROOVE BACK, AND I'M SO 100 00:06:32,253 --> 00:06:35,429 PROUD THAT THE THEATRE IS BECOMING MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE 101 00:06:35,464 --> 00:06:38,467 COMMUNITY WHO ADORES IT. 102 00:06:38,501 --> 00:06:43,092 [ APPLAUSE] IN DOING SO, IT HAS GAINED NEW 103 00:06:43,126 --> 00:06:46,716 PERFORMERS, NEW CREATIVE TEAMS, AND NEW FANS. 104 00:06:46,751 --> 00:06:49,374 IT HAS SHOWN US STORIES THAT HAVE BROADENED OUR WORLD AND 105 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:51,411 OPENED OUR HEARTS AND MINDS. 106 00:06:51,445 --> 00:06:55,553 WHILE WE HAVE NOT SOLVED ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS, I FEEL LIKE THE 107 00:06:55,587 --> 00:06:58,521 PHRASE "“GREAT WHITE WAY"” IS BECOMING MORE OF A NICKNAME THAN 108 00:06:58,556 --> 00:07:02,767 A "“HOW TO"” GUIDE. 109 00:07:02,801 --> 00:07:13,640 [ LAUGHTER] [ APPLAUSE] 110 00:07:13,674 --> 00:07:15,296 AND HERE'S WHY: THIS SEASON FEATURED NEW SHOWS WRITTEN BY 111 00:07:15,331 --> 00:07:17,402 SEVEN BLACK PLAYWRIGHTS. 112 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:18,541 YEAH! 113 00:07:18,576 --> 00:07:22,959 IT BROUGHT US A GENDER-FLIPPED PRODUCTION OF "COMPANY." 114 00:07:22,994 --> 00:07:26,376 [ APPLAUSE] AND TONIGHT, LYNN NOTTAGE IS THE 115 00:07:26,411 --> 00:07:30,450 ONLY PLAYWRIGHT EVER TO BE NOMINATED FOR BOTH BEST PLAY AND 116 00:07:30,484 --> 00:07:34,039 BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL IN THE SAME SEASON. 117 00:07:34,074 --> 00:07:37,560 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YES. 118 00:07:37,595 --> 00:07:42,496 L. MORGAN LEE IS THE FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER PERFORMER TO 119 00:07:42,531 --> 00:07:51,574 BE NOMINATED FOR A TONY, AND SHE WON'T BE THE LAST. 120 00:07:51,609 --> 00:07:55,405 SCENIC DESIGNER ADAM RIGG IS THE FIRST OUT AGENDER NOMINEE. 121 00:07:55,440 --> 00:08:00,307 COMPOSER TOBY MARLOW IS THE FIRST NON-BINARY WINNER. 122 00:08:00,341 --> 00:08:02,102 WOW. 123 00:08:02,136 --> 00:08:05,519 [ APPLAUSE] AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT 124 00:08:05,554 --> 00:08:07,417 LEAST, BOTH LENA BOTH LENA HORNE AND JAMES EARL 125 00:08:07,452 --> 00:08:10,317 JONES ARE HAVING THEATRES RENAMED FOR THEM. 126 00:08:10,351 --> 00:08:15,943 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SO, YES, MAJOR STEPS TOWARD 127 00:08:15,978 --> 00:08:17,635 INCLUSION! 128 00:08:17,669 --> 00:08:24,676 TONIGHT, WE ARE ALSO CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF THE TONY AWARDS WITH 129 00:08:24,711 --> 00:08:30,820 SOME SPECIAL REUNIONS, TRIBUTES, AND UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCES. 130 00:08:30,855 --> 00:08:33,340 SO, LET'S GET STARTED WITH OUR FIRST ACTING AWARD OF THE NIGHT. 131 00:08:33,374 --> 00:08:39,587 PLEASE WELCOME, MY FELLOW ACADEMY AWARD WINNER-- 132 00:08:39,621 --> 00:08:41,279 AWARD WINNER, MY GOD, THAT IS REALLY COOL THAT I GET TO SAY 133 00:08:41,313 --> 00:08:45,352 THAT NOW IT'S OVER, IT'S OVER, WE WON'T TALK ABOUT IT ANY MORE. 134 00:08:45,386 --> 00:08:49,011 MY GIRL JESSICA CHASTAIN A JESSICA CHASTAIN AND TONY- 135 00:08:49,045 --> 00:08:51,910 NOMINATED ACTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, COLMAN DOMINGO. 136 00:08:51,945 --> 00:09:01,575 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 137 00:09:01,610 --> 00:09:04,267 >> IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE FIRST ACTING AWARD OF THE 138 00:09:04,302 --> 00:09:06,373 75th TONYS. 139 00:09:06,407 --> 00:09:09,514 IN A SEASON OF DARING AND RIVETING WORK, THESE PERFORMERS 140 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:14,139 EXPRESSED THE CAREFUL DETAILS THEY INFUSED THEIR ROLES WITH A 141 00:09:14,174 --> 00:09:15,347 FINELY-TUNED PERCEPTION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 142 00:09:15,382 --> 00:09:17,280 >> THROUGH THEIR TOTAL AWARENESS OF THEIR CHARACTERS, THEY 143 00:09:17,315 --> 00:09:20,042 ACHIEVED A LEVEL OF ARTISTRY THAT PRESENTED NOT JUST THE 144 00:09:20,076 --> 00:09:22,907 ILLUSION OF LIFE, BUT LIFE ITSELF. 145 00:09:22,941 --> 00:09:25,392 THEY GAVE US PROFOUND MOMENTS THAT TOOK OUR COLLECTIVE BREATH 146 00:09:25,426 --> 00:09:30,604 AWAY AND DEMONSTRATE WHY THERE IS NOTHING LIKE LIVE THEATRE. 147 00:09:30,639 --> 00:09:33,952 >> THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A 148 00:09:33,987 --> 00:09:44,998 FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY ARE: ALFIE ALLEN, "HANGMEN." 149 00:09:45,032 --> 00:09:49,347 >> CHUCK COOPER, "TROUBLE IN MIND." 150 00:09:49,381 --> 00:09:52,488 [ APPLAUSE] >> JESSE TYLER FERGUSON, "TAKE 151 00:09:52,522 --> 00:09:54,455 ME OUT." 152 00:09:54,490 --> 00:10:00,358 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> RON CEPHAS JONES, "CLYDE'S." 153 00:10:00,392 --> 00:10:04,293 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MICHAEL OBERHOLTZER, "TAKE ME 154 00:10:04,327 --> 00:10:06,606 OUT." 155 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:14,614 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND MY BUDDY JESSE WILLIAMS, 156 00:10:14,648 --> 00:10:17,099 "TAKE ME OUT." 157 00:10:17,133 --> 00:10:20,412 [ APPLAUSE] >> THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S 158 00:10:20,447 --> 00:10:28,835 TONY GOES TO: JESSE TYLER FERGUSON, "TAKE ME 159 00:10:28,869 --> 00:10:30,871 OUT." 160 00:10:30,906 --> 00:10:40,915 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] MARKS JESSE 161 00:10:40,950 --> 00:10:44,436 TYLER'S FERGUSON'S FIRST NOMINATION AND TONY WIN FOR HIS 162 00:10:44,471 --> 00:10:51,374 ROLE AS A BASEBALL LOVING MONEY MANAGER. 163 00:10:51,409 --> 00:10:53,998 >> OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD. 164 00:10:54,032 --> 00:10:56,069 MY HEART IS BEATING SO FAST. 165 00:10:56,103 --> 00:10:59,969 25 YEARS AGO I WORKED AS A THEATRE CIRCLE WHICH HAPPENS TO 166 00:11:00,004 --> 00:11:03,732 BE THREE DOORS DOWN FROM THE THEATRE WHERE TAKE ME OUT IS 167 00:11:03,766 --> 00:11:07,874 PLAYING AND I WOULD SIT IN THERE AND FOLDING MY PHANTOM OF THE 168 00:11:07,908 --> 00:11:11,671 OPERA T-SHIRTS AND WATCHING ACTORS WALK BY THE WINDOWS ON 169 00:11:11,705 --> 00:11:16,227 THE WAY TO THE THEIR CALL AND I THOUGHT I HOPE THAT IS ME SOME 170 00:11:16,261 --> 00:11:17,538 DAY. 171 00:11:17,573 --> 00:11:18,194 IS SO TO STAND IN FRONT OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT I ADMIRE AND LOVE 172 00:11:18,229 --> 00:11:19,471 SO MUCH MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. 173 00:11:19,506 --> 00:11:22,198 I AM SO GLAD I GET TO BE TO DO THIS. 174 00:11:22,233 --> 00:11:26,237 THANK YOU FOR MOM, DAD, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME STO MOVE TO 175 00:11:26,271 --> 00:11:28,757 NEW YORK, I TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE OKAY. 176 00:11:28,791 --> 00:11:30,759 >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PLAY BACK TO BROADWAY. 177 00:11:30,793 --> 00:11:34,763 YOU HAVE A SYMBOL OF SUCH A INCREDIBLE ARTISTS AND DESIGN 178 00:11:34,797 --> 00:11:36,281 EROS TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. 179 00:11:36,316 --> 00:11:42,563 IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT T JUST TAKE IT AND ACCEPT IT. 180 00:11:42,598 --> 00:11:50,848 RICHARD,-- WHO ELSE, OH, GOD-- 13 SECONDS, I WILL KEEP 181 00:11:50,882 --> 00:11:52,056 GOING. 182 00:11:52,090 --> 00:11:55,473 THE COMPANY OF TAKE ME OUT, SO MUCH TO THE COMPANY, AND MY 183 00:11:55,507 --> 00:11:56,785 UNDERSTUDY IS HERE TONIGHT. 184 00:11:56,819 --> 00:11:59,960 BONNIE AND CRAIG, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS TRUSTING MY GUT INSTINCTS 185 00:11:59,995 --> 00:12:02,963 EVEN WHEN YOU DIDN'T THINK MY GUT INSTINCT WAS RIGHT, IT 186 00:12:02,998 --> 00:12:04,275 ALWAYS RIGHT. 187 00:12:04,309 --> 00:12:07,036 AND JUSTIN MY HUSBAND, I HAVE TO BRAG FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, HE WAS 188 00:12:07,071 --> 00:12:11,489 PART OF THE PRODUCING TEAM THAT BROUGHT IS THIS THE ROOM TO 189 00:12:11,523 --> 00:12:12,732 BROADWAY THIS SEASON. 190 00:12:12,766 --> 00:12:16,908 I'M SO UNREALISTICALLY PROUD OF YOU AND YOU HAVE INCREDIBLE 191 00:12:16,943 --> 00:12:18,634 TASTE, OBVIOUSLY AND RICHARD GREENBERG, YOUR WORDS ARE A GIFT 192 00:12:18,668 --> 00:12:21,602 TO ANY ACTOR WHO GETS THE PLEASURE TO SAY THEM. 193 00:12:21,637 --> 00:12:23,743 I'M SO HONORED. 194 00:12:23,777 --> 00:12:29,196 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 195 00:12:29,231 --> 00:12:31,026 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME 196 00:12:31,060 --> 00:12:41,381 TWO-TIME TONY AWARD NOMINEE, PATRICK WILSON. 197 00:12:41,415 --> 00:12:47,421 >> IN 1957, "THE MUSIC MAN," MEREDITH WILLSON'S VALENTINE TO 198 00:12:47,456 --> 00:12:50,908 SMALL TOWN AMERICA, OPENED ON BROADWAY. 199 00:12:50,942 --> 00:12:57,362 IN THIS CLASSIC LOVE STORY, A CON MAN AND A LIBRARIAN MEET, 200 00:12:57,397 --> 00:13:00,538 AND WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING THEM FALL MADLY IN 201 00:13:00,572 --> 00:13:02,471 LOVE. 202 00:13:02,505 --> 00:13:06,475 OUR FIRST NOMINEE FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, THIS 203 00:13:06,509 --> 00:13:10,203 TREASURED GEM OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE IS BACK IN A JOYOUS 204 00:13:10,237 --> 00:13:13,413 PRODUCTION CURRENTLY AT THE WINTER GARDEN THEATRE. 205 00:13:13,447 --> 00:13:19,143 PLEASE WELCOME TONY NOMINEES HUGH JACKMAN, SUTTON FOSTER, AND 206 00:13:19,177 --> 00:13:21,386 THE COMPANY OF "THE MUSIC MAN." 207 00:13:21,421 --> 00:13:32,915 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 208 00:13:32,950 --> 00:13:38,058 ♪ 76 TROMBONES LED THE BIG PARADE 209 00:13:38,093 --> 00:13:42,752 ♪ WITH 110 CORNETS CLOSE AT HAND 210 00:13:42,787 --> 00:13:45,790 ♪ THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY ROWS AND ROWS 211 00:13:45,825 --> 00:13:53,108 ♪ OF THE FINEST VIRTUOSOS THE CREAM OF EV'RY FAMOUS BAND 212 00:13:53,142 --> 00:13:57,422 ♪ 76 TROMBONES CAUGHT THE MORNING SUN 213 00:13:57,457 --> 00:14:01,806 ♪ WITH 110 CORNETS RIGHT BEHIND 214 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:04,015 ♪ THERE WERE MORE THAN 1,000 REEDS 215 00:14:04,050 --> 00:14:07,122 ♪ SPRINGING UP LIKE WEEDS THERE WERE HORNS 216 00:14:07,156 --> 00:14:11,160 ♪ OF EV'RY SHAPE AND KIND THERE WERE COPPER BOTTOM TIMPANI 217 00:14:11,195 --> 00:14:14,715 ♪ IN HORSE PLATOONS THUNDERING, THUNDERING 218 00:14:14,750 --> 00:14:18,133 ♪ ALL ALONG THE WAY DOUBLE BELL EUPHONIUMS 219 00:14:18,167 --> 00:14:21,515 ♪ AND BIG BASSOONS EACH BASSOON HAVING 220 00:14:21,550 --> 00:14:24,622 ♪ HIS BIG FAT SAY THERE WERE 50 MOUNTED CANNON 221 00:14:24,656 --> 00:14:28,591 ♪ IN THE BATTERY THUNDERING, THUNDERING 222 00:14:28,626 --> 00:14:32,147 ♪ LOUDER THAN BEFORE CLARINETS OF EV'RY KIND 223 00:14:32,181 --> 00:14:35,046 ♪ AND TRUMPETERS WHO'D IMPROVISE A FULL OCTAVE HIGHER 224 00:14:35,081 --> 00:14:41,570 ♪ THAN THE SCORE ♪ ♪ 225 00:14:41,604 --> 00:14:46,644 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 226 00:14:46,678 --> 00:14:50,924 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 227 00:14:50,959 --> 00:14:56,757 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 228 00:14:56,792 --> 00:15:02,487 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 229 00:15:02,522 --> 00:15:09,184 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 230 00:15:09,218 --> 00:15:15,431 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 231 00:15:15,466 --> 00:15:22,473 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 232 00:15:22,507 --> 00:15:30,515 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 233 00:15:30,550 --> 00:15:38,316 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 234 00:15:38,351 --> 00:15:44,184 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 235 00:15:44,219 --> 00:15:51,019 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 236 00:15:51,053 --> 00:15:56,300 ♪ ♪ ♪ HEY, HEY 237 00:15:56,334 --> 00:15:58,612 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 238 00:15:58,647 --> 00:16:05,585 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 239 00:16:05,619 --> 00:16:12,592 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 240 00:16:12,626 --> 00:16:17,735 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 241 00:16:17,769 --> 00:16:23,775 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 242 00:16:23,810 --> 00:16:29,333 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 243 00:16:29,367 --> 00:16:33,509 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 244 00:16:33,544 --> 00:16:35,960 ♪ 76 TROMBONES HIT THE COUNTERPOINT 245 00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:39,446 ♪ WHILE 110 CORNETS BLAZED AWAY 246 00:16:39,481 --> 00:16:41,724 ♪ TO THE RHYTHM OF HARCH! HARCH! HARCH! 247 00:16:41,759 --> 00:16:48,973 ♪ ALL THE KIDS BEGAN TO MARCH AND THEY'RE MARCHING STILL 248 00:16:49,008 --> 00:17:03,953 ♪ RIGHT TODAY [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 249 00:17:03,953 --> 00:17:07,887 ♪ RIGHT TODAY [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 250 00:17:07,923 --> 00:17:22,075 ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: THE 75th ANNUAL 251 00:17:22,109 --> 00:17:24,077 TONY AWARDS. 252 00:17:24,112 --> 00:17:25,251 >> Announcer: THE 75th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS ARE SPONSORED BY 253 00:17:25,285 --> 00:17:26,492 PROGRESSIVE. 254 00:17:26,528 --> 00:17:27,425 PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE OFFERS 24/7 PROTECTION WHEN YOU BUNDLE 255 00:17:27,460 --> 00:17:28,219 HOME, AUTO, AND MOTORCYCLE. 256 00:17:28,253 --> 00:17:32,637 LEARN MORE AT www.progressive.com. 257 00:17:37,539 --> 00:17:44,270 ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE] 258 00:17:44,304 --> 00:17:49,620 >> Ariana: WELCOME BACK TO THE TONY AWARDS. 259 00:17:49,654 --> 00:17:52,968 NOW, I WANT TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO SOME PEOPLE WHO 260 00:17:53,002 --> 00:17:56,523 PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN KEEPING BROADWAY SHOWS OPEN THESE PAST 261 00:17:56,558 --> 00:18:01,114 FEW MONTHS-- THE UNDERSTUDIES, THE SWINGS, THE STANDBYS. 262 00:18:01,149 --> 00:18:06,326 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW, LET'S NOT FORGET THE STAGE 263 00:18:06,361 --> 00:18:10,123 MANAGERS, ASSOCIATES AND DANCE CAPTAINS WHO REHEARSE THEM TO GO 264 00:18:10,158 --> 00:18:12,229 AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE. 265 00:18:12,263 --> 00:18:14,783 OR THE HAIR AND COSTUME ASSOCIATES WHO GET THE LOOKS 266 00:18:14,817 --> 00:18:19,132 TOGETHER, AND THE MUSICIANS WHO SOMETIMES PLAY A SCORE THEY'VE 267 00:18:19,167 --> 00:18:25,518 NEVER SEEN. 268 00:18:25,552 --> 00:18:26,760 THAT'S A FEAT. 269 00:18:26,795 --> 00:18:27,968 I COULD GO ON AND ON BECAUSE A SHOW IS PUT ON BY MANY PEOPLE, 270 00:18:28,003 --> 00:18:31,662 NOT JUST THE FACES YOU KNOW AND LOVE. 271 00:18:31,696 --> 00:18:39,048 AND I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT YEAH, I MIGHT AS WELL CLAP FOR 272 00:18:39,083 --> 00:18:40,222 THAT. 273 00:18:40,257 --> 00:18:41,775 [ APPLAUSE] AND I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT 274 00:18:41,810 --> 00:18:43,570 THIS BECAUSE I WAS AN UNDERSTUDY. 275 00:18:43,605 --> 00:18:45,986 IN FACT, MOST OF THE DANCERS IN OUR OPENING NUMBER HAVE BEEN 276 00:18:46,021 --> 00:18:49,231 SWINGS OR UNDERSTUDIES DURING THEIR CAREERS. 277 00:18:49,266 --> 00:18:53,511 AND NOW I AM OFF MY SOAPBOX. 278 00:18:53,546 --> 00:18:56,997 HERE'S OUR FIRST 75th ANNIVERSARY REUNION. 279 00:18:57,032 --> 00:19:01,070 FROM THE 2015 WINNER FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, "THE 280 00:19:01,105 --> 00:19:04,833 KING AND I," PLEASE WELCOME TONY AWARD WINNERS KELLI O'HARA AND 281 00:19:04,867 --> 00:19:07,939 RUTHIE ANN MILES! 282 00:19:07,974 --> 00:19:21,090 [ APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 283 00:19:21,125 --> 00:19:25,336 >> JUANITA HALL, GWEN VERDON, PRISCILLA LOPEZ, AUDRA 284 00:19:25,371 --> 00:19:29,582 McDONALD AND MY FRIEND RUTHIE ANN MILES ARE AMONG THE 285 00:19:29,616 --> 00:19:32,412 EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTS WHOSE STELLAR WORK HAS BEEN HONORED 286 00:19:32,447 --> 00:19:34,207 WITH THIS NEXT AWARD. 287 00:19:34,242 --> 00:19:38,729 TONIGHT, WE CONTINUE THE TRADITION THAT BEGAN IN 1950 AND 288 00:19:38,763 --> 00:19:41,904 ADD ANOTHER NAME TO AN ILLUSTRIOUS LIST OF FEATURED 289 00:19:41,939 --> 00:19:44,010 PERFORMERS. 290 00:19:44,044 --> 00:19:48,428 >> I'M PROUD TO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN A CATEGORY THAT 291 00:19:48,463 --> 00:19:51,466 HAS EMBRACED INCLUSION AND INDIVIDUALITY. 292 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:55,228 THIS YEAR'S NOMINATED ARTISTS INCLUDE PAST TONY AWARD WINNERS, 293 00:19:55,263 --> 00:19:59,681 FIRST-TIME NOMINEES, AND A TRAILBLAZER WHO HAS BEEN HAILED 294 00:19:59,715 --> 00:20:02,270 THE FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER PERFORMER TO BE NOMINATED 295 00:20:02,304 --> 00:20:04,030 FOR A TONY AWARD. 296 00:20:04,064 --> 00:20:11,865 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THE NOMINEES FOR BEST 297 00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:16,491 PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL ARE: 298 00:20:16,525 --> 00:20:20,080 JEANNETTE BAYARDELLE, "GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY." 299 00:20:20,115 --> 00:20:24,602 [ APPLAUSE] >> SHOSHANA BEAN, "MR. SATURDAY 300 00:20:24,637 --> 00:20:26,570 NIGHT." 301 00:20:26,604 --> 00:20:30,953 [ APPLAUSE] >> JAYNE HOUDYSHELL, "THE MUSIC 302 00:20:30,988 --> 00:20:32,921 MAN." 303 00:20:32,955 --> 00:20:36,476 [ APPLAUSE] >> L. MORGAN LEE, "A STRANGE 304 00:20:36,511 --> 00:20:38,478 LOOP." 305 00:20:38,513 --> 00:20:44,898 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> PATTI LUPONE, "COMPANY." 306 00:20:44,933 --> 00:20:51,077 [ APPLAUSE] >> AND JENNIFER SIMARD, 307 00:20:51,111 --> 00:20:53,631 "COMPANY." 308 00:20:53,666 --> 00:20:58,326 [ APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: 309 00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:00,949 PATTI LUPONE, "COMPANY." 310 00:21:00,983 --> 00:21:07,024 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 311 00:21:07,058 --> 00:21:14,307 THIS IS BROADWAY VETERAN PATTI LUPONE'S 8th NOMINATION AND 312 00:21:14,342 --> 00:21:25,214 THIRD ONE IN STEPHEN STSH-- -- STEFEN SONDHEIM'S 313 00:21:25,249 --> 00:21:37,365 COMPANY. 314 00:21:37,399 --> 00:21:40,885 ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 315 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:46,684 [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. 316 00:21:46,719 --> 00:21:54,105 I STARTED THIS JOURNEY WITH MARYANNE ELLIOTT IN 2018, FOUR 317 00:21:54,140 --> 00:21:58,213 YEARS, TWO COUNTRIES, A SEAMINGLY ENDLESS AND EXTREMELY 318 00:21:58,247 --> 00:22:02,735 VULNERABLE LOCKDOWN, THREE DIFFERENT VIRUSES IN THREE CON 319 00:22:02,769 --> 00:22:06,083 TECT-- CONSECUTIVE MONTHS AND TWO SUB LIME CASTS. 