2021 Tony Awards

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Calling all ONTD theater lovers (all 15 of us)! It's Tony night so let's discuss the winners, the losers, and the fashion.

If this picture doesn't sum up the juxtaposition of the Tony Awards, I don't know what does. Darlene Love, Matthew Morrison, Marissa Janet Winokur, Chester Gregory, and Kerry Butler perform at the Tony Awards.



For those of you who are casual theater fans, some weird stuff about this year's Tony Awards:

* Since Broadway shut down on March 12, 2020, the only shows that were eligible for Tony nominations for the 2019-2020 year had to open between April 26, 2019, and February 19, 2020. There were only 18 shows in total that were eligible for this year's awards (15 of which received nominations). That's about half as many shows as usual

* Only four musicals were eligible for Tony awards this year: The Lightning Thief, Jagged Little Pill, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, and Moulin Rouge! (the exclamation point is part of the title, not me being overly enthusiastic). That's why you see the same three shows nominated in every musical category (The Lightning Thief got zero nominations) and why there aren't five nominees in every category.

* Aaron Tveit was the only nominee in the lead actor in a musical category because no one else was deemed worthy. He still needed 60% of the votes in order to officially win.

* All of the nominees for best score this year were plays. This is because three of the four eligible musicals were jukebox musicals, meaning they did not have original scores (the fourth was universally loathed and received no nominations despite the extremely small field of eligible musicals).

List of winners (and nominees):

Best Musical
WINNER: Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Jagged Little Pill
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Play
WINNER: The Inheritance
Grand Horizons
Sea Wall: A Life
Slave Play

Best Revival of a Play
WINNER: A Soldier's Play
Betrayal
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

Best Book of a Musical
WINNER: Diablo Cody - Jagged Little Pill
John Logan - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
WINNER: Christopher Nightingale - A Christmas Carol
Paul Englishby - The Inheritance
Fitz Patton and Jason Michael Webb - The Rose Tattoo
Lindsay Jones - Slave Play
Daniel Kluger - The Sound Inside

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
WINNER: Andrew Burnap - The Inheritance
Ian Barford - Linda Vista
Jake Gyllenhaal - Sea Wall/A Life
Tom Hiddleston - Betrayal
Tom Sturridge - Sea Wall/A Life
Blair Underwood - A Soldier's Play

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
WINNER: Mary-Louise Parker - The Sound Inside
Joaquina Kalukango - Slave Play
Laura Linney - My Name is Lucy Barton
Audra McDonald - Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
WINNER: Aaron Tveit - Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
WINNER: Adrienne Warren - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Karen Olivo - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Elizabeth Stanley - Jagged Little Pill

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
WINNER: David Alan Grier - A Soldier's Play
Ato Blankson-Wood - Slave Play
James Cusati-Moyer - Slave Play
John Benjamin Hickey - The Inheritance
Paul Hilton - The Inheritance

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
WINNER: Lois Smith - The Inheritance
Jane Alexander - Grand Horizons
Chalia La Tour - Slave Play
Annie McNamara - Slave Play
Cora Vander Broek - Linda Vista

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
WINNER: Danny Burstein - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Derek Klena - Jagged Little Pill
Sean Allan Krill - Jagged Little Pill
Sahr Ngaujah - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Daniel J. Watts - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
WINNER: Lauren Patten - Jagged Little Pill
Kathryn Gallagher - Jagged Little Pill
Celia Rose Gooding - Jagged Little Pill
Robyn Hurder - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Myra Lucretia Taylor - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Scenic Design of a Play
WINNER: Rob Howell - A Christmas Carol
Bob Crowley - The Inheritance
Soutra Gilmour - Betrayal
Derek McLane - A Soldier's Play
Clint Ramos - Slave Play

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
WINNER: Derek McLane - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Riccardo Hernández and Lucy Mackinnon - Jagged Little Pill
Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Costume Design of a Play
WINNER: Rob Howell - A Christmas Carol
Dede Ayite - Slave Play
Dede Ayite - A Soldier's Play
Bob Crowley - The Inheritance
Clint Ramos - The Rose Tattoo

Best Costume Design of a Musical
WINNER: Catherine Zuber - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Emily Rebholz - Jagged Little Pill
Mark Thompson - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Lighting Design of a Play
WINNER: Hugh Vanstone - A Christmas Carol
Jiyoun Chang - Slave Play
Jon Clark - The Inheritance
Heather Gilbert - The Sound Inside
Allen Lee Hughes - A Soldier's Play

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
WINNER: Justin Townsend - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Bruno Poet - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Justin Townsend - Jagged Little Pill

Best Sound Design of a Play
WINNER: Simon Baker - A Christmas Carol
Paul Arditti & Christopher Reid - The Inheritance
Lindsay Jones - Slave Play
Daniel Kluger - Sea Wall/A Life
Daniel Kluger - The Sound Inside

Best Sound Design of a Musical
WINNER: Peter Hylenski - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Jonathan Deans - Jagged Little Pill
Nevin Steinberg - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Direction of a Play
WINNER: Stephen Daldry - The Inheritance
David Cromer - The Sound Inside
Kenny Leon - A Soldier's Play
Jamie Lloyd - Betrayal
Robert O'Hara - Slave Play

Best Direction of a Musical
WINNER: Alex Timbers - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Phyllida Lloyd - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Diane Paulus - Jagged Little Pill

Best Choreography
WINNER: Sonya Tayeh - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui - Jagged Little Pill
Anthony Van Laast - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best Orchestrations
WINNER: Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stine and Justin Levine - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Tom Kitt - Jagged Little Pill
Ethan Popp - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

ETA: performances under the cut!

Moulin Rouge!

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Jagged Little Pill

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Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

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For Good - Wicked (Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel), What You Own - Rent (Anthony Rapp & Adam Pascal), Wheels of a Dream - Ragtime (Brian Stokes Mitchell & Audra McDonald)

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You Matter to Me - Waitress (Leslie Odom, Jr. & Nicolette Robinson)

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Ain't Too Proud with John Legend

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It Takes Two - Into the Woods (Andrew Rannells & Tituss Burgess)

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Move On - Sunday in the Park With George (Anika Noni Rose & Ben Platt)

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Freestyle Love Supreme (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chris Jackson, Wayne Brady, Anthony Veneziale, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Chris Sullivan, Kaila Mullady, Aneesa Folds, Tarik Davis, Andrew Bancroft, James Monroe Iglehart, Ashley Perez Flanagan, Arthur Lewis-keys, Bill Sherman and Ian Weinberger)

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Burning Down the House - American Utopia (David Byrne)

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Broadway's back (opening number)

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