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>> Announcer: AND NOW, A CBS
SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
LIVE FROM RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, THE 75th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS WITH
Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX
YOUR HOST, ARIANA DEBOSE!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
AND EVERYONE-- .
♪ WE ALL PLAY A LEADING PART.
♪ AND SO TONIGHT FOR YOU I WANT TO START.
♪ BY IN PRESENTS, FUTURE AND PAST.
♪ TONIGHT AT LAST.
♪ THE SOUND OF APPLAUSE.
♪ FOR THE LAST 75 YEARS.
♪ YOU GET TO BE LIVE HERE.
♪ HIGH FIVE.
♪ THIS IS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
♪ CUZ YOU KNOW THE SHOW.
♪ WOULD NEVER GO ON.
♪ IF WE DIDN'T ALL COME TOGETHER.
♪ SO LET'S TAKE A CHANCE AND MAKE A SONG AND DANCE.
♪ LET'S SEE YOUR HAT.
♪ THIS IS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
♪ THERE'S BEEN TOO MANY SHOWS.
SO WE'VE GOT A FEW TO SEE IF YOU CAN START THEM.
♪ ♪ IN CABARET OH CABAR.
♪ IF ONLY YOU KNOW IT.
♪ AND IT'S ALL PLAYING FOR YOU.
♪ ♪ WILL YOU NEVER HAVE A FRIEND
LIKE ME.
♪ WE'VE GOT MAGIC TO DO.
♪ JUST FOR YOU.
♪ BUT I SIMPLY CANNOT DO IT ALONE.
♪ RADIO CITY!
♪ TO LIN MANUEL MIRANDA ♪ I'M SUCH A FAN-- DUH
♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE WON'T FORGET
♪ CAN'T REGRET ♪ I GOT RHYTHM
I GOT MUSIC ♪ I GOT MY GAL
WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE ♪ !¡ROUND AND !ROUND
AND MY HEART'S KEEPING TIME ♪ TO THE SPEED OF SOUND
I WAS LOST !¡TIL ♪ I HEARD THE DRUMS
♪ THEN I FOUND MY WAY!¡ CAUSE YOU CAN'T STOP THE BEAT
♪ TO ALL MY THEATER QUEENS WHO GET IT DONE LIKE MACHINES
♪ BEHIND THE SCENES THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE
♪ IT'S BEEN 75 YEARS OF BRINGING LAUGHTER AND TEARS
♪ AND Y'ALL ARE FIERCE THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE ♪
>> THIS CAN'T BE FOR REAL.
I DON'T THINK I CAN TALK.
MOM AND DAD, YOU DROVE ME TO MANY, MANY HOURS OF BALLET AND
DANCE CLASSES.
I HOPE YOU FEEL IT'S WORTH IT NOW.
♪ LET'S GO >> MY PARENTS.
EVERYTHING THAT I AM IS BECAUSE OF YOU.
♪ WAIT FOR ME >> THIS IS SUCH A GIFT AND YOU
ARE SUCH A GENEROUS COMMUNITY.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR DANCING SETS, OUR DANCING
LIGHTS, OUR DANCING COSTUMES.
♪ LET'S GO >> IT WAS ON A BROADWAY STAGE
THAT MY CAREER REALLY BEGAN.
♪ WAIT, I'M COMING WITH YOU ♪ THERE'S A PLACE FOR US
>> I WANT TO THANK ALL THE SHOULDERS OF THE STRONG AND
BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS WOMEN THAT I AM STANDING ON.
>> BECAUSE FOR GIRLS, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BE IT.
YOUR BIGGEST OBSTACLE MAY TURN INTO YOUR PURPOSE.
SO KEEP CLIMBING.
THIS IS A PRAISE SHOUT "“HEY!"” LET'S HEAR IT!
♪ ONE MORE DAY ONE NIGHT ONLY
♪ ONE NIGHT ONLY WE ONLY HAVE 'TIL DAWN
♪ LET THE SUNSHINE LET THE SUNSHINE IN
♪ EVERYBODY RISE RISE
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ TO BRASS PERCUSSION AND STRINGS
♪ TO EVERYONE IN THE WINGS AND ALL THE SWINGS
[ CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP] ♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE
TO EVERY THEATER FAN ♪ HERE SINCE THE TONYS BEGAN
IT'S YOU WE STAN [ CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP]
♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE CLIMB EV'RY MOUNTAIN
♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE KEEP IT GAY
♪ KEEP IT GAY KEEP IT GAY
♪ SO GET YOUR HANDS UP BECAUSE PEOPLE, WHO NEED PEOPLE
ARE THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE ♪ IN THE WORLD
♪ I AM WHAT I AM VIVA LA VIE BROADWAY
♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU ALL.
WELL, WELCOME TO THE 75th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS!
THIS THIS NIGHT IS ABOUT ALL OF YOU,
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THESE NOMINATED SHOWS HAPPEN, AND A
CELEBRATION OF THE VERY BEST OF THE PAST SEASON.
AND WHAT A SEASON IT HAS BEEN!
FOR MANY OF YOU, IT'S BEEN A ROLLER-COASTER, WITH
STARTS AND STOPS, DRAMATIC TWISTS AND TURNS, AND COMPANIES
BEING REUNITED AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS APART.
YEAH.
[ APPLAUSE] I AM SO PROUD TO BE HOSTING THE
FIRST TONY AWARDS SINCE BROADWAY GOT ITS GROOVE BACK, AND I'M SO
PROUD THAT THE THEATRE IS BECOMING MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE
COMMUNITY WHO ADORES IT.
[ APPLAUSE] IN DOING SO, IT HAS GAINED NEW
PERFORMERS, NEW CREATIVE TEAMS, AND NEW FANS.
IT HAS SHOWN US STORIES THAT HAVE BROADENED OUR WORLD AND
OPENED OUR HEARTS AND MINDS.
WHILE WE HAVE NOT SOLVED ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS, I FEEL LIKE THE
PHRASE "“GREAT WHITE WAY"” IS BECOMING MORE OF A NICKNAME THAN
A "“HOW TO"” GUIDE.
[ LAUGHTER] [ APPLAUSE]
AND HERE'S WHY: THIS SEASON FEATURED NEW SHOWS WRITTEN BY
SEVEN BLACK PLAYWRIGHTS.
YEAH!
IT BROUGHT US A GENDER-FLIPPED PRODUCTION OF "COMPANY."
[ APPLAUSE] AND TONIGHT, LYNN NOTTAGE IS THE
ONLY PLAYWRIGHT EVER TO BE NOMINATED FOR BOTH BEST PLAY AND
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL IN THE SAME SEASON.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YES.
L. MORGAN LEE IS THE FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER PERFORMER TO
BE NOMINATED FOR A TONY, AND SHE WON'T BE THE LAST.
SCENIC DESIGNER ADAM RIGG IS THE FIRST OUT AGENDER NOMINEE.
COMPOSER TOBY MARLOW IS THE FIRST NON-BINARY WINNER.
WOW.
[ APPLAUSE] AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT
LEAST, BOTH LENA BOTH LENA HORNE AND JAMES EARL
JONES ARE HAVING THEATRES RENAMED FOR THEM.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SO, YES, MAJOR STEPS TOWARD
INCLUSION!
TONIGHT, WE ARE ALSO CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF THE TONY AWARDS WITH
SOME SPECIAL REUNIONS, TRIBUTES, AND UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCES.
SO, LET'S GET STARTED WITH OUR FIRST ACTING AWARD OF THE NIGHT.
PLEASE WELCOME, MY FELLOW ACADEMY AWARD WINNER--
AWARD WINNER, MY GOD, THAT IS REALLY COOL THAT I GET TO SAY
THAT NOW IT'S OVER, IT'S OVER, WE WON'T TALK ABOUT IT ANY MORE.
MY GIRL JESSICA CHASTAIN A JESSICA CHASTAIN AND TONY-
NOMINATED ACTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, COLMAN DOMINGO.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE FIRST ACTING AWARD OF THE
75th TONYS.
IN A SEASON OF DARING AND RIVETING WORK, THESE PERFORMERS
EXPRESSED THE CAREFUL DETAILS THEY INFUSED THEIR ROLES WITH A
FINELY-TUNED PERCEPTION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
>> THROUGH THEIR TOTAL AWARENESS OF THEIR CHARACTERS, THEY
ACHIEVED A LEVEL OF ARTISTRY THAT PRESENTED NOT JUST THE
ILLUSION OF LIFE, BUT LIFE ITSELF.
THEY GAVE US PROFOUND MOMENTS THAT TOOK OUR COLLECTIVE BREATH
AWAY AND DEMONSTRATE WHY THERE IS NOTHING LIKE LIVE THEATRE.
>> THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A
FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY ARE: ALFIE ALLEN, "HANGMEN."
>> CHUCK COOPER, "TROUBLE IN MIND."
[ APPLAUSE] >> JESSE TYLER FERGUSON, "TAKE
ME OUT."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> RON CEPHAS JONES, "CLYDE'S."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MICHAEL OBERHOLTZER, "TAKE ME
OUT."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND MY BUDDY JESSE WILLIAMS,
"TAKE ME OUT."
[ APPLAUSE] >> THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S
TONY GOES TO: JESSE TYLER FERGUSON, "TAKE ME
OUT."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] MARKS JESSE
TYLER'S FERGUSON'S FIRST NOMINATION AND TONY WIN FOR HIS
ROLE AS A BASEBALL LOVING MONEY MANAGER.
>> OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD.
MY HEART IS BEATING SO FAST.
25 YEARS AGO I WORKED AS A THEATRE CIRCLE WHICH HAPPENS TO
BE THREE DOORS DOWN FROM THE THEATRE WHERE TAKE ME OUT IS
PLAYING AND I WOULD SIT IN THERE AND FOLDING MY PHANTOM OF THE
OPERA T-SHIRTS AND WATCHING ACTORS WALK BY THE WINDOWS ON
THE WAY TO THE THEIR CALL AND I THOUGHT I HOPE THAT IS ME SOME
DAY.
IS SO TO STAND IN FRONT OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT I ADMIRE AND LOVE
SO MUCH MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.
I AM SO GLAD I GET TO BE TO DO THIS.
THANK YOU FOR MOM, DAD, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME STO MOVE TO
NEW YORK, I TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE OKAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PLAY BACK TO BROADWAY.
YOU HAVE A SYMBOL OF SUCH A INCREDIBLE ARTISTS AND DESIGN
EROS TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT T JUST TAKE IT AND ACCEPT IT.
RICHARD,-- WHO ELSE, OH, GOD-- 13 SECONDS, I WILL KEEP
GOING.
THE COMPANY OF TAKE ME OUT, SO MUCH TO THE COMPANY, AND MY
UNDERSTUDY IS HERE TONIGHT.
BONNIE AND CRAIG, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS TRUSTING MY GUT INSTINCTS
EVEN WHEN YOU DIDN'T THINK MY GUT INSTINCT WAS RIGHT, IT
ALWAYS RIGHT.
AND JUSTIN MY HUSBAND, I HAVE TO BRAG FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, HE WAS
PART OF THE PRODUCING TEAM THAT BROUGHT IS THIS THE ROOM TO
BROADWAY THIS SEASON.
I'M SO UNREALISTICALLY PROUD OF YOU AND YOU HAVE INCREDIBLE
TASTE, OBVIOUSLY AND RICHARD GREENBERG, YOUR WORDS ARE A GIFT
TO ANY ACTOR WHO GETS THE PLEASURE TO SAY THEM.
I'M SO HONORED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME
TWO-TIME TONY AWARD NOMINEE, PATRICK WILSON.
>> IN 1957, "THE MUSIC MAN," MEREDITH WILLSON'S VALENTINE TO
SMALL TOWN AMERICA, OPENED ON BROADWAY.
IN THIS CLASSIC LOVE STORY, A CON MAN AND A LIBRARIAN MEET,
AND WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING THEM FALL MADLY IN
LOVE.
OUR FIRST NOMINEE FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, THIS
TREASURED GEM OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE IS BACK IN A JOYOUS
PRODUCTION CURRENTLY AT THE WINTER GARDEN THEATRE.
PLEASE WELCOME TONY NOMINEES HUGH JACKMAN, SUTTON FOSTER, AND
THE COMPANY OF "THE MUSIC MAN."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ 76 TROMBONES LED THE BIG PARADE
♪ WITH 110 CORNETS CLOSE AT HAND
♪ THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY ROWS AND ROWS
♪ OF THE FINEST VIRTUOSOS THE CREAM OF EV'RY FAMOUS BAND
♪ 76 TROMBONES CAUGHT THE MORNING SUN
♪ WITH 110 CORNETS RIGHT BEHIND
♪ THERE WERE MORE THAN 1,000 REEDS
♪ SPRINGING UP LIKE WEEDS THERE WERE HORNS
♪ OF EV'RY SHAPE AND KIND THERE WERE COPPER BOTTOM TIMPANI
♪ IN HORSE PLATOONS THUNDERING, THUNDERING
♪ ALL ALONG THE WAY DOUBLE BELL EUPHONIUMS
♪ AND BIG BASSOONS EACH BASSOON HAVING
♪ HIS BIG FAT SAY THERE WERE 50 MOUNTED CANNON
♪ IN THE BATTERY THUNDERING, THUNDERING
♪ LOUDER THAN BEFORE CLARINETS OF EV'RY KIND
♪ AND TRUMPETERS WHO'D IMPROVISE A FULL OCTAVE HIGHER
♪ THAN THE SCORE ♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ HEY, HEY
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ 76 TROMBONES HIT THE COUNTERPOINT
♪ WHILE 110 CORNETS BLAZED AWAY
♪ TO THE RHYTHM OF HARCH! HARCH! HARCH!
♪ ALL THE KIDS BEGAN TO MARCH AND THEY'RE MARCHING STILL
♪ RIGHT TODAY [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: THE 75th ANNUAL
TONY AWARDS.
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♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE]
>> Ariana: WELCOME BACK TO THE TONY AWARDS.