320 00:22:06,117 --> 00:22:11,295 AND SO A LOVING SHOUT OUT TO MY BRITISH CASEMATES LEAD BY 321 00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:16,576 ROSALIE CRAIG WHO WAS THE FIRST ACTORS TO REALIZE MARYANNE'S 322 00:22:16,611 --> 00:22:17,853 GENDER BENT VISION. 323 00:22:17,888 --> 00:22:22,720 AND EQUALLY LOVING SHOUT OUT TO MY HOMETOWN CASEMATES LEAD BY 324 00:22:22,755 --> 00:22:27,863 KATRINA LENK. 325 00:22:27,898 --> 00:22:31,971 A FINER GROUP OF ACTORS AND COMEDIANS I COULDN'T IMAGINE AND 326 00:22:32,005 --> 00:22:35,871 WHO IT IS MY HONOR TO WORK WITH EVERY NIGHT. 327 00:22:35,906 --> 00:22:38,702 THANK YOU TO THE STAGE MANAGERS, THE BACKSTAGE CREWS, THE FRONT 328 00:22:38,736 --> 00:22:44,086 OF HOUSE, AT THE GEUL GOOD AND THE JACOB, ESPECIALLY THOSE TWO 329 00:22:44,121 --> 00:22:47,952 DRESSERS WHO HAVE SHARED MY LIFE AND MY DRESSING ROOM FOR SO MANY 330 00:22:47,987 --> 00:22:50,852 YEARS THROUGH ALL KINDS OF WEATHER. 331 00:22:50,886 --> 00:22:57,030 LONDON'S MA YEE LANE AND NEW YORK'S LYLE JONES. 332 00:22:57,065 --> 00:23:01,897 A HUGE GRATITUDE TO ALL OF THE UNDERSTUDIES ACROSS ALL OF THE 333 00:23:01,932 --> 00:23:04,003 STAGES IN NEW YORK. 334 00:23:04,037 --> 00:23:11,562 AND TO ALL OF THE COVID SAFETY PEOPLE. 335 00:23:11,597 --> 00:23:18,811 [APPLAUSE] MARYANNE, I WILL FOLLOW YOU FOR 336 00:23:18,845 --> 00:23:21,814 THE REST OF MY LIFE WHEREVER YOU LEAD. 337 00:23:21,848 --> 00:23:25,749 CHRIS HARPER WHO PAYS MY SALARY. 338 00:23:25,783 --> 00:23:31,651 YOU ARE MY ONE AND LAST PRODUCER, EXCEPT FOR DAVID, 339 00:23:31,686 --> 00:23:33,342 JEFFREY AND ANDRE BISHOP. 340 00:23:33,377 --> 00:23:38,693 MATT AND JOSHUA, I LOVE YOU, MY LIFELONG FRIENDS, I LOVE YOU 341 00:23:38,727 --> 00:23:45,700 ALL, THANK YOU. 342 00:23:45,734 --> 00:23:47,702 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 343 00:23:47,736 --> 00:23:49,289 >> Announcer: AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME PRINCE JACKSON AND PARIS 344 00:23:49,324 --> 00:24:00,404 JACKSON. 345 00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:02,441 [ APPLAUSE] >> A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK 346 00:24:02,475 --> 00:24:05,754 OUR DAD, MICHAEL JACKSON, CHANGED POPULAR MUSIC FOREVER. 347 00:24:05,789 --> 00:24:07,756 AND WHO ARE WE TO DISAGREE? 348 00:24:07,791 --> 00:24:10,966 BUT WHAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT HE LOVED MUSICALS-- ON FILM 349 00:24:11,001 --> 00:24:12,347 AND ON THE STAGE. 350 00:24:12,381 --> 00:24:15,833 THAT'S WHY WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT'S 351 00:24:15,868 --> 00:24:19,078 FIRST NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSICAL, "MJ," WHICH, USING MANY OF HIS 352 00:24:19,112 --> 00:24:22,046 ICONIC HITS, LOOKS AT THE COMPLEXITIES AND BRILLIANCE OF 353 00:24:22,081 --> 00:24:24,393 OUR FATHER'S CREATIVE PROCESS. 354 00:24:24,428 --> 00:24:27,604 >> THIS NUMBER SHOWCASES THAT CREATIVE PROCESS AS HE BUILDS A 355 00:24:27,638 --> 00:24:31,435 DANCE ROUTINE, STEP BY UNFORGETTABLE STEP, TO ONE OF 356 00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:34,645 HIS BEST-LOVED HITS, DRAWING ON SOME OF THE INFLUENCES WHO 357 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,958 HELPED INSPIRE HIS SIGNATURE STYLE. 358 00:24:36,992 --> 00:24:41,272 SO, IT IS OUR GREAT HONOR TO NOW INTRODUCE TONY NOMINEE MYLES 359 00:24:41,307 --> 00:24:45,932 FROST AND THE AMAZING CAST OF "MJ"! 360 00:24:45,967 --> 00:24:53,561 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> WHAT IF WE BEGIN SIMPLY WITH 361 00:24:53,595 --> 00:24:57,185 JUST A CENTRAL SPOTLIGHT. 362 00:24:57,219 --> 00:25:00,533 ONE BY ONE WE INVITE MY DANCE HEROES ON TO THE STAGE. 363 00:25:00,568 --> 00:25:04,192 WE MEET FRED ASTAIRE, THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS, AND BOB 364 00:25:04,226 --> 00:25:05,538 FOSSE. 365 00:25:05,573 --> 00:25:10,819 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 366 00:25:10,854 --> 00:25:18,931 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 367 00:25:18,965 --> 00:25:25,662 [ APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 368 00:25:25,696 --> 00:25:33,290 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 369 00:25:33,324 --> 00:25:40,608 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 370 00:25:40,642 --> 00:25:46,959 ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE] 371 00:25:46,993 --> 00:25:54,794 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 372 00:25:54,829 --> 00:26:05,356 ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE] 373 00:26:05,391 --> 00:26:10,499 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 374 00:26:10,534 --> 00:26:12,398 ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE] 375 00:26:12,432 --> 00:26:14,124 ♪ AS HE CAME INTO THE WINDOW IT WAS THE SOUND OF 376 00:26:14,158 --> 00:26:16,609 ♪ A CRESCENDO HE CAME INTO HER APARTMENT 377 00:26:16,644 --> 00:26:19,267 ♪ HE LEFT THE BLOOD STAINS ON THE CARPET 378 00:26:19,301 --> 00:26:21,407 ♪ SHE RAN UNDER THE TABLE HE COULD SEE SHE 379 00:26:21,441 --> 00:26:24,375 ♪ WAS UNABLE SO SHE RAN INTO THE BEDROOM 380 00:26:24,410 --> 00:26:27,033 ♪ SHE WAS STRUCK DOWN IT WAS HER DOOM 381 00:26:27,068 --> 00:26:29,415 ♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY 382 00:26:29,449 --> 00:26:31,969 ♪ ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY 383 00:26:32,004 --> 00:26:34,523 ♪ SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE 384 00:26:34,558 --> 00:26:37,181 ♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY 385 00:26:37,216 --> 00:26:39,839 ♪ ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY 386 00:26:39,874 --> 00:26:42,808 ♪ SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE 387 00:26:42,842 --> 00:26:45,051 ♪ ANNIE ARE OKAY WILL YOU TELL US 388 00:26:45,086 --> 00:26:47,847 ♪ THAT YOU'RE OKAY THERE'S A SIGN IN THE WINDOW 389 00:26:47,882 --> 00:26:50,609 ♪ THAT HE STRUCK YOU A CRESCENDO ANNIE 390 00:26:50,643 --> 00:26:52,921 ♪ HE CAME INTO YOUR APARTMENT HE LEFT THE BLOOD STAINS 391 00:26:52,956 --> 00:26:55,855 ♪ ON THE CARPET THEN YOU RAN INTO THE BEDROOM 392 00:26:55,890 --> 00:26:58,375 ♪ YOU WERE STRUCK DOWN IT WAS YOUR DOOM 393 00:26:58,409 --> 00:27:00,619 ♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY 394 00:27:00,653 --> 00:27:02,897 ♪ ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY 395 00:27:02,931 --> 00:27:04,968 ♪ HIT, HIT YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY, HIT 396 00:27:05,002 --> 00:27:09,558 ♪ A SMOOTH CRIMINAL ♪ ♪ 397 00:27:09,593 --> 00:27:15,047 ♪ ♪ ♪ WOO 398 00:27:15,081 --> 00:27:16,738 SO THEY CAME IN TO THE OUTWAY ♪ IT WAS SUNDAY 399 00:27:16,773 --> 00:27:19,465 WHAT A BLACK DAY ♪ MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION 400 00:27:19,499 --> 00:27:21,950 SOUNDING HEARTBEATS ♪ INTIMIDATIONS 401 00:27:21,985 --> 00:27:24,194 ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ♪ SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY 402 00:27:24,228 --> 00:27:26,852 ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE ♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY 403 00:27:26,886 --> 00:27:28,577 ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ♪ SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY 404 00:27:28,612 --> 00:27:29,613 ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ♪ ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE 405 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:31,063 ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY 406 00:27:31,097 --> 00:27:32,720 SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY 407 00:27:32,754 --> 00:27:35,619 ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE ♪ YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY 408 00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:37,966 ♪ YOU'VE STRUCK BY A SMOOTH CRIMINAL 409 00:27:38,001 --> 00:27:43,662 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 410 00:27:43,696 --> 00:27:48,045 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 411 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:53,016 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 412 00:27:53,050 --> 00:27:57,883 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 413 00:27:57,917 --> 00:28:02,577 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 414 00:28:02,611 --> 00:28:03,751 ♪ ANNIE ARE OKAY I DON'T KNOW 415 00:28:03,785 --> 00:28:04,821 ♪ WILL YOU TELL US THAT YOU'RE OKAY 416 00:28:04,855 --> 00:28:06,270 ♪ I DON'T KNOW THERE'S A SIGN IN THE 417 00:28:06,305 --> 00:28:07,616 ♪ I DON'T KNOW WINDOW 418 00:28:07,651 --> 00:28:08,859 ♪ THAT HE STRUCK YOU WHOA 419 00:28:08,894 --> 00:28:10,274 ♪ A CRESCENDO WHOA 420 00:28:10,309 --> 00:28:11,724 ♪ ANNIE HE CAME INTO HER APARTMENT 421 00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:13,174 ♪ I DON'T KNOW HE LEFT THE BLOOD STAINS 422 00:28:13,208 --> 00:28:14,623 ♪ ON THE CARPET I DON'T KNOW WHY 423 00:28:14,658 --> 00:28:16,108 ♪ THEN YOU RAN INTO THE BEDROOM 424 00:28:16,142 --> 00:28:17,454 ♪ YOU WERE STRUCK DOWN IT WAS YOUR DOOM 425 00:28:17,488 --> 00:28:18,973 ♪ DANG ON IT DANG ON IT BABY 426 00:28:19,007 --> 00:28:20,733 ♪ ANNIE ARE OKAY DANG ON IT BABY 427 00:28:20,768 --> 00:28:22,493 ♪ WILL YOU TELL US THAT YOU'RE OKAY 428 00:28:22,528 --> 00:28:23,978 ♪ THEN YOU RAN INTO THE BEDROOM YOU WERE STRUCK DOWN 429 00:28:24,012 --> 00:28:27,015 ♪ IT WAS YOUR DOOM YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY 430 00:28:27,050 --> 00:28:31,157 YOU'VE BEEN STRUCK BY ♪ A SMOOTH CRIMINAL 431 00:28:31,192 --> 00:28:46,138 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 432 00:28:46,138 --> 00:28:46,863 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 433 00:28:46,897 --> 00:28:50,004 >> Ariana: THE COMPANY OF "MJ"! 434 00:28:50,038 --> 00:28:51,315 YES! 435 00:28:51,350 --> 00:28:53,559 AND LOOK WHO'S HERE-- SARAH SILVERMAN! 436 00:28:53,593 --> 00:28:57,805 ALONG WITH BILLY CRYSTAL AND SHOSHANNA BEAN, AND THE COMPANY. 437 00:28:57,839 --> 00:28:59,151 THEIR PERFORMANCE FROM "MR. 438 00:28:59,185 --> 00:29:02,982 SATURDAY NIGHT" IS NEXT ON THE 75th TONY AWARDS. 439 00:29:03,017 --> 00:29:03,707 THIS IS CBS. 440 00:29:13,510 --> 00:29:18,618 [ APPLAUSE] WE'RE BACK AT THE TONY AWARDS, 441 00:29:18,653 --> 00:29:33,564 FROM THE 2005 GLASS MEN AGERY PLEASE WELCOME SARAH PAULSON. 442 00:29:33,564 --> 00:29:33,910 FROM THE 2005 GLASS MEN AGERY PLEASE WELCOME SARAH PAULSON. 443 00:29:33,944 --> 00:29:42,263 IT IS FUN. 444 00:29:42,297 --> 00:29:45,473 SOMEBODY O >> I'LL APPLAUD TO THAT. 445 00:29:45,507 --> 00:29:48,027 >> IT'S A PLEASURE FOR US TO BE REUNITED ONSTAGE, THIS TIME TO 446 00:29:48,062 --> 00:29:51,203 ILLUMINATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF DIRECTORS. 447 00:29:51,237 --> 00:29:53,550 WE'VE BOTH COLLABORATED WITH ARTISTS WHO BRING INSPIRED 448 00:29:53,584 --> 00:29:56,691 IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS TO A PRODUCTION, ALONG WITH AN 449 00:29:56,725 --> 00:29:59,107 OPENNESS TO EXPERIMENT. 450 00:29:59,142 --> 00:30:01,558 THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACTOR'S JOURNEY ALLOWS ALL 451 00:30:01,592 --> 00:30:05,596 VOICES TO HAVE RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION. 452 00:30:05,631 --> 00:30:08,910 >> WITH ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM, DIRECTORS FOSTER AN ATMOSPHERE 453 00:30:08,945 --> 00:30:13,397 OF TRUST, ENCOURAGING THE COMPANY AND CREATIVE TEAM TO 454 00:30:13,432 --> 00:30:15,399 DREAM WITHOUT INHIBITION. 455 00:30:15,434 --> 00:30:17,781 DESIGNING WITHIN THEIR VISION OF THE PLAY, THEY NURTURE AND 456 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:21,474 CHALLENGE PERFORMERS TO FIND AND REVEAL THE SUBTLE, UNSPOKEN 457 00:30:21,509 --> 00:30:24,132 TRUTH OF THEIR CHARACTERS. 458 00:30:24,167 --> 00:30:30,380 >> THE NOMINEES FOR BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY ARE: 459 00:30:30,414 --> 00:30:35,281 LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ, "THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH." 460 00:30:35,316 --> 00:30:38,181 >> CAMILLE A. BROWN, "FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE 461 00:30:38,215 --> 00:30:42,426 CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF." 462 00:30:42,461 --> 00:30:46,914 >> SAM MENDES, "THE LEHMAN TRILOGY." 463 00:30:46,948 --> 00:30:51,297 >> NEIL PEPE, "AMERICAN BUFFALO." 464 00:30:51,332 --> 00:30:55,888 >> LES WATERS, "DANA H." 465 00:30:55,923 --> 00:31:00,824 >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: SAM MENDES, "THE LEHMAN 466 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:03,551 TRILOGY." 467 00:31:03,585 --> 00:31:09,626 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 468 00:31:09,660 --> 00:31:13,112 THIS IS SAM MEN DENSE THIRD NOMINATION AND 469 00:31:13,147 --> 00:31:16,909 SECOND WIN, HE LAST TOOK HOME IN 2019 IN THE SAME CATEGORY FOR 470 00:31:16,944 --> 00:31:19,222 THE FERRYMEN. 471 00:31:19,256 --> 00:31:22,294 >> THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH INDEED. 472 00:31:22,328 --> 00:31:29,301 IT IS AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, I'M PROUD ESPECIALLY 473 00:31:29,335 --> 00:31:32,166 THIS YEAR TO BE PART OF THE BROADWAY COMMUNITY IN A SEASON 474 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:36,895 OF SUCH RAMPANT CREATIVITY AND DIVERSITY SO THANK YOU FOR 475 00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:38,137 REMEMBERING US. 476 00:31:38,172 --> 00:31:41,278 I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SAY THANK YOU TO FOR KEEPING THIS 477 00:31:41,313 --> 00:31:44,523 SHOW ALIVE, DURING SOME PRETTY DARK DAYS SO THANK YOU TO SUE 478 00:31:44,557 --> 00:31:48,285 AND JOHN AND EVERYONE AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE. 479 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:53,739 AND REAPER AND EARN AT NEAL STREET AND CAROLLE FOR HER CLASS 480 00:31:53,773 --> 00:31:55,016 AND TEN ASITY. 481 00:31:55,051 --> 00:32:00,746 AN INCREDIBLE BUNCH OF COLLABORATORS TO NICK POWELL AND 482 00:32:00,780 --> 00:32:08,271 JOHN CLARK AND THE GENIUS THAT-- TO STEPH ANKE FOR HIS 483 00:32:08,305 --> 00:32:09,513 BRILLIANTS AND BONKERS PLAY. 484 00:32:09,548 --> 00:32:13,690 TO MY RIGHT ARM AND LEFT ARM DURING THIS PROCESS SAM AND ZOY, 485 00:32:13,724 --> 00:32:16,762 TO MY HEART, MY WIFE. 486 00:32:16,796 --> 00:32:19,799 BUT ESPECIALLY I WANT TO DEDICATE THIS TO THREE 487 00:32:19,834 --> 00:32:23,803 EXTRAORDINARY ACTORS, THEY ARE ALL HONORED HERE TODAY, SO BY 488 00:32:23,838 --> 00:32:26,530 DEFINITION THEY CAN'T ALL BE UP HERE BUT HAVE I WORKED WITH ALL 489 00:32:26,565 --> 00:32:31,984 OF THEM, ADRIAN, ADAM AND SIMON FOR 25 YEARS AND IT IS MY GREAT, 490 00:32:32,019 --> 00:32:33,779 GREATS HONOR AND DELIGHT THAT THEY JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER 491 00:32:33,813 --> 00:32:35,022 AND BETTER. 492 00:32:35,056 --> 00:32:38,197 SO ALL OF THESE, THE THREE OF THEM, YOU SHARE THIS WITH ME, 493 00:32:38,232 --> 00:32:45,998 THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. 494 00:32:46,033 --> 00:32:48,794 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 495 00:32:48,828 --> 00:32:51,797 >> AND NOW, THE VISIONARIES WHO ARE THE FINAL ARBITERS OF THE 496 00:32:51,831 --> 00:32:55,352 VARIED ELEMENTS THAT COMPRISE A MUSICAL. 497 00:32:55,387 --> 00:32:59,011 >> AMONG THEIR MANY GIFTS IS THE SKILL TO COMBINE MANY ART 498 00:32:59,046 --> 00:33:00,426 FORMS INTO ONE. 499 00:33:00,461 --> 00:33:04,499 THE NOMINEES FOR BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL ARE: 500 00:33:04,534 --> 00:33:11,023 STEPHEN BRACKETT, "A STRANGE LOOP." 501 00:33:11,058 --> 00:33:15,234 >> MARIANNE ELLIOTT, "COMPANY." 502 00:33:15,269 --> 00:33:21,102 >> CONOR McPHERSON, "GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY." 503 00:33:21,137 --> 00:33:26,659 >> LUCY MOSS & JAMIE ARMITAGE, "SIX: THE MUSICAL." 504 00:33:26,694 --> 00:33:35,151 >> CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON, "MJ." 505 00:33:35,185 --> 00:33:39,258 >> AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S TONY AWARD GOES TO: 506 00:33:39,293 --> 00:33:40,363 MARIANNE ELLIOTT, "COMPANY." 507 00:33:40,397 --> 00:33:47,818 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 508 00:33:47,853 --> 00:33:50,338 MARIANNE ELLIOTT EARNED HER THIRD TONY WIN, SHE 509 00:33:50,373 --> 00:33:55,723 PREVIOUSLY WON THE AWARD FOR 2011 WAR HORSE AND 2015 THE 510 00:33:55,757 --> 00:34:08,632 CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME. 511 00:34:08,667 --> 00:34:14,190 >> THEY JUST SAID I COULD SWEAR AS MUCH AS I LIKE. 512 00:34:14,224 --> 00:34:21,542 WOW, THANK YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST TO STEPHEN SONDHEIM. 513 00:34:21,576 --> 00:34:26,788 [APPLAUSE] FOR TRUSTING ME TO TELL HIS 514 00:34:26,822 --> 00:34:34,762 STORY IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND PUTTING A WOMAN FRONT AND 515 00:34:34,795 --> 00:34:35,659 CENTER! 516 00:34:35,694 --> 00:34:37,213 [APPLAUSE] HE AND I SHARED A BELIEF THAT 517 00:34:37,246 --> 00:34:41,630 THEATER SHOULD BE FOR THE NOW, THAT SHOULD SPEAK DIRECTLY TO 518 00:34:41,665 --> 00:34:43,081 TODAY'S AUDIENCE. 519 00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:47,809 BUT TO HAVE COLLABORATED WITH HIM SO CLOSELY, TO HAVE MADE A 520 00:34:47,844 --> 00:34:53,746 SHOW ABOUT NEW YORK ON BROADWAY WITH NEW YORK'S MOST IMPORTANT 521 00:34:53,781 --> 00:34:56,335 THEATER MAKERS OF MY LIFETIME IT IS A PRIVILEGE THAT I NEVER 522 00:34:56,370 --> 00:35:04,516 WOULD HAVE IMAGINED OR EVEN DARED TO IMAGINE EVER IN MY 523 00:35:04,550 --> 00:35:05,413 DAYS. 524 00:35:05,448 --> 00:35:06,932 OUR INDUSTRY HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH. 525 00:35:06,966 --> 00:35:11,005 IT FELT AT TIMES THAT LIVE THEATER WAS ENDANGERED. 526 00:35:11,039 --> 00:35:14,491 I WANT THEREFORE TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO ALL OF YOU OUT 527 00:35:14,526 --> 00:35:23,707 THERE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THIS BEAUTIFUL 528 00:35:23,742 --> 00:35:25,813 TRANSSPORTIVE AND ESSENTIAL ART FORM. 529 00:35:25,847 --> 00:35:29,989 TO EVERY ONE OF THE TALENTED AND DEDICATED TEAM WHO MADE THIS 530 00:35:30,024 --> 00:35:36,064 PRODUCTION HAPPEN, YOU ARE AMAZING CAST, TO CHRIS HARPER 531 00:35:36,099 --> 00:35:43,762 WHO PAID MY SALARY, TO NICK AND ELLIOTT HARPER, THE BROADWAY 532 00:35:43,796 --> 00:35:46,730 LEAGUE AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR, 533 00:35:46,765 --> 00:35:48,801 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 534 00:35:48,836 --> 00:36:03,782 [APPLAUSE] SARAH SILVERMAN. 535 00:36:03,782 --> 00:36:06,716 [APPLAUSE] SARAH SILVERMAN. 