This is total madness. It took me about an hour to calm down. “She couldn’t even say the words,” Keys said after a morning in which the show loosely based on her life was nominated for Best New Musical and four acting awards, as well as Best Scenic Design, Costumes, Lighting, Sound Design, Direction. , choreography and orchestration. I’m speechless. Don’t ask me to write a song.
28 productions compete for the Tony
A total of 28 shows earned a Tony nomination or more. The musical The Outsiders, an adaptation of SE Hinton’s novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s film, earned 12 nominations; a stellar revival of Cabaret, starring Eddie Redmayne, nine; and AppropriateBranden Jacobs-Jenkins’ scathing play about a family reunion in Arkansas where everyone has conflicting motivations and grievances, took eight.
The nominations set a Tony record for the most female directing nominees in a single season. The 2022 Tony Awards had maintained the record, with four in total in its two divisions: musical and theater. Only 10 women have won the directing award.
This year, seven women occupied the 10 possible directing nominations. Three women were nominated for best theater direction: Lila Neugebauer (Appropriate), Anne Kauffman (Mary Jane) y Whitney White (Jajas African Hair Braiding), while four were nominated in the musical category: Maria Friedman (Merrily We Roll Along), Leigh Silverman (Suffs), Jessica Stone (Water for Elephants) and Danya Taymor (The Outsiders).
“I just feel like it’s starting to feel less notable, which is great news,” Stone said after her nomination. We are directors and not women directors. I’m noticing it more and more and that’s a wonderful thing to think about. It’s a wonderful place to be.
Stereophonic, which became the most nominated play in Tony history, earned nominations for playwright David Adjmi and for its songs by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire. It’s the story of a Fleetwood Mac-like band during a life-changing year, with personal wounds opening and closing and then reopening. Butler says it’s about the horror and beauty of art.
The album of roots rock music, which was heard during the play, will be available next month and Butler has high hopes. “We want them to take on Tom Petty and Rumors and Beyonc’s new country record,” he said. Doing so was his own reward.
Rachel McAdams, who debuted on Broadway with Mary Janeearned a nomination for Best Actress in a Play, while the star of SuccessionJeremy Strong, earned his first nomination, for a revival of An Enemy of the People, y Liev Schreiber, de Ray Donovan to star Doubt. Jessica Lange, a Mother Play; Sarah Paulson, in Appropriate; and Amy Ryan, who stepped in at the last minute for a revival of Doubtalso earned nominations in the category of Best Actress in a Play.
The star of The Big Bang TheoryJim Parsons, earned a supporting nomination for Mother Playand Daniel Radcliffe in his fifth Broadway show, a revival of Merrily We Roll Along by Stephen Sondheim, earned its first nomination.
Radcliffe, who was babysitting his young son on the morning of the Tony nominations, said he felt incredibly lucky and called being in the musical alongside Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, both also nominated, one of the most special experiences of his life. his professional career. “I’ve always felt that doing theater and particularly doing it here has been a big part of my career and kind of discovering who I was as an actor outside of Harry Potter,” he said. I think it’s been something he’s done to me.
Redmayne, in his second Broadway show, received a nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, as did Brian d’Arcy James for Days of Wine and RosesBrody Grant en The OutsidersJonathan Groff a Merrily We Roll Along and Dorian Harewood, 73, in The Notebook, the adaptation of Nicholas Sparks. Harewood, in his first Broadway show in 46 years, earned his first Tony nomination.
It was one of three nominations for The Notebookbut the musical’s composer, Ingrid Michaelson, did not get a nomination, nor did Barry Manilow for his show Harmony. A replenishment of The Wiz It also didn’t get any nominations, nor did Huey Lewis’ jukebox The Heart of Rock and Roll.
Redmayne’s co-star in CabaretGayle Rankin, earned a nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, as did Eden Espinosa, in Lempicka; Maleah Joi Moon, and Hells Kitchen; Kelly O’Hara, en Days of Wine and Roses; and Maryann Plunkett, 71, who plays the elderly wife at the heart of The Notebook.
Steve Carell, making his Broadway debut in a poorly received revival of the classic play Uncle Vanyaand the star of The SopranosMichael Imperioli, in An Enemy of the Peoplefailed to score nominations, but star producers who did include Keys, Angelina Jolie (for The Outsiders) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (for Suffs).
The musical crown be a battle between Hells Kitchen, The Outsidersthe stage adaptation of Sufjan Stevens’ 2005 album Illinois, Suffs, based on the American suffragettes of the early 20th century, and Water for Elephantswhich combines Sara Green’s 2006 bestseller with circus elements.
The Tony for Best New Play faces Stereophonic con Mother PlayPaula Vogel’s look at a mother and her children spanning from 1964 to the 21st century; Mary JaneAmy Herzog’s humanistic portrait of a divorced mother of a child with health problems; Prayer for the French Republic, Joshua Harmon’s sprawling family dramedy dealing with Zionism, religious fervor, and anti-Semitism; and Jajas African Hair Braiding, Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy about the lives of West African women who work in a salon.
Lamar Richardson, an actor turned producer, had plenty of reasons to smile Tuesday. I helped produce the three new revivals of The Wiz, Merrily We Roll Along y Appropriate.
“I really think this is Broadway at its best,” he said. There really is something for everyone. There is the quintessential jukebox musical. There is the niche of three-handed plays. I think this is really a smorgasbord of what Broadway can offer, and showing it is still, of course, a major player in the arts scene. And it’s here to stay.
A spring flurry of new shows – 14 shows premiered in a span of 11 days this year – is not unusual these days, as producers hope their work is fresh in voters’ minds before the Awards ceremony. Tony on June 16.
There were some firsts this season, including Here Lies Love with Broadway’s first all-Filipino cast, earning four nominations, including best original score for David Byrne and Fat Boy Slim. And seven openly autistic actors starred in How to Dance in Ohioa first for Broadway, but one that didn’t get any love from the Tonys.
Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose, who hosted the 2023 and 2022 ceremonies, will return this year and produce and choreograph the opening number.
Like last year, the three-hour main broadcast can be seen on CBS and will stream on Paramount+ from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm New York (0000-0300 GMT) with a pre-show on Pluto TV , and some Tony Awards given out there.
FUENTE: AP