NOW, I WANT TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO SOME PEOPLE WHO
PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN KEEPING BROADWAY SHOWS OPEN THESE PAST
FEW MONTHS-- THE UNDERSTUDIES, THE SWINGS, THE STANDBYS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW, LET'S NOT FORGET THE STAGE
MANAGERS, ASSOCIATES AND DANCE CAPTAINS WHO REHEARSE THEM TO GO
AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
OR THE HAIR AND COSTUME ASSOCIATES WHO GET THE LOOKS
TOGETHER, AND THE MUSICIANS WHO SOMETIMES PLAY A SCORE THEY'VE
NEVER SEEN.
THAT'S A FEAT.
I COULD GO ON AND ON BECAUSE A SHOW IS PUT ON BY MANY PEOPLE,
NOT JUST THE FACES YOU KNOW AND LOVE.
AND I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT YEAH, I MIGHT AS WELL CLAP FOR
THAT.
[ APPLAUSE] AND I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT
THIS BECAUSE I WAS AN UNDERSTUDY.
IN FACT, MOST OF THE DANCERS IN OUR OPENING NUMBER HAVE BEEN
SWINGS OR UNDERSTUDIES DURING THEIR CAREERS.
AND NOW I AM OFF MY SOAPBOX.
HERE'S OUR FIRST 75th ANNIVERSARY REUNION.
FROM THE 2015 WINNER FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, "THE
KING AND I," PLEASE WELCOME TONY AWARD WINNERS KELLI O'HARA AND
RUTHIE ANN MILES!
[ APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> JUANITA HALL, GWEN VERDON, PRISCILLA LOPEZ, AUDRA
McDONALD AND MY FRIEND RUTHIE ANN MILES ARE AMONG THE
EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTS WHOSE STELLAR WORK HAS BEEN HONORED
WITH THIS NEXT AWARD.
TONIGHT, WE CONTINUE THE TRADITION THAT BEGAN IN 1950 AND
ADD ANOTHER NAME TO AN ILLUSTRIOUS LIST OF FEATURED
PERFORMERS.
>> I'M PROUD TO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN A CATEGORY THAT
HAS EMBRACED INCLUSION AND INDIVIDUALITY.
THIS YEAR'S NOMINATED ARTISTS INCLUDE PAST TONY AWARD WINNERS,
FIRST-TIME NOMINEES, AND A TRAILBLAZER WHO HAS BEEN HAILED
THE FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER PERFORMER TO BE NOMINATED
FOR A TONY AWARD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THE NOMINEES FOR BEST
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL ARE:
JEANNETTE BAYARDELLE, "GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY."
[ APPLAUSE] >> SHOSHANA BEAN, "MR. SATURDAY
NIGHT."
[ APPLAUSE] >> JAYNE HOUDYSHELL, "THE MUSIC
MAN."
[ APPLAUSE] >> L. MORGAN LEE, "A STRANGE
LOOP."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> PATTI LUPONE, "COMPANY."
[ APPLAUSE] >> AND JENNIFER SIMARD,
"COMPANY."
[ APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO:
PATTI LUPONE, "COMPANY."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
THIS IS BROADWAY VETERAN PATTI LUPONE'S 8th NOMINATION AND
THIRD ONE IN STEPHEN STSH-- -- STEFEN SONDHEIM'S
COMPANY.
♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
I STARTED THIS JOURNEY WITH MARYANNE ELLIOTT IN 2018, FOUR
YEARS, TWO COUNTRIES, A SEAMINGLY ENDLESS AND EXTREMELY
VULNERABLE LOCKDOWN, THREE DIFFERENT VIRUSES IN THREE CON
TECT-- CONSECUTIVE MONTHS AND TWO SUB LIME CASTS.
AND SO A LOVING SHOUT OUT TO MY BRITISH CASEMATES LEAD BY
ROSALIE CRAIG WHO WAS THE FIRST ACTORS TO REALIZE MARYANNE'S
GENDER BENT VISION.
AND EQUALLY LOVING SHOUT OUT TO MY HOMETOWN CASEMATES LEAD BY
KATRINA LENK.
A FINER GROUP OF ACTORS AND COMEDIANS I COULDN'T IMAGINE AND
WHO IT IS MY HONOR TO WORK WITH EVERY NIGHT.
THANK YOU TO THE STAGE MANAGERS, THE BACKSTAGE CREWS, THE FRONT
OF HOUSE, AT THE GEUL GOOD AND THE JACOB, ESPECIALLY THOSE TWO
DRESSERS WHO HAVE SHARED MY LIFE AND MY DRESSING ROOM FOR SO MANY
YEARS THROUGH ALL KINDS OF WEATHER.
LONDON'S MA YEE LANE AND NEW YORK'S LYLE JONES.
A HUGE GRATITUDE TO ALL OF THE UNDERSTUDIES ACROSS ALL OF THE
STAGES IN NEW YORK.
AND TO ALL OF THE COVID SAFETY PEOPLE.
[APPLAUSE] MARYANNE, I WILL FOLLOW YOU FOR
THE REST OF MY LIFE WHEREVER YOU LEAD.
CHRIS HARPER WHO PAYS MY SALARY.
YOU ARE MY ONE AND LAST PRODUCER, EXCEPT FOR DAVID,
JEFFREY AND ANDRE BISHOP.
MATT AND JOSHUA, I LOVE YOU, MY LIFELONG FRIENDS, I LOVE YOU
ALL, THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> Announcer: AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME PRINCE JACKSON AND PARIS
JACKSON.
[ APPLAUSE] >> A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK
OUR DAD, MICHAEL JACKSON, CHANGED POPULAR MUSIC FOREVER.
AND WHO ARE WE TO DISAGREE?
BUT WHAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT HE LOVED MUSICALS-- ON FILM
AND ON THE STAGE.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT'S
FIRST NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSICAL, "MJ," WHICH, USING MANY OF HIS
ICONIC HITS, LOOKS AT THE COMPLEXITIES AND BRILLIANCE OF
OUR FATHER'S CREATIVE PROCESS.
>> THIS NUMBER SHOWCASES THAT CREATIVE PROCESS AS HE BUILDS A
DANCE ROUTINE, STEP BY UNFORGETTABLE STEP, TO ONE OF
HIS BEST-LOVED HITS, DRAWING ON SOME OF THE INFLUENCES WHO
HELPED INSPIRE HIS SIGNATURE STYLE.
SO, IT IS OUR GREAT HONOR TO NOW INTRODUCE TONY NOMINEE MYLES
FROST AND THE AMAZING CAST OF "MJ"!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> WHAT IF WE BEGIN SIMPLY WITH
JUST A CENTRAL SPOTLIGHT.
ONE BY ONE WE INVITE MY DANCE HEROES ON TO THE STAGE.
WE MEET FRED ASTAIRE, THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS, AND BOB
FOSSE.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
[ APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[ APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
[ APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
[ APPLAUSE]
♪ AS HE CAME INTO THE WINDOW IT WAS THE SOUND OF
♪ A CRESCENDO HE CAME INTO HER APARTMENT
♪ HE LEFT THE BLOOD STAINS ON THE CARPET
♪ SHE RAN UNDER THE TABLE HE COULD SEE SHE
♪ WAS UNABLE SO SHE RAN INTO THE BEDROOM
♪ SHE WAS STRUCK DOWN IT WAS HER DOOM
♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY
♪ ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY
♪ SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE
♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY
♪ ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY
♪ SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE
♪ ANNIE ARE OKAY WILL YOU TELL US
♪ THAT YOU'RE OKAY THERE'S A SIGN IN THE WINDOW
♪ THAT HE STRUCK YOU A CRESCENDO ANNIE
♪ HE CAME INTO YOUR APARTMENT HE LEFT THE BLOOD STAINS
♪ ON THE CARPET THEN YOU RAN INTO THE BEDROOM
♪ YOU WERE STRUCK DOWN IT WAS YOUR DOOM
♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY
♪ ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY
♪ HIT, HIT YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY, HIT
♪ A SMOOTH CRIMINAL ♪ ♪
♪ WOO
SO THEY CAME IN TO THE OUTWAY ♪ IT WAS SUNDAY
WHAT A BLACK DAY ♪ MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION
SOUNDING HEARTBEATS ♪ INTIMIDATIONS
ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ♪ SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY
ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE ♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY
ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ♪ SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY
ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ♪ ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE
ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY
SO ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY ♪ ANNIE, ARE YOU OKAY
ARE YOU OKAY, ANNIE ♪ YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY
♪ YOU'VE STRUCK BY A SMOOTH CRIMINAL
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ANNIE ARE OKAY I DON'T KNOW
♪ WILL YOU TELL US THAT YOU'RE OKAY
♪ I DON'T KNOW THERE'S A SIGN IN THE
♪ I DON'T KNOW WINDOW
♪ THAT HE STRUCK YOU WHOA
♪ A CRESCENDO WHOA
♪ ANNIE HE CAME INTO HER APARTMENT
♪ I DON'T KNOW HE LEFT THE BLOOD STAINS
♪ ON THE CARPET I DON'T KNOW WHY
♪ THEN YOU RAN INTO THE BEDROOM
♪ YOU WERE STRUCK DOWN IT WAS YOUR DOOM
♪ DANG ON IT DANG ON IT BABY
♪ ANNIE ARE OKAY DANG ON IT BABY
♪ WILL YOU TELL US THAT YOU'RE OKAY
♪ THEN YOU RAN INTO THE BEDROOM YOU WERE STRUCK DOWN
♪ IT WAS YOUR DOOM YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY
YOU'VE BEEN STRUCK BY ♪ A SMOOTH CRIMINAL
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> Ariana: THE COMPANY OF "MJ"!
YES!
AND LOOK WHO'S HERE-- SARAH SILVERMAN!
ALONG WITH BILLY CRYSTAL AND SHOSHANNA BEAN, AND THE COMPANY.
THEIR PERFORMANCE FROM "MR.
SATURDAY NIGHT" IS NEXT ON THE 75th TONY AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
[ APPLAUSE] WE'RE BACK AT THE TONY AWARDS,
FROM THE 2005 GLASS MEN AGERY PLEASE WELCOME SARAH PAULSON.
IT IS FUN.
SOMEBODY O >> I'LL APPLAUD TO THAT.
>> IT'S A PLEASURE FOR US TO BE REUNITED ONSTAGE, THIS TIME TO
ILLUMINATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF DIRECTORS.
WE'VE BOTH COLLABORATED WITH ARTISTS WHO BRING INSPIRED
IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS TO A PRODUCTION, ALONG WITH AN
OPENNESS TO EXPERIMENT.
THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACTOR'S JOURNEY ALLOWS ALL
VOICES TO HAVE RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION.
>> WITH ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM, DIRECTORS FOSTER AN ATMOSPHERE
OF TRUST, ENCOURAGING THE COMPANY AND CREATIVE TEAM TO
DREAM WITHOUT INHIBITION.
DESIGNING WITHIN THEIR VISION OF THE PLAY, THEY NURTURE AND
CHALLENGE PERFORMERS TO FIND AND REVEAL THE SUBTLE, UNSPOKEN
TRUTH OF THEIR CHARACTERS.
>> THE NOMINEES FOR BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY ARE:
LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ, "THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH."
>> CAMILLE A. BROWN, "FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE
CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF."
>> SAM MENDES, "THE LEHMAN TRILOGY."
>> NEIL PEPE, "AMERICAN BUFFALO."
>> LES WATERS, "DANA H."
>> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: SAM MENDES, "THE LEHMAN
TRILOGY."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
THIS IS SAM MEN DENSE THIRD NOMINATION AND
SECOND WIN, HE LAST TOOK HOME IN 2019 IN THE SAME CATEGORY FOR
THE FERRYMEN.
>> THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH INDEED.
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, I'M PROUD ESPECIALLY
THIS YEAR TO BE PART OF THE BROADWAY COMMUNITY IN A SEASON
OF SUCH RAMPANT CREATIVITY AND DIVERSITY SO THANK YOU FOR
REMEMBERING US.
I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SAY THANK YOU TO FOR KEEPING THIS
SHOW ALIVE, DURING SOME PRETTY DARK DAYS SO THANK YOU TO SUE
AND JOHN AND EVERYONE AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE.
AND REAPER AND EARN AT NEAL STREET AND CAROLLE FOR HER CLASS
AND TEN ASITY.
AN INCREDIBLE BUNCH OF COLLABORATORS TO NICK POWELL AND
JOHN CLARK AND THE GENIUS THAT-- TO STEPH ANKE FOR HIS
BRILLIANTS AND BONKERS PLAY.
TO MY RIGHT ARM AND LEFT ARM DURING THIS PROCESS SAM AND ZOY,
TO MY HEART, MY WIFE.
BUT ESPECIALLY I WANT TO DEDICATE THIS TO THREE
EXTRAORDINARY ACTORS, THEY ARE ALL HONORED HERE TODAY, SO BY
DEFINITION THEY CAN'T ALL BE UP HERE BUT HAVE I WORKED WITH ALL
OF THEM, ADRIAN, ADAM AND SIMON FOR 25 YEARS AND IT IS MY GREAT,
GREATS HONOR AND DELIGHT THAT THEY JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER
AND BETTER.
SO ALL OF THESE, THE THREE OF THEM, YOU SHARE THIS WITH ME,
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> AND NOW, THE VISIONARIES WHO ARE THE FINAL ARBITERS OF THE
VARIED ELEMENTS THAT COMPRISE A MUSICAL.
>> AMONG THEIR MANY GIFTS IS THE SKILL TO COMBINE MANY ART
FORMS INTO ONE.
THE NOMINEES FOR BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL ARE:
STEPHEN BRACKETT, "A STRANGE LOOP."
>> MARIANNE ELLIOTT, "COMPANY."
>> CONOR McPHERSON, "GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY."
>> LUCY MOSS & JAMIE ARMITAGE, "SIX: THE MUSICAL."
>> CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON, "MJ."
>> AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S TONY AWARD GOES TO:
MARIANNE ELLIOTT, "COMPANY."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
MARIANNE ELLIOTT EARNED HER THIRD TONY WIN, SHE
PREVIOUSLY WON THE AWARD FOR 2011 WAR HORSE AND 2015 THE
CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME.
>> THEY JUST SAID I COULD SWEAR AS MUCH AS I LIKE.
WOW, THANK YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST TO STEPHEN SONDHEIM.