536 00:36:06,750 --> 00:36:10,340 >> THE NEXT NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSICAL IS BASED ON A FILM 537 00:36:10,375 --> 00:36:13,481 WHICH MARKED THE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT OF MY FRIEND, BILLY 538 00:36:13,516 --> 00:36:16,588 CRYSTAL, AND BELOVED BY ALL OF US WHO REVERE THE COMICS 539 00:36:16,622 --> 00:36:18,728 WHO CAME BEFORE US. 540 00:36:18,762 --> 00:36:22,732 "MR. SATURDAY NIGHT" IS THE HILARIOUS, HEARTWARMING 541 00:36:22,766 --> 00:36:26,701 STORY OF BUDDY YOUNG JR., AN OUTRAGEOUS AND OUTSPOKEN 542 00:36:26,736 --> 00:36:29,946 COMEDIAN WHO FOUND FLEETING FAME IN THE EARLY DAYS OF 543 00:36:29,980 --> 00:36:31,465 TELEVISION. 544 00:36:31,499 --> 00:36:36,090 NOW, SOME 40 YEARS AFTER HIS TV CAREER FLAMED OUT, BUDDY, WHO 545 00:36:36,124 --> 00:36:40,681 REALIZED IT'S LONELY AT THE MIDDLE, SEEKS ONE LAST CHANCE AT 546 00:36:40,715 --> 00:36:44,202 FIXING THE FAMILY HE FRACTURED ALONG THE WAY. 547 00:36:44,236 --> 00:36:49,103 PLEASE WELCOME TONY NOMINEES BILLY CRYSTAL, SHOSHANA BEAN, 548 00:36:49,137 --> 00:36:54,004 AND THE COMPANY OF "MR. SATURDAY NIGHT." 549 00:36:54,039 --> 00:36:58,250 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ STICK AROUND 550 00:36:58,285 --> 00:37:02,185 NEVER KNOW WHAT ♪ THE DAY WILL BRING YOU 551 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:04,601 STICK AROUND ♪ THOUGH YOU SOMETIMES 552 00:37:04,636 --> 00:37:09,054 MAY WONDER WHY ♪ LIFE'S A TRIP 553 00:37:09,088 --> 00:37:11,850 PEOPLE CHANGE WHO ♪ YOU LEAST EXPECTED 554 00:37:11,884 --> 00:37:14,404 YOU WERE STRANGERS ♪ NOW YOU'RE CONNECTED 555 00:37:14,439 --> 00:37:18,477 HEY, WHO KNOWS MAYBE ♪ PIGS CAN FLY 556 00:37:18,512 --> 00:37:23,689 STICK AROUND ♪ IT MAY ALL GO TO HELL TOMORROW 557 00:37:23,724 --> 00:37:28,176 HOLD YOUR GROUND ♪ YOU HAVE MORE THAN 558 00:37:28,211 --> 00:37:34,286 YOU THINK TO SHOW ♪ AND HE SAID OUT LOUD 559 00:37:34,321 --> 00:37:37,496 THAT I MADE HIM PROUD ♪ WHO'S TO SAY HOW CLOSE 560 00:37:37,531 --> 00:37:43,364 WE COULD GROW ♪ SO, STICK AROUND!¡ 561 00:37:43,399 --> 00:37:48,749 CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW ♪ STICK AROUND 562 00:37:48,783 --> 00:37:52,235 DON'T YOU LEAVE WHILE ♪ THE BAND'S STILL PLAYING 563 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:54,651 RIDE IT OUT ♪ WHO KNOWS WHICH WAY 564 00:37:54,686 --> 00:37:58,931 THE WIND WILL BLOW ♪ TAKE THE NICKEL TOUR 565 00:37:58,966 --> 00:38:01,279 WHO CAN SAY FOR SURE ♪ THEY'RE SURE HOW 566 00:38:01,313 --> 00:38:06,560 THEIR LIFE WILL GO ♪ STICK AROUND 567 00:38:06,594 --> 00:38:10,667 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN MR. SATURDAY NIGHT 568 00:38:10,702 --> 00:38:15,431 BUDDY YOUNG, JR! 569 00:38:15,465 --> 00:38:20,539 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ I'M HERE TO BRING A LITTLE JOY 570 00:38:20,574 --> 00:38:23,818 LOOK AT ME SING ♪ NOW WATCH ME DANCE 571 00:38:23,853 --> 00:38:25,855 OH, HEY ♪ YOU'RE GONNA LIKE MY SHTICK 572 00:38:25,889 --> 00:38:27,822 YOU'VE EATEN KUGGEL ♪ 'TIL YOU'RE SICK 573 00:38:27,857 --> 00:38:33,207 BOY, I'D HATE TO BE YOUR PANTS ♪ I'M YOUNG 574 00:38:33,241 --> 00:38:35,382 BUT EV'RY JOKE'S A PEARL ♪ I GOT BETTER LEGS 575 00:38:35,416 --> 00:38:38,799 THAN MILTON BERLE ♪ BEEN WAITED FOR THIS CHANCE 576 00:38:38,833 --> 00:38:43,113 SINCE I WAS A BOY ♪ TO BRING YOU ALL A LITTLE 577 00:38:43,148 --> 00:38:46,634 I PROMISE YOU THIS YID'LL ♪ BRING YOU ALL A LITTLE 578 00:38:46,669 --> 00:38:50,880 >> ALL RIGHT FOLKS, HERE'S WHAT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT JAZZ SCAT 579 00:38:50,914 --> 00:38:54,711 SINGING IS, RIGHT? 580 00:38:54,746 --> 00:38:59,854 WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS YIDDISH SCAT SINGING! 581 00:38:59,889 --> 00:39:01,511 AND AT SOME POINT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO JOIN IN WITH ME, ALL 582 00:39:01,546 --> 00:39:05,273 RIGHT? 583 00:39:05,308 --> 00:39:10,727 VER RARE. 584 00:39:10,762 --> 00:39:11,797 ELLA FITZGERALD, I APOLOGIZE. 585 00:39:11,832 --> 00:39:22,567 [ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] ♪ ♪ 586 00:39:22,601 --> 00:39:28,504 >> ALL RIGHT NOW, YOUR TURN. 587 00:39:28,538 --> 00:39:38,306 TRY NOT TO SPIT ON THE PERSON SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU. 588 00:39:38,341 --> 00:39:39,894 REPEAT AFTER ME. 589 00:39:39,929 --> 00:39:53,839 [ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] [ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] 590 00:39:53,874 --> 00:40:05,126 [ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] [ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] 591 00:40:05,161 --> 00:40:10,856 [ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] [ APPLAUSE] 592 00:40:10,891 --> 00:40:22,696 [ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] HEY BALCONY! 593 00:40:22,730 --> 00:40:29,634 HEY BALCONY! 594 00:40:29,668 --> 00:40:33,948 AN OLD JEWS NIGHTMARE, STAIRS! 595 00:40:33,983 --> 00:40:36,157 HEY BALCONY WITH ME? 596 00:40:36,192 --> 00:40:48,031 [ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] [ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] 597 00:40:48,066 --> 00:40:55,280 NOW, I'M GOING TO CUT YOU IN HALF LIKE THE RED SEA. 598 00:40:55,314 --> 00:40:57,178 WHEN I POINT TO YOU, REPEAT AFTER ME. 599 00:40:57,213 --> 00:40:59,940 SAY "“OY."” >> OY. 600 00:40:59,974 --> 00:41:03,184 >> SAY "“VEY."” >> VEY. 601 00:41:03,219 --> 00:41:05,014 >> SAY "“OY."” >> OY. 602 00:41:05,048 --> 00:41:06,636 >> SAY "“VEY."” >> VEY. 603 00:41:06,671 --> 00:41:08,880 >> OY. 604 00:41:08,914 --> 00:41:10,744 >> SAY "“VEY."” >> OY. 605 00:41:10,778 --> 00:41:11,054 VEY. 606 00:41:11,089 --> 00:41:11,779 OY. 607 00:41:11,814 --> 00:41:12,953 VEY. 608 00:41:12,987 --> 00:41:13,643 OY, VEY. 609 00:41:13,678 --> 00:41:16,370 OY, VEY. 610 00:41:16,404 --> 00:41:19,338 ♪ ♪ I'M HERE TO BRING A LITTLE 611 00:41:19,373 --> 00:41:22,065 JOY. 612 00:41:22,100 --> 00:41:26,484 FOLKS IF YOU LIKE ME, I'M BUDDY YOUNG JR. 613 00:41:26,518 --> 00:41:29,003 AND IF YOU DIDN'T, I'M HUGH JACKMAN! 614 00:41:29,038 --> 00:41:32,524 [ LAUGHTER] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 615 00:41:32,559 --> 00:41:47,505 ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 616 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:48,436 ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 617 00:41:48,471 --> 00:41:50,404 ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: COMING UP, A 15th 618 00:41:50,438 --> 00:41:52,855 ANNIVERSARY REUNION OF "SPRING AWAKENING." 619 00:41:52,889 --> 00:41:55,478 AND NEXT, A PERFORMANCE FROM "COMPANY" ON THE 75th TONY 620 00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:56,962 AWARDS. 621 00:41:56,997 --> 00:41:58,792 THIS IS CBS. 622 00:42:06,144 --> 00:42:13,565 ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE] 623 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:17,189 >> Ariana: WELCOME BACK TO THE TONY AWARDS. 624 00:42:17,224 --> 00:42:21,987 YOU KNOW, BOB FOSSE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHOREOGRAPHERS OF 625 00:42:22,022 --> 00:42:23,920 ALL TIME. 626 00:42:23,955 --> 00:42:29,788 AND YOU KNOW WHO KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT BOB FOSSE? 627 00:42:29,823 --> 00:42:41,282 SAM ROCKWELL, WHO'S CONVENIENTLY RIGHT HERE. 628 00:42:41,317 --> 00:42:47,254 [ LAUGHTER] SHALL WE? 629 00:42:47,288 --> 00:42:52,500 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 630 00:42:52,535 --> 00:43:00,129 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 631 00:43:00,163 --> 00:43:02,752 WOO! 632 00:43:02,787 --> 00:43:08,724 [ LAUGHS] [ APPLAUSE] 633 00:43:08,758 --> 00:43:12,003 >> Ariana: I LOVE HIM! 634 00:43:12,037 --> 00:43:12,659 YOU'RE GENIUS. 635 00:43:12,693 --> 00:43:16,904 MY BUDDY, SAM ROCKWELL! 636 00:43:16,939 --> 00:43:18,147 -- YOU KNOW WHAT THE TWO OF US, WE WORKED TOGETHER ON A MOVIE 637 00:43:18,181 --> 00:43:20,356 THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YET WHICH IS FINE. 638 00:43:20,390 --> 00:43:25,119 BUT WE'VE ALSO, WE'RE WORKED INCREDIBLE FOSSE DANCERS LIKE 639 00:43:25,154 --> 00:43:28,467 MARY ANN LAMB AND SUZIE MEISNER. 640 00:43:28,502 --> 00:43:30,159 SAM IS NOMINATED TONIGHT FOR "AMERICAN BUFFALO." 641 00:43:30,193 --> 00:43:42,792 HIS CO-STAR, LAURENCE FISHBURNE, HE DOES AN INCREDIBLE 642 00:43:42,827 --> 00:43:43,862 >> THANK YOU, AND WELCOME TO THE TONY AWARDS. 643 00:43:43,897 --> 00:43:49,454 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE AMERICAN 644 00:43:49,488 --> 00:43:53,044 THEATRE! 645 00:43:53,078 --> 00:44:02,260 [ APPLAUSE] >> LAURENCE FISHBURNE! 646 00:44:02,294 --> 00:44:04,055 AND NOW, WE'LL CONTINUE OUR 75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WITH AN 647 00:44:04,089 --> 00:44:05,988 ACTOR WHO MADE HIS BROADWAY DEBUT IN THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION 648 00:44:06,022 --> 00:44:08,576 OF "SPRING AWAKENING" ALONG WITH AN ACTRESS WHO WON A TONY AWARD 649 00:44:08,611 --> 00:44:10,993 FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN "GOD OF CARNAGE." 650 00:44:11,027 --> 00:44:15,618 PLEASE WELCOME SKYLAR ASTIN AND MARCIA GAY HARDEN. 651 00:44:15,653 --> 00:44:23,591 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 652 00:44:23,626 --> 00:44:27,872 >> IT TOOK THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO BRING BROADWAY BACK TO 653 00:44:27,906 --> 00:44:31,013 WELCOME ALMOST SEVEN MILLION THEATERGOERS TO A SHORTENED 654 00:44:31,047 --> 00:44:32,635 SEASON. 655 00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:35,742 THE BROADWAY LEAGUE CELEBRATES THE CRUCIAL ROLE PLAYED BY THE 656 00:44:35,776 --> 00:44:39,987 COVID SAFETY MANAGERS. 657 00:44:40,022 --> 00:44:44,716 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 150 OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT AS 658 00:44:44,751 --> 00:44:49,721 GUESTS OF THE TONYS. 659 00:44:49,756 --> 00:44:51,550 LET'S HEAR IT. 660 00:44:51,585 --> 00:45:03,804 [ APPLAUSE] >> THEIR DILIGENCE MADE IT 661 00:45:03,839 --> 00:45:07,014 POSSIBLE FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO FEEL AND BE SAFE, AND THEY 662 00:45:07,049 --> 00:45:10,052 CONTINUE TO KEEP EVERYONE ONSTAGE AND BACKSTAGE ABLE TO 663 00:45:10,086 --> 00:45:11,812 PERFORM. 664 00:45:11,847 --> 00:45:15,540 AMONG THOSE IN THEIR DEBT ARE THESE SIX ARTISTS. 665 00:45:15,574 --> 00:45:18,232 >> THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A 666 00:45:18,267 --> 00:45:25,239 FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY ARE: UZO ADUBA, "CLYDE'S." 667 00:45:25,274 --> 00:45:32,074 >> RACHEL DRATCH, "POTUS: OR, >> KENITA R. MILLER, "FOR 668 00:45:32,108 --> 00:45:34,835 COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE 669 00:45:34,870 --> 00:45:36,664 RAINBOW IS ENUF." 670 00:45:36,699 --> 00:45:42,567 >> PHYLICIA RASHAD, "SKELETON CREW." 671 00:45:42,601 --> 00:45:46,536 >> JULIE WHITE, "POTUS." 672 00:45:46,571 --> 00:45:51,369 >> AND KARA YOUNG, "CLYDE'S." 673 00:45:51,403 --> 00:45:55,545 >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: PHYLICIA RASHAD, "SKELETON 674 00:45:55,580 --> 00:45:59,308 CREW." 675 00:45:59,342 --> 00:46:04,347 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 676 00:46:04,382 --> 00:46:07,005 THIS IS THE THIRD NOMINATION AND SECOND WIN. 677 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:17,015 SHE PREVIOUSLY TOOK HOME A TONY FOR PLAYING IN A RAISIN IN THE 678 00:46:17,050 --> 00:46:31,961 SUN. 679 00:46:31,961 --> 00:46:33,066 SUN. 680 00:46:35,896 --> 00:46:44,215 >> JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I HAD DONE EVERYTHING THERE WAS TO DO, 681 00:46:44,249 --> 00:46:54,535 ALONG CAME SKELETON CREW. 682 00:46:54,570 --> 00:47:00,507 YOU DON'T COME TO THIS PLACE ALONE. 683 00:47:00,541 --> 00:47:03,821 YOU HEARD OTHERS SAY IT TONIGHT, AND IT'S TRUE. 684 00:47:03,855 --> 00:47:11,587 IT'S THE WORK OF MANY PEOPLE. 685 00:47:11,621 --> 00:47:15,280 DOMINIQUE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WRITING THIS PLAY. 686 00:47:15,315 --> 00:47:22,460 THAT ONLY YOU COULD HAVE WRITTEN. 687 00:47:22,494 --> 00:47:31,918 AND RUBEN, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING ME WITH A WORK THAT 688 00:47:31,952 --> 00:47:36,474 WAS CHALLENGING, DEMANDING AND MOST REWARDING. 689 00:47:36,508 --> 00:47:42,169 THANK YOU FOR CASTING THE PLAY THE WAY YOU DID, GIVING ME 690 00:47:42,204 --> 00:47:46,484 WONDERFUL ACTORS TO WORK WITH, LYNNE MEADOWS THANK YOU VERY 691 00:47:46,518 --> 00:47:49,521 MUCH, THANK YOU MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB FOR SUPPORTING THIS 692 00:47:49,556 --> 00:47:52,731 PLAY AND SEEING US THROUGH AND THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAME 693 00:47:52,766 --> 00:48:01,016 TO SEE IT. 694 00:48:01,050 --> 00:48:03,397 MOMMY, I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING. 695 00:48:03,432 --> 00:48:08,023 YOU WERE HERE WITH ME THE LAST TIME AND EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE OUT 696 00:48:08,057 --> 00:48:11,095 WEST, I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE HERE WITH ME NOW. 697 00:48:11,129 --> 00:48:14,995 IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. 698 00:48:15,030 --> 00:48:20,794 IT IS WONDERFUL TO PRESENT HUMANITARIAN IN ITS FULLNESS AND 699 00:48:20,828 --> 00:48:23,521 TO FEEL IT. 700 00:48:23,555 --> 00:48:29,113 THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. 701 00:48:29,147 --> 00:48:32,150 [APPLAUSE] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 702 00:48:32,185 --> 00:48:33,911 ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NOW, RETURNING TO 703 00:48:33,945 --> 00:48:35,464 BROADWAY IN THE REVIVAL OF "INTO THE WOODS," A TONY WINNER FOR 704 00:48:35,498 --> 00:48:38,156 HER LEADING PERFORMANCE IN THE REVIVAL OF "PIPPIN," PLEASE 705 00:48:38,191 --> 00:48:42,436 WELCOME PATINA MILLER. 706 00:48:42,471 --> 00:48:49,512 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> REIMAGINING AN ICONIC ROLE 707 00:48:49,547 --> 00:48:52,722 THAT WAS ORIGINATED BY A MALE ACTOR CAN BE AS EYE-OPENING AS 708 00:48:52,757 --> 00:48:57,796 IT IS FULFILLING. 709 00:48:57,831 --> 00:48:59,074 REALLY FULFILLING. 710 00:48:59,108 --> 00:49:00,558 IN THE REVELATORY NEW PRODUCTION OF THE GROUNDBREAKING MUSICAL 711 00:49:00,592 --> 00:49:03,216 COMPANY, "“BOBBY"” THE HABITUAL BACHELOR, IS REIMAGINED AS"“ 712 00:49:03,250 --> 00:49:04,976 BOBBIE,"” A SINGLE WOMAN. 713 00:49:05,011 --> 00:49:08,083 HER MARRIED FRIENDS SMOTHER HER WITH LOVE AND QUESTIONS: ISN'T 714 00:49:08,117 --> 00:49:11,120 IT TIME TO FIND THE RIGHT MAN AND START A FAMILY? 715 00:49:11,155 --> 00:49:14,572 THE CURTAIN RISES ON BOBBIE'S SURPRISE 35th BIRTHDAY PARTY 716 00:49:14,606 --> 00:49:17,057 AS HER FRIENDS GET INTO HER HEAD. 717 00:49:17,092 --> 00:49:21,993 NOMINATED FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, THIS IS "COMPANY"! 718 00:49:22,028 --> 00:49:31,209 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 719 00:49:31,244 --> 00:49:40,736 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 720 00:49:40,770 --> 00:49:41,806 ♪ ♪ ♪ BOBBIE 721 00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:43,497 BOBBIE ♪ BOBBIE BABY 722 00:49:43,532 --> 00:49:45,292 BOBBIE BUBI ♪ DARLING 723 00:49:45,327 --> 00:49:46,569 BOO BOO, SWEETIE ♪ ANGEL, WILL YOU 724 00:49:46,604 --> 00:49:48,019 BOBBIE ♪ DO US A FAVOR 725 00:49:48,054 --> 00:49:49,503 BOBBIE ♪ BOBBIE BABY 726 00:49:49,538 --> 00:49:50,988 TELL ME, SARAH ♪ BOBBIE, BUBI 727 00:49:51,022 --> 00:49:52,506 BOBBIE LOVE ♪ DOLL 728 00:49:52,541 --> 00:49:53,645 I'D LIKE YOUR ♪ PUMPKIN 729 00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:55,026 OPINION ♪ BOBBIE, GIRL 730 00:49:55,061 --> 00:49:55,993 BOBBIE, HONEY ♪ TRY ME, PETER 731 00:49:56,027 --> 00:49:56,717 BOBBIE ♪ BOBBIE 732 00:49:56,752 --> 00:49:57,718 ANGEL ♪ THERE'S A PROBLEM 733 00:49:57,753 --> 00:49:58,374 BOBBIE ♪ I NEED YOUR 734 00:49:58,409 --> 00:49:59,686 DARLING ♪ ADVICE 735 00:49:59,720 --> 00:50:01,481 BOBBIE BABY ♪ JAMIE, CAN I 736 00:50:01,515 --> 00:50:03,345 CALL YOU BACK TOMORROW ♪ JUST HALF AN HOUR 737 00:50:03,379 --> 00:50:04,829 HONEY, IF YOU'D VISIT THE ♪ BOBBIE 738 00:50:04,863 --> 00:50:05,761 SWEETHEART ♪ SUGAR 739 00:50:05,795 --> 00:50:06,796 KIDS ONCE OR TWICE ♪ BUBI 740 00:50:06,831 --> 00:50:08,764 JENNY, I COULD ♪ TAKE THEM TO THE ZOO ON FRIDAY 741 00:50:08,798 --> 00:50:10,455 ♪ WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ♪ BOBBIE 742 00:50:10,490 --> 00:50:12,078 BOBBIE ♪ WHERE HAVE 743 00:50:12,112 --> 00:50:17,014 HAVE YOU BEEN ♪ YOU BEEN 744 00:50:17,048 --> 00:50:18,981 ♪ WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN THINKING OF YOU 745 00:50:19,016 --> 00:50:19,740 ♪ THINKING OF YOU BOBBIE 746 00:50:19,775 --> 00:50:21,397 ♪ SORRY, PAUL I MADE A DATE WITH 747 00:50:21,432 --> 00:50:25,022 ♪ DROP BY ANY TIME 748 00:50:25,056 --> 00:50:29,336 ♪ BOBBIE DEAR IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS 749 00:50:29,371 --> 00:50:30,751 BOBBIE BABY ♪ BOBBIE, SWEETIE 750 00:50:30,786 --> 00:50:32,581 DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG ♪ BOBBIE, COME ON 751 00:50:32,615 --> 00:50:35,342 OVER FOR DINNER ♪ WE'LL BE SO GLAD TO SEE YOU 752 00:50:35,377 --> 00:50:40,451 BOBBIE, COME ON OVER FOR DINNER ♪ JUST BE THE THREE OF US 753 00:50:40,485 --> 00:50:53,705 ONLY THE THREE OF US ♪ WE LOVE 754 00:50:53,740 --> 00:51:02,093 ♪ YOU ♪ IN COMES COMPANY 755 00:51:02,128 --> 00:51:09,100 NO STRINGS, GOOD TIMES ♪ JUST CHUMS, COMPANY 756 00:51:09,135 --> 00:51:11,758 LATE NIGHTS, QUICK BITES ♪ PARTY GAMES 757 00:51:11,792 --> 00:51:17,108 DEEP TALKS, LONG WALKS ♪ TELEPHONE CALLS 758 00:51:17,143 --> 00:51:19,593 THOUGHTS SHARED, SOULS BARED ♪ PRIVATE NAMES 759 00:51:19,628 --> 00:51:25,012 ALL THOSE PHOTOS ♪ UP ON THE WALLS 760 00:51:25,047 --> 00:51:30,949 WITH LOVE ♪ WITH LOVE 761 00:51:30,984 --> 00:51:38,233 FILLING THE DAYS ♪ WITH LOVE, 70 WAYS 762 00:51:38,267 --> 00:51:44,170 TO BOBBIE, WITH LOVE ♪ FROM ALL THESE 763 00:51:44,204 --> 00:51:47,311 GOOD AND CRAZY PEOPLE ♪ YOUR FRIENDS 764 00:51:47,345 --> 00:51:52,074 THESE GOOD AND CRAZY PEOPLE ♪ YOUR MARRIED FRIENDS 765 00:51:52,109 --> 00:51:55,491 AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT ♪ ISN'T IT 766 00:51:55,526 --> 00:51:59,116 THAT'S WHAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT ♪ ISN'T IT 767 00:51:59,150 --> 00:52:02,981 THAT'S WHAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT ♪ REALLY ABOUT 768 00:52:03,016 --> 00:52:05,536 YOU I LOVE AND YOU I LOVE ♪ AND YOU AND YOU I LOVE 769 00:52:05,570 --> 00:52:08,090 AND YOU I LOVE AND YOU I LOVE ♪ AND YOU AND YOU I LOVE 770 00:52:08,125 --> 00:52:11,438 I LOVE ♪ ISN'T IT, ISN'T IT, ISN'T IT 771 00:52:11,473 --> 00:52:16,098 COMPANY ♪ COMPANY 772 00:52:16,133 --> 00:52:18,618 COMPANY ♪ LOTS OF COMPANY 773 00:52:18,652 --> 00:52:22,932 LIFE IS COMPANY ♪ LOVE IS COMPANY 774 00:52:22,967 --> 00:52:37,913 COMPANY ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 775 00:52:37,913 --> 00:52:39,811 COMPANY ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 776 00:52:39,846 --> 00:52:41,675 ♪ ♪ >> Ariana: THE CAST OF "COMPANY" 777 00:52:41,710 --> 00:52:45,679 IN AN ACTUAL-SIZE NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT! 778 00:52:45,714 --> 00:52:47,854 SAMUEL L. JACKSON AND LATANYA RICHARDSON JACKSON ARE IN THE 779 00:52:47,888 --> 00:52:49,338 WINGS. 