[APPLAUSE] FOR TRUSTING ME TO TELL HIS
STORY IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND PUTTING A WOMAN FRONT AND
CENTER!
[APPLAUSE] HE AND I SHARED A BELIEF THAT
THEATER SHOULD BE FOR THE NOW, THAT SHOULD SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
TODAY'S AUDIENCE.
BUT TO HAVE COLLABORATED WITH HIM SO CLOSELY, TO HAVE MADE A
SHOW ABOUT NEW YORK ON BROADWAY WITH NEW YORK'S MOST IMPORTANT
THEATER MAKERS OF MY LIFETIME IT IS A PRIVILEGE THAT I NEVER
WOULD HAVE IMAGINED OR EVEN DARED TO IMAGINE EVER IN MY
DAYS.
OUR INDUSTRY HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.
IT FELT AT TIMES THAT LIVE THEATER WAS ENDANGERED.
I WANT THEREFORE TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO ALL OF YOU OUT
THERE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THIS BEAUTIFUL
TRANSSPORTIVE AND ESSENTIAL ART FORM.
TO EVERY ONE OF THE TALENTED AND DEDICATED TEAM WHO MADE THIS
PRODUCTION HAPPEN, YOU ARE AMAZING CAST, TO CHRIS HARPER
WHO PAID MY SALARY, TO NICK AND ELLIOTT HARPER, THE BROADWAY
LEAGUE AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] SARAH SILVERMAN.
>> THE NEXT NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSICAL IS BASED ON A FILM
WHICH MARKED THE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT OF MY FRIEND, BILLY
CRYSTAL, AND BELOVED BY ALL OF US WHO REVERE THE COMICS
WHO CAME BEFORE US.
"MR. SATURDAY NIGHT" IS THE HILARIOUS, HEARTWARMING
STORY OF BUDDY YOUNG JR., AN OUTRAGEOUS AND OUTSPOKEN
COMEDIAN WHO FOUND FLEETING FAME IN THE EARLY DAYS OF
TELEVISION.
NOW, SOME 40 YEARS AFTER HIS TV CAREER FLAMED OUT, BUDDY, WHO
REALIZED IT'S LONELY AT THE MIDDLE, SEEKS ONE LAST CHANCE AT
FIXING THE FAMILY HE FRACTURED ALONG THE WAY.
PLEASE WELCOME TONY NOMINEES BILLY CRYSTAL, SHOSHANA BEAN,
AND THE COMPANY OF "MR. SATURDAY NIGHT."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ STICK AROUND
NEVER KNOW WHAT ♪ THE DAY WILL BRING YOU
STICK AROUND ♪ THOUGH YOU SOMETIMES
MAY WONDER WHY ♪ LIFE'S A TRIP
PEOPLE CHANGE WHO ♪ YOU LEAST EXPECTED
YOU WERE STRANGERS ♪ NOW YOU'RE CONNECTED
HEY, WHO KNOWS MAYBE ♪ PIGS CAN FLY
STICK AROUND ♪ IT MAY ALL GO TO HELL TOMORROW
HOLD YOUR GROUND ♪ YOU HAVE MORE THAN
YOU THINK TO SHOW ♪ AND HE SAID OUT LOUD
THAT I MADE HIM PROUD ♪ WHO'S TO SAY HOW CLOSE
WE COULD GROW ♪ SO, STICK AROUND!¡
CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW ♪ STICK AROUND
DON'T YOU LEAVE WHILE ♪ THE BAND'S STILL PLAYING
RIDE IT OUT ♪ WHO KNOWS WHICH WAY
THE WIND WILL BLOW ♪ TAKE THE NICKEL TOUR
WHO CAN SAY FOR SURE ♪ THEY'RE SURE HOW
THEIR LIFE WILL GO ♪ STICK AROUND
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN MR. SATURDAY NIGHT
BUDDY YOUNG, JR!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ I'M HERE TO BRING A LITTLE JOY
LOOK AT ME SING ♪ NOW WATCH ME DANCE
OH, HEY ♪ YOU'RE GONNA LIKE MY SHTICK
YOU'VE EATEN KUGGEL ♪ 'TIL YOU'RE SICK
BOY, I'D HATE TO BE YOUR PANTS ♪ I'M YOUNG
BUT EV'RY JOKE'S A PEARL ♪ I GOT BETTER LEGS
THAN MILTON BERLE ♪ BEEN WAITED FOR THIS CHANCE
SINCE I WAS A BOY ♪ TO BRING YOU ALL A LITTLE
I PROMISE YOU THIS YID'LL ♪ BRING YOU ALL A LITTLE
>> ALL RIGHT FOLKS, HERE'S WHAT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT JAZZ SCAT
SINGING IS, RIGHT?
WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS YIDDISH SCAT SINGING!
AND AT SOME POINT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO JOIN IN WITH ME, ALL
RIGHT?
VER RARE.
ELLA FITZGERALD, I APOLOGIZE.
[ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] ♪ ♪
>> ALL RIGHT NOW, YOUR TURN.
TRY NOT TO SPIT ON THE PERSON SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU.
REPEAT AFTER ME.
[ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] [ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH]
[ APPLAUSE]
[ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] HEY BALCONY!
AN OLD JEWS NIGHTMARE, STAIRS!
HEY BALCONY WITH ME?
[ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH] [ SCAT SINGING IN YIDDISH]
NOW, I'M GOING TO CUT YOU IN HALF LIKE THE RED SEA.
WHEN I POINT TO YOU, REPEAT AFTER ME.
SAY "“OY."” >> OY.
>> SAY "“VEY."” >> VEY.
>> SAY "“OY."” >> OY.
>> SAY "“VEY."” >> VEY.
>> OY.
>> SAY "“VEY."” >> OY.
VEY.
OY.
VEY.
OY, VEY.
♪ ♪ I'M HERE TO BRING A LITTLE
JOY.
FOLKS IF YOU LIKE ME, I'M BUDDY YOUNG JR.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T, I'M HUGH JACKMAN!
[ LAUGHTER] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: COMING UP, A 15th
ANNIVERSARY REUNION OF "SPRING AWAKENING."
AND NEXT, A PERFORMANCE FROM "COMPANY" ON THE 75th TONY
AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE]
>> Ariana: WELCOME BACK TO THE TONY AWARDS.
YOU KNOW, BOB FOSSE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHOREOGRAPHERS OF
ALL TIME.
AND YOU KNOW WHO KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT BOB FOSSE?
SAM ROCKWELL, WHO'S CONVENIENTLY RIGHT HERE.
[ LAUGHTER] SHALL WE?
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
WOO!
[ LAUGHS] [ APPLAUSE]
>> Ariana: I LOVE HIM!
YOU'RE GENIUS.
MY BUDDY, SAM ROCKWELL!
-- YOU KNOW WHAT THE TWO OF US, WE WORKED TOGETHER ON A MOVIE
THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YET WHICH IS FINE.
BUT WE'VE ALSO, WE'RE WORKED INCREDIBLE FOSSE DANCERS LIKE
MARY ANN LAMB AND SUZIE MEISNER.
SAM IS NOMINATED TONIGHT FOR "AMERICAN BUFFALO."
HIS CO-STAR, LAURENCE FISHBURNE, HE DOES AN INCREDIBLE
>> THANK YOU, AND WELCOME TO THE TONY AWARDS.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE AMERICAN
THEATRE!
[ APPLAUSE] >> LAURENCE FISHBURNE!
AND NOW, WE'LL CONTINUE OUR 75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WITH AN
ACTOR WHO MADE HIS BROADWAY DEBUT IN THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
OF "SPRING AWAKENING" ALONG WITH AN ACTRESS WHO WON A TONY AWARD
FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN "GOD OF CARNAGE."
PLEASE WELCOME SKYLAR ASTIN AND MARCIA GAY HARDEN.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> IT TOOK THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO BRING BROADWAY BACK TO
WELCOME ALMOST SEVEN MILLION THEATERGOERS TO A SHORTENED
SEASON.
THE BROADWAY LEAGUE CELEBRATES THE CRUCIAL ROLE PLAYED BY THE
COVID SAFETY MANAGERS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 150 OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT AS
GUESTS OF THE TONYS.
LET'S HEAR IT.
[ APPLAUSE] >> THEIR DILIGENCE MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO FEEL AND BE SAFE, AND THEY
CONTINUE TO KEEP EVERYONE ONSTAGE AND BACKSTAGE ABLE TO
PERFORM.
AMONG THOSE IN THEIR DEBT ARE THESE SIX ARTISTS.
>> THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A
FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY ARE: UZO ADUBA, "CLYDE'S."
>> RACHEL DRATCH, "POTUS: OR, >> KENITA R. MILLER, "FOR
COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE
RAINBOW IS ENUF."
>> PHYLICIA RASHAD, "SKELETON CREW."
>> JULIE WHITE, "POTUS."
>> AND KARA YOUNG, "CLYDE'S."
>> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO: PHYLICIA RASHAD, "SKELETON
CREW."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
THIS IS THE THIRD NOMINATION AND SECOND WIN.
SHE PREVIOUSLY TOOK HOME A TONY FOR PLAYING IN A RAISIN IN THE
SUN.
>> JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I HAD DONE EVERYTHING THERE WAS TO DO,
ALONG CAME SKELETON CREW.
YOU DON'T COME TO THIS PLACE ALONE.
YOU HEARD OTHERS SAY IT TONIGHT, AND IT'S TRUE.
IT'S THE WORK OF MANY PEOPLE.
DOMINIQUE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WRITING THIS PLAY.
THAT ONLY YOU COULD HAVE WRITTEN.
AND RUBEN, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING ME WITH A WORK THAT
WAS CHALLENGING, DEMANDING AND MOST REWARDING.
THANK YOU FOR CASTING THE PLAY THE WAY YOU DID, GIVING ME
WONDERFUL ACTORS TO WORK WITH, LYNNE MEADOWS THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, THANK YOU MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB FOR SUPPORTING THIS
PLAY AND SEEING US THROUGH AND THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAME
TO SEE IT.
MOMMY, I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING.
YOU WERE HERE WITH ME THE LAST TIME AND EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE OUT
WEST, I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE HERE WITH ME NOW.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO PRESENT HUMANITARIAN IN ITS FULLNESS AND
TO FEEL IT.
THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NOW, RETURNING TO
BROADWAY IN THE REVIVAL OF "INTO THE WOODS," A TONY WINNER FOR
HER LEADING PERFORMANCE IN THE REVIVAL OF "PIPPIN," PLEASE
WELCOME PATINA MILLER.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> REIMAGINING AN ICONIC ROLE
THAT WAS ORIGINATED BY A MALE ACTOR CAN BE AS EYE-OPENING AS
IT IS FULFILLING.
REALLY FULFILLING.
IN THE REVELATORY NEW PRODUCTION OF THE GROUNDBREAKING MUSICAL
COMPANY, "“BOBBY"” THE HABITUAL BACHELOR, IS REIMAGINED AS"“
BOBBIE,"” A SINGLE WOMAN.
HER MARRIED FRIENDS SMOTHER HER WITH LOVE AND QUESTIONS: ISN'T
IT TIME TO FIND THE RIGHT MAN AND START A FAMILY?
THE CURTAIN RISES ON BOBBIE'S SURPRISE 35th BIRTHDAY PARTY
AS HER FRIENDS GET INTO HER HEAD.
NOMINATED FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, THIS IS "COMPANY"!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ BOBBIE
BOBBIE ♪ BOBBIE BABY
BOBBIE BUBI ♪ DARLING
BOO BOO, SWEETIE ♪ ANGEL, WILL YOU
BOBBIE ♪ DO US A FAVOR
BOBBIE ♪ BOBBIE BABY
TELL ME, SARAH ♪ BOBBIE, BUBI
BOBBIE LOVE ♪ DOLL
I'D LIKE YOUR ♪ PUMPKIN
OPINION ♪ BOBBIE, GIRL
BOBBIE, HONEY ♪ TRY ME, PETER
BOBBIE ♪ BOBBIE
ANGEL ♪ THERE'S A PROBLEM
BOBBIE ♪ I NEED YOUR
DARLING ♪ ADVICE
BOBBIE BABY ♪ JAMIE, CAN I
CALL YOU BACK TOMORROW ♪ JUST HALF AN HOUR
HONEY, IF YOU'D VISIT THE ♪ BOBBIE
SWEETHEART ♪ SUGAR
KIDS ONCE OR TWICE ♪ BUBI
JENNY, I COULD ♪ TAKE THEM TO THE ZOO ON FRIDAY
♪ WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ♪ BOBBIE
BOBBIE ♪ WHERE HAVE
HAVE YOU BEEN ♪ YOU BEEN
♪ WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN THINKING OF YOU
♪ THINKING OF YOU BOBBIE
♪ SORRY, PAUL I MADE A DATE WITH
♪ DROP BY ANY TIME
♪ BOBBIE DEAR IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS
BOBBIE BABY ♪ BOBBIE, SWEETIE
DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG ♪ BOBBIE, COME ON
OVER FOR DINNER ♪ WE'LL BE SO GLAD TO SEE YOU
BOBBIE, COME ON OVER FOR DINNER ♪ JUST BE THE THREE OF US
ONLY THE THREE OF US ♪ WE LOVE
♪ YOU ♪ IN COMES COMPANY
NO STRINGS, GOOD TIMES ♪ JUST CHUMS, COMPANY
LATE NIGHTS, QUICK BITES ♪ PARTY GAMES
DEEP TALKS, LONG WALKS ♪ TELEPHONE CALLS
THOUGHTS SHARED, SOULS BARED ♪ PRIVATE NAMES
ALL THOSE PHOTOS ♪ UP ON THE WALLS
WITH LOVE ♪ WITH LOVE
FILLING THE DAYS ♪ WITH LOVE, 70 WAYS
TO BOBBIE, WITH LOVE ♪ FROM ALL THESE
GOOD AND CRAZY PEOPLE ♪ YOUR FRIENDS
THESE GOOD AND CRAZY PEOPLE ♪ YOUR MARRIED FRIENDS
AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT ♪ ISN'T IT
THAT'S WHAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT ♪ ISN'T IT
THAT'S WHAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT ♪ REALLY ABOUT
YOU I LOVE AND YOU I LOVE ♪ AND YOU AND YOU I LOVE
AND YOU I LOVE AND YOU I LOVE ♪ AND YOU AND YOU I LOVE
I LOVE ♪ ISN'T IT, ISN'T IT, ISN'T IT
COMPANY ♪ COMPANY
COMPANY ♪ LOTS OF COMPANY
LIFE IS COMPANY ♪ LOVE IS COMPANY
COMPANY ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ >> Ariana: THE CAST OF "COMPANY"
IN AN ACTUAL-SIZE NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT!
SAMUEL L. JACKSON AND LATANYA RICHARDSON JACKSON ARE IN THE
WINGS.
AND WE'VE GOT BOB DYLAN'S MUSIC IN A PERFORMANCE FROM "GIRL FROM
THE NORTH COUNTRY."
THE 75th TONY AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS!
>> Announcer: AND NOW, THE PRESIDENT OF CARNEGIE MELLON
ANNIVERSARY WE HONOR THE LEGACY OF THE WOMAN FOR WHOM THE TONY
AWARDS ARE NAMED.
COFOUNDER AND FORMER CHAIR OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING ANTOIN
ETH PERRY LAID THE GROUND WORK FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF
PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO EMPOWER GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE
THEATER.
THE WING'S ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER INITIATIVE PROVIDES TRAINING AND
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PROMISING YOUNG CREATIVES,
MATCHING THEM WITH PROFESSIONAL MENTORS LIKE ME.
I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE POWER OF MENTORSHIP; MY OWN PERSONAL
GUIDE HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF TONIGHT'S NOMINEES.
HI DAD.
NOW, I'M VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MY OWN MENTEE, JULIA SCHICK.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THANKS, LILLI.
I HAVE RECEIVED THREE SEPARATE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE WING SINCE
2017.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONE MY
CRAFT SO THAT I MAY TOO TOUCH AUDIENCES' HEARTS THE WAY ALL OF
YOU HAVE TOUCHED MINE.
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: RETURNING TO
BROADWAY NEXT FALL, PLEASE WELCOME AND TONY NOMINEE LATANYA
RICHARDSON JACKSON AND ACADEMY AWARD WINNER SAMUEL L. JACKSON.
>> MY FIRST JOB ON BROADWAY WAS AS AN UNDERSTUDY 32 YEARS
AGO IN AUGUST WILSON'S "THE PIANO LESSON."
SO, I AM THRILLED TO BE COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER IN A REVIVAL
OF "THE PIANO LESSON," THIS TIME DIRECTED BY MY WIFE, LATANYA--
THE FIRST WOMAN TO DIRECT AN AUGUST WILSON PLAY ON BROADWAY!
WE ARE PROUD TO BE REVIVING ONE OF HIS PROFOUND
MASTERPIECES.
>> WHEN TAKING ON A CLASSIC, ARTISTS HONOR THE AUTHOR'S
INTENT, WHILE ALSO STRIVING TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND
UNEXPECTED FOR CURRENT AUDIENCES.
THE PRODUCTIONS NOMINATED FOR THIS NEXT AWARD REVITALIZE WORKS
THAT ARE BOTH OF THEIR TIME, YET TIMELESS.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY.
>> THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S TONY GOES TO:
"TAKE ME OUT."
ACCEPTING THE AWARD FOR TAKE ME OUT PRODUCER
CAROLE ROTHMAN. IS OKAY.
THANK YOU TO THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING.
OKAY, OKAY, IN HAS BEEN A TOUGH TIME FOR THE THEATRE FOR OUR
ARTISTS AND FOR NEW YORK CITY AND IT'S TAKEN GREAT COURAGE AND
COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF SO MANY PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO THE
THEATRE WHICH IS A PLACE OF JOY AND HOPE.
EVERYONE AT SECOND STAGE IS IMMENSELY PROUD OF OUR
PRODUCTION OF TAKE ME OUT AND CLYDE'S, THANK YOU RICHARD
GREENBERG FOR YOUR BRILLIANT PLAY, SCOTT FOR YOUR INSPIRED
DIRECTION.
KEN GRAY, DAVE, LINDA FOR THEIR ELEGANT DESIGNS, STAGE MANAGERS
BARKLEY AND PELLEY, THE CREW, THE UNDERSTUDIES.
THE REMARKABLE COMPANY THAT HAS STUCK WITH IT FOR TWO YEAR,
PATRICK ADD YAM-- ADAMS, JULIA, CARL'S LUND STAFF, KEN, MICHAEL,
EDUARDO, TYLER AND JESSE.
AN A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY CHILDREN MOLLY AND CHARLIE,
THEY'RE MY HEROES.
NOW AN ACTOR WHO MADE HIS BROADWAY DEBUT IN CHILDREN OF A
LESSER GOD ANTHONY EDWARDS.
>> GOOD EVENING.
THIS SHOW GOT INTO A SITUATION WHERE THERE WERE NO MORE SWINGS
OR UNDERSTUDIES AND I WAS ASKED IF HE LAST MINUTE IF I WOULD
COVER A ROLE.
TERRIFIED.
TRULY.
BUT SHARING THE STAGE WITH THESE PERFORMERS WAS A ONCE IN A
LIFETIME EXPERIENCE, THE SPIRITUALITY, THE UPLIFTING,
BEAUTIFUL AND ORIGINAL STORY, BOLDLY REIMAGINES THE LEGENDARY
SONGS OF BOB DYLAN, IT IS SET IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA N1934, A GROUP
OF WANDERERS LIVES INTERSECT IN A HOUSE FULL OF MUSIC, LIFE AND
HOPE, PLEASE WELCOME TONY NOMINEES MARE WINNINGHAM,
JEANNETTE BAYARDELLE AND THE COMPANY FROM THE GIRL FROM THE
NORTH COUNTRY.
♪ ONCE UPON A TIME YOU DRESSED SO FINE
♪ YOU THREW THE BUMS A DIME IN YOUR PRIME
♪ DIDN'T YOU PEOPLE'D CALL, SAY
♪ BEWARE DOLL YOU'RE BOUND TO FALL
♪ YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL KIDDIN' YOU
♪ YOU USED TO LAUGH ABOUT AHH
♪ EVERYBODY THAT WAS HANGIN' OUT AHH
♪ NOW YOU DON'T TALK SO LOUD AHH
♪ NOW YOU DON'T SEEM SO PROUD AHH
♪ ABOUT HAVING TO BE SCROUNGING FOR YOUR NEXT MEAL
♪ OH, BUT HOW DOES IT FEEL HOW DOES IT FEEL
♪ HOW DOES IT FEEL HOW DOES IT FEEL
♪ TO BE ON YOUR OWN HOW DOES IT FEEL
♪ WITH NO DIRECTION HOME HOW DOES IT FEEL
♪ A COMPLETE UNKNOWN HOW DOES IT FEEL
♪ YA LIKE A ROLLING STONE YOU'RE LIKE A ROLLING STONE
♪ JUST LIKE A ROLLING STONE OH, OH
♪ LIKE A ROLLING STONE ♪ ♪
MANY TRY TO STOP ME ♪ SHAKE ME UP IN MY MIND
SAY PROVE TO ME ♪ THAT HE IS LORD
SHOW ME A SIGN ♪ A SIGN
WHAT KIND OF SIGN YA NEED ♪ WHEN IT ALL COMES FROM WITHIN
WHEN WHAT'S LOST HAS BEEN FOUND ♪ HAS BEEN FOUND
WHAT'S TO COME HAS ALREADY BEEN ♪ AND I JUST KEEP PRESSING ON
ON, AND ON, AND ON, AND ON ♪ I KEEP ON MOVING ON
PRESSING ON ♪ OH, OH, I
PRESSING ON ♪ TO THE HIGHER CALLING OF MY
PRESSING ON ♪ LORD
ON, AND ON, AND ON, AND ON ♪ PRESSING ON
I KEEP ON PRESSING ON ♪ TO THE HIGHER CALLING OF MY
LORD ♪ AND ON, AND ON, AND ON
AND ON ♪ ♪ ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> : NEXT, LIN-MANUEL
MIRANDA AND A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO STEPHEN SONDHEIM ON THE 75th
TONYS.
VISIT www.americantheatrewing.org TO
DONATE RIGHT NOW.
FOR A LIMITED TIME, DONATIONS WILL BE MATCHED DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR.
THIS IS CBS.
THE 75th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS ARE SPONSORED BY VERZENIO.
♪ ♪ >> Ariana: WELCOME BACK.
EVERYONE HAS THEIR FAVORITE PART OF A BROADWAY SHOW.
MAYBE IT'S THE BIG ELEVENTH O'CLOCK, MAYBE IT'S THE
SAD REPRISE, MAYBE IT'S THAT MOMENT WHEN THEY SING THE
TITLE OF THE SHOW.
THOSE ARE ALL GOOD, BUT I THINK MY FAVORITE PART OF A MUSICAL IS
THE BEST.
THERE'S A MOMENT IN EVERY SHOW ♪ THAT'S SIMPLY TOO INTENSE,
♪ WHEN THE ACTORS LEAVE THE ♪ STAGE AND COME OUT INTO THE
♪ AUDIENCE.
♪ ♪ ♪ WE WERE UP THERE
NOW WE'RE DOWN HERE ♪ FILLING ALL YOUR HEARTS
WITH FEAR ♪ 'CAUSE THERE'S NO AVOIDING US
IN THE AUDIENCE ♪ YOU'RE SCARED WE WILL TALK TO
YOU ♪ AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO DO ♪ THERE IS NO AVOIDING US IN
THE...
>> AUDIENCE!
>> ♪ I'M CLOSE TO YOU OH, SO CLOSE TO YOU
♪ I AM TOUCHING YOU THERE'S NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO
♪ I'M SITTING ON YOU 'CAUSE WHAT THEY SAY IS TRUE
♪ THERE IS NO ESCAPING US IN THE AUDIENCE
♪ IN EVERY SHOW, IT'S TRIED AND TRUE
♪ THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO
♪ 'CAUSE THERE IS NO AVOIDING US IN THE AUDIENCE
♪ IN THE AUDIENCE IN THE AUDIENCE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AUDIENCE, GIVE IT UP FOR UTKARSH
AMBUDKAR AND FOUR-TIME TONY NOMINEE, RAUL ESPARZA!
♪ ♪ >> ON JUNE 27, THE JIMMY AWARDS,
PRODUCED BY THE BROADWAY LEAGUE, WILL RETURN LIVE TO THE MINSKOFF
THEATRE.
92 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CHOSEN FROM 140,000 WILL PERFORM AS
THEY COMPETE FOR 20 SCHOLARSHIPS.
THE TOP TWO WILL BE SELECTED BEST ACTOR AND BEST ACTRESS.
>> MANY PAST JIMMY WINNERS HAVE LANDED ROLES ON BROADWAY.
MAYBE ONE DAY, SOME OF THIS YEAR'S FINALISTS MIGHT FIND
THEMSELVES NOMINATED FOR A TONY, JUST LIKE THESE NEXT ARTISTS.
THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A
FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL ARE: MATT DOYLE, "COMPANY."
>> SIDNEY DUPONT, "PARADISE SQUARE."
>> JARED GRIMES, "FUNNY GIRL."
>> JOHN-ANDREW MORRISON, "A STRANGE LOOP."
>> A.J. SHIVELY, "PARADISE SQUARE."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO:
MATT DOYLE, "COMPANY."
MATT DOIL STUD-- DOYLE STUDIED, THIS IS
HIS FIRST NOMINATION AND TONY WIN.
>> OH MY GOODNESS, OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU TO THE AMERICAN THESER WING AND THE BROADWAY LEAGUE AND
TO ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MEN IN MY CATEGORY, MY GOD, YOU BRILLIANT,
BRILLIANT MEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY TEAM ERIC AND TIM AND
EVERYONE AT THE JACOBS THESER, THE THE STAFF, THE CREW, THE
STAGE MANAGEMENT, AND MY COMPANY, MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY
SWRERKS BEEN TO HELL AND BACK WITH EACH OTHER, I LOVE YOU SO
MUCH, TO TY, MY WONDERFUL PAUL AND MY REAL LIFE PAUL MAX
CLAYTON I LOVE YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT YOU.
AND YOU REALLY DO LEAVE LOVE NOTES ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I
CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU PUT UP WITH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MARIANNE ELLIOTT AND CHRIS HARPER FOR
YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS AND
CHANGING MY LIFE.
TO MY EARLIEST TEACHERS MARILYN, JUDY, BRIT, RICHARD, BETH, THANK
YOU TO MY FAMILY, MY SISTERS LEAH AND COLLEEN AND MY PARENTS
WHO BELIEVED IN MY PURSUING MY PASSION AND BELIEVED IN THE ARTS
AND BELIEVED THAT THE ONLY WAY I WOULD BE HAPPY IS TO LIVE MY
LIFE AUTHENTICALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO GEORGE AND STEPHEN
SONDHEIM, STEPHEN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING YOUR WORK TO EVOLVE AND
ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE TO BE SEEN IN YOUR GENIUS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
I'M THE NEXT >> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME
FOUR-TIME TONY AWARD WINNER, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA.
>> ALL OF US WHO LOVE AND DEDICATE OUR LIVES TO THE
PERFORMING ARTS FELT A PROFOUND LOSS LAST NOVEMBER WHEN
WE LOST A MUSICAL GIANT, STEPHEN SONDHEIM.
STEVE TOUCHED OUR LIVES IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS, THROUGH
HIS IMMORTAL MUSIC AND LYRICS, THROUGH HIS TEACHING AND
ADVOCACY FOR YOUNG WRITERS AND THROUGH LETTERS.
STEPHEN WROTE THEM TO FRIENDS, TO UP-AND-COMING ARTISTS,
TO COUNTLESS PEOPLE HE'D NEVER MET.
HE WROTE SO MANY LETTERS THAT YOU'D WONDER WHEN HE HAD TIME TO
PICK UP A BLACKWING 602 PENCIL AND WRITE A SONG.
I STAND HERE ON BEHALF OF GENERATIONS OF ARTISTS HE TOOK
THE TIME TO ENCOURAGE.