780 00:52:49,373 --> 00:52:52,203 AND WE'VE GOT BOB DYLAN'S MUSIC IN A PERFORMANCE FROM "GIRL FROM 781 00:52:52,238 --> 00:52:53,515 THE NORTH COUNTRY." 782 00:52:53,549 --> 00:52:55,344 THE 75th TONY AWARDS. 783 00:52:55,379 --> 00:52:57,726 THIS IS CBS! 784 00:53:10,532 --> 00:53:25,443 >> Announcer: AND NOW, THE PRESIDENT OF CARNEGIE MELLON 785 00:53:25,443 --> 00:53:27,790 >> Announcer: AND NOW, THE PRESIDENT OF CARNEGIE MELLON 786 00:53:27,825 --> 00:53:30,379 ANNIVERSARY WE HONOR THE LEGACY OF THE WOMAN FOR WHOM THE TONY 787 00:53:30,414 --> 00:53:37,041 AWARDS ARE NAMED. 788 00:53:37,075 --> 00:53:40,734 COFOUNDER AND FORMER CHAIR OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING ANTOIN 789 00:53:40,769 --> 00:53:45,325 ETH PERRY LAID THE GROUND WORK FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF 790 00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:49,674 PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO EMPOWER GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE 791 00:53:49,709 --> 00:53:51,124 THEATER. 792 00:53:51,158 --> 00:53:52,367 THE WING'S ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER INITIATIVE PROVIDES TRAINING AND 793 00:53:52,401 --> 00:53:57,475 UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PROMISING YOUNG CREATIVES, 794 00:53:57,510 --> 00:53:58,683 MATCHING THEM WITH PROFESSIONAL MENTORS LIKE ME. 795 00:53:58,718 --> 00:54:02,618 I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE POWER OF MENTORSHIP; MY OWN PERSONAL 796 00:54:02,653 --> 00:54:07,209 GUIDE HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF TONIGHT'S NOMINEES. 797 00:54:07,244 --> 00:54:11,731 HI DAD. 798 00:54:11,765 --> 00:54:20,740 NOW, I'M VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 799 00:54:20,774 --> 00:54:27,160 MY OWN MENTEE, JULIA SCHICK. 800 00:54:27,194 --> 00:54:34,961 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THANKS, LILLI. 801 00:54:34,995 --> 00:54:36,618 I HAVE RECEIVED THREE SEPARATE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE WING SINCE 802 00:54:36,652 --> 00:54:39,310 2017. 803 00:54:39,345 --> 00:54:42,831 MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONE MY 804 00:54:42,865 --> 00:54:44,039 CRAFT SO THAT I MAY TOO TOUCH AUDIENCES' HEARTS THE WAY ALL OF 805 00:54:44,073 --> 00:54:52,289 YOU HAVE TOUCHED MINE. 806 00:54:52,323 --> 00:54:55,947 ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: RETURNING TO 807 00:54:55,982 --> 00:54:57,915 BROADWAY NEXT FALL, PLEASE WELCOME AND TONY NOMINEE LATANYA 808 00:54:57,949 --> 00:55:07,269 RICHARDSON JACKSON AND ACADEMY AWARD WINNER SAMUEL L. JACKSON. 809 00:55:07,304 --> 00:55:10,790 >> MY FIRST JOB ON BROADWAY WAS AS AN UNDERSTUDY 32 YEARS 810 00:55:10,824 --> 00:55:15,242 AGO IN AUGUST WILSON'S "THE PIANO LESSON." 811 00:55:15,277 --> 00:55:19,246 SO, I AM THRILLED TO BE COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER IN A REVIVAL 812 00:55:19,281 --> 00:55:29,809 OF "THE PIANO LESSON," THIS TIME DIRECTED BY MY WIFE, LATANYA-- 813 00:55:29,843 --> 00:55:37,299 THE FIRST WOMAN TO DIRECT AN AUGUST WILSON PLAY ON BROADWAY! 814 00:55:37,334 --> 00:55:41,199 WE ARE PROUD TO BE REVIVING ONE OF HIS PROFOUND 815 00:55:41,234 --> 00:55:46,895 MASTERPIECES. 816 00:55:46,929 --> 00:55:50,312 >> WHEN TAKING ON A CLASSIC, ARTISTS HONOR THE AUTHOR'S 817 00:55:50,347 --> 00:55:54,351 INTENT, WHILE ALSO STRIVING TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND 818 00:55:54,385 --> 00:55:59,114 UNEXPECTED FOR CURRENT AUDIENCES. 819 00:55:59,148 --> 00:56:03,532 THE PRODUCTIONS NOMINATED FOR THIS NEXT AWARD REVITALIZE WORKS 820 00:56:03,567 --> 00:56:10,090 THAT ARE BOTH OF THEIR TIME, YET TIMELESS. 821 00:56:10,125 --> 00:56:15,958 HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY. 822 00:56:15,958 --> 00:56:25,036 HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY. 823 00:56:42,882 --> 00:56:52,823 >> THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S TONY GOES TO: 824 00:56:52,857 --> 00:56:59,657 "TAKE ME OUT." 825 00:56:59,692 --> 00:57:01,970 ACCEPTING THE AWARD FOR TAKE ME OUT PRODUCER 826 00:57:02,004 --> 00:57:16,916 CAROLE ROTHMAN. IS OKAY. 827 00:57:16,916 --> 00:57:24,820 CAROLE ROTHMAN. IS OKAY. 828 00:57:24,855 --> 00:57:30,170 THANK YOU TO THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING. 829 00:57:30,205 --> 00:57:34,658 OKAY, OKAY, IN HAS BEEN A TOUGH TIME FOR THE THEATRE FOR OUR 830 00:57:34,692 --> 00:57:38,731 ARTISTS AND FOR NEW YORK CITY AND IT'S TAKEN GREAT COURAGE AND 831 00:57:38,765 --> 00:57:41,768 COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF SO MANY PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO THE 832 00:57:41,803 --> 00:57:44,219 THEATRE WHICH IS A PLACE OF JOY AND HOPE. 833 00:57:44,253 --> 00:57:46,946 EVERYONE AT SECOND STAGE IS IMMENSELY PROUD OF OUR 834 00:57:46,980 --> 00:57:51,709 PRODUCTION OF TAKE ME OUT AND CLYDE'S, THANK YOU RICHARD 835 00:57:51,744 --> 00:57:58,026 GREENBERG FOR YOUR BRILLIANT PLAY, SCOTT FOR YOUR INSPIRED 836 00:57:58,060 --> 00:57:59,337 DIRECTION. 837 00:57:59,372 --> 00:58:02,513 KEN GRAY, DAVE, LINDA FOR THEIR ELEGANT DESIGNS, STAGE MANAGERS 838 00:58:02,548 --> 00:58:06,586 BARKLEY AND PELLEY, THE CREW, THE UNDERSTUDIES. 839 00:58:06,621 --> 00:58:12,350 THE REMARKABLE COMPANY THAT HAS STUCK WITH IT FOR TWO YEAR, 840 00:58:12,385 --> 00:58:20,704 PATRICK ADD YAM-- ADAMS, JULIA, CARL'S LUND STAFF, KEN, MICHAEL, 841 00:58:20,738 --> 00:58:27,607 EDUARDO, TYLER AND JESSE. 842 00:58:27,642 --> 00:58:32,198 AN A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY CHILDREN MOLLY AND CHARLIE, 843 00:58:32,232 --> 00:58:38,238 THEY'RE MY HEROES. 844 00:58:38,273 --> 00:58:42,449 NOW AN ACTOR WHO MADE HIS BROADWAY DEBUT IN CHILDREN OF A 845 00:58:42,484 --> 00:58:49,733 LESSER GOD ANTHONY EDWARDS. 846 00:58:49,767 --> 00:59:04,713 >> GOOD EVENING. 847 00:59:04,713 --> 00:59:09,649 >> GOOD EVENING. 848 00:59:14,585 --> 00:59:18,106 THIS SHOW GOT INTO A SITUATION WHERE THERE WERE NO MORE SWINGS 849 00:59:18,140 --> 00:59:23,525 OR UNDERSTUDIES AND I WAS ASKED IF HE LAST MINUTE IF I WOULD 850 00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:26,079 COVER A ROLE. 851 00:59:26,114 --> 00:59:27,356 TERRIFIED. 852 00:59:27,391 --> 00:59:28,565 TRULY. 853 00:59:28,599 --> 00:59:32,776 BUT SHARING THE STAGE WITH THESE PERFORMERS WAS A ONCE IN A 854 00:59:32,810 --> 00:59:36,711 LIFETIME EXPERIENCE, THE SPIRITUALITY, THE UPLIFTING, 855 00:59:36,745 --> 00:59:41,992 BEAUTIFUL AND ORIGINAL STORY, BOLDLY REIMAGINES THE LEGENDARY 856 00:59:42,026 --> 00:59:48,723 SONGS OF BOB DYLAN, IT IS SET IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA N1934, A GROUP 857 00:59:48,757 --> 00:59:53,348 OF WANDERERS LIVES INTERSECT IN A HOUSE FULL OF MUSIC, LIFE AND 858 00:59:53,382 --> 00:59:56,972 HOPE, PLEASE WELCOME TONY NOMINEES MARE WINNINGHAM, 859 00:59:57,007 --> 00:59:59,112 JEANNETTE BAYARDELLE AND THE COMPANY FROM THE GIRL FROM THE 860 00:59:59,147 --> 01:00:04,808 NORTH COUNTRY. 861 01:00:04,842 --> 01:00:06,775 ♪ ONCE UPON A TIME YOU DRESSED SO FINE 862 01:00:06,810 --> 01:00:10,745 ♪ YOU THREW THE BUMS A DIME IN YOUR PRIME 863 01:00:10,779 --> 01:00:17,855 ♪ DIDN'T YOU PEOPLE'D CALL, SAY 864 01:00:17,890 --> 01:00:19,995 ♪ BEWARE DOLL YOU'RE BOUND TO FALL 865 01:00:20,030 --> 01:00:27,382 ♪ YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL KIDDIN' YOU 866 01:00:27,416 --> 01:00:39,739 ♪ YOU USED TO LAUGH ABOUT AHH 867 01:00:39,774 --> 01:00:40,602 ♪ EVERYBODY THAT WAS HANGIN' OUT AHH 868 01:00:40,637 --> 01:00:41,396 ♪ NOW YOU DON'T TALK SO LOUD AHH 869 01:00:41,430 --> 01:00:43,881 ♪ NOW YOU DON'T SEEM SO PROUD AHH 870 01:00:43,916 --> 01:00:51,993 ♪ ABOUT HAVING TO BE SCROUNGING FOR YOUR NEXT MEAL 871 01:00:52,027 --> 01:00:56,791 ♪ OH, BUT HOW DOES IT FEEL HOW DOES IT FEEL 872 01:00:56,825 --> 01:01:00,864 ♪ HOW DOES IT FEEL HOW DOES IT FEEL 873 01:01:00,898 --> 01:01:05,247 ♪ TO BE ON YOUR OWN HOW DOES IT FEEL 874 01:01:05,282 --> 01:01:10,045 ♪ WITH NO DIRECTION HOME HOW DOES IT FEEL 875 01:01:10,080 --> 01:01:14,084 ♪ A COMPLETE UNKNOWN HOW DOES IT FEEL 876 01:01:14,118 --> 01:01:29,064 ♪ YA LIKE A ROLLING STONE YOU'RE LIKE A ROLLING STONE 877 01:01:29,064 --> 01:01:33,034 ♪ YA LIKE A ROLLING STONE YOU'RE LIKE A ROLLING STONE 878 01:01:33,068 --> 01:01:43,216 ♪ JUST LIKE A ROLLING STONE OH, OH 879 01:01:43,251 --> 01:01:56,126 ♪ LIKE A ROLLING STONE ♪ ♪ 880 01:01:56,160 --> 01:02:03,029 MANY TRY TO STOP ME ♪ SHAKE ME UP IN MY MIND 881 01:02:03,064 --> 01:02:06,343 SAY PROVE TO ME ♪ THAT HE IS LORD 882 01:02:06,377 --> 01:02:10,899 SHOW ME A SIGN ♪ A SIGN 883 01:02:10,934 --> 01:02:16,663 WHAT KIND OF SIGN YA NEED ♪ WHEN IT ALL COMES FROM WITHIN 884 01:02:16,698 --> 01:02:20,771 WHEN WHAT'S LOST HAS BEEN FOUND ♪ HAS BEEN FOUND 885 01:02:20,806 --> 01:02:26,259 WHAT'S TO COME HAS ALREADY BEEN ♪ AND I JUST KEEP PRESSING ON 886 01:02:26,294 --> 01:02:32,818 ON, AND ON, AND ON, AND ON ♪ I KEEP ON MOVING ON 887 01:02:32,852 --> 01:02:39,514 PRESSING ON ♪ OH, OH, I 888 01:02:39,548 --> 01:02:46,693 PRESSING ON ♪ TO THE HIGHER CALLING OF MY 889 01:02:46,728 --> 01:02:49,386 PRESSING ON ♪ LORD 890 01:02:49,420 --> 01:02:59,361 ON, AND ON, AND ON, AND ON ♪ PRESSING ON 891 01:02:59,396 --> 01:03:07,991 I KEEP ON PRESSING ON ♪ TO THE HIGHER CALLING OF MY 892 01:03:08,025 --> 01:03:10,372 LORD ♪ AND ON, AND ON, AND ON 893 01:03:10,407 --> 01:03:25,353 AND ON ♪ ♪ ♪ 894 01:03:25,353 --> 01:03:27,631 AND ON ♪ ♪ ♪ 895 01:03:27,665 --> 01:03:31,911 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> : NEXT, LIN-MANUEL 896 01:03:31,946 --> 01:03:35,570 MIRANDA AND A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO STEPHEN SONDHEIM ON THE 75th 897 01:03:35,604 --> 01:03:36,743 TONYS. 898 01:03:36,778 --> 01:03:38,953 VISIT www.americantheatrewing.org TO 899 01:03:38,987 --> 01:03:40,782 DONATE RIGHT NOW. 900 01:03:40,817 --> 01:03:42,784 FOR A LIMITED TIME, DONATIONS WILL BE MATCHED DOLLAR FOR 901 01:03:42,819 --> 01:03:43,854 DOLLAR. 902 01:03:43,889 --> 01:03:49,308 THIS IS CBS. 903 01:03:52,207 --> 01:03:53,795 THE 75th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS ARE SPONSORED BY VERZENIO. 904 01:04:00,491 --> 01:04:07,533 ♪ ♪ >> Ariana: WELCOME BACK. 905 01:04:07,567 --> 01:04:12,883 EVERYONE HAS THEIR FAVORITE PART OF A BROADWAY SHOW. 906 01:04:12,918 --> 01:04:16,956 MAYBE IT'S THE BIG ELEVENTH O'CLOCK, MAYBE IT'S THE 907 01:04:16,991 --> 01:04:20,028 SAD REPRISE, MAYBE IT'S THAT MOMENT WHEN THEY SING THE 908 01:04:20,063 --> 01:04:21,719 TITLE OF THE SHOW. 909 01:04:21,754 --> 01:04:28,002 THOSE ARE ALL GOOD, BUT I THINK MY FAVORITE PART OF A MUSICAL IS 910 01:04:28,036 --> 01:04:35,872 THE BEST. 911 01:04:35,906 --> 01:04:45,329 THERE'S A MOMENT IN EVERY SHOW ♪ THAT'S SIMPLY TOO INTENSE, 912 01:04:45,364 --> 01:04:53,924 ♪ WHEN THE ACTORS LEAVE THE ♪ STAGE AND COME OUT INTO THE 913 01:04:53,959 --> 01:04:55,892 ♪ AUDIENCE. 914 01:04:55,926 --> 01:04:57,686 ♪ ♪ ♪ WE WERE UP THERE 915 01:04:57,721 --> 01:05:00,275 NOW WE'RE DOWN HERE ♪ FILLING ALL YOUR HEARTS 916 01:05:00,310 --> 01:05:04,417 WITH FEAR ♪ 'CAUSE THERE'S NO AVOIDING US 917 01:05:04,452 --> 01:05:09,181 IN THE AUDIENCE ♪ YOU'RE SCARED WE WILL TALK TO 918 01:05:09,215 --> 01:05:11,977 YOU ♪ AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE 919 01:05:12,011 --> 01:05:14,255 GOING TO DO ♪ THERE IS NO AVOIDING US IN 920 01:05:14,289 --> 01:05:23,850 THE... 921 01:05:23,885 --> 01:05:25,093 >> AUDIENCE! 922 01:05:25,128 --> 01:05:33,895 >> ♪ I'M CLOSE TO YOU OH, SO CLOSE TO YOU 923 01:05:33,930 --> 01:05:38,693 ♪ I AM TOUCHING YOU THERE'S NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO 924 01:05:38,727 --> 01:05:44,009 ♪ I'M SITTING ON YOU 'CAUSE WHAT THEY SAY IS TRUE 925 01:05:44,043 --> 01:05:54,398 ♪ THERE IS NO ESCAPING US IN THE AUDIENCE 926 01:05:54,433 --> 01:05:57,125 ♪ IN EVERY SHOW, IT'S TRIED AND TRUE 927 01:05:57,160 --> 01:06:00,128 ♪ THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO 928 01:06:00,163 --> 01:06:05,685 ♪ 'CAUSE THERE IS NO AVOIDING US IN THE AUDIENCE 929 01:06:05,720 --> 01:06:17,180 ♪ IN THE AUDIENCE IN THE AUDIENCE 930 01:06:17,214 --> 01:06:21,356 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AUDIENCE, GIVE IT UP FOR UTKARSH 931 01:06:21,391 --> 01:06:30,607 AMBUDKAR AND FOUR-TIME TONY NOMINEE, RAUL ESPARZA! 932 01:06:30,641 --> 01:06:37,545 ♪ ♪ >> ON JUNE 27, THE JIMMY AWARDS, 933 01:06:37,579 --> 01:06:40,997 PRODUCED BY THE BROADWAY LEAGUE, WILL RETURN LIVE TO THE MINSKOFF 934 01:06:41,031 --> 01:06:42,653 THEATRE. 935 01:06:42,688 --> 01:06:48,659 92 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CHOSEN FROM 140,000 WILL PERFORM AS 936 01:06:48,694 --> 01:06:52,042 THEY COMPETE FOR 20 SCHOLARSHIPS. 937 01:06:52,077 --> 01:06:55,494 THE TOP TWO WILL BE SELECTED BEST ACTOR AND BEST ACTRESS. 938 01:06:55,528 --> 01:06:58,773 >> MANY PAST JIMMY WINNERS HAVE LANDED ROLES ON BROADWAY. 939 01:06:58,807 --> 01:07:02,673 MAYBE ONE DAY, SOME OF THIS YEAR'S FINALISTS MIGHT FIND 940 01:07:02,708 --> 01:07:05,400 THEMSELVES NOMINATED FOR A TONY, JUST LIKE THESE NEXT ARTISTS. 941 01:07:05,435 --> 01:07:07,885 THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A 942 01:07:07,920 --> 01:07:16,756 FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL ARE: MATT DOYLE, "COMPANY." 943 01:07:16,791 --> 01:07:21,727 >> SIDNEY DUPONT, "PARADISE SQUARE." 944 01:07:21,761 --> 01:07:25,938 >> JARED GRIMES, "FUNNY GIRL." 945 01:07:25,972 --> 01:07:31,185 >> JOHN-ANDREW MORRISON, "A STRANGE LOOP." 946 01:07:31,219 --> 01:07:38,019 >> A.J. SHIVELY, "PARADISE SQUARE." 947 01:07:38,054 --> 01:07:40,677 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: 948 01:07:40,711 --> 01:07:46,338 MATT DOYLE, "COMPANY." 949 01:07:46,372 --> 01:07:50,204 MATT DOIL STUD-- DOYLE STUDIED, THIS IS 950 01:07:50,238 --> 01:07:57,901 HIS FIRST NOMINATION AND TONY WIN. 951 01:07:57,935 --> 01:08:00,593 >> OH MY GOODNESS, OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 952 01:08:00,628 --> 01:08:02,906 THANK YOU TO THE AMERICAN THESER WING AND THE BROADWAY LEAGUE AND 953 01:08:02,940 --> 01:08:06,737 TO ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MEN IN MY CATEGORY, MY GOD, YOU BRILLIANT, 954 01:08:06,772 --> 01:08:10,362 BRILLIANT MEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY TEAM ERIC AND TIM AND 955 01:08:10,396 --> 01:08:13,503 EVERYONE AT THE JACOBS THESER, THE THE STAFF, THE CREW, THE 956 01:08:13,537 --> 01:08:15,884 STAGE MANAGEMENT, AND MY COMPANY, MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY 957 01:08:15,919 --> 01:08:19,371 SWRERKS BEEN TO HELL AND BACK WITH EACH OTHER, I LOVE YOU SO 958 01:08:19,404 --> 01:08:23,202 MUCH, TO TY, MY WONDERFUL PAUL AND MY REAL LIFE PAUL MAX 959 01:08:23,237 --> 01:08:25,100 CLAYTON I LOVE YOU. 960 01:08:25,135 --> 01:08:28,828 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT YOU. 961 01:08:28,863 --> 01:08:32,073 AND YOU REALLY DO LEAVE LOVE NOTES ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I 962 01:08:32,108 --> 01:08:34,731 CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU PUT UP WITH. 963 01:08:34,765 --> 01:08:38,734 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MARIANNE ELLIOTT AND CHRIS HARPER FOR 964 01:08:38,769 --> 01:08:41,255 YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS AND 965 01:08:41,288 --> 01:08:42,635 CHANGING MY LIFE. 966 01:08:42,670 --> 01:08:45,913 TO MY EARLIEST TEACHERS MARILYN, JUDY, BRIT, RICHARD, BETH, THANK 967 01:08:45,948 --> 01:08:50,160 YOU TO MY FAMILY, MY SISTERS LEAH AND COLLEEN AND MY PARENTS 968 01:08:50,194 --> 01:08:53,232 WHO BELIEVED IN MY PURSUING MY PASSION AND BELIEVED IN THE ARTS 969 01:08:53,267 --> 01:08:57,133 AND BELIEVED THAT THE ONLY WAY I WOULD BE HAPPY IS TO LIVE MY 970 01:08:57,167 --> 01:09:01,067 LIFE AUTHENTICALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO GEORGE AND STEPHEN 971 01:09:01,102 --> 01:09:04,450 SONDHEIM, STEPHEN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING YOUR WORK TO EVOLVE AND 972 01:09:04,484 --> 01:09:08,005 ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE TO BE SEEN IN YOUR GENIUS, THANK YOU SO 973 01:09:08,040 --> 01:09:10,006 MUCH. 974 01:09:10,042 --> 01:09:14,115 I'M THE NEXT >> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME 975 01:09:14,149 --> 01:09:26,747 FOUR-TIME TONY AWARD WINNER, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA. 976 01:09:26,783 --> 01:09:27,921 >> ALL OF US WHO LOVE AND DEDICATE OUR LIVES TO THE 977 01:09:27,956 --> 01:09:30,269 PERFORMING ARTS FELT A PROFOUND LOSS LAST NOVEMBER WHEN 978 01:09:30,304 --> 01:09:34,170 WE LOST A MUSICAL GIANT, STEPHEN SONDHEIM. 979 01:09:34,203 --> 01:09:36,895 STEVE TOUCHED OUR LIVES IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS, THROUGH 980 01:09:36,930 --> 01:09:43,488 HIS IMMORTAL MUSIC AND LYRICS, THROUGH HIS TEACHING AND 981 01:09:43,524 --> 01:09:44,697 ADVOCACY FOR YOUNG WRITERS AND THROUGH LETTERS. 982 01:09:44,732 --> 01:09:46,078 STEPHEN WROTE THEM TO FRIENDS, TO UP-AND-COMING ARTISTS, 983 01:09:46,112 --> 01:09:48,460 TO COUNTLESS PEOPLE HE'D NEVER MET. 984 01:09:48,493 --> 01:09:50,910 HE WROTE SO MANY LETTERS THAT YOU'D WONDER WHEN HE HAD TIME TO 985 01:09:50,944 --> 01:09:55,536 PICK UP A BLACKWING 602 PENCIL AND WRITE A SONG. 986 01:09:55,570 --> 01:09:59,056 I STAND HERE ON BEHALF OF GENERATIONS OF ARTISTS HE TOOK 987 01:09:59,091 --> 01:10:04,303 THE TIME TO ENCOURAGE. 988 01:10:08,618 --> 01:10:10,447 >> I LOVE TEACHING AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT ALL ART IS A 989 01:10:10,482 --> 01:10:11,621 FORM OF TEACHING. 990 01:10:11,655 --> 01:10:13,174 I THINK PAINTING IS A FORM OF TEACHING. 991 01:10:13,209 --> 01:10:16,212 ANY KIND OF COMMUNICATION IS A FORM OF TEACHING. 992 01:10:16,246 --> 01:10:19,111 AND AN ARTIST- A VISUAL ARTIST SHOWS US WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE 993 01:10:19,145 --> 01:10:20,768 WORLD. 994 01:10:20,802 --> 01:10:24,323 A NOVELIST SHOWS US WAYS THAT PEOPLE BEHAVE. 995 01:10:24,358 --> 01:10:28,500 A COMPOSER SHOWS US TO LISTEN. 996 01:10:28,534 --> 01:10:42,134 >> TONY WINNER, BERNADETTE PETERS. 997 01:10:42,168 --> 01:10:48,761 ♪ ♪ ♪ CAREFUL THE THINGS YOU SAY 998 01:10:48,796 --> 01:10:55,906 CHILDREN WILL LISTEN ♪ CAREFUL THE THINGS YOU DO 999 01:10:55,941 --> 01:11:05,675 CHILDREN WILL SEE ♪ AND LEARN 1000 01:11:05,709 --> 01:11:15,201 CHILDREN MAY NOT OBEY ♪ BUT CHILDREN WILL LISTEN 1001 01:11:15,236 --> 01:11:23,900 CHILDREN WILL LOOK TO YOU ♪ FOR WHICH WAY TO TURN 1002 01:11:23,934 --> 01:11:32,771 TO LEARN WHAT TO BE ♪ CAREFUL BEFORE YOU SAY 1003 01:11:32,805 --> 01:11:42,539 LISTEN TO ME ♪ CHILDREN WILL LISTEN 1004 01:11:42,574 --> 01:11:45,370 ♪ ♪ >> IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO WRITE. 