>> I LOVE TEACHING AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT ALL ART IS A
FORM OF TEACHING.
I THINK PAINTING IS A FORM OF TEACHING.
ANY KIND OF COMMUNICATION IS A FORM OF TEACHING.
AND AN ARTIST- A VISUAL ARTIST SHOWS US WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE
WORLD.
A NOVELIST SHOWS US WAYS THAT PEOPLE BEHAVE.
A COMPOSER SHOWS US TO LISTEN.
>> TONY WINNER, BERNADETTE PETERS.
♪ ♪ ♪ CAREFUL THE THINGS YOU SAY
CHILDREN WILL LISTEN ♪ CAREFUL THE THINGS YOU DO
CHILDREN WILL SEE ♪ AND LEARN
CHILDREN MAY NOT OBEY ♪ BUT CHILDREN WILL LISTEN
CHILDREN WILL LOOK TO YOU ♪ FOR WHICH WAY TO TURN
TO LEARN WHAT TO BE ♪ CAREFUL BEFORE YOU SAY
LISTEN TO ME ♪ CHILDREN WILL LISTEN
♪ ♪ >> IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO WRITE.
IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO PUT ON A SHOW.
YOU BETTER- IF YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO WRITE
IT- WRITE IT OUT OF PASSION.
♪ ♪ ♪ CAREFUL THE SPELL YOU CAST
NOT JUST ON CHILDREN ♪ SOMETIMES THE SPELL MAY LAST
PAST WHAT YOU CAN SEE ♪ AND TURN AGAINST YOU
CAREFUL THE TALE YOU TELL ♪ THAT IS THE SPELL
CHILDREN WILL LISTEN ♪ ♪
>> MORE EDUCATION IS JUST ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE CURIOUS, THAT'S
ALL IT'S ABOUT.
AND TO GET A CHILD TO BE CURIOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING WOULD BE A
UNBEARABLE THRILL FOR ME.
♪ ♪ ♪ GUIDE THEM AND STEP AWAY
CHILDREN WILL GLISTEN ♪ TAMPER WITH WHAT IS TRUE
AND CHILDREN WILL TURN ♪ IF JUST TO BE FREE
CAREFUL BEFORE YOU SAY ♪ LISTEN TO ME
CHILDREN WILL LISTEN ♪ CHILDREN WILL LISTEN
CHILDREN WILL LISTEN ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Announcer: NEXT JENNIFER
HUDSON, RUPAUL CHARLES, AND A PERFORMANCE FROM "A STRANGE
LOOP."
THE 75th TONYS.
THIS IS CBS.
♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
DURING THE SHOW WE HOSTED THE TONY AWARDS ACT ONE, THE BEST
SCORE WAS PRESENTED TO LUCY MOSS AND TONY MARLOW FOR SIX.
>> IT IS NOW OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT AN AWARD TO THE
FANTASTIC WRITERS WHO PROVIDE STORY, STRUCTURE, CHARACTER,
CLIFFHANGERS, HUMOR, HEART, STRONG BEGINNINGS, AND
POWER-PACKED ENDINGS.
>> PAST WINNERS INCLUDE HARVEY FIERSTEIN, LISA KRON, THOMAS
MEEHAN, MARSHA NORMAN, TERRENCE McNALLY, AND DIABLO CODY.
LET'S ADD TO THAT ILLUSTRIOUS LIST.
THE NOMINEES FOR BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL ARE:
"GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY," CONOR McPHERSON.
>> "MJ," LYNN NOTTAGE.
>> "MR. SATURDAY NIGHT," BILLY CRYSTAL, LOWELL GANZ, BABALOO
MANDEL.
>> "PARADISE SQUARE," CHRISTINA ANDERSON, CRAIG LUCAS, LARRY
KIRWAN.
>> "A STRANGE LOOP," MICHAEL R.
JACKSON.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO:
"A STRANGE LOOP," MICHAEL R.
JACKSON.
>> NEW YORK TIMES NAMES MICHAEL R JACKSON ONE OF THE BLACK MALE
WRITERS OF OUR TIME, HE WAS NOMINATE FORD TWO TONY AWARDS
THIS EVENING.
>> YES!
OKAY, SHUT SIT DOWN, OKAY.
I STARTED, OH, GOD, 47 SECONDS, I STARTED WRITING THIS MUSICAL
WHEN I WAS 2 3-RBGS IEMG'S 4 1-RBGS I'M OLD AS HELL, I WROTE
IT FROM AN OLD LADY'S HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF JAMAICA QUEENS
WHEN I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE, I
DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WOULD MOVE FORWARD, I FELT UNSEEN, UNHEARD,
MISUNDERSTOOD AND I WANTED TO CREATE A LIFE RAFT FOR MYSELF AS
A BLACK GAY MAN TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THE DAY AND OVER THE
YEARS I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TAKE ALL MY BEAUTIFUL KATION
MEMBER, MY DIRECTOR, SO MANY QUEER PEOPLE, I GIVE A SPECIAL
SHOUT OUT TO MY INCREDIBLE CHOREOGRAPHER WHO COULD NOT BE
HERE, HE NEEDS EVERYTHING, HE HAS BEEN HERE FOR ME, SO MUCH I
WANT TO SAY, I'M LIKE REALLY SPEECHLESS THE, I SHOULD HAVE
WRITTEN DOWN A SPEECH, THAT'S MY BAD, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, BAR
BRARKS TEAM, EVERYBODY, PLEASE WRAP UP.
Y'ALL KNOW I'M ALL ABOUT QUALITY IN HIGH ART.
WE TALK ABOUT REPRESENTATION, I'M ALL ABOUT REPRESENTATION BUT
LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE STAYING ON OUR GRINDS AND ART, THAT WE
ARE DOING THE BEST WORK WE CAN DO, JAYNE ONCE SENSE THERE IS
NOTHING THAT CAN REPLACE QUALITY, NEVER SETTLE FOR
ANYTHING LESS THAN THE BEST YOU CAN DO, DO YOUR BEST, THAT IS MY
MESSAGE TO EVERYBODY, EVERY ARTIST, THANK YOU AGAIN, THANK
YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Announcer: AND NOW, A "HAMILTON" REUNION: TONY AWARD
WINNER RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY; AND RETURNING TO BROADWAY IN
"INTO THE WOODS," PHILLIPA SOO.
>> WHILE THERE IS GREAT PRIDE >> WHILE THERE IS GREAT PRIDE
THAT COMES FROM ORIGINATING A ROLE ON BROADWAY, THERE IS ALSO
A SPECIAL JOY THAT COMES FROM SHARING CLASSIC MUSICALS
WITH NEW AUDIENCES.
REVISITING A WORK FROM ANOTHER TIME WITH A CONTEMPORARY
EYE ALLOWS FOR REINTERPRETATION AND EXCITING NEW DISCOVERIES FOR
THEATERGOERS.
>> THIS SEASON'S REVIVALS SPAN DECADES-- FROM BROADWAY'S
GOLDEN AGE, TO THE REVOLUTIONARY FIRST CONCEPT MUSICAL, TO A
RECENT CLASSIC.
THIS EVENING, WE SAW LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM "THE MUSIC
MAN" AND "COMPANY."
THE THIRD NOMINATED REVIVAL, "CAROLINE, OR CHANGE," WAS A
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THAT COMPLETED ITS RUN EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
>> ONCE AGAIN, HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST REVIVAL
OF A MUSICAL.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
>> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO:
"COMPANY."
PRODUCER: CHRIS HARPER.
ACCEPTING THE AWARD PRODUCER CHRIS HARPER. WOW, WOW, THIS IS
JUST AN INCREDIBLE HONOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FIRSTLY TO MY FRIENDS AND BUSINESS PARTNER
MARIANNE ELLIOTT FOR BEING SUCH A VISIONARY ARTIST TO MY
PRODUCING PARTY FOR ALWAYS BEING BY MY SIDE TO CAITRIONA AND
PATTI, OUR INCREDIBLE CAST.
PATTI, ST AN HONOR TO BE THE PERSON WHO PAYS YOUR SALARY
EVERY NIGHT.
TO OUR ORCHESTRA, OUR STAGE CREW, OUR SWINGS, EVERYBODY AT
THE THEATRE, OUR STAGE CREW, EVERYONE AT PRODUCTIONS AND HE
COULD PRODUCER AND STEPHEN SONDHEIM FOR LETTING US
REIMAGINE HIS CLASSIC MUSICAL.
IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME AND TO BE SUPPORTED BY SO MANY PEOPLE
AS PART OF THE BROADWAY COMMUNITY IS EQUALLY SPECIAL.
BUT COMPANY IS A SHOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE LIFE MEANING.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO MY CHILDREN, MARTHA AND
BARNABY BECAUSE THEY ARE MY REASON FOR BEING ALIVE, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
>> ANNOUNCER: PLEASE WELCOME TONY NOMINATED CO-PRODUCERS OF
"A STRANGE LOOP": JENNIFER HUDSON AND RUPAUL CHARLES.
>> IN THE NEXT PRODUCTION NOMINATED FOR BEST MUSICAL, WE
MEET USHER, A BLACK, QUEER WRITER WRITING A MUSICAL ABOUT
A BLACK QUEER WRITER, WRITING A MUSICAL ABOUT A BLACK QUEER
WRITER.
SET IN THE HERE AND NOW, THIS BLISTERINGLY FUNNY MASTERWORK
EXPOSES THE HEART AND SOUL OF A YOUNG ARTIST GRAPPLING WITH
DESIRES, IDENTITY, AND INSTINCTS HE BOTH LOVES AND LOATHES.
>> DETERMINED TO BREAK FREE OF HIS OWN SELF-PERCEPTION, USHER
WRESTLES WITH THE THOUGHTS IN HIS HEAD, BROUGHT TO LIFE BY A
HILARIOUS, STRAIGHT-TALKING ENSEMBLE.
BOLD AND HEARTFELT IN ITS TRUTH- TELLING, THIS IS THE BIG, BLACK,
AND QUEER-ASS GREAT AMERICAN MUSICAL FOR ALL!
PLEASE WELCOME THE COMPANY OF "A STRANGE LOOP."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ USHER, USHER USHER, USHER
♪ HOW MANY MINUTES!¡ TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION
♪ IS THAT HOW THE SHOW SHOULD OPEN
♪ SHOULD THERE EVEN BE A SHOW NO, IT SHOULD START WITH
♪ WHAT HE'S THINKING WHICH IS JUST A CURSOR BLINKING
♪ !¡CAUSE OF ALL OF THE DIRECTIONS
♪ THAT THE NARRATIVE COULD GO HE WANTS TO SHOW WHAT
♪ IT'S LIKE TO LIVE UP HERE OH, USHER
♪ AND TRAVEL THE WORLD IN A FAT, BLACK QUEER BODY
♪ HOW MANY MINUTES!¡ TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION
♪ NO ONE CARES ABOUT A WRITER WHO IS STRUGGLING TO WRITE
♪ THEY'LL SAY IT'S WAY TOO REPETITIOUS
♪ AND SO OVERLY AMBITIOUS WHICH OF COURSE
♪ MAKES THEM SUSPICIOUS THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE
♪ TRYING TO BE WHITE HE HAS TO FIGHT FOR HIS RIGHT
♪ TO LIVE IN A WORLD HEY, USHER
♪ THAT CHEWS UP AND SPITS OUT BLACK QUEERS ON THE DAILY
♪ BLACKNESS, QUEERNESS FIGHTING BACK TO FILL THIS
♪ CIS-HET ALL-WHITE SPACE WITH A PORTRAIT OF A
♪ PORTRAIT OF A PORTRAIT OF A
♪ BLACK QUEER FACE AND A CHOIR FULL OF
♪ BLACK QUEER VOICES AND ALSO BASS
♪ ALL THOUGHTS [ SNAPPING FINGERS]
THAT ARE CASTING SPELLS ♪ TO CONJURE UP A
BIG, BLACK AND QUEER-ASS ♪ AMERICAN BROADWAY
I AM A DISNEY USHER ♪ I'M BARELY SCRAPING BY
MY DISCONTENTMENT COMES IN ♪ MANY SHAPES AND SIZES
BUT I WOKE UP THIS MORNING ♪ I TOLD MYSELF TO TRY
I TOLD MYSELF THAT I WOULD ♪ MAKE NO COMPROMISES TODAY
A MEETING WITH MY LANDLORD ♪ WHO MAKES ME MISS MY TRAIN
AND I SMELL AWFUL ♪ !¡CAUSE THERE IS
NO TIME TO SHOWER ♪ I PLASTER ON A SMILE
PRETEND I HAVE NO BRAIN ♪ MAKE NICE WITH
ALL THESE TOURISTS ♪ HOUR AFTER HOUR TODAY
TODAY I PLAN TO ♪ CHANGE MY WHOLE LIFE
FOREVER ♪ USHER, SURPRISE
>> HOW YOU DOIN'?
IT'S YOUR DAILY SELF-LOATHING!
AND I HAD SOME TIME TO KILL SO I THOUGHT I'D DROP IN TO REMIND
YOU OF JUST HOW TRULY WORTHLESS YOU ARE.
>> USHER!
HEAD OF THE MONOLITHIC NEGRO CORPORATION HERE!
JUST CHECKING IN TO SEE IF YOU FOUND YOUR UNAPOLOGETIC
BLACKNESS YET?!¡ CAUSE YOUR NUMBERS ARE IN THE
TOILET WITH THE BLACK EXCELLENCE CROWD, AND YOU'RE REAL CLOSE TO
CANCELLATION!
UNCLE TOM!
♪ SO DAYS LIKE THIS JUST GET ME OOO
♪ I HATE DAYS LIKE TODAY OOO
♪ DAYS WHEN I FACE MYSELF, BUT OOO
♪ SEE THE SAME REFLECTION OOO-OOO-OOO
♪ SOMEONE WHO'S STUCK REWRITING OOO
♪ AND STUCK IN HIS OWN WAY OOO
♪ SOMEONE WHO PLANS TO EDIT OOO
♪ EVERY IMPERFECTION OOO-OOO-OOO
♪ USHER-USHER TODAY
♪ USHER, USHER USHER-USHER
♪ TODAY I PLAN TO CHANGE MY...
♪ USHER, USHER HOW MANY MINUTES
♪ !¡TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION IF YOU CAN'T
♪ PLEASE THE CAUCASIANS YOU WILL NEVER GET THE DOUGH
♪ USHER!¡ CAUSE CRITICS
♪ CLINICALLY DENY US THEN DENY IMPLICIT BIAS
♪ WITH THEIR VANITY SUPPORTED BY A SYSTEM THAT'S DISTORTED
♪ WATCH THEM WRITE YOU OFF AS LAZY, NOT TO MENTION
♪ NAVEL-GAZEY LACKING BOTH IN CRAFT AND RIGOR
♪ !¡CAUSE YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A BIG, BLACK AND QUEER-ASS
♪ AMERICAN BROADWAY BIG, BLACK AND QUEER-ASS
♪ AMERICAN BROADWAY USHER-USHER
♪ HOW MANY MINUTES USHER-USHER
♪ !¡TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION USHER-USHER
♪ HOW MANY MINUTES USHER-USHER
♪ !¡TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION USHER-USHER
♪ HOW MANY MINUTES!¡ TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION
♪ OH MY GOD USHER-USHER
♪ HOW MANY MINUTES!¡ TIL THE END OF INTERMISSION
♪ OH MY GOD USHER-USHER
♪ LESS THAN TWO [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Announcer: NEXT, A 15th ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE BY THE
ORIGINAL CAST OF "SPRING AWAKENING."
AND LATER, BILLY PORTER SINGS IN AN EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE.
THE 75th TONYS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Announcer: THE 75th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS ARE SPONSORED BY THE
MAKERS OF TYLENOL, CARE WITHOUT LIMITS.
♪ ♪ >> Ariana: WELCOME BACK TO THE
TONY AWARDS.
THE THEATRE IS RICH WITH TRADITIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS
PASSING YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM WHO WAS NOT
INSPIRED BY AND EMBRACED BY A MENTOR.
FOR ME, THAT WAS ELIZABETH GRIMES DROESSLER.
SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS ONE SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN YOU.
AND LIZ WAS THAT PERSON FOR ME.
SHE MADE ME REALIZE IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR ME TO PURSUE
THEATRE AS A LIFE AND CAREER.
SHE PASSED AWAY IN MAY, BUT HER ENCOURAGEMENT WALKS ALONGSIDE
ME, AND ALL OF HER STUDENTS, EVERY TIME WE STEP ONTO A STAGE.
THANK YOU, LIZ.
AND NOW, TO HONOR ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL ARTS EDUCATOR, PLEASE
WELCOME CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY ALUM, TELLY LEUNG.
♪ ♪ >> THE TONY AWARDS AND CARNEGIE
MELLON UNIVERSITY CO- CREATED THE "“EXCELLENCE IN
THEATRE EDUCATION AWARD"” TO RECOGNIZE ARTS EDUCATORS
NATIONWIDE WHO DEMONSTRATE EXEMPLARY IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF
THEIR STUDENTS.
EARLIER, THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO ROSHUNDA JONES-KOUMBA OF
G.W. CARVER MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] MS. JONES-KOUMBA, FOR INSPIRING
STUDENTS THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND INCLUSIVITY,
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR NEXT YEAR'S AWARD.
GO TO www.tonyawards.com/education-
award TO SUBMIT AND TELL THE STORY OF A THEATRE EDUCATOR WHO
MADE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME ZACH BRAFF AND LEA MICHELE.
>> ON THIS STAGE IN 2007, I INTRODUCED A MUSICAL INSPIRED BY
A CONTROVERSIAL LITERARY MASTERPIECE DARING IN ITS
DEPICTION OF TEENAGE SELF- DISCOVERY, IN WHICH ADULTS HOLD
ALL THE CARDS AND TEENS TRAUMATIZED BY PUBERTY EXPLORE
THE MYSTERIES OF THEIR BODIES.
THE SHOW WAS "SPRING AWAKENING."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THAT NIGHT, WE WENT ON TO WIN
EIGHT TONY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL.
IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE WE'LL NEVER FORGET.
LATE LAST YEAR, OUR ENTIRE COMPANY REUNITED FOR A SPECIAL
15th ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT CONCERT WHICH WAS CAPTURED IN THE HBO
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY "“THOSE YOU'VE KNOWN."”
>> TONIGHT, IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR ANNIVERSARY, IT'S AN HONOR
FOR ME TO WELCOME BACK THE ORIGINAL COMPANY OF
"SPRING AWAKENING."
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ WHERE I GO WHEN I GO THERE
♪ NO MORE MEM'RY ANYMORE ♪ WHERE I GO
WHEN I GO THERE ♪ NO MORE MEM'RY ANYMORE
ONLY DRIFTING ON SOME SHIP ♪ THE WIND THAT WHISPERS
OF THE DISTANCE ♪ TO SHORE
WHERE I GO ♪ AHH
WHEN I GO THERE ♪ NO MORE LIST'NING ANYMORE
AHH ♪ ONLY HYMNS UPON YOUR LIPS
A MYSTIC WISDOM RISING WITH THEM ♪ TO SHORE
TOUCH ME ♪ JUST LIKE THAT
AND THAT, OH YEAH ♪ NOW, THAT'S HEAVEN
NOW, THAT I LIKE ♪ GOD, THAT'S SO NICE
NOW LOWER DOWN ♪ WHERE THE FIGS LIE
OH, OH MY GOD ♪ OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH
TOUCH ME ♪ TOUCH ME
OH-OH ♪ OH-OH
OH-OH ♪ MY GOD
WHERE I GO ♪ WHEN I GO THERE
NO MORE SHADOWS ANYMORE ♪ ONLY YOU THERE IN THE KISS
AND NOTHING MISSING ♪ AS YOU'RE DRIFTING
TO SHORE ♪ WHERE I GO
WHEN I GO THERE ♪ NO MORE WEEPING ANYMORE
NO MORE WEEPING ANYMORE ♪ NO, NO, NO
ONLY IN AND OUT YOUR LIPS ♪ THE BROKEN WISHES
WASHING WITH THEM ♪ TO SHORE
TOUCH ME ♪ TOUCH ME
ALL SILENT ♪ ALL SILENT
BABY, JUST TELL ME ♪ TELL ME, PLEASE
ALL IS FORGIVEN ♪ TOUCH
CONSUME MY WINE ♪ OH
CONSUME MY MIND ♪ OH
I'LL TELL YOU HOW ♪ OH
HOW THE WINDS SIGH ♪ THERE I GO, THERE I GO
TOUCH ME ♪ OH, OH, OH
JUST TRY IT ♪ JUST, JUST TRY IT
NOW, THERE THAT'S IT ♪ NOW, THERE, THAT'S IT
OH, GOD, THAT'S HEAVEN ♪ OH, GOD, THAT'S HEAVEN
TOUCH ♪ I'LL LOVE YOUR LIGHT
I'LL LOVE YOU RIGHT ♪ WE'LL WANDER DOWN
WHERE THE SINS CRY ♪ WHERE THE SINS CRY
TOUCH ME ♪ JUST LIKE THAT
NOW LOWER DOWN ♪ WHERE THE SINS LIE
LOVE ME ♪ JUST FOR A BIT
WE'LL WANDER DOWN ♪ WHERE THE WINDS SIGH
QUIETS ♪ WHERE THE WINDS SIGH
WHERE THE WINDS SIGH ♪ WHERE THE WINDS SIGH
♪ ♪ ♪ WHERE THE WINDS SIGH
♪ ♪ ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> Announcer: ANDREW GARFIELD AND NATHAN LANE ARE NEXT WITH
THE AWARD FOR BEST PLAY.
AND LATER, A PERFORMANCE FROM "SIX: THE MUSICAL."
THE 75th TONYS.
THIS IS CBS.
♪ ♪ WELCOME BACK TO THE TONY AWARDS,
WE WOULD LIKE TO SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON THIS YEAR'S
NOMINATED PLAYWRIGHTS, NOW WE ASKED THEM TO TELL US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR PLAYSK AND HERE THEY ARE IN
THEIR OWN WORDS.
>> ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE MY PLAY IS HILARIOUS.
>> FUNNY.
>> EPIC.
>> HORRIFYING.
>> FIGHT.
>> DANGEROUS.
>> SURPRISING.
>> UNITY, HOPEFUL.
>> HAPPENING,-- HAPPY, TBISY TURNER.
>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE LINE FROM CLYDE'S IS A LITTLE SALT MAKES
THE FOOD TASTE GOOD, TOO MUCH MAKES IT INEDIBLE.
REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.
>> AIN'T NO WAY TO FIGHT WITHOUT JUMPING ON A DAMN GRENADE.
>> NEW YORK, EVERYTHING AND THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING ALL AT
THE SAME TIME IT IS COMPLETELY SHAMELESS AND COMPLETELY SUB
LIME.
>> THE TOWN IS THE IDEA ITSELF THE PLACE WHERE WE SEND OUR
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL TOGETHER AND WHERE WE BREAK BREAD TOGETHER
AND WHERE WE DIE TOGETHER.
AND WE OWE EACH OTHER SOME SIMPLE DAMN DECENCY.
>> I HOPE THE ODD YEPSES SEE THIS PLAY, THAT THEY ARE JUST AS
MOVED AND INSPIRED BY THE HUMANITY, THE RESILIENCY AND THE
AUTHENTICITY OF DETROITERS AS MUCH AS I AM.
>> CLYDE'S IS REALLY A PLAY ABOUT COMMUNITY, MINDFULNESS,
CREATIVITY, RESILL YEPS AND THE HEALING POWER OF FOOD.
>> GREAT INTEEPING ARCS OF HISTORY AND CONSTRUCTION,
SYSTEMS OF POLITICS AND FINANCE, ACTUALLY IN THE END COME DOWN TO
SMALL UNIVERSAL HUMAN NEEDS AND DESIRES AND FAILINGS.
>> I HOPE MY AUDIENCES TAKE AWAY A BURNING DETERMINATION TO STOP
THE RISE OF FASCISM IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> THE TITLE OF THE PLAY THAT MY LIFE WOULD BE CALLED THE QUIET
STORM.
>> PUNK ROCK DIDN'T DIE T JUST GOT FAT AND OLD.
>> AS LONG AS-- WITH A HAPPIER ENDING.
>> THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE.
>> .
>> THE NOW REUNITSES THE STARS >> Announcer: NOW, REUNITING THE
STARS OF THE REVIVAL OF "ANGELS IN AMERICA," TONY AWARD WINNERS
ANDREW GARFIELD AND NATHAN LANE.
>> WHAT A NIGHT!
ANDREW, I JUST HAVE TO SAY HOW WORKING WITH YOU WAS ONE OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER, I HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW WILL YANT YOU
WERE IN TICKETMASTER BOOM, SPECTACULAR.
YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO I STARTED A MUCH LESS SUCCESSFUL FILM CALLED
BOOM BOOM TICK.
WHICH I PLAYED AN EXOTIC DANCER A FLIBLGHTED WITH A HUGE FACIAL
TWICH.
WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN?
>> YEAH.
>> IT WENT STRAIGHT TO VIDEO.
>> I LOVE A MAN IN A VELVET SUIT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PLAY.
>> HE'S A LITTLE JET >> Announcer: "CLYDE'S."
"HANGMEN."
"THE LEHMAN TRILOGY."
AUTHORS: STEFANO MASSINI, BEN POWERS.
"THE MINUTES."
AUTHOR: TRACY LETTS.
"SKELETON CREW."
AUTHOR: DOMINIGUE MORISSEAU.
>> GOES TO "THE LEHMAN TRILOGY."
ACCEPTS THE AWARD PRODUCER ROUGH US NORRIST, AUTHORS STEPHANO
MASSINI AND BEN POWERS.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS PLAY WAS WRITTEN AS A HYMN TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK BUT LIKE
THE LEHMAN BROTHERS THEMSELVES OUR SHOW BEGAN THOUSANDS OF
MILES AWAY.
SO TO FIND OURSELVES ON THIS STAGE ON THIS NIGHT PART OF THIS
COMMUNITY, ALONGSIDE FELLOW NOMINEES WITH SUCH BREATHTAKING
TALENT, HONESTLY FEELS LIKE A MIRACLE.
AND IT IS A MIRACLE FOR WHICH I HAVE THO THANK THE GENIUS AND
THE GENEROSITIES-OF-STEPHANO MASSINI, INSPIRED LEADERSHIP OF
MENDES.
THE TEAM THAT I LIME-- ILLUMINATED EVERY CORNER
OF THE PLAY AND PRODUCERS AND COPRODUCERS WHO STOOD BY THE
SHOW BETWEEN THE FOURTH PREVIEW AND THE FIFTH PREVIEW, WOULD
COME 577 DAYS LATER.
THANK YOU.
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY IS ALSO A PLAY ABOUT FAMILY AND I WOULDN'T
BE STANDING HERE WITHOUT MY WIFE DE AND MY SON WALTER WHO WILL
WATCH THIS IN THE MORNING.
THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM HERE, AND WILL SEE THAT IN NEW YORK,
EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING, EVEN TODAY, MIRACLES ARE STILL
POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> PLEASE WELCOME LAST YEAR'S
TONY WINNER FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN A SOLDIER'S PLAY, DAVID ALLEN
GRIER.
>> "PARADISE SQUARE" TELLS THE STORY OF A VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF
IRISH IMMIGRANTS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO LIVE AND LOVE
ACROSS RACE IN CIVIL WAR-ERA NEW YORK.
THE UNSTOPPABLE NELLY O'BRIEN, OWNER OF PARADISE SQUARE SALOON,
CREATES THE SPACE FOR ALL TO FLOURISH AND SHARE THEIR MUSIC
AND DANCE TRADITIONS.
BUT, WHEN A VIOLENT MOB THREATENS TO BURN DOWN THE DANCE
HALL AND EVERYONE IN IT, NELLY LEADS HER COMMUNITY OUTSIDE AND
STEPS FORWARD TO PROTECT WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO HER.
YOU ALL BETTER GET READY!