1005 01:11:46,785 --> 01:11:48,269 IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO PUT ON A SHOW. 1006 01:11:48,304 --> 01:11:50,616 YOU BETTER- IF YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO WRITE 1007 01:11:50,651 --> 01:11:55,276 IT- WRITE IT OUT OF PASSION. 1008 01:11:55,794 --> 01:12:00,661 ♪ ♪ ♪ CAREFUL THE SPELL YOU CAST 1009 01:12:00,695 --> 01:12:07,495 NOT JUST ON CHILDREN ♪ SOMETIMES THE SPELL MAY LAST 1010 01:12:07,530 --> 01:12:16,159 PAST WHAT YOU CAN SEE ♪ AND TURN AGAINST YOU 1011 01:12:16,193 --> 01:12:23,822 CAREFUL THE TALE YOU TELL ♪ THAT IS THE SPELL 1012 01:12:23,856 --> 01:12:32,451 CHILDREN WILL LISTEN ♪ ♪ 1013 01:12:32,486 --> 01:12:33,694 >> MORE EDUCATION IS JUST ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE CURIOUS, THAT'S 1014 01:12:33,728 --> 01:12:34,936 ALL IT'S ABOUT. 1015 01:12:34,971 --> 01:12:36,869 AND TO GET A CHILD TO BE CURIOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING WOULD BE A 1016 01:12:36,904 --> 01:12:40,735 UNBEARABLE THRILL FOR ME. 1017 01:12:40,770 --> 01:12:48,053 ♪ ♪ ♪ GUIDE THEM AND STEP AWAY 1018 01:12:48,087 --> 01:12:56,026 CHILDREN WILL GLISTEN ♪ TAMPER WITH WHAT IS TRUE 1019 01:12:56,061 --> 01:13:04,518 AND CHILDREN WILL TURN ♪ IF JUST TO BE FREE 1020 01:13:04,552 --> 01:13:11,214 CAREFUL BEFORE YOU SAY ♪ LISTEN TO ME 1021 01:13:11,248 --> 01:13:25,504 CHILDREN WILL LISTEN ♪ CHILDREN WILL LISTEN 1022 01:13:25,539 --> 01:13:40,485 CHILDREN WILL LISTEN ♪ 1023 01:13:40,485 --> 01:13:48,803 CHILDREN WILL LISTEN ♪ 1024 01:13:48,838 --> 01:13:56,949 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Announcer: NEXT JENNIFER 1025 01:13:56,984 --> 01:13:58,779 HUDSON, RUPAUL CHARLES, AND A PERFORMANCE FROM "A STRANGE 1026 01:13:58,813 --> 01:14:00,436 LOOP." 1027 01:14:00,470 --> 01:14:01,851 THE 75th TONYS. 1028 01:14:01,885 --> 01:14:04,060 THIS IS CBS. 1029 01:14:11,412 --> 01:14:26,358 ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1030 01:14:26,358 --> 01:14:30,293 ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1031 01:14:30,327 --> 01:14:34,815 DURING THE SHOW WE HOSTED THE TONY AWARDS ACT ONE, THE BEST 1032 01:14:34,849 --> 01:14:40,648 SCORE WAS PRESENTED TO LUCY MOSS AND TONY MARLOW FOR SIX. 1033 01:14:40,683 --> 01:14:44,341 >> IT IS NOW OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT AN AWARD TO THE 1034 01:14:44,376 --> 01:14:49,899 FANTASTIC WRITERS WHO PROVIDE STORY, STRUCTURE, CHARACTER, 1035 01:14:49,933 --> 01:14:53,868 CLIFFHANGERS, HUMOR, HEART, STRONG BEGINNINGS, AND 1036 01:14:53,903 --> 01:14:59,874 POWER-PACKED ENDINGS. 1037 01:14:59,909 --> 01:15:01,082 >> PAST WINNERS INCLUDE HARVEY FIERSTEIN, LISA KRON, THOMAS 1038 01:15:01,117 --> 01:15:02,221 MEEHAN, MARSHA NORMAN, TERRENCE McNALLY, AND DIABLO CODY. 1039 01:15:02,256 --> 01:15:03,188 LET'S ADD TO THAT ILLUSTRIOUS LIST. 1040 01:15:03,222 --> 01:15:07,330 THE NOMINEES FOR BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL ARE: 1041 01:15:07,364 --> 01:15:12,818 "GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY," CONOR McPHERSON. 1042 01:15:12,853 --> 01:15:18,410 >> "MJ," LYNN NOTTAGE. 1043 01:15:18,444 --> 01:15:19,584 >> "MR. SATURDAY NIGHT," BILLY CRYSTAL, LOWELL GANZ, BABALOO 1044 01:15:19,618 --> 01:15:22,725 MANDEL. 1045 01:15:22,759 --> 01:15:23,933 >> "PARADISE SQUARE," CHRISTINA ANDERSON, CRAIG LUCAS, LARRY 1046 01:15:23,967 --> 01:15:29,525 KIRWAN. 1047 01:15:29,559 --> 01:15:30,146 >> "A STRANGE LOOP," MICHAEL R. 1048 01:15:30,180 --> 01:15:35,669 JACKSON. 1049 01:15:35,703 --> 01:15:42,676 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: 1050 01:15:42,710 --> 01:15:43,262 "A STRANGE LOOP," MICHAEL R. 1051 01:15:43,297 --> 01:15:51,270 JACKSON. 1052 01:15:51,305 --> 01:15:54,377 >> NEW YORK TIMES NAMES MICHAEL R JACKSON ONE OF THE BLACK MALE 1053 01:15:54,411 --> 01:15:57,311 WRITERS OF OUR TIME, HE WAS NOMINATE FORD TWO TONY AWARDS 1054 01:15:57,345 --> 01:16:12,257 THIS EVENING. 1055 01:16:12,257 --> 01:16:15,225 THIS EVENING. 1056 01:16:15,260 --> 01:16:21,231 >> YES! 1057 01:16:21,266 --> 01:16:27,410 OKAY, SHUT SIT DOWN, OKAY. 1058 01:16:27,444 --> 01:16:32,829 I STARTED, OH, GOD, 47 SECONDS, I STARTED WRITING THIS MUSICAL 1059 01:16:32,864 --> 01:16:36,488 WHEN I WAS 2 3-RBGS IEMG'S 4 1-RBGS I'M OLD AS HELL, I WROTE 1060 01:16:36,522 --> 01:16:40,250 IT FROM AN OLD LADY'S HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF JAMAICA QUEENS 1061 01:16:40,285 --> 01:16:43,357 WHEN I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE, I 1062 01:16:43,391 --> 01:16:47,361 DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WOULD MOVE FORWARD, I FELT UNSEEN, UNHEARD, 1063 01:16:47,395 --> 01:16:49,466 MISUNDERSTOOD AND I WANTED TO CREATE A LIFE RAFT FOR MYSELF AS 1064 01:16:49,501 --> 01:16:54,195 A BLACK GAY MAN TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THE DAY AND OVER THE 1065 01:16:54,230 --> 01:16:58,648 YEARS I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TAKE ALL MY BEAUTIFUL KATION 1066 01:16:58,683 --> 01:17:01,962 MEMBER, MY DIRECTOR, SO MANY QUEER PEOPLE, I GIVE A SPECIAL 1067 01:17:01,996 --> 01:17:05,828 SHOUT OUT TO MY INCREDIBLE CHOREOGRAPHER WHO COULD NOT BE 1068 01:17:05,862 --> 01:17:10,418 HERE, HE NEEDS EVERYTHING, HE HAS BEEN HERE FOR ME, SO MUCH I 1069 01:17:10,453 --> 01:17:14,250 WANT TO SAY, I'M LIKE REALLY SPEECHLESS THE, I SHOULD HAVE 1070 01:17:14,284 --> 01:17:17,253 WRITTEN DOWN A SPEECH, THAT'S MY BAD, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, BAR 1071 01:17:17,287 --> 01:17:20,083 BRARKS TEAM, EVERYBODY, PLEASE WRAP UP. 1072 01:17:20,118 --> 01:17:24,812 Y'ALL KNOW I'M ALL ABOUT QUALITY IN HIGH ART. 1073 01:17:24,847 --> 01:17:27,712 WE TALK ABOUT REPRESENTATION, I'M ALL ABOUT REPRESENTATION BUT 1074 01:17:27,746 --> 01:17:30,991 LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE STAYING ON OUR GRINDS AND ART, THAT WE 1075 01:17:31,025 --> 01:17:34,960 ARE DOING THE BEST WORK WE CAN DO, JAYNE ONCE SENSE THERE IS 1076 01:17:34,995 --> 01:17:37,894 NOTHING THAT CAN REPLACE QUALITY, NEVER SETTLE FOR 1077 01:17:37,929 --> 01:17:41,553 ANYTHING LESS THAN THE BEST YOU CAN DO, DO YOUR BEST, THAT IS MY 1078 01:17:41,587 --> 01:17:44,660 MESSAGE TO EVERYBODY, EVERY ARTIST, THANK YOU AGAIN, THANK 1079 01:17:44,694 --> 01:17:50,631 YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 1080 01:17:50,666 --> 01:17:52,529 >> Announcer: AND NOW, A "HAMILTON" REUNION: TONY AWARD 1081 01:17:52,564 --> 01:17:56,119 WINNER RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY; AND RETURNING TO BROADWAY IN 1082 01:17:56,154 --> 01:17:59,571 "INTO THE WOODS," PHILLIPA SOO. 1083 01:17:59,605 --> 01:18:00,848 >> WHILE THERE IS GREAT PRIDE >> WHILE THERE IS GREAT PRIDE 1084 01:18:05,819 --> 01:18:09,408 THAT COMES FROM ORIGINATING A ROLE ON BROADWAY, THERE IS ALSO 1085 01:18:09,443 --> 01:18:12,515 A SPECIAL JOY THAT COMES FROM SHARING CLASSIC MUSICALS 1086 01:18:12,549 --> 01:18:14,966 WITH NEW AUDIENCES. 1087 01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:17,796 REVISITING A WORK FROM ANOTHER TIME WITH A CONTEMPORARY 1088 01:18:17,831 --> 01:18:26,736 EYE ALLOWS FOR REINTERPRETATION AND EXCITING NEW DISCOVERIES FOR 1089 01:18:26,771 --> 01:18:27,910 THEATERGOERS. 1090 01:18:27,944 --> 01:18:29,118 >> THIS SEASON'S REVIVALS SPAN DECADES-- FROM BROADWAY'S 1091 01:18:29,152 --> 01:18:31,914 GOLDEN AGE, TO THE REVOLUTIONARY FIRST CONCEPT MUSICAL, TO A 1092 01:18:31,948 --> 01:18:33,743 RECENT CLASSIC. 1093 01:18:33,778 --> 01:18:36,988 THIS EVENING, WE SAW LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM "THE MUSIC 1094 01:18:37,022 --> 01:18:39,507 MAN" AND "COMPANY." 1095 01:18:39,542 --> 01:18:44,167 THE THIRD NOMINATED REVIVAL, "CAROLINE, OR CHANGE," WAS A 1096 01:18:44,202 --> 01:18:45,928 LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THAT COMPLETED ITS RUN EARLIER THIS 1097 01:18:45,962 --> 01:18:48,793 YEAR. 1098 01:18:48,827 --> 01:18:51,105 >> ONCE AGAIN, HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST REVIVAL 1099 01:18:51,140 --> 01:19:01,737 OF A MUSICAL. 1100 01:19:06,327 --> 01:19:21,273 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 1101 01:19:21,273 --> 01:19:23,275 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 1102 01:19:23,310 --> 01:19:32,319 ♪ ♪ >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: 1103 01:19:32,353 --> 01:19:32,906 "COMPANY." 1104 01:19:32,940 --> 01:19:36,495 PRODUCER: CHRIS HARPER. 1105 01:19:45,297 --> 01:20:00,243 ACCEPTING THE AWARD PRODUCER CHRIS HARPER. WOW, WOW, THIS IS 1106 01:20:00,243 --> 01:20:01,762 ACCEPTING THE AWARD PRODUCER CHRIS HARPER. WOW, WOW, THIS IS 1107 01:20:01,797 --> 01:20:03,384 JUST AN INCREDIBLE HONOR. 1108 01:20:03,419 --> 01:20:08,665 THANK YOU SO MUCH FIRSTLY TO MY FRIENDS AND BUSINESS PARTNER 1109 01:20:08,700 --> 01:20:10,012 MARIANNE ELLIOTT FOR BEING SUCH A VISIONARY ARTIST TO MY 1110 01:20:10,046 --> 01:20:14,154 PRODUCING PARTY FOR ALWAYS BEING BY MY SIDE TO CAITRIONA AND 1111 01:20:14,188 --> 01:20:16,984 PATTI, OUR INCREDIBLE CAST. 1112 01:20:17,019 --> 01:20:20,608 PATTI, ST AN HONOR TO BE THE PERSON WHO PAYS YOUR SALARY 1113 01:20:20,643 --> 01:20:22,334 EVERY NIGHT. 1114 01:20:22,369 --> 01:20:28,513 TO OUR ORCHESTRA, OUR STAGE CREW, OUR SWINGS, EVERYBODY AT 1115 01:20:28,547 --> 01:20:35,900 THE THEATRE, OUR STAGE CREW, EVERYONE AT PRODUCTIONS AND HE 1116 01:20:35,934 --> 01:20:40,525 COULD PRODUCER AND STEPHEN SONDHEIM FOR LETTING US 1117 01:20:40,559 --> 01:20:42,976 REIMAGINE HIS CLASSIC MUSICAL. 1118 01:20:43,010 --> 01:20:46,876 IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME AND TO BE SUPPORTED BY SO MANY PEOPLE 1119 01:20:46,911 --> 01:20:50,742 AS PART OF THE BROADWAY COMMUNITY IS EQUALLY SPECIAL. 1120 01:20:50,776 --> 01:20:55,954 BUT COMPANY IS A SHOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE LIFE MEANING. 1121 01:20:55,989 --> 01:21:01,891 SO I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO MY CHILDREN, MARTHA AND 1122 01:21:01,926 --> 01:21:04,480 BARNABY BECAUSE THEY ARE MY REASON FOR BEING ALIVE, THANK 1123 01:21:04,514 --> 01:21:11,211 YOU SO MUCH. 1124 01:21:11,245 --> 01:21:14,214 >> ANNOUNCER: PLEASE WELCOME TONY NOMINATED CO-PRODUCERS OF 1125 01:21:14,248 --> 01:21:25,156 "A STRANGE LOOP": JENNIFER HUDSON AND RUPAUL CHARLES. 1126 01:21:25,190 --> 01:21:28,607 >> IN THE NEXT PRODUCTION NOMINATED FOR BEST MUSICAL, WE 1127 01:21:28,642 --> 01:21:32,404 MEET USHER, A BLACK, QUEER WRITER WRITING A MUSICAL ABOUT 1128 01:21:32,439 --> 01:21:34,820 A BLACK QUEER WRITER, WRITING A MUSICAL ABOUT A BLACK QUEER 1129 01:21:34,855 --> 01:21:37,513 WRITER. 1130 01:21:37,547 --> 01:21:46,522 SET IN THE HERE AND NOW, THIS BLISTERINGLY FUNNY MASTERWORK 1131 01:21:46,556 --> 01:21:47,730 EXPOSES THE HEART AND SOUL OF A YOUNG ARTIST GRAPPLING WITH 1132 01:21:47,764 --> 01:21:52,424 DESIRES, IDENTITY, AND INSTINCTS HE BOTH LOVES AND LOATHES. 1133 01:21:52,459 --> 01:21:55,117 >> DETERMINED TO BREAK FREE OF HIS OWN SELF-PERCEPTION, USHER 1134 01:21:55,151 --> 01:22:01,847 WRESTLES WITH THE THOUGHTS IN HIS HEAD, BROUGHT TO LIFE BY A 1135 01:22:01,882 --> 01:22:04,505 HILARIOUS, STRAIGHT-TALKING ENSEMBLE. 1136 01:22:04,540 --> 01:22:08,613 BOLD AND HEARTFELT IN ITS TRUTH- TELLING, THIS IS THE BIG, BLACK, 1137 01:22:08,647 --> 01:22:11,374 AND QUEER-ASS GREAT AMERICAN MUSICAL FOR ALL! 1138 01:22:11,409 --> 01:22:24,180 PLEASE WELCOME THE COMPANY OF "A STRANGE LOOP." 1139 01:22:24,215 --> 01:22:25,009 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 1140 01:22:25,043 --> 01:22:27,252 ♪ USHER, USHER USHER, USHER 1141 01:22:27,287 --> 01:22:29,910 ♪ USHER, USHER USHER, USHER 1142 01:22:29,945 --> 01:22:34,673 ♪ HOW MANY MINUTES!¡ TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION 1143 01:22:34,708 --> 01:22:36,399 ♪ IS THAT HOW THE SHOW SHOULD OPEN 1144 01:22:36,434 --> 01:22:38,574 ♪ SHOULD THERE EVEN BE A SHOW NO, IT SHOULD START WITH 1145 01:22:38,608 --> 01:22:40,576 ♪ WHAT HE'S THINKING WHICH IS JUST A CURSOR BLINKING 1146 01:22:40,610 --> 01:22:42,164 ♪ !¡CAUSE OF ALL OF THE DIRECTIONS 1147 01:22:42,198 --> 01:22:45,305 ♪ THAT THE NARRATIVE COULD GO HE WANTS TO SHOW WHAT 1148 01:22:45,339 --> 01:22:49,861 ♪ IT'S LIKE TO LIVE UP HERE OH, USHER 1149 01:22:49,895 --> 01:22:56,419 ♪ AND TRAVEL THE WORLD IN A FAT, BLACK QUEER BODY 1150 01:22:56,454 --> 01:22:58,697 ♪ HOW MANY MINUTES!¡ TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION 1151 01:22:58,732 --> 01:23:01,459 ♪ NO ONE CARES ABOUT A WRITER WHO IS STRUGGLING TO WRITE 1152 01:23:01,493 --> 01:23:04,117 ♪ THEY'LL SAY IT'S WAY TOO REPETITIOUS 1153 01:23:04,151 --> 01:23:05,394 ♪ AND SO OVERLY AMBITIOUS WHICH OF COURSE 1154 01:23:05,428 --> 01:23:07,120 ♪ MAKES THEM SUSPICIOUS THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE 1155 01:23:07,154 --> 01:23:09,191 ♪ TRYING TO BE WHITE HE HAS TO FIGHT FOR HIS RIGHT 1156 01:23:09,225 --> 01:23:14,575 ♪ TO LIVE IN A WORLD HEY, USHER 1157 01:23:14,610 --> 01:23:20,616 ♪ THAT CHEWS UP AND SPITS OUT BLACK QUEERS ON THE DAILY 1158 01:23:20,650 --> 01:23:24,068 ♪ BLACKNESS, QUEERNESS FIGHTING BACK TO FILL THIS 1159 01:23:24,102 --> 01:23:26,208 ♪ CIS-HET ALL-WHITE SPACE WITH A PORTRAIT OF A 1160 01:23:26,242 --> 01:23:30,384 ♪ PORTRAIT OF A PORTRAIT OF A 1161 01:23:30,419 --> 01:23:33,629 ♪ BLACK QUEER FACE AND A CHOIR FULL OF 1162 01:23:33,663 --> 01:23:36,114 ♪ BLACK QUEER VOICES AND ALSO BASS 1163 01:23:36,149 --> 01:23:37,150 ♪ ALL THOUGHTS [ SNAPPING FINGERS] 1164 01:23:37,184 --> 01:23:40,946 THAT ARE CASTING SPELLS ♪ TO CONJURE UP A 1165 01:23:40,981 --> 01:23:43,984 BIG, BLACK AND QUEER-ASS ♪ AMERICAN BROADWAY 1166 01:23:44,019 --> 01:23:47,022 BIG, BLACK AND QUEER-ASS ♪ AMERICAN BROADWAY 1167 01:23:47,056 --> 01:23:50,059 BIG, BLACK AND QUEER-ASS ♪ AMERICAN BROADWAY 1168 01:23:50,094 --> 01:23:53,683 I AM A DISNEY USHER ♪ I'M BARELY SCRAPING BY 1169 01:23:53,718 --> 01:23:57,066 MY DISCONTENTMENT COMES IN ♪ MANY SHAPES AND SIZES 1170 01:23:57,101 --> 01:24:00,932 BUT I WOKE UP THIS MORNING ♪ I TOLD MYSELF TO TRY 1171 01:24:00,966 --> 01:24:04,936 I TOLD MYSELF THAT I WOULD ♪ MAKE NO COMPROMISES TODAY 1172 01:24:04,970 --> 01:24:13,013 A MEETING WITH MY LANDLORD ♪ WHO MAKES ME MISS MY TRAIN 1173 01:24:13,048 --> 01:24:15,015 AND I SMELL AWFUL ♪ !¡CAUSE THERE IS 1174 01:24:15,050 --> 01:24:18,363 NO TIME TO SHOWER ♪ I PLASTER ON A SMILE 1175 01:24:18,398 --> 01:24:20,434 PRETEND I HAVE NO BRAIN ♪ MAKE NICE WITH 1176 01:24:20,469 --> 01:24:30,513 ALL THESE TOURISTS ♪ HOUR AFTER HOUR TODAY 1177 01:24:30,548 --> 01:24:33,413 TODAY I PLAN TO ♪ CHANGE MY WHOLE LIFE 1178 01:24:33,447 --> 01:24:38,625 FOREVER ♪ USHER, SURPRISE 1179 01:24:38,659 --> 01:24:39,936 >> HOW YOU DOIN'? 1180 01:24:39,971 --> 01:24:42,732 IT'S YOUR DAILY SELF-LOATHING! 1181 01:24:42,767 --> 01:24:44,424 AND I HAD SOME TIME TO KILL SO I THOUGHT I'D DROP IN TO REMIND 1182 01:24:44,458 --> 01:24:47,634 YOU OF JUST HOW TRULY WORTHLESS YOU ARE. 1183 01:24:47,668 --> 01:24:48,635 >> USHER! 1184 01:24:48,669 --> 01:24:50,292 HEAD OF THE MONOLITHIC NEGRO CORPORATION HERE! 1185 01:24:50,326 --> 01:24:52,466 JUST CHECKING IN TO SEE IF YOU FOUND YOUR UNAPOLOGETIC 1186 01:24:52,501 --> 01:24:55,883 BLACKNESS YET?!¡ CAUSE YOUR NUMBERS ARE IN THE 1187 01:24:55,918 --> 01:24:57,126 TOILET WITH THE BLACK EXCELLENCE CROWD, AND YOU'RE REAL CLOSE TO 1188 01:24:57,161 --> 01:24:57,471 CANCELLATION! 1189 01:24:57,506 --> 01:24:59,128 UNCLE TOM! 1190 01:24:59,163 --> 01:25:00,681 ♪ SO DAYS LIKE THIS JUST GET ME OOO 1191 01:25:00,716 --> 01:25:03,684 ♪ I HATE DAYS LIKE TODAY OOO 1192 01:25:03,719 --> 01:25:06,722 ♪ DAYS WHEN I FACE MYSELF, BUT OOO 1193 01:25:06,756 --> 01:25:07,654 ♪ SEE THE SAME REFLECTION OOO-OOO-OOO 1194 01:25:07,688 --> 01:25:09,173 ♪ SOMEONE WHO'S STUCK REWRITING OOO 1195 01:25:09,207 --> 01:25:11,106 ♪ AND STUCK IN HIS OWN WAY OOO 1196 01:25:11,140 --> 01:25:12,555 ♪ SOMEONE WHO PLANS TO EDIT OOO 1197 01:25:12,590 --> 01:25:16,249 ♪ EVERY IMPERFECTION OOO-OOO-OOO 1198 01:25:16,283 --> 01:25:17,112 ♪ USHER-USHER TODAY 1199 01:25:17,146 --> 01:25:19,252 ♪ USHER, USHER USHER-USHER 1200 01:25:19,286 --> 01:25:21,185 ♪ TODAY I PLAN TO CHANGE MY... 1201 01:25:21,219 --> 01:25:22,703 ♪ USHER, USHER HOW MANY MINUTES 1202 01:25:22,738 --> 01:25:24,326 ♪ !¡TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION IF YOU CAN'T 1203 01:25:24,360 --> 01:25:26,673 ♪ PLEASE THE CAUCASIANS YOU WILL NEVER GET THE DOUGH 1204 01:25:26,707 --> 01:25:28,606 ♪ USHER!¡ CAUSE CRITICS 1205 01:25:28,640 --> 01:25:30,021 ♪ CLINICALLY DENY US THEN DENY IMPLICIT BIAS 1206 01:25:30,055 --> 01:25:33,162 ♪ WITH THEIR VANITY SUPPORTED BY A SYSTEM THAT'S DISTORTED 1207 01:25:33,197 --> 01:25:35,095 ♪ WATCH THEM WRITE YOU OFF AS LAZY, NOT TO MENTION 1208 01:25:35,130 --> 01:25:37,511 ♪ NAVEL-GAZEY LACKING BOTH IN CRAFT AND RIGOR 1209 01:25:37,546 --> 01:25:39,962 ♪ !¡CAUSE YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A BIG, BLACK AND QUEER-ASS 1210 01:25:39,996 --> 01:25:42,861 ♪ AMERICAN BROADWAY BIG, BLACK AND QUEER-ASS 1211 01:25:42,896 --> 01:25:45,968 ♪ AMERICAN BROADWAY BIG, BLACK AND QUEER-ASS 1212 01:25:46,002 --> 01:25:48,729 ♪ AMERICAN BROADWAY USHER-USHER 1213 01:25:48,764 --> 01:25:50,041 ♪ HOW MANY MINUTES USHER-USHER 1214 01:25:50,075 --> 01:25:51,767 ♪ !¡TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION USHER-USHER 1215 01:25:51,801 --> 01:25:55,495 ♪ HOW MANY MINUTES USHER-USHER 1216 01:25:55,529 --> 01:25:56,565 ♪ !¡TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION USHER-USHER 1217 01:25:56,599 --> 01:25:57,945 ♪ HOW MANY MINUTES!¡ TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION 1218 01:25:57,980 --> 01:25:59,015 ♪ OH MY GOD USHER-USHER 1219 01:25:59,050 --> 01:26:00,120 ♪ HOW MANY MINUTES!¡ TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION 1220 01:26:00,155 --> 01:26:06,678 ♪ OH MY GOD USHER-USHER 1221 01:26:06,713 --> 01:26:17,862 ♪ LESS THAN TWO [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1222 01:26:17,896 --> 01:26:20,002 >> Announcer: NEXT, A 15th ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE BY THE 1223 01:26:20,036 --> 01:26:22,280 ORIGINAL CAST OF "SPRING AWAKENING." 1224 01:26:22,315 --> 01:26:25,318 AND LATER, BILLY PORTER SINGS IN AN EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE. 1225 01:26:25,352 --> 01:26:27,216 THE 75th TONYS. 1226 01:26:27,251 --> 01:26:33,118 THIS IS CBS. 1227 01:26:33,153 --> 01:26:35,051 >> Announcer: THE 75th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS ARE SPONSORED BY THE 1228 01:26:35,086 --> 01:26:38,331 MAKERS OF TYLENOL, CARE WITHOUT LIMITS. 1229 01:26:43,439 --> 01:26:52,897 ♪ ♪ >> Ariana: WELCOME BACK TO THE 1230 01:26:52,931 --> 01:26:54,519 TONY AWARDS. 