PLEASE WELCOME TONY NOMINEES, SIDNEY DUPONT, A.J. SHIVELY,
JOAQUINA KALUKANGO, AND THE COMPANY OF "PARADISE SQUARE."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ EVERY DAY WE HAVE
EVERYTHING TO LOSE ♪ YOU FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL
TO LIVE THE LIFE YOU CHOOSE ♪ WHEN YOUR DAYS ARE HELL
NOTHING CAN COMPARE ♪ TO THE LITTLE BIT OF EDEN
CALLED PARADISE ♪ SQUARE, AIR, AIR, AIR
OH, OH ♪ CALLED PARADISE
SQUARE ♪ OH, OH
♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
INSIDE THIS LITTLE BUILDING ♪ IS A RARE AND SPECIAL LOT
WE SOMEHOW FOUND EACH OTHER ♪ AND LOOK WHAT THAT HAS WROUGHT
A PLACE YOU ARE AFRAID OF ♪ A WORLD YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
YOU CAN TAKE IT IN A FLASH ♪ YOU CAN BURN IT DOWN TO ASH
AND THEN OUT OF ASH WE'LL GROW ♪ IF YOU THINK
WE'LL RUN AWAY ♪ YOU'VE GOT A LOT TO LEARN
WE'RE STRONGER THAN THE FIRE ♪ AND I SAY
LET IT BURN ♪ LET IT BURN
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] LET IT BURN
♪ LET IT BURN LET IT BURN
♪ I KNOW WHY YOU HAVE COME HERE WHAT YOU WANT TO ERASE
♪ BUT I KNOW THAT OUR SPIRIT IS BIGGER THAN THIS PLACE
♪ LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE CREATED WE GAVE OURSELVES A VOICE
♪ WE WERE SAFER SEPARATED BUT LOVE LEFT US NO CHOICE
♪ THESE WALLS DO NOT DEFINE ME
♪ I SAY LET IT BURN
♪ LET IT BURN LET IT BURN
♪ LET IT BURN [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Ariana: WHOA!
THE COMPANY OF "PARADISE SQUARE."
KEEPING TRACK OF THEM AND MAKING SURE THEY HIT THEIR MARKS IS
THEIR STAGE MANAGER, CHRIS.
SHOUT-OUT TO ALL OF THE STAGE MANAGERS ON BROADWAY.
A PERFORMANCE FROM "SIX" IS COMING UP; AND NEXT, LAURENCE
THIS IS THE 75th TONY AWARDS, AND THIS IS CBS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Ariana: ALRIGHTY!
I'M STILL NOT OVER THAT BUT I DIGRESS. AND NO
FOR ANOTHER REUNION FROM NETWORK HERE ARE
AND NOW, ANOTHER REUNION.
FROM "NETWORK," HERE ARE TONY GOLDWYN AND TONY AWARD
WINNER BRYAN CRANSTON.
♪ ♪ >> IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
>> I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT IS POSSIBLE.
>> BRYAN, YOU HAVE WON TWO OF THEM, YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS, THE
TONY WAS NOT NAMED AFTER ME.
>> OKAY.
WELL, CAN WE PLEASE GET THE-- SO YOU CAN GET BACK TO LOOKING FOR
YOUR LOST RAZOR BLADE?
[ LAUGHTER] >> THERE IS AN UNMISTAKABLE
TREMOR OF EXCITEMENT WHEN ONE STEPS INSIDE A THEATRE.
FOR AN AUDIENCE, IT'S ROOTED IN THE ANTICIPATION OF THE WONDERS
JUST BEYOND THE CURTAIN.
FOR THE ACTORS WHO STAND IN THE CLOTHES OF AN ILLUSION THAT WILL
EXIST ONLY FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS, IT'S KNOWING THAT A
THOUSAND STRANGERS ARE LONGING TO BE TOLD A STORY THAT WILL
MOVE, CHALLENGE, AND ENTERTAIN THEM.
>> THIS NEXT GROUP OF GIFTED ARTISTS COUPLED RAW INSTINCT
WITH TECHNIQUE HONED BY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO MAKE THE MATERIAL
COME ALIVE AGAIN AND AGAIN.
THEIR DEDICATION TO THEIR ART HAS ALLOWED THEM TO BRING TRUE
AWARENESS TO THE REALITY CREATED BY THE PLAYWRIGHT.
THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A
LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY ARE: SIMON RUSSELL BEALE, "THE LEHMAN
TRILOGY."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ADAM GODLEY, "THE LEHMAN
TRILOGY."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ADRIAN LESTER, "THE LEHMAN
TRILOGY."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> DAVID MORSE, "HOW I LEARNED
TO DRIVE."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> SAM ROCKWELL, "AMERICAN
BUFFALO."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON,
"LACKAWANNA BLUES."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> DAVID THRELFALL, "HANGMEN."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO:
SIMON RUSSELL BEALE, "THE LEHMAN TRILOGY."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THIS IS SIMON RUSSELL BEALE'S
FIRST TONY AWARD WIN.
HE WAS PREVIOUSLY NOMINATED IN 2004 FOR HIS ROLE IN JUMPERS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THIS IS AN ENORMOUS HONOR.
ADAM, ADRIAN, I FEEL A LITTLE SHEEPISH.
I JUST WANT TO SAY.
WE ALL DID EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK IN THIS PLAY.
BUT I TAKE THIS, ACCEPT IT ON YOUR BEHALF, IT IS YOUR AWARD
TOO, I JUST HAVE THE LUCK TO TAKE IT HOME.
THAT ALSO APPLIES TO OUR WONDERFUL UNDERSTUDY AND THE
WHOLE TEAM.
THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE TO NAME.
HAVE I TO MENTION SAM, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER SAM AND I FOR 35
YEARS, NOT 25 AS SAID EARLIER, PA YEARS.
AND I HAVE LOVED HIM ALL THAT TIME AND I'VE LOVED HIS
EXTRAORDINARY WORK AND HIS DEMAND, THANK YOU SAM SO MUCH.
UNDER THAT UP BRELAR, I INCLUDE THE WHOLE PRODUCTION TEAM BUT
CAN I JUST QUICKLY SAY A THANK YOU TO THE AUDIENCE, YOU HAVE
TRUSTED US, YOU CAME WITH OPEN ARMS, IT WASN'T EASY AT THAT
POINT TO COME TO THE THEAT WE ARE ALL THOSE REGULATIONS BUT
YOU WELCOMED US, THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY, TELLING A STORY THAT
IS IN PART THE HISTORY OF YOUR WONDERFUL CITY SO THANK YOU FOR
BEING CHARACTERISTICALLY GENEROUS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN
I ♪ ♪
>> Announcer: NOW, REUNITING THE STARS OF "GOLDEN BOY": TONY
WINNER TONY SHALHOUB; AND LAST DANNY BURSTEIN.
♪ ♪ >> HAVING BROADWAY BACK HAS BEEN
GOOD FOR THE SOUL, AND NOT JUST IN NEW YORK CITY.
BROADWAY LEAGUE MEMBERS FROM COAST-TO-COAST HAVE BROUGHT LIVE
PERFORMANCES BACK IN MORE THAN 190 CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY,
ALONG WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND JOBS, AND STORYTELLING
FROM THE GREATEST CREATIVE TEAMS IN THE WORLD.
>> NOTHING STIMULATES THE MIND AND HEART LIKE LIVE THEATRE.
CONNECTING WITH AN AUDIENCE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF
COMMUNICATING THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS-- THAT IS THE TRUE
MEANING OF THEATRE.
THESE NEXT ARTISTS ENLIVENED THIS PAST SEASON BY ENTHRALLING
THEATERGOERS WITH THOROUGHLY ENGAGING WORK.
>> THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A
LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY ARE: GABBY BEANS, "THE SKIN OF OUR
TEETH."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> LACHANZE, "TROUBLE IN MIND."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> RUTH NEGGA, "MACBETH."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> DEIRDRE O'CONNELL, "DANA H."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MARY-LOUISE PARKER, "HOW I
LEARNED TO DRIVE."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO:
DEIRDRE O'CONNELL, "DANA H."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AT STAGE
ONE A EXPERIMENTAL THEATER FOR THE BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS,
THIS IS HER FIRST TONY NOMINATION AND WIN.
>> OH GOD, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I AM A PIECE OF A VERY LARGE GROUP THAT MADE DANAH H AND
THERE ARE TOO MANY TO THANK, LUCAS, MISHA DANAH FOR LETTING
US INVADE YOUR PRIVACY SO COMPLETELY AND EVERY MEMBER OF
THE CREW, THE STAGE MANAGERS, THE AGENTS, PRODUCERS WHO TOOK
CARE OF ME.
BUT I WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS LITTLE PRIZE TO BE A TOKEN FOR EVERY
PERSON WHO IS WONDER SHOULD I BE TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT
COULD WORK ON BROADWAY OR THAT COULD WIN ME A TONY AWARD.
OR SHOULD I BE MAKING THE WEIRD ART THAT IS HAUNTING ME THAT
FRIGHTENED ME, THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE, THAT I DON'T KNOW
IF ANYONE IN THE WHOLE WORLD WILL UNDERSTAND, PLEASE LET ME
STANDING HERE BE A LITTLE SIGN TO YOU FROM THE UNIVERSE TO MAKE
THE WEIRD ART.
THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME A TONY AWARD WINNER CURRENTLY ON
BROADWAY IN "AMERICAN BUFFALO," LAURENCE FISHBURNE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING.
SINCE OUR THEATRICAL COMMUNITY LAST GATHERED AS ONE TO
CELEBRATE OUR ART, WE LOST A GREAT NUMBER OF CHERISHED
FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.
MANY WERE FAMILIAR TO GENERATIONS OF THEATRE LOVERS
WHO WERE TRANSPORTED BY THEIR PERFORMANCES ONSTAGE, OR WERE
MOVED BY THEIR VOICES ON CAST ALBUMS.
OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS WELL-KNOWN BEYOND THE 26 SQUARE
BLOCKS KNOWN AS BROADWAY, BUT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS BEHIND THE
SCENES WERE EQUALLY VITAL TO THE THEATRE.
WE REMEMBER SOME OF THEM NOW, ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES
WHOSE BRIGHT LIGHTS WILL FOREVER ENLIGHTEN FUTURE ARTISTS AND
ADMIRERS.
TO OFFER OUR GRATITUDE WITH HIS INCREDIBLE VOICE, HERE'S EMMY,
GRAMMY AND TONY AWARD WINNER, THE IDOL OF US ALL, BILLY
PORTER.
♪ ♪ ♪ I HAVE OFTEN WALKED
DOWN THIS STREET BEFORE ♪ BUT THE PAVEMENT ALWAYS STAYED
BENEATH MY FEET BEFORE ♪ ALL AT ONCE AM I
SEVERAL STORIES HIGH ♪ KNOWING I'M ON THE STREET
WHERE YOU LIVED ♪ ARE THERE LILAC TREES
IN THE HEART OF TOWN ♪ CAN YOU HEAR A LARK
IN ANY OTHER PART OF TOWN ♪ DOES ENCHANTMENT POUR
OUT OF EVERY DOOR ♪ NO, IT'S JUST ON THE STREET
WHERE YOU LIVED ♪ AND OH
THE TOWERING FEELING ♪ JUST TO KNOW
SOMEHOW YOU ARE NEAR ♪ THE OVERPOWERING FEELING
THAT ANY SECOND ♪ YOU MAY SUDDENLY APPEAR
PEOPLE STOP AND STARE ♪ THEY DON'T BOTHER ME
'CAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE ♪ ELSE ON EARTH
THAT I WOULD RATHER BE ♪ LET THE TIME GO BY
I WON'T CARE ♪ IF I CAN
BE HERE ♪ ON THE STREET
WHERE YOU LIVED ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Announcer: WELCOME BACK.
NOW, LAST YEAR'S TONY AWARD WINNERS FOR THEIR LEADING ROLES.
FROM "TINA, THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL, ADRIENNE WARREN.
AND FROM "MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL," AARON TVEIT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> OVER THE PAST 75 YEARS,
BROADWAY AUDIENCES HAVE BEEN MESMERIZED BY COUNTLESS TONY-
WINNING PERFORMANCES-- AMONG THEM, THE WORK OF LEADING ACTORS
IN MUSICALS.
THE LIST OF PAST WINNERS IS STAGGERING-- FROM HARRY
BELAFONTE AND ZERO MOSTEL, TO LESLIE ODOM, JR., AND THIS
GENTLEMAN NEXT TO ME.
>> THANK YOU ADRIENNE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
THROUGHOUT THIS SEASON, THESE NEXT ARTISTS HAVE CONNECTED WITH
AUDIENCES THROUGH THEIR UNIQUE INTERPRETATIONS OF A WIDE RANGE
OF UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS.
THEIR STUNNING WORK NEVER FAILED TO CAPTIVATE AND TRANSPORT
THEATERGOERS.
THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A
LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL ARE: BILLY CRYSTAL, "MR. SATURDAY
NIGHT."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MYLES FROST, "MJ."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> HUGH JACKMAN, "THE MUSIC
MAN."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ROB McCLURE, "MRS.
DOUBTFIRE."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> JAQUEL SPIVEY, "A STRANGE
LOOP."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO:
MYLES FROST, "MJ."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> FOR HIS BRILLIANTS PORTRAYAL
OF POP SUPERSTAR MICHAEL JACKSON MYLES FROST EARNS HIS FIRST TONY
NOMINATION AND WIN.
>> MOM, I MADE IT!
I AM SO HONORED AND SO BLESSED AND SO GRATEFUL AND SO,.
♪ CAN'T CONTROL.
♪ BUT I REALLY GOT TO PEE RIGHT NOW SO I WILL KEEP IT QUICK.
MOM, I LOVE YOU SO, SO MUCH, WITHOUT YOU THERE WOULD BE NO
ME.
I WOULD NOT-- YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME, SHOWED ME WHAT A STRONG
BLACK WOMAN IS.
AND WHAT IT MEANS TO RAISE A STRONG BLACK MAN AND I JUST PRAY
THAT I MADE YOU PROUD.
AND I WANT TO SAY THIS TO ALL THE LITTLE BLACK KIDS OUT THERE
WHO MAY NOT HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR FATHER.
YOU CAN DO IT.
FIRST OF ALL.
AND SECOND OF ALL, THAT I LOVE YOU BECAUSE WE SUPPORT EACH
OTHER AND WE ARE BLACK MEN, WE ARE STRONG BLACK MEN.
TV ONNE, ARE YOU THE GO, BABY.
I LOVE YOU.
KEEP KILLING IT, BLACK MEN.
RICKY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW, CHRISTOPHER, LEAH, CARIA,
DR. KEENE, GLEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO EXPRESS
MY CREATIVITY.
I LOVE YOU ALL AND AS MICHAEL WOULD SAY, WITH LOVE, WITH LOVE,
HEAL THE WORLD.
THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> Announcer: AND NOW FROM THE REVIVAL OF "THE COLOR PURPLE,"
TONY NOMINEE DANIELLE BROOKS AND TONY AWARD WINNER CYNTHIA ERIVO.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE
BACK IN THE THEATER AND REUNITED WITH YOU, DANIELLE; AND YOU,
JOAQUINA, OUR SISTER ON STAGE AND HONESTLY IN LIFE.
WE ARE HONORED TO CELEBRATE YOU AND THE OTHER GIFTED PERFORMERS
WHO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK IN
BROADWAY MUSICALS THIS SEASON.
ALL OF THEM CAN AND SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
>> YES, THEY HAVE GIVEN US THE KINDS OF PERFORMANCES THAT
REMAIN WITH US LONG AFTER THE FINAL CURTAIN.
THEY BRING TO THEIR WORK THE INTELLIGENCE, COMPASSION, AND
EMOTIONAL DEPTH NECESSARY TO SERVICE THEIR STORIES AND,
ULTIMATELY, THEIR SCORES.
THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A
LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL ARE: SHARON D CLARKE, "CAROLINE, OR
CHANGE."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> CARMEN CUSACK, "FLYING OVER
SUNSET."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> SUTTON FOSTER, "THE MUSIC
MAN."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> JOAQUINA KALUKANGO, "PARADISE
SQUARE."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MARE WINNINGHAM, "GIRL FROM
THE NORTH COUNTRY."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S
TONY GOES TO: JOAQUINA KALUKANGO, "PARADISE
SQUARE."
>> PARADISE SQUARE, WITH THE PORTRAYAL OF NELLIE O'BRIEN IN
PARADISE SQUARE.
>> OH MY GOD.
MY NAME JOAQUINA MEANS ESTABLISHED BY GOD AND SO I GOT
TO GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE TO GOD BECAUSE HE HAS KEPT ME AND BEEN
MY REFUGE THROUGH THIS CRAZY JOURNEY.
THANK YOU, GOD, FOR GIVING ME THE BEST PARENTS IN THE WORLD.
MY PARENTS SACRIFICED EVERYTHING FOR ME TO LIVE MY DREAM, MY
FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN, I LOVE YOU, MY MOTHER WHO, THANK YOU TO
MY SISTER FOR DESIGNING THIS DRESS, MY FAMILY, ALL OF MY
TEACHERS AT TRICITY'S HIGH SCHOOL FOR LITERALLY INSTILLING
MY PURPOSE IN MY LIFE.
THANK YOU TO OUR PRODUCERS, MOISES FOR LEADING WITH LOVE, TO
JASON IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO SING YOUR MUSIC EVERY
NIGHT AND MORE SO AN HONOR TO CALL YOU FRIEND.
THANK YOU TO MY INCREDIBLE COMPANY.
THIS IS OURS.
LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE CREATED.
WE GAVE OURSELVES A VOICE, THOSE ARE THE LYRICS THAT-- THEY GAVE
U THANK YOU CHRISTINA ANDERSON FOR CENTERING NELLIE'S VOICE IN
THIS STORY.
I GIVE THANKS TO ALL OF THE NAMELESS ANCESTORS, WHO HAVE
SUFFERED THIS SONG, THIS SHOW GIVES POWER TO, THAT I HONOR
THEM EVERY DAY AND THANK YOU TO MY SON, ARE YOU THE BIGGEST
BLESSING IN THE WORLD, I LOVE YOU.
WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING, TU THANK YOU, THE TONYS, THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ >> Announcer: NOW, PLEASE
WELCOME TWO-TIME EMMY NOMINEE, BOWEN YANG.
[ APPLAUSE] >> IF THERE ARE TWO THINGS I
KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT, THEY'RE MUSICAL THEATRE AND
QUEENS-- [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NOT THE BOROUGH.
THE ROYALTY.
I'M ESPECIALLY FAMILIAR WITH STAR QUEENS, AND
THIS FINAL NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSICAL IS FULL OF THEM.
IT FOLLOWS THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII AS THEY TAKE THE MIC
IN A POP CONCERT TO REMIX 500 YEARS OF HISTORICAL
HEARTBREAK INTO AN EXUBERANT CELEBRATION OF 21st CENTURY
GIRL POWER.
THE TUDOR QUEENS TRANSFORM INTO POP PRINCESSES AND TAKE TURNS
SINGING AND TELLING THEIR STORIES TO SEE WHO SHOULD BECOME
THE GROUP'S LEAD SINGER.
PLEASE WELCOME THE SPECTACULAR COMPANY OF "SIX."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> DIVORCED.
>> BEHEADED.
>> DIED.
>> DIVORCED.
>> BEHEADED.
>> SURVIVED.
>> AND TONIGHT, WE ARE-- ♪ ♪
♪ LIVE LISTEN UP
♪ LET ME TELL YOU A STORY A STORY THAT YOU THINK
♪ YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE WE KNOW YOU KNOW OUR NAMES
♪ AND OUR FAME AND OUR FACES
♪ KNOW ALL ABOUT THE GLORIES AND THE DISGRACES
♪ I'M DONE, 'CAUSE ALL THIS TIME I'VE BEEN JUST ONE WORD
♪ IN A STUPID RHYME SO I PICKED UP A PEN
♪ AND A MICROPHONE HISTORY'S ABOUT TO GET
♪ OVERTHRONE WELCOME TO THE SHOW
♪ TO THE HISTO-REMIX SWITCHING UP THE FLOW
♪ AS WE ADD THE PREFIX EV'RYBODY KNOWS
♪ THAT WE USED TO BE SIX WIVES
♪ BUT NOW WE'RE EX-WIVES
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
>> RADIO CITY MAKE SOME NOISE!
MY NAME'S CATHERINE OF ARAGON ♪ WAS MARRIED 24 YEARS
I'M A PARAGON ♪ OF ROYALTY
MY LOYALTY IS TO THE VATICAN ♪ SO IF YOU TRY TO DUMP ME
YOU WON'T TRY THAT AGAIN ♪ BEHEADED
I'M THAT BOLEYN GIRL ♪ AND I'M UP NEXT
SEE I BROKE ENGLAND ♪ FROM THE CHURCH
YEAH, I'M THAT SEXY ♪ WHY DID I LOSE MY HEAD
WELL, MY SLEEVES MAY BE GREEN ♪ BUT MY LIPSTICK'S RED
DIED ♪ JANE SEYMOUR
THE ONLY ONE HE TRULY LOVED ♪ RUDE
WHEN MY SON WAS NEWLY BORN ♪ I DIED
BUT I'M NOT WHAT I SEEM ♪ OR AM I
STICK AROUND AND YOU'LL ♪ SUDDENLY SEE MORE
DIVORCED ♪ ICH BIN ANNA OF CLEVES
JA?
♪ WHEN HE SAW MY PORTRAIT HE WAS LIKE
♪ "“JA!"” BUT I DIDN'T LOOK AS GOOD
♪ AS I DID IN MY PIC FUNNY HOW WE ALL DISCUSS THAT
♪ BUT NEVER HENRY'S LITTLE PRICK UP YOUR EARS
♪ I'M THE KATH'RINE WHO LOST HER HEAD
♪ BEHEADED FOR MY PROMISCUITY
♪ OUTSIDE OF WED LOCK UP YOUR HUSBANDS
♪ LOCK UP YOUR SONS K-HOWARD IS HERE
♪ AND THE FUN'S BEGUN SURVIVED
♪ FIVE DOWN, I'M THE FINAL WIFE I SAW HIM TO THE END OF HIS LIFE
♪ I'M THE SURVIVOR CATH'RINE PARR
♪ I BET YOU WANNA KNOW HOW WE GOT THIS FAR
♪ WELL, TONIGHT WE'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW WE GOT
♪ THIS FAR 'CAUSE EV'RYBODY KNOWS
♪ THAT WE USED TO BE SIX WIVES BUT NOW WE'RE ONE OF A KIND
♪ NO CATEGORY TOO MANY YEARS
♪ LOST IN HIS STORY WE'RE FREE TO TAKE
♪ OUR CROWNING GLORY FOR FIVE MORE MINUTES
♪ GET YOUR HANDS UP!
WE'RE SIX ♪ WOAH
WOAH ♪ WE'RE SIX
WOAH, OH, OH, OH ♪ WE'RE SIX
WOAH ♪ WOAH
FOR FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO ♪ ONE MORE MINUTE
WE'RE SIX ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ >> OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY
GOSH, I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT THIS SELFIE MOMENT BUT DO I WANT
EVERYONE TO HEAR THIS.
CUZ THIS IS WHAT TONIGHT HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT, MALLORY MENGE,
THIS WOMAN IS THE DANCE CAPTAIN OF THE ALTERNATES WHO WHO WAS
PUT INTO THIS NUMBER 12 HOURS AGO.
IT'S WHAT THEY DO.
BECAUSE THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
AND THIS ONE WILL WITH CHITA RIVERA AND BEST MUSICAL NEXT,
THE 75th TONY AWARDS, THIS IS CBS!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
>> Ariana: ANITA IN "“WEST SIDE STORY"” IS MUCH MORE THAN A
CHARACTER IN A MUSICAL.
ANITA ALTERED THE TRAJECTORY OF MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF SO MANY
PERFORMERS, AND IT ALL BEGAN WITH THE ACTRESS WHO ORIGINATED
THE ROLE ONSTAGE.
HER ANITA WAS SO HONEST AND STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL THAT SHE
REACHED OUT TO EVERY YOUNG PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LET
US KNOW THERE WAS A PLACE FOR US.
A PLACE THAT WAS CREATED THE MOMENT SHE STEPPED ON THE STAGE,
CHANGING THE VERY PERCEPTION OF WHO WE ARE.
FOR THAT, I AM-- WE ALL ARE-- ETERNALLY GRATEFUL.
TONY AWARDS, PLEASE WELCOME BROADWAY LEGEND CHITA RIVERA!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU, ARIANA, FOR INTRODUCING ANITA TO A NEW
GENERATION.
[ APPLAUSE] WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS
A MEMBER OF OUR SPECIAL SISTERHOOD.
YES, INDEED.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR BEST MUSICAL.
"GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY."
♪ ♪ >> "MJ."
♪ ♪ >> Ariana: "MR. SATURDAY NIGHT."
♪ ♪ >> "PARADISE SQUARE."
♪ ♪ >> Ariana: "SIX: THE MUSICAL."
♪ ♪ >> "A STRANGE LOOP."
♪ ♪ >> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO:
"A STRANGE LOOP."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
ACCEPTING THE AWARD FOR A STRANGE LOOP BARBARA
WHITMAN.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS SHOW'S
AMAZING JOURNEY.
MUSICAL THESER FACTORY, PAGE 73 PRODUCTIONS, PLAYWRIGHT HORIZON,
WILLIE MAMMOTH THEATER COMPANY, THANK YOU TO THE SCHUBERT
ORGANIZATION FOR GIVING US A BEAUTIFUL HOME AT THE LYCEUM
THEATER, BRAVO AND LOVE TO OUR AMAZES CAST INCLUDING OUR
FABULOUS UNDERSTUDIES, OUR BRILLIANT CREATIVE TEAM AND
DESIGNERS, THE BAND, THE CREW, EVERYONE AT THE LYCEUM WHO
WORKED SO HARD AND OF COURSE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY MICHAEL R
JACKSON.
MICHAEL, YOU SHARED YOUR WORDS, YOUR MUSIC, YOUR SOUL.
NONE OF US WILL EVER BE THE SAME.
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
I WANT TO THANK MY KIDS DANIEL, HANNA AND WILL FOR THEIR
SUPPORT, AND HAVE I TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY GRANDSON
ZACKARY, MY DREAM IS ZACK WILL GROW UP IN A WORLD WHERE STORIES
LIKE A STRANGE LOOP ARE TOLD ON STAGES EVERYWHERE ALL OF THE
TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I HAVE TEN MORE SECONDS.
>> Y'ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR WINNERS!
GOD THAT MAKES ME SO BROADWAY IS BACK AND WAITING FOR
YOU, SO COME TO NEW YORK AND SEE A BROADWAY SHOW.
GET UP IN THE JOINT!
IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER!
AND NOW, BEFORE I SAY GOODNIGHT, I'VE GOT ONE MORE MASH-UP FOR
YOU!
CAN YOU DIG IT?
I THINK YOU CAN.
♪ HOW MANY MINUTES !¡TIL THE END OF THE TONY'S
♪ STICK AROUND TO EVERY PERSON AND SHOW
♪ REAL QUICK, BEFORE WE ALL GO I HOPE YOU KNOW
♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE CALLED PARADISE
♪ CALLED PARADISE SQUARE, AIR, AIR, AIR, AIR
♪ PHONE RINGS, DOOR CHIMES IN COMES COMPANY
♪ BUT NOW WE'RE EX WIVES ANNIE ARE YOU OKAY
♪ ARE YOU OKAY THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL
♪ ABOUT, ISN'T IT 76 TROMBONES
♪ LED THE BIG PARADE BIG, BLACK AND QUEER AS
♪ AMERICAN BROADWAY YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY
♪ YOU'VE BEEN STRUCK BY A ROLLING STONE
♪ LET IT BURN LET IT BURN
♪ DIVORCED BEHEADED
♪ COMPANY LOTS OF COMPANY
♪ WELL, I'M PRESSING ON I HOPE I BROUGHT A LITTLE JOY
♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND THIS IS YOUR ROUND
♪ THIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLAUSE ♪
>> GOODNIGHT!
I LOVE YOU BROADWAY!