1231 01:26:54,554 --> 01:26:57,142 THE THEATRE IS RICH WITH TRADITIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS 1232 01:26:57,177 --> 01:27:00,076 PASSING YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION. 1233 01:27:00,111 --> 01:27:04,598 I DON'T THINK THERE IS A SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM WHO WAS NOT 1234 01:27:04,633 --> 01:27:08,809 INSPIRED BY AND EMBRACED BY A MENTOR. 1235 01:27:08,844 --> 01:27:09,431 FOR ME, THAT WAS ELIZABETH GRIMES DROESSLER. 1236 01:27:12,606 --> 01:27:20,373 SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS ONE SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN YOU. 1237 01:27:20,407 --> 01:27:21,477 AND LIZ WAS THAT PERSON FOR ME. 1238 01:27:21,512 --> 01:27:22,685 SHE MADE ME REALIZE IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR ME TO PURSUE 1239 01:27:22,720 --> 01:27:24,549 THEATRE AS A LIFE AND CAREER. 1240 01:27:24,584 --> 01:27:30,521 SHE PASSED AWAY IN MAY, BUT HER ENCOURAGEMENT WALKS ALONGSIDE 1241 01:27:30,555 --> 01:27:34,973 ME, AND ALL OF HER STUDENTS, EVERY TIME WE STEP ONTO A STAGE. 1242 01:27:35,008 --> 01:27:42,533 THANK YOU, LIZ. 1243 01:27:42,567 --> 01:27:47,192 AND NOW, TO HONOR ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL ARTS EDUCATOR, PLEASE 1244 01:27:47,227 --> 01:27:54,476 WELCOME CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY ALUM, TELLY LEUNG. 1245 01:27:54,510 --> 01:28:00,620 ♪ ♪ >> THE TONY AWARDS AND CARNEGIE 1246 01:28:00,654 --> 01:28:03,036 MELLON UNIVERSITY CO- CREATED THE "“EXCELLENCE IN 1247 01:28:03,070 --> 01:28:06,902 THEATRE EDUCATION AWARD"” TO RECOGNIZE ARTS EDUCATORS 1248 01:28:06,936 --> 01:28:10,423 NATIONWIDE WHO DEMONSTRATE EXEMPLARY IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF 1249 01:28:10,457 --> 01:28:12,183 THEIR STUDENTS. 1250 01:28:12,217 --> 01:28:16,014 EARLIER, THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO ROSHUNDA JONES-KOUMBA OF 1251 01:28:16,049 --> 01:28:24,471 G.W. CARVER MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. 1252 01:28:24,506 --> 01:28:26,887 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] MS. JONES-KOUMBA, FOR INSPIRING 1253 01:28:26,922 --> 01:28:30,788 STUDENTS THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND INCLUSIVITY, 1254 01:28:30,822 --> 01:28:33,515 THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. 1255 01:28:33,549 --> 01:28:40,211 SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR NEXT YEAR'S AWARD. 1256 01:28:40,245 --> 01:28:44,905 GO TO www.tonyawards.com/education- 1257 01:28:44,940 --> 01:28:47,080 award TO SUBMIT AND TELL THE STORY OF A THEATRE EDUCATOR WHO 1258 01:28:47,114 --> 01:28:51,981 MADE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE. 1259 01:28:52,016 --> 01:28:53,293 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 1260 01:28:53,328 --> 01:29:00,783 >> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME ZACH BRAFF AND LEA MICHELE. 1261 01:29:00,818 --> 01:29:07,652 >> ON THIS STAGE IN 2007, I INTRODUCED A MUSICAL INSPIRED BY 1262 01:29:07,687 --> 01:29:09,585 A CONTROVERSIAL LITERARY MASTERPIECE DARING IN ITS 1263 01:29:09,620 --> 01:29:15,867 DEPICTION OF TEENAGE SELF- DISCOVERY, IN WHICH ADULTS HOLD 1264 01:29:15,902 --> 01:29:19,112 ALL THE CARDS AND TEENS TRAUMATIZED BY PUBERTY EXPLORE 1265 01:29:19,146 --> 01:29:20,320 THE MYSTERIES OF THEIR BODIES. 1266 01:29:20,355 --> 01:29:23,979 THE SHOW WAS "SPRING AWAKENING." 1267 01:29:24,013 --> 01:29:25,463 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THAT NIGHT, WE WENT ON TO WIN 1268 01:29:25,498 --> 01:29:28,052 EIGHT TONY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL. 1269 01:29:28,086 --> 01:29:31,020 IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE WE'LL NEVER FORGET. 1270 01:29:31,055 --> 01:29:36,336 LATE LAST YEAR, OUR ENTIRE COMPANY REUNITED FOR A SPECIAL 1271 01:29:36,371 --> 01:29:43,032 15th ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT CONCERT WHICH WAS CAPTURED IN THE HBO 1272 01:29:43,067 --> 01:29:46,622 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY "“THOSE YOU'VE KNOWN."” 1273 01:29:46,657 --> 01:29:49,625 >> TONIGHT, IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR ANNIVERSARY, IT'S AN HONOR 1274 01:29:49,660 --> 01:29:51,351 FOR ME TO WELCOME BACK THE ORIGINAL COMPANY OF 1275 01:29:51,386 --> 01:30:03,536 "SPRING AWAKENING." 1276 01:30:05,469 --> 01:30:06,504 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 1277 01:30:06,539 --> 01:30:20,104 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 1278 01:30:20,138 --> 01:30:23,107 ♪ WHERE I GO WHEN I GO THERE 1279 01:30:23,141 --> 01:30:26,869 ♪ NO MORE MEM'RY ANYMORE ♪ WHERE I GO 1280 01:30:26,904 --> 01:30:30,217 WHEN I GO THERE ♪ NO MORE MEM'RY ANYMORE 1281 01:30:30,252 --> 01:30:36,534 ONLY DRIFTING ON SOME SHIP ♪ THE WIND THAT WHISPERS 1282 01:30:36,569 --> 01:30:42,506 OF THE DISTANCE ♪ TO SHORE 1283 01:30:42,540 --> 01:30:44,335 WHERE I GO ♪ AHH 1284 01:30:44,369 --> 01:30:48,201 WHEN I GO THERE ♪ NO MORE LIST'NING ANYMORE 1285 01:30:48,235 --> 01:30:54,276 AHH ♪ ONLY HYMNS UPON YOUR LIPS 1286 01:30:54,310 --> 01:31:02,767 A MYSTIC WISDOM RISING WITH THEM ♪ TO SHORE 1287 01:31:02,802 --> 01:31:05,736 TOUCH ME ♪ JUST LIKE THAT 1288 01:31:05,770 --> 01:31:10,672 AND THAT, OH YEAH ♪ NOW, THAT'S HEAVEN 1289 01:31:10,706 --> 01:31:15,642 NOW, THAT I LIKE ♪ GOD, THAT'S SO NICE 1290 01:31:15,677 --> 01:31:23,857 NOW LOWER DOWN ♪ WHERE THE FIGS LIE 1291 01:31:23,892 --> 01:31:27,896 OH, OH MY GOD ♪ OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH 1292 01:31:27,930 --> 01:31:34,799 OH, OH MY GOD ♪ OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH 1293 01:31:34,834 --> 01:31:40,943 TOUCH ME ♪ TOUCH ME 1294 01:31:40,978 --> 01:31:42,807 OH-OH ♪ OH-OH 1295 01:31:42,842 --> 01:31:46,949 OH-OH ♪ MY GOD 1296 01:31:46,984 --> 01:31:50,056 WHERE I GO ♪ WHEN I GO THERE 1297 01:31:50,090 --> 01:31:58,720 NO MORE SHADOWS ANYMORE ♪ ONLY YOU THERE IN THE KISS 1298 01:31:58,754 --> 01:32:02,965 AND NOTHING MISSING ♪ AS YOU'RE DRIFTING 1299 01:32:03,000 --> 01:32:07,107 TO SHORE ♪ WHERE I GO 1300 01:32:07,142 --> 01:32:14,839 WHEN I GO THERE ♪ NO MORE WEEPING ANYMORE 1301 01:32:14,874 --> 01:32:17,393 NO MORE WEEPING ANYMORE ♪ NO, NO, NO 1302 01:32:17,428 --> 01:32:22,122 ONLY IN AND OUT YOUR LIPS ♪ THE BROKEN WISHES 1303 01:32:22,157 --> 01:32:24,504 WASHING WITH THEM ♪ TO SHORE 1304 01:32:24,539 --> 01:32:26,851 TOUCH ME ♪ TOUCH ME 1305 01:32:26,886 --> 01:32:29,578 ALL SILENT ♪ ALL SILENT 1306 01:32:29,613 --> 01:32:33,030 BABY, JUST TELL ME ♪ TELL ME, PLEASE 1307 01:32:33,064 --> 01:32:35,964 ALL IS FORGIVEN ♪ TOUCH 1308 01:32:35,998 --> 01:32:38,587 CONSUME MY WINE ♪ OH 1309 01:32:38,622 --> 01:32:42,280 CONSUME MY MIND ♪ OH 1310 01:32:42,315 --> 01:32:45,214 I'LL TELL YOU HOW ♪ OH 1311 01:32:45,249 --> 01:32:46,146 HOW THE WINDS SIGH ♪ THERE I GO, THERE I GO 1312 01:32:46,181 --> 01:32:47,389 TOUCH ME ♪ OH, OH, OH 1313 01:32:47,423 --> 01:32:50,875 JUST TRY IT ♪ JUST, JUST TRY IT 1314 01:32:50,910 --> 01:32:53,671 NOW, THERE THAT'S IT ♪ NOW, THERE, THAT'S IT 1315 01:32:53,706 --> 01:32:56,260 OH, GOD, THAT'S HEAVEN ♪ OH, GOD, THAT'S HEAVEN 1316 01:32:56,294 --> 01:32:58,538 TOUCH ♪ I'LL LOVE YOUR LIGHT 1317 01:32:58,573 --> 01:33:03,301 I'LL LOVE YOU RIGHT ♪ WE'LL WANDER DOWN 1318 01:33:03,336 --> 01:33:06,753 WHERE THE SINS CRY ♪ WHERE THE SINS CRY 1319 01:33:06,788 --> 01:33:10,826 TOUCH ME ♪ JUST LIKE THAT 1320 01:33:10,861 --> 01:33:15,348 NOW LOWER DOWN ♪ WHERE THE SINS LIE 1321 01:33:15,382 --> 01:33:22,838 LOVE ME ♪ JUST FOR A BIT 1322 01:33:22,873 --> 01:33:29,638 WE'LL WANDER DOWN ♪ WHERE THE WINDS SIGH 1323 01:33:29,673 --> 01:33:30,846 QUIETS ♪ WHERE THE WINDS SIGH 1324 01:33:30,881 --> 01:33:38,060 WHERE THE WINDS SIGH ♪ WHERE THE WINDS SIGH 1325 01:33:38,095 --> 01:33:41,961 ♪ ♪ ♪ WHERE THE WINDS SIGH 1326 01:33:41,995 --> 01:33:48,588 ♪ ♪ ♪ 1327 01:33:48,623 --> 01:33:58,391 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 1328 01:33:58,425 --> 01:34:00,358 >> Announcer: ANDREW GARFIELD AND NATHAN LANE ARE NEXT WITH 1329 01:34:00,393 --> 01:34:01,428 THE AWARD FOR BEST PLAY. 1330 01:34:01,463 --> 01:34:05,432 AND LATER, A PERFORMANCE FROM "SIX: THE MUSICAL." 1331 01:34:05,467 --> 01:34:06,192 THE 75th TONYS. 1332 01:34:06,226 --> 01:34:07,745 THIS IS CBS. 1333 01:34:13,786 --> 01:34:23,036 ♪ ♪ WELCOME BACK TO THE TONY AWARDS, 1334 01:34:23,071 --> 01:34:26,281 WE WOULD LIKE TO SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON THIS YEAR'S 1335 01:34:26,315 --> 01:34:28,352 NOMINATED PLAYWRIGHTS, NOW WE ASKED THEM TO TELL US A LITTLE 1336 01:34:28,386 --> 01:34:31,389 BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR PLAYSK AND HERE THEY ARE IN 1337 01:34:31,424 --> 01:34:36,015 THEIR OWN WORDS. 1338 01:34:36,049 --> 01:34:41,779 >> ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE MY PLAY IS HILARIOUS. 1339 01:34:41,814 --> 01:34:42,504 >> FUNNY. 1340 01:34:42,538 --> 01:34:42,815 >> FUNNY. 1341 01:34:42,849 --> 01:34:44,368 >> EPIC. 1342 01:34:44,402 --> 01:34:44,713 >> HORRIFYING. 1343 01:34:44,748 --> 01:34:45,127 >> FIGHT. 1344 01:34:45,162 --> 01:34:46,301 >> DANGEROUS. 1345 01:34:46,335 --> 01:34:47,371 >> SURPRISING. 1346 01:34:47,405 --> 01:34:51,202 >> UNITY, HOPEFUL. 1347 01:34:51,237 --> 01:34:52,479 >> HAPPENING,-- HAPPY, TBISY TURNER. 1348 01:34:52,514 --> 01:34:54,827 >> ONE OF MY FAVORITE LINE FROM CLYDE'S IS A LITTLE SALT MAKES 1349 01:34:54,861 --> 01:34:58,002 THE FOOD TASTE GOOD, TOO MUCH MAKES IT INEDIBLE. 1350 01:34:58,037 --> 01:34:59,210 REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. 1351 01:34:59,245 --> 01:35:02,593 >> AIN'T NO WAY TO FIGHT WITHOUT JUMPING ON A DAMN GRENADE. 1352 01:35:02,627 --> 01:35:05,423 >> NEW YORK, EVERYTHING AND THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING ALL AT 1353 01:35:05,458 --> 01:35:11,498 THE SAME TIME IT IS COMPLETELY SHAMELESS AND COMPLETELY SUB 1354 01:35:11,533 --> 01:35:12,707 LIME. 1355 01:35:12,741 --> 01:35:16,193 >> THE TOWN IS THE IDEA ITSELF THE PLACE WHERE WE SEND OUR 1356 01:35:16,227 --> 01:35:19,472 CHILDREN TO SCHOOL TOGETHER AND WHERE WE BREAK BREAD TOGETHER 1357 01:35:19,506 --> 01:35:22,475 AND WHERE WE DIE TOGETHER. 1358 01:35:22,509 --> 01:35:27,756 AND WE OWE EACH OTHER SOME SIMPLE DAMN DECENCY. 1359 01:35:27,791 --> 01:35:31,553 >> I HOPE THE ODD YEPSES SEE THIS PLAY, THAT THEY ARE JUST AS 1360 01:35:31,587 --> 01:35:36,213 MOVED AND INSPIRED BY THE HUMANITY, THE RESILIENCY AND THE 1361 01:35:36,247 --> 01:35:39,423 AUTHENTICITY OF DETROITERS AS MUCH AS I AM. 1362 01:35:39,457 --> 01:35:45,325 >> CLYDE'S IS REALLY A PLAY ABOUT COMMUNITY, MINDFULNESS, 1363 01:35:45,360 --> 01:35:49,295 CREATIVITY, RESILL YEPS AND THE HEALING POWER OF FOOD. 1364 01:35:49,329 --> 01:35:53,575 >> GREAT INTEEPING ARCS OF HISTORY AND CONSTRUCTION, 1365 01:35:53,609 --> 01:36:00,030 SYSTEMS OF POLITICS AND FINANCE, ACTUALLY IN THE END COME DOWN TO 1366 01:36:00,064 --> 01:36:05,345 SMALL UNIVERSAL HUMAN NEEDS AND DESIRES AND FAILINGS. 1367 01:36:05,380 --> 01:36:09,729 >> I HOPE MY AUDIENCES TAKE AWAY A BURNING DETERMINATION TO STOP 1368 01:36:09,764 --> 01:36:15,079 THE RISE OF FASCISM IN THIS COUNTRY. 1369 01:36:15,114 --> 01:36:17,806 >> THE TITLE OF THE PLAY THAT MY LIFE WOULD BE CALLED THE QUIET 1370 01:36:17,841 --> 01:36:18,807 STORM. 1371 01:36:18,842 --> 01:36:22,017 >> PUNK ROCK DIDN'T DIE T JUST GOT FAT AND OLD. 1372 01:36:22,052 --> 01:36:24,813 >> AS LONG AS-- WITH A HAPPIER ENDING. 1373 01:36:24,848 --> 01:36:29,231 >> THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE. 1374 01:36:29,266 --> 01:36:32,752 >> . 1375 01:36:32,787 --> 01:36:36,031 >> THE NOW REUNITSES THE STARS >> Announcer: NOW, REUNITING THE 1376 01:36:36,066 --> 01:36:37,308 STARS OF THE REVIVAL OF "ANGELS IN AMERICA," TONY AWARD WINNERS 1377 01:36:37,343 --> 01:36:48,768 ANDREW GARFIELD AND NATHAN LANE. 1378 01:36:48,803 --> 01:36:52,945 >> WHAT A NIGHT! 1379 01:36:52,979 --> 01:37:07,891 ANDREW, I JUST HAVE TO SAY HOW WORKING WITH YOU WAS ONE OF THE 1380 01:37:07,891 --> 01:37:09,168 ANDREW, I JUST HAVE TO SAY HOW WORKING WITH YOU WAS ONE OF THE 1381 01:37:09,202 --> 01:37:11,377 HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER, I HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW WILL YANT YOU 1382 01:37:11,411 --> 01:37:16,175 WERE IN TICKETMASTER BOOM, SPECTACULAR. 1383 01:37:16,209 --> 01:37:21,111 YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO I STARTED A MUCH LESS SUCCESSFUL FILM CALLED 1384 01:37:21,145 --> 01:37:22,767 BOOM BOOM TICK. 1385 01:37:22,802 --> 01:37:30,361 WHICH I PLAYED AN EXOTIC DANCER A FLIBLGHTED WITH A HUGE FACIAL 1386 01:37:30,396 --> 01:37:31,707 TWICH. 1387 01:37:31,742 --> 01:37:33,502 WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN? 1388 01:37:33,537 --> 01:37:34,193 >> YEAH. 1389 01:37:34,227 --> 01:37:36,367 >> IT WENT STRAIGHT TO VIDEO. 1390 01:37:36,402 --> 01:37:41,614 >> I LOVE A MAN IN A VELVET SUIT. 1391 01:37:41,648 --> 01:37:46,964 >> ALL RIGHT. 1392 01:37:46,999 --> 01:37:50,140 HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PLAY. 1393 01:37:50,174 --> 01:37:55,214 >> HE'S A LITTLE JET >> Announcer: "CLYDE'S." 1394 01:37:55,248 --> 01:38:03,636 "HANGMEN." 1395 01:38:03,670 --> 01:38:05,672 "THE LEHMAN TRILOGY." 1396 01:38:05,707 --> 01:38:07,053 AUTHORS: STEFANO MASSINI, BEN POWERS. 1397 01:38:07,088 --> 01:38:08,020 "THE MINUTES." 1398 01:38:08,054 --> 01:38:11,230 AUTHOR: TRACY LETTS. 1399 01:38:11,264 --> 01:38:12,748 "SKELETON CREW." 1400 01:38:12,783 --> 01:38:22,689 AUTHOR: DOMINIGUE MORISSEAU. 1401 01:38:22,724 --> 01:38:26,107 >> GOES TO "THE LEHMAN TRILOGY." 1402 01:38:26,141 --> 01:38:33,942 ACCEPTS THE AWARD PRODUCER ROUGH US NORRIST, AUTHORS STEPHANO 1403 01:38:33,977 --> 01:38:37,981 MASSINI AND BEN POWERS. 1404 01:38:38,015 --> 01:38:45,471 >> THANK YOU. 1405 01:38:45,505 --> 01:38:53,686 THIS PLAY WAS WRITTEN AS A HYMN TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK BUT LIKE 1406 01:38:53,720 --> 01:38:56,206 THE LEHMAN BROTHERS THEMSELVES OUR SHOW BEGAN THOUSANDS OF 1407 01:38:56,240 --> 01:38:57,448 MILES AWAY. 1408 01:38:57,483 --> 01:39:03,247 SO TO FIND OURSELVES ON THIS STAGE ON THIS NIGHT PART OF THIS 1409 01:39:03,282 --> 01:39:07,251 COMMUNITY, ALONGSIDE FELLOW NOMINEES WITH SUCH BREATHTAKING 1410 01:39:07,286 --> 01:39:10,254 TALENT, HONESTLY FEELS LIKE A MIRACLE. 1411 01:39:10,289 --> 01:39:14,155 AND IT IS A MIRACLE FOR WHICH I HAVE THO THANK THE GENIUS AND 1412 01:39:14,189 --> 01:39:23,992 THE GENEROSITIES-OF-STEPHANO MASSINI, INSPIRED LEADERSHIP OF 1413 01:39:24,027 --> 01:39:25,028 MENDES. 1414 01:39:25,062 --> 01:39:28,583 THE TEAM THAT I LIME-- ILLUMINATED EVERY CORNER 1415 01:39:28,617 --> 01:39:31,655 OF THE PLAY AND PRODUCERS AND COPRODUCERS WHO STOOD BY THE 1416 01:39:31,689 --> 01:39:36,315 SHOW BETWEEN THE FOURTH PREVIEW AND THE FIFTH PREVIEW, WOULD 1417 01:39:36,349 --> 01:39:39,076 COME 577 DAYS LATER. 1418 01:39:39,111 --> 01:39:40,319 THANK YOU. 1419 01:39:40,353 --> 01:39:44,668 THE LEHMAN TRILOGY IS ALSO A PLAY ABOUT FAMILY AND I WOULDN'T 1420 01:39:44,702 --> 01:39:50,743 BE STANDING HERE WITHOUT MY WIFE DE AND MY SON WALTER WHO WILL 1421 01:39:50,777 --> 01:39:53,746 WATCH THIS IN THE MORNING. 1422 01:39:53,780 --> 01:39:57,025 THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM HERE, AND WILL SEE THAT IN NEW YORK, 1423 01:39:57,060 --> 01:40:02,237 EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING, EVEN TODAY, MIRACLES ARE STILL 1424 01:40:02,272 --> 01:40:02,582 POSSIBLE. 1425 01:40:02,617 --> 01:40:08,312 THANK YOU. 1426 01:40:08,347 --> 01:40:12,109 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> PLEASE WELCOME LAST YEAR'S 1427 01:40:12,144 --> 01:40:17,080 TONY WINNER FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN A SOLDIER'S PLAY, DAVID ALLEN 1428 01:40:17,114 --> 01:40:20,980 GRIER. 1429 01:40:21,015 --> 01:40:23,638 >> "PARADISE SQUARE" TELLS THE STORY OF A VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF 1430 01:40:23,672 --> 01:40:26,606 IRISH IMMIGRANTS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO LIVE AND LOVE 1431 01:40:26,641 --> 01:40:30,196 ACROSS RACE IN CIVIL WAR-ERA NEW YORK. 1432 01:40:30,231 --> 01:40:33,924 THE UNSTOPPABLE NELLY O'BRIEN, OWNER OF PARADISE SQUARE SALOON, 1433 01:40:33,958 --> 01:40:38,722 CREATES THE SPACE FOR ALL TO FLOURISH AND SHARE THEIR MUSIC 1434 01:40:38,756 --> 01:40:40,172 AND DANCE TRADITIONS. 1435 01:40:40,206 --> 01:40:42,864 BUT, WHEN A VIOLENT MOB THREATENS TO BURN DOWN THE DANCE 1436 01:40:42,898 --> 01:40:49,526 HALL AND EVERYONE IN IT, NELLY LEADS HER COMMUNITY OUTSIDE AND 1437 01:40:49,560 --> 01:40:54,358 STEPS FORWARD TO PROTECT WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO HER. 1438 01:40:54,393 --> 01:40:55,566 YOU ALL BETTER GET READY! 1439 01:40:55,601 --> 01:41:00,364 PLEASE WELCOME TONY NOMINEES, SIDNEY DUPONT, A.J. SHIVELY, 1440 01:41:00,399 --> 01:41:04,299 JOAQUINA KALUKANGO, AND THE COMPANY OF "PARADISE SQUARE." 1441 01:41:04,334 --> 01:41:10,926 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 1442 01:41:10,961 --> 01:41:17,588 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 1443 01:41:17,623 --> 01:41:22,421 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 1444 01:41:22,455 --> 01:41:28,841 ♪ ♪ ♪ EVERY DAY WE HAVE 1445 01:41:28,875 --> 01:41:32,016 EVERYTHING TO LOSE ♪ YOU FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL 1446 01:41:32,051 --> 01:41:35,434 TO LIVE THE LIFE YOU CHOOSE ♪ WHEN YOUR DAYS ARE HELL 1447 01:41:35,468 --> 01:41:38,989 NOTHING CAN COMPARE ♪ TO THE LITTLE BIT OF EDEN 1448 01:41:39,023 --> 01:41:44,132 CALLED PARADISE ♪ SQUARE, AIR, AIR, AIR 1449 01:41:44,167 --> 01:41:49,551 OH, OH ♪ CALLED PARADISE 1450 01:41:49,586 --> 01:41:56,627 SQUARE ♪ OH, OH 1451 01:41:56,662 --> 01:41:59,561 ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1452 01:41:59,596 --> 01:42:04,083 INSIDE THIS LITTLE BUILDING ♪ IS A RARE AND SPECIAL LOT 1453 01:42:04,118 --> 01:42:09,778 WE SOMEHOW FOUND EACH OTHER ♪ AND LOOK WHAT THAT HAS WROUGHT 1454 01:42:09,813 --> 01:42:15,750 A PLACE YOU ARE AFRAID OF ♪ A WORLD YOU'LL NEVER KNOW 1455 01:42:15,784 --> 01:42:19,512 YOU CAN TAKE IT IN A FLASH ♪ YOU CAN BURN IT DOWN TO ASH 1456 01:42:19,547 --> 01:42:25,449 AND THEN OUT OF ASH WE'LL GROW ♪ IF YOU THINK 1457 01:42:25,484 --> 01:42:31,662 WE'LL RUN AWAY ♪ YOU'VE GOT A LOT TO LEARN 1458 01:42:31,697 --> 01:42:40,809 WE'RE STRONGER THAN THE FIRE ♪ AND I SAY 1459 01:42:40,844 --> 01:42:46,884 LET IT BURN ♪ LET IT BURN 1460 01:42:46,919 --> 01:42:55,169 LET IT BURN ♪ LET IT BURN 1461 01:42:55,203 --> 01:43:02,521 LET IT BURN ♪ LET IT BURN 1462 01:43:02,555 --> 01:43:08,112 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] LET IT BURN 1463 01:43:08,147 --> 01:43:16,120 ♪ LET IT BURN LET IT BURN 1464 01:43:16,155 --> 01:43:24,301 ♪ I KNOW WHY YOU HAVE COME HERE WHAT YOU WANT TO ERASE 1465 01:43:24,336 --> 01:43:32,654 ♪ BUT I KNOW THAT OUR SPIRIT IS BIGGER THAN THIS PLACE 1466 01:43:32,689 --> 01:43:41,249 ♪ LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE CREATED WE GAVE OURSELVES A VOICE 1467 01:43:41,284 --> 01:43:50,603 ♪ WE WERE SAFER SEPARATED BUT LOVE LEFT US NO CHOICE 1468 01:43:50,638 --> 01:43:59,612 ♪ THESE WALLS DO NOT DEFINE ME 1469 01:43:59,647 --> 01:44:10,174 ♪ I SAY LET IT BURN 1470 01:44:10,209 --> 01:44:20,944 ♪ LET IT BURN LET IT BURN 1471 01:44:20,978 --> 01:44:35,924 ♪ LET IT BURN [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1472 01:44:35,924 --> 01:44:42,172 ♪ LET IT BURN [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1473 01:44:42,206 --> 01:44:48,454 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1474 01:44:48,454 --> 01:44:57,083 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1475 01:45:08,060 --> 01:45:08,785 >> Ariana: WHOA! 1476 01:45:08,819 --> 01:45:10,027 THE COMPANY OF "PARADISE SQUARE." 1477 01:45:10,062 --> 01:45:12,133 KEEPING TRACK OF THEM AND MAKING SURE THEY HIT THEIR MARKS IS 1478 01:45:12,167 --> 01:45:13,237 THEIR STAGE MANAGER, CHRIS. 1479 01:45:13,272 --> 01:45:15,412 SHOUT-OUT TO ALL OF THE STAGE MANAGERS ON BROADWAY. 1480 01:45:15,447 --> 01:45:19,278 A PERFORMANCE FROM "SIX" IS COMING UP; AND NEXT, LAURENCE 1481 01:45:19,313 --> 01:45:23,213 THIS IS THE 75th TONY AWARDS, AND THIS IS CBS. 1482 01:45:23,247 --> 01:45:24,283 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1483 01:45:35,156 --> 01:45:36,122 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Ariana: ALRIGHTY! 1484 01:45:36,157 --> 01:45:39,678 I'M STILL NOT OVER THAT BUT I DIGRESS. AND NO 1485 01:45:39,712 --> 01:45:41,404 FOR ANOTHER REUNION FROM NETWORK HERE ARE 1486 01:45:41,438 --> 01:45:44,027 AND NOW, ANOTHER REUNION. 1487 01:45:44,061 --> 01:45:45,684 FROM "NETWORK," HERE ARE TONY GOLDWYN AND TONY AWARD 1488 01:45:45,718 --> 01:45:50,136 WINNER BRYAN CRANSTON. 1489 01:45:50,171 --> 01:46:00,561 ♪ ♪ >> IT'S NOT POSSIBLE. 1490 01:46:00,595 --> 01:46:01,838 >> I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT IS POSSIBLE. 1491 01:46:01,872 --> 01:46:05,945 >> BRYAN, YOU HAVE WON TWO OF THEM, YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS, THE 1492 01:46:05,980 --> 01:46:07,913 TONY WAS NOT NAMED AFTER ME. 1493 01:46:07,947 --> 01:46:09,224 >> OKAY. 1494 01:46:09,259 --> 01:46:14,264 WELL, CAN WE PLEASE GET THE-- SO YOU CAN GET BACK TO LOOKING FOR 1495 01:46:14,298 --> 01:46:21,409 YOUR LOST RAZOR BLADE? 1496 01:46:21,444 --> 01:46:23,377 [ LAUGHTER] >> THERE IS AN UNMISTAKABLE 1497 01:46:23,411 --> 01:46:29,106 TREMOR OF EXCITEMENT WHEN ONE STEPS INSIDE A THEATRE. 1498 01:46:29,141 --> 01:46:32,109 FOR AN AUDIENCE, IT'S ROOTED IN THE ANTICIPATION OF THE WONDERS 1499 01:46:32,144 --> 01:46:33,973 JUST BEYOND THE CURTAIN. 1500 01:46:34,008 --> 01:46:36,666 FOR THE ACTORS WHO STAND IN THE CLOTHES OF AN ILLUSION THAT WILL 1501 01:46:36,700 --> 01:46:40,428 EXIST ONLY FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS, IT'S KNOWING THAT A 1502 01:46:40,463 --> 01:46:44,328 THOUSAND STRANGERS ARE LONGING TO BE TOLD A STORY THAT WILL 1503 01:46:44,363 --> 01:46:47,746 MOVE, CHALLENGE, AND ENTERTAIN THEM. 1504 01:46:47,780 --> 01:46:51,750 >> THIS NEXT GROUP OF GIFTED ARTISTS COUPLED RAW INSTINCT 1505 01:46:51,784 --> 01:46:55,132 WITH TECHNIQUE HONED BY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO MAKE THE MATERIAL 1506 01:46:55,167 --> 01:46:57,825 COME ALIVE AGAIN AND AGAIN. 1507 01:46:57,859 --> 01:47:00,897 THEIR DEDICATION TO THEIR ART HAS ALLOWED THEM TO BRING TRUE 1508 01:47:00,931 --> 01:47:05,108 AWARENESS TO THE REALITY CREATED BY THE PLAYWRIGHT. 1509 01:47:05,142 --> 01:47:07,351 THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A 1510 01:47:07,386 --> 01:47:11,839 LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY ARE: SIMON RUSSELL BEALE, "THE LEHMAN 1511 01:47:11,873 --> 01:47:14,704 TRILOGY." 1512 01:47:14,738 --> 01:47:16,878 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ADAM GODLEY, "THE LEHMAN 1513 01:47:16,913 --> 01:47:18,673 TRILOGY." 1514 01:47:18,708 --> 01:47:22,159 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ADRIAN LESTER, "THE LEHMAN 1515 01:47:22,194 --> 01:47:23,885 TRILOGY." 1516 01:47:23,920 --> 01:47:26,923 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> DAVID MORSE, "HOW I LEARNED 1517 01:47:26,957 --> 01:47:28,683 TO DRIVE." 1518 01:47:28,718 --> 01:47:31,479 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> SAM ROCKWELL, "AMERICAN 1519 01:47:31,514 --> 01:47:33,274 BUFFALO." 1520 01:47:33,308 --> 01:47:38,175 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON, 1521 01:47:38,210 --> 01:47:40,005 "LACKAWANNA BLUES." 1522 01:47:40,039 --> 01:47:44,458 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> DAVID THRELFALL, "HANGMEN." 1523 01:47:44,492 --> 01:47:53,708 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: 1524 01:47:53,743 --> 01:47:57,747 SIMON RUSSELL BEALE, "THE LEHMAN TRILOGY." 1525 01:47:57,781 --> 01:48:07,101 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THIS IS SIMON RUSSELL BEALE'S 1526 01:48:07,135 --> 01:48:08,999 FIRST TONY AWARD WIN. 1527 01:48:09,034 --> 01:48:23,945 HE WAS PREVIOUSLY NOMINATED IN 2004 FOR HIS ROLE IN JUMPERS. 1528 01:48:23,945 --> 01:48:28,881 HE WAS PREVIOUSLY NOMINATED IN 2004 FOR HIS ROLE IN JUMPERS. 1529 01:48:28,916 --> 01:48:38,650 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THIS IS AN ENORMOUS HONOR. 1530 01:48:38,684 --> 01:48:40,824 ADAM, ADRIAN, I FEEL A LITTLE SHEEPISH. 1531 01:48:40,859 --> 01:48:42,136 I JUST WANT TO SAY. 1532 01:48:42,170 --> 01:48:47,037 WE ALL DID EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK IN THIS PLAY. 1533 01:48:47,072 --> 01:48:54,079 BUT I TAKE THIS, ACCEPT IT ON YOUR BEHALF, IT IS YOUR AWARD 1534 01:48:54,113 --> 01:48:57,013 TOO, I JUST HAVE THE LUCK TO TAKE IT HOME. 1535 01:48:57,047 --> 01:49:01,155 THAT ALSO APPLIES TO OUR WONDERFUL UNDERSTUDY AND THE 1536 01:49:01,189 --> 01:49:01,949 WHOLE TEAM. 1537 01:49:01,983 --> 01:49:03,191 THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE TO NAME. 1538 01:49:03,226 --> 01:49:07,955 HAVE I TO MENTION SAM, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER SAM AND I FOR 35 1539 01:49:07,989 --> 01:49:12,649 YEARS, NOT 25 AS SAID EARLIER, PA YEARS. 1540 01:49:12,684 --> 01:49:17,274 AND I HAVE LOVED HIM ALL THAT TIME AND I'VE LOVED HIS 1541 01:49:17,309 --> 01:49:21,934 EXTRAORDINARY WORK AND HIS DEMAND, THANK YOU SAM SO MUCH. 1542 01:49:21,969 --> 01:49:26,905 UNDER THAT UP BRELAR, I INCLUDE THE WHOLE PRODUCTION TEAM BUT 1543 01:49:26,939 --> 01:49:31,875 CAN I JUST QUICKLY SAY A THANK YOU TO THE AUDIENCE, YOU HAVE 1544 01:49:31,910 --> 01:49:35,396 TRUSTED US, YOU CAME WITH OPEN ARMS, IT WASN'T EASY AT THAT 1545 01:49:35,430 --> 01:49:37,778 POINT TO COME TO THE THEAT WE ARE ALL THOSE REGULATIONS BUT 1546 01:49:37,812 --> 01:49:43,231 YOU WELCOMED US, THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY, TELLING A STORY THAT 1547 01:49:43,266 --> 01:49:49,513 IS IN PART THE HISTORY OF YOUR WONDERFUL CITY SO THANK YOU FOR 1548 01:49:49,548 --> 01:49:55,105 BEING CHARACTERISTICALLY GENEROUS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN 1549 01:49:55,140 --> 01:49:56,348 I ♪ ♪ 1550 01:49:56,382 --> 01:49:58,384 >> Announcer: NOW, REUNITING THE STARS OF "GOLDEN BOY": TONY 1551 01:49:58,419 --> 01:50:05,288 WINNER TONY SHALHOUB; AND LAST DANNY BURSTEIN. 1552 01:50:05,322 --> 01:50:13,607 ♪ ♪ >> HAVING BROADWAY BACK HAS BEEN 1553 01:50:13,641 --> 01:50:17,231 GOOD FOR THE SOUL, AND NOT JUST IN NEW YORK CITY. 1554 01:50:17,265 --> 01:50:19,958 BROADWAY LEAGUE MEMBERS FROM COAST-TO-COAST HAVE BROUGHT LIVE 1555 01:50:19,992 --> 01:50:24,652 PERFORMANCES BACK IN MORE THAN 190 CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, 1556 01:50:24,687 --> 01:50:28,069 ALONG WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND JOBS, AND STORYTELLING 1557 01:50:28,104 --> 01:50:31,555 FROM THE GREATEST CREATIVE TEAMS IN THE WORLD. 1558 01:50:31,590 --> 01:50:34,593 >> NOTHING STIMULATES THE MIND AND HEART LIKE LIVE THEATRE. 1559 01:50:34,628 --> 01:50:37,320 CONNECTING WITH AN AUDIENCE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF 1560 01:50:37,354 --> 01:50:40,357 COMMUNICATING THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS-- THAT IS THE TRUE 1561 01:50:40,392 --> 01:50:42,497 MEANING OF THEATRE. 1562 01:50:42,532 --> 01:50:46,847 THESE NEXT ARTISTS ENLIVENED THIS PAST SEASON BY ENTHRALLING 1563 01:50:46,881 --> 01:50:50,264 THEATERGOERS WITH THOROUGHLY ENGAGING WORK. 1564 01:50:50,298 --> 01:50:53,439 >> THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A 1565 01:50:53,474 --> 01:50:57,409 LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY ARE: GABBY BEANS, "THE SKIN OF OUR 1566 01:50:57,443 --> 01:51:00,619 TEETH." 1567 01:51:00,654 --> 01:51:10,249 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1568 01:51:10,284 --> 01:51:12,596 >> LACHANZE, "TROUBLE IN MIND." 1569 01:51:12,631 --> 01:51:17,532 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> RUTH NEGGA, "MACBETH." 1570 01:51:17,567 --> 01:51:25,782 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> DEIRDRE O'CONNELL, "DANA H." 1571 01:51:25,817 --> 01:51:31,685 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MARY-LOUISE PARKER, "HOW I 1572 01:51:31,719 --> 01:51:33,790 LEARNED TO DRIVE." 1573 01:51:33,825 --> 01:51:41,867 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: 1574 01:51:41,902 --> 01:51:45,146 DEIRDRE O'CONNELL, "DANA H." 1575 01:51:45,181 --> 01:51:53,223 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AT STAGE 1576 01:51:53,258 --> 01:51:56,606 ONE A EXPERIMENTAL THEATER FOR THE BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 1577 01:51:56,640 --> 01:52:11,552 THIS IS HER FIRST TONY NOMINATION AND WIN. 1578 01:52:11,552 --> 01:52:18,041 THIS IS HER FIRST TONY NOMINATION AND WIN. 1579 01:52:18,076 --> 01:52:19,733 >> OH GOD, THANK YOU. 1580 01:52:19,767 --> 01:52:23,978 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 1581 01:52:24,013 --> 01:52:30,295 I AM A PIECE OF A VERY LARGE GROUP THAT MADE DANAH H AND 1582 01:52:30,329 --> 01:52:36,577 THERE ARE TOO MANY TO THANK, LUCAS, MISHA DANAH FOR LETTING 1583 01:52:36,611 --> 01:52:40,167 US INVADE YOUR PRIVACY SO COMPLETELY AND EVERY MEMBER OF 1584 01:52:40,201 --> 01:52:44,102 THE CREW, THE STAGE MANAGERS, THE AGENTS, PRODUCERS WHO TOOK 1585 01:52:44,136 --> 01:52:45,551 CARE OF ME. 1586 01:52:45,586 --> 01:52:47,795 BUT I WANT TO SAY ONE THING. 1587 01:52:47,830 --> 01:52:54,043 I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS LITTLE PRIZE TO BE A TOKEN FOR EVERY 1588 01:52:54,077 --> 01:52:57,771 PERSON WHO IS WONDER SHOULD I BE TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT 1589 01:52:57,805 --> 01:52:59,013 COULD WORK ON BROADWAY OR THAT COULD WIN ME A TONY AWARD. 1590 01:52:59,048 --> 01:53:03,604 OR SHOULD I BE MAKING THE WEIRD ART THAT IS HAUNTING ME THAT 1591 01:53:03,638 --> 01:53:06,089 FRIGHTENED ME, THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE, THAT I DON'T KNOW 1592 01:53:06,124 --> 01:53:11,439 IF ANYONE IN THE WHOLE WORLD WILL UNDERSTAND, PLEASE LET ME 1593 01:53:11,474 --> 01:53:15,029 STANDING HERE BE A LITTLE SIGN TO YOU FROM THE UNIVERSE TO MAKE 1594 01:53:15,064 --> 01:53:17,549 THE WEIRD ART. 1595 01:53:17,583 --> 01:53:23,900 THANK YOU. 1596 01:53:23,935 --> 01:53:27,766 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 1597 01:53:27,801 --> 01:53:29,837 >> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME A TONY AWARD WINNER CURRENTLY ON 1598 01:53:29,872 --> 01:53:33,876 BROADWAY IN "AMERICAN BUFFALO," LAURENCE FISHBURNE. 1599 01:53:33,910 --> 01:53:42,539 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING. 1600 01:53:42,574 --> 01:53:45,853 SINCE OUR THEATRICAL COMMUNITY LAST GATHERED AS ONE TO 1601 01:53:45,888 --> 01:53:50,513 CELEBRATE OUR ART, WE LOST A GREAT NUMBER OF CHERISHED 1602 01:53:50,547 --> 01:53:52,549 FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. 1603 01:53:52,584 --> 01:53:55,794 MANY WERE FAMILIAR TO GENERATIONS OF THEATRE LOVERS 1604 01:53:55,829 --> 01:54:00,212 WHO WERE TRANSPORTED BY THEIR PERFORMANCES ONSTAGE, OR WERE 1605 01:54:00,247 --> 01:54:04,216 MOVED BY THEIR VOICES ON CAST ALBUMS. 1606 01:54:04,251 --> 01:54:08,876 OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS WELL-KNOWN BEYOND THE 26 SQUARE 1607 01:54:08,911 --> 01:54:12,811 BLOCKS KNOWN AS BROADWAY, BUT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS BEHIND THE 1608 01:54:12,846 --> 01:54:18,299 SCENES WERE EQUALLY VITAL TO THE THEATRE. 1609 01:54:18,334 --> 01:54:22,994 WE REMEMBER SOME OF THEM NOW, ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES 1610 01:54:23,028 --> 01:54:26,756 WHOSE BRIGHT LIGHTS WILL FOREVER ENLIGHTEN FUTURE ARTISTS AND 1611 01:54:26,790 --> 01:54:29,310 ADMIRERS. 1612 01:54:29,345 --> 01:54:34,557 TO OFFER OUR GRATITUDE WITH HIS INCREDIBLE VOICE, HERE'S EMMY, 1613 01:54:34,591 --> 01:54:42,565 GRAMMY AND TONY AWARD WINNER, THE IDOL OF US ALL, BILLY 1614 01:54:42,599 --> 01:54:50,642 PORTER. 1615 01:54:50,676 --> 01:54:58,926 ♪ ♪ ♪ I HAVE OFTEN WALKED 1616 01:54:58,961 --> 01:55:08,453 DOWN THIS STREET BEFORE ♪ BUT THE PAVEMENT ALWAYS STAYED 1617 01:55:08,487 --> 01:55:17,945 BENEATH MY FEET BEFORE ♪ ALL AT ONCE AM I 1618 01:55:17,980 --> 01:55:28,507 SEVERAL STORIES HIGH ♪ KNOWING I'M ON THE STREET 1619 01:55:28,542 --> 01:55:39,415 WHERE YOU LIVED ♪ ARE THERE LILAC TREES 1620 01:55:39,449 --> 01:55:46,663 IN THE HEART OF TOWN ♪ CAN YOU HEAR A LARK 1621 01:55:46,698 --> 01:55:56,570 IN ANY OTHER PART OF TOWN ♪ DOES ENCHANTMENT POUR 1622 01:55:56,604 --> 01:56:05,855 OUT OF EVERY DOOR ♪ NO, IT'S JUST ON THE STREET 1623 01:56:05,889 --> 01:56:14,312 WHERE YOU LIVED ♪ AND OH 1624 01:56:14,346 --> 01:56:22,941 THE TOWERING FEELING ♪ JUST TO KNOW 1625 01:56:22,976 --> 01:56:36,817 SOMEHOW YOU ARE NEAR ♪ THE OVERPOWERING FEELING 1626 01:56:36,851 --> 01:56:48,863 THAT ANY SECOND ♪ YOU MAY SUDDENLY APPEAR 1627 01:56:48,898 --> 01:57:00,634 PEOPLE STOP AND STARE ♪ THEY DON'T BOTHER ME 1628 01:57:00,668 --> 01:57:05,018 'CAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE ♪ ELSE ON EARTH 1629 01:57:05,052 --> 01:57:13,095 THAT I WOULD RATHER BE ♪ LET THE TIME GO BY 1630 01:57:13,129 --> 01:57:23,691 I WON'T CARE ♪ IF I CAN 1631 01:57:23,726 --> 01:57:34,564 BE HERE ♪ ON THE STREET 1632 01:57:34,599 --> 01:57:46,438 WHERE YOU LIVED ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1633 01:58:03,490 --> 01:58:04,905 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Announcer: WELCOME BACK. 1634 01:58:04,939 --> 01:58:07,390 NOW, LAST YEAR'S TONY AWARD WINNERS FOR THEIR LEADING ROLES. 1635 01:58:07,425 --> 01:58:10,428 FROM "TINA, THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL, ADRIENNE WARREN. 1636 01:58:10,462 --> 01:58:16,019 AND FROM "MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL," AARON TVEIT. 1637 01:58:16,054 --> 01:58:20,817 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> OVER THE PAST 75 YEARS, 1638 01:58:20,852 --> 01:58:24,235 BROADWAY AUDIENCES HAVE BEEN MESMERIZED BY COUNTLESS TONY- 1639 01:58:24,269 --> 01:58:28,929 WINNING PERFORMANCES-- AMONG THEM, THE WORK OF LEADING ACTORS 1640 01:58:28,963 --> 01:58:30,931 IN MUSICALS. 1641 01:58:30,965 --> 01:58:35,453 THE LIST OF PAST WINNERS IS STAGGERING-- FROM HARRY 1642 01:58:35,487 --> 01:58:39,077 BELAFONTE AND ZERO MOSTEL, TO LESLIE ODOM, JR., AND THIS 1643 01:58:39,112 --> 01:58:41,148 GENTLEMAN NEXT TO ME. 1644 01:58:41,183 --> 01:58:45,566 >> THANK YOU ADRIENNE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. 1645 01:58:45,601 --> 01:58:48,155 THROUGHOUT THIS SEASON, THESE NEXT ARTISTS HAVE CONNECTED WITH 1646 01:58:48,190 --> 01:58:51,572 AUDIENCES THROUGH THEIR UNIQUE INTERPRETATIONS OF A WIDE RANGE 1647 01:58:51,607 --> 01:58:53,264 OF UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS. 1648 01:58:53,298 --> 01:58:55,887 THEIR STUNNING WORK NEVER FAILED TO CAPTIVATE AND TRANSPORT 1649 01:58:55,921 --> 01:58:57,302 THEATERGOERS. 1650 01:58:57,337 --> 01:58:59,994 THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A 1651 01:59:00,029 --> 01:59:03,101 LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL ARE: BILLY CRYSTAL, "MR. SATURDAY 1652 01:59:03,136 --> 01:59:05,034 NIGHT." 1653 01:59:05,068 --> 01:59:13,732 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MYLES FROST, "MJ." 1654 01:59:13,767 --> 01:59:16,287 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> HUGH JACKMAN, "THE MUSIC 1655 01:59:16,321 --> 01:59:18,565 MAN." 1656 01:59:18,599 --> 01:59:21,361 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ROB McCLURE, "MRS. 1657 01:59:21,395 --> 01:59:23,604 DOUBTFIRE." 1658 01:59:23,639 --> 01:59:26,745 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> JAQUEL SPIVEY, "A STRANGE 1659 01:59:26,780 --> 01:59:28,885 LOOP." 1660 01:59:28,920 --> 01:59:38,378 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: 1661 01:59:38,412 --> 01:59:43,762 MYLES FROST, "MJ." 1662 01:59:43,797 --> 01:59:47,870 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> FOR HIS BRILLIANTS PORTRAYAL 1663 01:59:47,904 --> 01:59:53,772 OF POP SUPERSTAR MICHAEL JACKSON MYLES FROST EARNS HIS FIRST TONY 1664 01:59:53,807 --> 02:00:08,718 NOMINATION AND WIN. 1665 02:00:08,718 --> 02:00:14,172 NOMINATION AND WIN. 1666 02:00:17,796 --> 02:00:26,736 >> MOM, I MADE IT! 1667 02:00:26,771 --> 02:00:38,403 I AM SO HONORED AND SO BLESSED AND SO GRATEFUL AND SO,. 1668 02:00:38,438 --> 02:00:41,061 ♪ CAN'T CONTROL. 1669 02:00:41,095 --> 02:00:46,929 ♪ BUT I REALLY GOT TO PEE RIGHT NOW SO I WILL KEEP IT QUICK. 1670 02:00:46,963 --> 02:00:50,346 MOM, I LOVE YOU SO, SO MUCH, WITHOUT YOU THERE WOULD BE NO 1671 02:00:50,381 --> 02:00:52,037 ME. 1672 02:00:52,072 --> 02:01:03,463 I WOULD NOT-- YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME, SHOWED ME WHAT A STRONG 1673 02:01:03,497 --> 02:01:04,705 BLACK WOMAN IS. 1674 02:01:04,740 --> 02:01:07,812 AND WHAT IT MEANS TO RAISE A STRONG BLACK MAN AND I JUST PRAY 1675 02:01:07,846 --> 02:01:11,125 THAT I MADE YOU PROUD. 1676 02:01:11,160 --> 02:01:16,441 AND I WANT TO SAY THIS TO ALL THE LITTLE BLACK KIDS OUT THERE 1677 02:01:16,476 --> 02:01:18,650 WHO MAY NOT HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR FATHER. 1678 02:01:18,685 --> 02:01:20,169 YOU CAN DO IT. 1679 02:01:20,203 --> 02:01:21,377 FIRST OF ALL. 1680 02:01:21,412 --> 02:01:25,105 AND SECOND OF ALL, THAT I LOVE YOU BECAUSE WE SUPPORT EACH 1681 02:01:25,139 --> 02:01:30,731 OTHER AND WE ARE BLACK MEN, WE ARE STRONG BLACK MEN. 1682 02:01:30,766 --> 02:01:33,355 TV ONNE, ARE YOU THE GO, BABY. 1683 02:01:33,389 --> 02:01:34,010 I LOVE YOU. 1684 02:01:34,045 --> 02:01:37,842 KEEP KILLING IT, BLACK MEN. 1685 02:01:37,876 --> 02:01:39,050 RICKY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1686 02:01:39,084 --> 02:01:43,779 YOU TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW, CHRISTOPHER, LEAH, CARIA, 1687 02:01:43,813 --> 02:01:46,402 DR. KEENE, GLEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO EXPRESS 1688 02:01:46,437 --> 02:01:48,577 MY CREATIVITY. 1689 02:01:48,611 --> 02:01:55,549 I LOVE YOU ALL AND AS MICHAEL WOULD SAY, WITH LOVE, WITH LOVE, 1690 02:01:55,584 --> 02:01:56,274 HEAL THE WORLD. 1691 02:01:56,309 --> 02:01:59,795 THANK YOU. 1692 02:01:59,829 --> 02:02:04,247 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 1693 02:02:04,282 --> 02:02:06,767 >> Announcer: AND NOW FROM THE REVIVAL OF "THE COLOR PURPLE," 1694 02:02:06,802 --> 02:02:13,533 TONY NOMINEE DANIELLE BROOKS AND TONY AWARD WINNER CYNTHIA ERIVO. 1695 02:02:13,567 --> 02:02:26,131 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE 1696 02:02:26,166 --> 02:02:29,445 BACK IN THE THEATER AND REUNITED WITH YOU, DANIELLE; AND YOU, 1697 02:02:29,480 --> 02:02:32,862 JOAQUINA, OUR SISTER ON STAGE AND HONESTLY IN LIFE. 1698 02:02:32,897 --> 02:02:35,624 WE ARE HONORED TO CELEBRATE YOU AND THE OTHER GIFTED PERFORMERS 1699 02:02:35,658 --> 02:02:38,351 WHO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK IN 1700 02:02:38,385 --> 02:02:40,283 BROADWAY MUSICALS THIS SEASON. 1701 02:02:40,318 --> 02:02:46,738 ALL OF THEM CAN AND SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 1702 02:02:46,773 --> 02:02:48,671 >> YES, THEY HAVE GIVEN US THE KINDS OF PERFORMANCES THAT 1703 02:02:48,706 --> 02:02:51,605 REMAIN WITH US LONG AFTER THE FINAL CURTAIN. 1704 02:02:51,640 --> 02:02:53,296 THEY BRING TO THEIR WORK THE INTELLIGENCE, COMPASSION, AND 1705 02:02:53,331 --> 02:02:56,714 EMOTIONAL DEPTH NECESSARY TO SERVICE THEIR STORIES AND, 1706 02:02:56,748 --> 02:02:58,957 ULTIMATELY, THEIR SCORES. 1707 02:02:58,992 --> 02:03:04,480 THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A 1708 02:03:04,515 --> 02:03:09,416 LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL ARE: SHARON D CLARKE, "CAROLINE, OR 1709 02:03:09,451 --> 02:03:10,762 CHANGE." 1710 02:03:10,797 --> 02:03:13,627 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> CARMEN CUSACK, "FLYING OVER 1711 02:03:13,662 --> 02:03:14,939 SUNSET." 1712 02:03:14,973 --> 02:03:17,942 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> SUTTON FOSTER, "THE MUSIC 1713 02:03:17,976 --> 02:03:19,322 MAN." 1714 02:03:19,357 --> 02:03:21,152 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> JOAQUINA KALUKANGO, "PARADISE 1715 02:03:21,186 --> 02:03:22,533 SQUARE." 1716 02:03:22,567 --> 02:03:25,467 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MARE WINNINGHAM, "GIRL FROM 1717 02:03:25,501 --> 02:03:27,469 THE NORTH COUNTRY." 1718 02:03:27,503 --> 02:03:31,645 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S 1719 02:03:31,680 --> 02:03:46,626 TONY GOES TO: JOAQUINA KALUKANGO, "PARADISE 1720 02:03:46,626 --> 02:03:47,868 TONY GOES TO: JOAQUINA KALUKANGO, "PARADISE 1721 02:03:50,112 --> 02:03:51,285 SQUARE." 1722 02:03:51,320 --> 02:03:55,600 >> PARADISE SQUARE, WITH THE PORTRAYAL OF NELLIE O'BRIEN IN 1723 02:03:55,635 --> 02:04:08,820 PARADISE SQUARE. 1724 02:04:08,855 --> 02:04:23,766 >> OH MY GOD. 1725 02:04:23,766 --> 02:04:32,913 >> OH MY GOD. 1726 02:04:32,948 --> 02:04:37,090 MY NAME JOAQUINA MEANS ESTABLISHED BY GOD AND SO I GOT 1727 02:04:37,124 --> 02:04:40,783 TO GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE TO GOD BECAUSE HE HAS KEPT ME AND BEEN 1728 02:04:40,818 --> 02:04:44,960 MY REFUGE THROUGH THIS CRAZY JOURNEY. 1729 02:04:44,994 --> 02:04:48,446 THANK YOU, GOD, FOR GIVING ME THE BEST PARENTS IN THE WORLD. 1730 02:04:48,481 --> 02:04:51,622 MY PARENTS SACRIFICED EVERYTHING FOR ME TO LIVE MY DREAM, MY 1731 02:04:51,656 --> 02:04:56,109 FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN, I LOVE YOU, MY MOTHER WHO, THANK YOU TO 1732 02:04:56,143 --> 02:05:00,113 MY SISTER FOR DESIGNING THIS DRESS, MY FAMILY, ALL OF MY 1733 02:05:00,147 --> 02:05:04,704 TEACHERS AT TRICITY'S HIGH SCHOOL FOR LITERALLY INSTILLING 1734 02:05:04,738 --> 02:05:06,395 MY PURPOSE IN MY LIFE. 1735 02:05:06,429 --> 02:05:13,264 THANK YOU TO OUR PRODUCERS, MOISES FOR LEADING WITH LOVE, TO 1736 02:05:13,298 --> 02:05:15,508 JASON IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO SING YOUR MUSIC EVERY 1737 02:05:15,542 --> 02:05:18,545 NIGHT AND MORE SO AN HONOR TO CALL YOU FRIEND. 1738 02:05:18,580 --> 02:05:21,410 THANK YOU TO MY INCREDIBLE COMPANY. 1739 02:05:21,444 --> 02:05:22,238 THIS IS OURS. 1740 02:05:22,273 --> 02:05:23,826 LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE CREATED. 1741 02:05:23,861 --> 02:05:29,349 WE GAVE OURSELVES A VOICE, THOSE ARE THE LYRICS THAT-- THEY GAVE 1742 02:05:29,383 --> 02:05:33,664 U THANK YOU CHRISTINA ANDERSON FOR CENTERING NELLIE'S VOICE IN 1743 02:05:33,698 --> 02:05:34,837 THIS STORY. 1744 02:05:34,872 --> 02:05:43,708 I GIVE THANKS TO ALL OF THE NAMELESS ANCESTORS, WHO HAVE 1745 02:05:43,743 --> 02:05:48,195 SUFFERED THIS SONG, THIS SHOW GIVES POWER TO, THAT I HONOR 1746 02:05:48,230 --> 02:05:52,821 THEM EVERY DAY AND THANK YOU TO MY SON, ARE YOU THE BIGGEST 1747 02:05:52,855 --> 02:05:56,825 BLESSING IN THE WORLD, I LOVE YOU. 1748 02:05:56,859 --> 02:06:04,315 WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING, TU THANK YOU, THE TONYS, THANK YOU. 1749 02:06:04,349 --> 02:06:09,492 [APPLAUSE] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1750 02:06:09,527 --> 02:06:17,673 ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NOW, PLEASE 1751 02:06:17,708 --> 02:06:24,438 WELCOME TWO-TIME EMMY NOMINEE, BOWEN YANG. 1752 02:06:24,473 --> 02:06:29,409 [ APPLAUSE] >> IF THERE ARE TWO THINGS I 1753 02:06:29,443 --> 02:06:36,554 KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT, THEY'RE MUSICAL THEATRE AND 1754 02:06:36,589 --> 02:06:43,561 QUEENS-- [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1755 02:06:43,596 --> 02:06:47,600 NOT THE BOROUGH. 1756 02:06:47,634 --> 02:06:48,566 THE ROYALTY. 1757 02:06:48,601 --> 02:06:51,776 I'M ESPECIALLY FAMILIAR WITH STAR QUEENS, AND 1758 02:06:51,811 --> 02:06:53,882 THIS FINAL NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSICAL IS FULL OF THEM. 1759 02:06:53,916 --> 02:06:55,124 IT FOLLOWS THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII AS THEY TAKE THE MIC 1760 02:06:55,159 --> 02:06:56,885 IN A POP CONCERT TO REMIX 500 YEARS OF HISTORICAL 1761 02:06:56,919 --> 02:06:58,611 HEARTBREAK INTO AN EXUBERANT CELEBRATION OF 21st CENTURY 1762 02:06:58,645 --> 02:07:00,129 GIRL POWER. 1763 02:07:00,164 --> 02:07:03,374 THE TUDOR QUEENS TRANSFORM INTO POP PRINCESSES AND TAKE TURNS 1764 02:07:03,408 --> 02:07:09,000 SINGING AND TELLING THEIR STORIES TO SEE WHO SHOULD BECOME 1765 02:07:09,035 --> 02:07:11,554 THE GROUP'S LEAD SINGER. 1766 02:07:11,589 --> 02:07:16,042 PLEASE WELCOME THE SPECTACULAR COMPANY OF "SIX." 1767 02:07:16,076 --> 02:07:24,429 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> DIVORCED. 1768 02:07:24,464 --> 02:07:26,086 >> BEHEADED. 1769 02:07:26,121 --> 02:07:29,365 >> DIED. 1770 02:07:29,400 --> 02:07:30,988 >> DIVORCED. 1771 02:07:31,022 --> 02:07:32,506 >> BEHEADED. 1772 02:07:32,541 --> 02:07:36,752 >> SURVIVED. 1773 02:07:36,787 --> 02:07:42,447 >> AND TONIGHT, WE ARE-- ♪ ♪ 1774 02:07:42,482 --> 02:07:47,314 ♪ LIVE LISTEN UP 1775 02:07:47,349 --> 02:07:50,801 ♪ LET ME TELL YOU A STORY A STORY THAT YOU THINK 1776 02:07:50,835 --> 02:07:53,907 ♪ YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE WE KNOW YOU KNOW OUR NAMES 1777 02:07:53,942 --> 02:07:56,289 ♪ AND OUR FAME AND OUR FACES 1778 02:07:56,323 --> 02:08:00,465 ♪ KNOW ALL ABOUT THE GLORIES AND THE DISGRACES 1779 02:08:00,500 --> 02:08:04,815 ♪ I'M DONE, 'CAUSE ALL THIS TIME I'VE BEEN JUST ONE WORD 1780 02:08:04,849 --> 02:08:08,197 ♪ IN A STUPID RHYME SO I PICKED UP A PEN 1781 02:08:08,232 --> 02:08:11,822 ♪ AND A MICROPHONE HISTORY'S ABOUT TO GET 1782 02:08:11,856 --> 02:08:15,411 ♪ OVERTHRONE WELCOME TO THE SHOW 1783 02:08:15,446 --> 02:08:18,725 ♪ TO THE HISTO-REMIX SWITCHING UP THE FLOW 1784 02:08:18,760 --> 02:08:21,935 ♪ AS WE ADD THE PREFIX EV'RYBODY KNOWS 1785 02:08:21,970 --> 02:08:28,770 ♪ THAT WE USED TO BE SIX WIVES 1786 02:08:28,804 --> 02:08:31,565 ♪ BUT NOW WE'RE EX-WIVES 1787 02:08:31,600 --> 02:08:40,091 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 1788 02:08:40,126 --> 02:08:41,334 >> RADIO CITY MAKE SOME NOISE! 1789 02:08:41,368 --> 02:08:43,129 MY NAME'S CATHERINE OF ARAGON ♪ WAS MARRIED 24 YEARS 1790 02:08:43,163 --> 02:08:46,719 I'M A PARAGON ♪ OF ROYALTY 1791 02:08:46,753 --> 02:08:50,550 MY LOYALTY IS TO THE VATICAN ♪ SO IF YOU TRY TO DUMP ME 1792 02:08:50,584 --> 02:08:53,449 YOU WON'T TRY THAT AGAIN ♪ BEHEADED 1793 02:08:53,484 --> 02:08:56,487 I'M THAT BOLEYN GIRL ♪ AND I'M UP NEXT 1794 02:08:56,521 --> 02:08:58,765 SEE I BROKE ENGLAND ♪ FROM THE CHURCH 1795 02:08:58,800 --> 02:09:02,907 YEAH, I'M THAT SEXY ♪ WHY DID I LOSE MY HEAD 1796 02:09:02,942 --> 02:09:06,462 WELL, MY SLEEVES MAY BE GREEN ♪ BUT MY LIPSTICK'S RED 1797 02:09:06,497 --> 02:09:08,602 DIED ♪ JANE SEYMOUR 1798 02:09:08,637 --> 02:09:12,192 THE ONLY ONE HE TRULY LOVED ♪ RUDE 1799 02:09:12,227 --> 02:09:15,540 WHEN MY SON WAS NEWLY BORN ♪ I DIED 1800 02:09:15,575 --> 02:09:18,129 BUT I'M NOT WHAT I SEEM ♪ OR AM I 1801 02:09:18,164 --> 02:09:20,753 STICK AROUND AND YOU'LL ♪ SUDDENLY SEE MORE 1802 02:09:20,787 --> 02:09:23,652 DIVORCED ♪ ICH BIN ANNA OF CLEVES 1803 02:09:23,686 --> 02:09:24,860 JA? 1804 02:09:24,895 --> 02:09:27,000 ♪ WHEN HE SAW MY PORTRAIT HE WAS LIKE 1805 02:09:27,035 --> 02:09:29,554 ♪ "“JA!"” BUT I DIDN'T LOOK AS GOOD 1806 02:09:29,589 --> 02:09:33,800 ♪ AS I DID IN MY PIC FUNNY HOW WE ALL DISCUSS THAT 1807 02:09:33,835 --> 02:09:36,182 ♪ BUT NEVER HENRY'S LITTLE PRICK UP YOUR EARS 1808 02:09:36,216 --> 02:09:38,046 ♪ I'M THE KATH'RINE WHO LOST HER HEAD 1809 02:09:38,080 --> 02:09:40,186 ♪ BEHEADED FOR MY PROMISCUITY 1810 02:09:40,220 --> 02:09:43,948 ♪ OUTSIDE OF WED LOCK UP YOUR HUSBANDS 1811 02:09:43,983 --> 02:09:47,124 ♪ LOCK UP YOUR SONS K-HOWARD IS HERE 1812 02:09:47,158 --> 02:09:50,299 ♪ AND THE FUN'S BEGUN SURVIVED 1813 02:09:50,334 --> 02:09:56,374 ♪ FIVE DOWN, I'M THE FINAL WIFE I SAW HIM TO THE END OF HIS LIFE 1814 02:09:56,409 --> 02:09:59,861 ♪ I'M THE SURVIVOR CATH'RINE PARR 1815 02:09:59,895 --> 02:10:03,347 ♪ I BET YOU WANNA KNOW HOW WE GOT THIS FAR 1816 02:10:03,381 --> 02:10:05,590 ♪ WELL, TONIGHT WE'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW WE GOT 1817 02:10:05,625 --> 02:10:08,559 ♪ THIS FAR 'CAUSE EV'RYBODY KNOWS 1818 02:10:08,593 --> 02:10:19,259 ♪ THAT WE USED TO BE SIX WIVES BUT NOW WE'RE ONE OF A KIND 1819 02:10:19,294 --> 02:10:22,918 ♪ NO CATEGORY TOO MANY YEARS 1820 02:10:22,953 --> 02:10:26,508 ♪ LOST IN HIS STORY WE'RE FREE TO TAKE 1821 02:10:26,542 --> 02:10:30,167 ♪ OUR CROWNING GLORY FOR FIVE MORE MINUTES 1822 02:10:30,201 --> 02:10:31,685 ♪ GET YOUR HANDS UP! 1823 02:10:31,720 --> 02:10:33,411 WE'RE SIX ♪ WOAH 1824 02:10:33,446 --> 02:10:36,276 WOAH ♪ WE'RE SIX 1825 02:10:36,311 --> 02:10:40,142 WOAH, OH, OH, OH ♪ WE'RE SIX 1826 02:10:40,177 --> 02:10:42,558 WOAH ♪ WOAH 1827 02:10:42,593 --> 02:10:49,358 FOR FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO ♪ ONE MORE MINUTE 1828 02:10:49,393 --> 02:11:04,339 WE'RE SIX ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1829 02:11:04,339 --> 02:11:05,271 WE'RE SIX ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1830 02:11:05,305 --> 02:11:17,490 ♪ ♪ >> OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY 1831 02:11:17,524 --> 02:11:19,354 GOSH, I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT THIS SELFIE MOMENT BUT DO I WANT 1832 02:11:19,388 --> 02:11:21,080 EVERYONE TO HEAR THIS. 1833 02:11:21,114 --> 02:11:27,707 CUZ THIS IS WHAT TONIGHT HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT, MALLORY MENGE, 1834 02:11:27,741 --> 02:11:31,055 THIS WOMAN IS THE DANCE CAPTAIN OF THE ALTERNATES WHO WHO WAS 1835 02:11:31,090 --> 02:11:33,023 PUT INTO THIS NUMBER 12 HOURS AGO. 1836 02:11:33,057 --> 02:11:35,404 IT'S WHAT THEY DO. 1837 02:11:35,439 --> 02:11:36,923 BECAUSE THE SHOW MUST GO ON. 1838 02:11:36,958 --> 02:11:40,582 AND THIS ONE WILL WITH CHITA RIVERA AND BEST MUSICAL NEXT, 1839 02:11:40,616 --> 02:11:42,756 THE 75th TONY AWARDS, THIS IS CBS! 1840 02:11:53,319 --> 02:12:03,467 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 1841 02:12:03,501 --> 02:12:07,333 >> Ariana: ANITA IN "“WEST SIDE STORY"” IS MUCH MORE THAN A 1842 02:12:07,367 --> 02:12:09,197 CHARACTER IN A MUSICAL. 1843 02:12:09,231 --> 02:12:15,306 ANITA ALTERED THE TRAJECTORY OF MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF SO MANY 1844 02:12:15,341 --> 02:12:18,654 PERFORMERS, AND IT ALL BEGAN WITH THE ACTRESS WHO ORIGINATED 1845 02:12:18,689 --> 02:12:20,863 THE ROLE ONSTAGE. 1846 02:12:20,898 --> 02:12:24,626 HER ANITA WAS SO HONEST AND STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL THAT SHE 1847 02:12:24,660 --> 02:12:27,905 REACHED OUT TO EVERY YOUNG PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LET 1848 02:12:27,940 --> 02:12:30,735 US KNOW THERE WAS A PLACE FOR US. 1849 02:12:30,770 --> 02:12:34,463 A PLACE THAT WAS CREATED THE MOMENT SHE STEPPED ON THE STAGE, 1850 02:12:34,498 --> 02:12:37,087 CHANGING THE VERY PERCEPTION OF WHO WE ARE. 1851 02:12:37,121 --> 02:12:41,815 FOR THAT, I AM-- WE ALL ARE-- ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. 1852 02:12:41,850 --> 02:12:46,751 TONY AWARDS, PLEASE WELCOME BROADWAY LEGEND CHITA RIVERA! 1853 02:12:46,786 --> 02:13:01,732 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 1854 02:13:01,732 --> 02:13:05,218 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 1855 02:13:05,253 --> 02:13:13,640 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. 1856 02:13:13,675 --> 02:13:15,470 THANK YOU. 1857 02:13:15,504 --> 02:13:19,853 AND THANK YOU, ARIANA, FOR INTRODUCING ANITA TO A NEW 1858 02:13:19,888 --> 02:13:24,513 GENERATION. 1859 02:13:24,548 --> 02:13:28,069 [ APPLAUSE] WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS 1860 02:13:28,103 --> 02:13:29,173 A MEMBER OF OUR SPECIAL SISTERHOOD. 1861 02:13:29,208 --> 02:13:31,658 YES, INDEED. 1862 02:13:31,693 --> 02:13:34,489 HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST MUSICAL. 1863 02:13:34,523 --> 02:13:42,531 "GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY." 1864 02:13:42,566 --> 02:13:46,052 ♪ ♪ >> "MJ." 1865 02:13:46,087 --> 02:13:49,021 ♪ ♪ >> Ariana: "MR. SATURDAY NIGHT." 1866 02:13:49,055 --> 02:13:52,438 ♪ ♪ >> "PARADISE SQUARE." 1867 02:13:52,472 --> 02:13:56,200 ♪ ♪ >> Ariana: "SIX: THE MUSICAL." 1868 02:13:56,235 --> 02:14:00,894 ♪ ♪ >> "A STRANGE LOOP." 1869 02:14:00,929 --> 02:14:09,248 ♪ ♪ >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: 1870 02:14:09,282 --> 02:14:12,078 "A STRANGE LOOP." 1871 02:14:12,113 --> 02:14:16,324 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 1872 02:14:16,358 --> 02:14:25,057 ACCEPTING THE AWARD FOR A STRANGE LOOP BARBARA 1873 02:14:25,091 --> 02:14:29,992 WHITMAN. 1874 02:14:30,027 --> 02:14:32,650 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 1875 02:14:32,685 --> 02:14:35,998 THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS SHOW'S 1876 02:14:36,033 --> 02:14:37,414 AMAZING JOURNEY. 1877 02:14:37,448 --> 02:14:42,143 MUSICAL THESER FACTORY, PAGE 73 PRODUCTIONS, PLAYWRIGHT HORIZON, 1878 02:14:42,177 --> 02:14:45,974 WILLIE MAMMOTH THEATER COMPANY, THANK YOU TO THE SCHUBERT 1879 02:14:46,008 --> 02:14:48,287 ORGANIZATION FOR GIVING US A BEAUTIFUL HOME AT THE LYCEUM 1880 02:14:48,321 --> 02:14:52,808 THEATER, BRAVO AND LOVE TO OUR AMAZES CAST INCLUDING OUR 1881 02:14:52,843 --> 02:14:56,018 FABULOUS UNDERSTUDIES, OUR BRILLIANT CREATIVE TEAM AND 1882 02:14:56,053 --> 02:15:00,022 DESIGNERS, THE BAND, THE CREW, EVERYONE AT THE LYCEUM WHO 1883 02:15:00,057 --> 02:15:05,235 WORKED SO HARD AND OF COURSE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY MICHAEL R 1884 02:15:05,269 --> 02:15:06,374 JACKSON. 1885 02:15:06,408 --> 02:15:08,341 MICHAEL, YOU SHARED YOUR WORDS, YOUR MUSIC, YOUR SOUL. 1886 02:15:08,376 --> 02:15:10,861 NONE OF US WILL EVER BE THE SAME. 1887 02:15:10,895 --> 02:15:12,449 THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. 1888 02:15:12,483 --> 02:15:16,625 I WANT TO THANK MY KIDS DANIEL, HANNA AND WILL FOR THEIR 1889 02:15:16,660 --> 02:15:20,422 SUPPORT, AND HAVE I TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY GRANDSON 1890 02:15:20,457 --> 02:15:24,426 ZACKARY, MY DREAM IS ZACK WILL GROW UP IN A WORLD WHERE STORIES 1891 02:15:24,461 --> 02:15:27,636 LIKE A STRANGE LOOP ARE TOLD ON STAGES EVERYWHERE ALL OF THE 1892 02:15:27,671 --> 02:15:28,120 TIME. 1893 02:15:28,154 --> 02:15:31,157 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1894 02:15:31,192 --> 02:15:33,470 I HAVE TEN MORE SECONDS. 1895 02:15:33,504 --> 02:15:44,136 >> Y'ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1896 02:15:44,170 --> 02:15:52,351 ♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL 1897 02:15:52,385 --> 02:15:55,699 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR WINNERS! 1898 02:15:55,733 --> 02:15:57,873 GOD THAT MAKES ME SO BROADWAY IS BACK AND WAITING FOR 1899 02:15:57,908 --> 02:16:03,879 YOU, SO COME TO NEW YORK AND SEE A BROADWAY SHOW. 1900 02:16:03,914 --> 02:16:04,639 GET UP IN THE JOINT! 1901 02:16:04,673 --> 02:16:05,916 IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER! 1902 02:16:05,950 --> 02:16:07,193 AND NOW, BEFORE I SAY GOODNIGHT, I'VE GOT ONE MORE MASH-UP FOR 1903 02:16:07,228 --> 02:16:11,439 YOU! 1904 02:16:11,473 --> 02:16:14,890 CAN YOU DIG IT? 1905 02:16:14,925 --> 02:16:15,960 I THINK YOU CAN. 1906 02:16:15,995 --> 02:16:16,858 ♪ HOW MANY MINUTES !¡TIL THE END OF THE TONY'S 1907 02:16:16,892 --> 02:16:23,692 ♪ STICK AROUND TO EVERY PERSON AND SHOW 1908 02:16:23,727 --> 02:16:27,040 ♪ REAL QUICK, BEFORE WE ALL GO I HOPE YOU KNOW 1909 02:16:27,075 --> 02:16:30,423 ♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE CALLED PARADISE 1910 02:16:30,458 --> 02:16:35,221 ♪ CALLED PARADISE SQUARE, AIR, AIR, AIR, AIR 1911 02:16:35,255 --> 02:16:39,638 ♪ PHONE RINGS, DOOR CHIMES IN COMES COMPANY 1912 02:16:39,674 --> 02:16:43,987 ♪ BUT NOW WE'RE EX WIVES ANNIE ARE YOU OKAY 1913 02:16:44,022 --> 02:16:46,405 ♪ ARE YOU OKAY THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL 1914 02:16:46,439 --> 02:16:49,856 ♪ ABOUT, ISN'T IT 76 TROMBONES 1915 02:16:49,891 --> 02:16:53,377 ♪ LED THE BIG PARADE BIG, BLACK AND QUEER AS 1916 02:16:53,412 --> 02:16:56,379 ♪ AMERICAN BROADWAY YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY 1917 02:16:56,415 --> 02:16:59,866 ♪ YOU'VE BEEN STRUCK BY A ROLLING STONE 1918 02:16:59,901 --> 02:17:03,593 ♪ LET IT BURN LET IT BURN 1919 02:17:03,629 --> 02:17:05,493 ♪ DIVORCED BEHEADED 1920 02:17:05,527 --> 02:17:08,495 ♪ COMPANY LOTS OF COMPANY 1921 02:17:08,530 --> 02:17:15,986 ♪ WELL, I'M PRESSING ON I HOPE I BROUGHT A LITTLE JOY 1922 02:17:16,020 --> 02:17:21,509 ♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND THIS IS YOUR ROUND 1923 02:17:21,543 --> 02:17:25,271 ♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE ♪ 1924 02:17:25,306 --> 02:17:26,859 >> GOODNIGHT! 1925 02:17:27,687 --> 02:17:29,931 I LOVE YOU BROADWAY!