Broadway’s brightest stars gathered in New York City on Sunday night to celebrate the finest achievements on stage at the 79th Annual Tony Awards.
Pink made a spectacular entrance ahead of her hosting duties as she arrived on the red carpet in a shimmering low-cut black gown.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt made her Tonys debut in a stunning black dress with a tulle bodice.
Queen Latifah looked absolutely majestic on the carpet, as she commanded attention in a show-stopping cape made from dark green feathers.
Lea Michele kicked off the red carpet in style, as she arrived to the event in a white top and shimmering black pants complete with a sweeping train.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Bronwyn Newport delivered a major fashion moment as she looked every bit the belle of the ball in a striking dark green gown.
Pink made a spectacular entrance ahead of her hosting duties as she arrived on the red carpet at the 79th Annual Tony Awards in a shimmering low-cut black gown
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt made her Tonys debut in a stunning black gown with a tulle bodice
Queen Latifah looked absolutely majestic on the carpet, as she commanded attention in a show-stopping cape made from dark green feathers
Usher was joined by his wife Jennifer Goicoechea at the event. The couple sweetly held hands and kissed on the red carpet.
The U Got It Bad hitmaker looked sharp in a brown leather jacket paired with a black leather shirt and matching pants. Meanwhile, Goicoechea took the plunge in a black and white gown.
Ben Stiller’s daughter Ella Stiller made a vibrant statement in a striking, ruffled green gown.
Darren Criss enjoyed a date night with his glamorous wife Mia Criss at the event. They coordinated in black, white and silver looks.
Queen of Broadway Bernadette Peters had all eyes on her in an off-the-shoulder ruby red gown.
Choreographer Ellenore Scott brought serious drama to the red carpet, looking absolutely glamorous in a pale yellow gown featuring a sweeping train.
Actress Laura Benanti wowed in a sleeveless red dress with a saucy thigh-high slit.
Dancing With The Stars pro Mark Ballas was joined by his glamorous wife BC Jean.
Singers Sting and Shaggy joined forces on the red carpet.
Lea Michele kicked off the red carpet in style, as she arrived to the event in a white top and shimmering black pants complete with a sweeping train
She went braless for the occasion
Kelly Ripa looked glamorous as ever in a floral blue gown
She was joined by husband Mark Consuelos
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Bronwyn Newport delivered major drama on the carpet, looking every bit the belle of the ball in a striking dark green gown
She was joined by designer Christian Siriano
Queen of Broadway Bernadette Peters had all eyes on her in an off-the-shoulder ruby red gown
Usher was joined by his wife Jennifer Goicoechea at the event. The couple sweetly held hands down the red carpet
The couple sweetly held hands and kissed on the red carpet
Incoming Chicago star Krysta Rodriguez turned up the heat as she sizzled in a sheer lace, bustier-style nude gown
Actress Laura Benanti wowed in a sleeveless red dress with a saucy thigh-high slit
Mariel Molino made a stunning impression in a sleek black velvet gown featuring cut-out detailing
Dancing With The Stars pro Mark Ballas was joined by his glamorous wife BC Jean
Deborah Cox dazzled in a glimmering baby blue gown
Bess Wohl looked red hot in a strapless fiery gown
Nepo baby Ella Beatty, who’s the daughter of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, looked angelic in white
Ben Stiller’s daughter Ella Stiller made a vibrant statement in a striking, ruffled green gown
Former What Not to Wear host Stacy London stunned in a sheer black lace dress
Darren Criss enjoyed a date night with his glamorous wife Mia Criss at the event
They coordinated in black, white and silver looks
Choreographer Ellenore Scott brought serious drama to the red carpet, looking absolutely glamorous in a pale yellow gown featuring a sweeping train
Incoming Chicago star Krysta Rodriguez turned up the heat as she sizzled in a sheer lace, bustier-style nude gown.
Hannah Cruz was among the early arrivals and rocked a nude mermaid gown for the occasion.
Nepo baby Ella Beatty, who’s the daughter of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, looked angelic in white.
Former What Not to Wear host Stacy London stunned in a sheer black lace dress.
Sam Tutty cut a handsome figure in a classic double-breasted white suit jacket and black pants.
Deborah Cox dazzled in a glimmering baby blue gown.
Bess Wohl looked red hot in a strapless fiery look.
Mariel Molino made a stunning impression in a sleek black velvet gown featuring cut-out detailing.
The Tony Awards proved to be a nail-biting competition Sunday, with stars of both stage and screen vying for Broadway honors at Radio City Music Hall.
Singers Sting and Shaggy joined forces on the red carpet
Sam Tutty cut a handsome figure in a classic double-breasted white suit jacket and black pants
Daniel Radcliffe, Rose Byrne, Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, Stephanie Hsu, Carrie Coon, Lesley Manville, John Lithgow, Luke Evans, Rachel Dratch and June Squibb are among the movie and TV personalities in contention for theatrical awards.
Pink has been tapped the host the Tonys for the first time, a job she described as ‘the honor of an entire lifetime’ in a statement to People.
Hailing the Great White Way for having ‘the literal hardest working people in showbiz,’ she raved: ‘Broadway has shaped my life and how I put my own shows together. It is a community that is supportive, and inclusive, and full of talent and love.’
Although she has never performed on Broadway before, her pop songs have in the past been included in the jukebox musicals Moulin Rouge! and & Juliet.
This year, Schmigadoon! and The Lost Boys soared ahead of their competitors to emerge as the most nominated shows of the night with 12 nods apiece.
The Lost Boys – based on Joel Schumacher’s 1987 vampire movie of the same name starring Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric and Kiefer Sutherland – is one of the four productions nominated for best musical.
So is Schmigadoon!, based on an Apple TV+ sitcom about a floundering couple who find themselves transported into the world of a classic Broadway musical.
Pink has been tapped the host the ceremony for the first time, a job she described as ‘the honor of an entire lifetime’ in a statement to People
Daniel Radcliffe is pictured on opening night of the revived one-man show Every Brilliant Thing, for which he is nominated for best leading actor in a play
Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are nominated for their turns as the title character and his mother-turned-lover Jocasta in Oedipus, Robert Icke’s revamp of Sophocles
Rose Byrne is pictured at the opening night curtain call of the revival of Noel Coward’s comedy Fallen Angels, for which she is nominated for best leading actress in a play
Rounding out the category are Titanique, a Celine Dion jukebox musical doubling as a Titanic parody, and the UK import Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York).
The best play nominees include Mark Rosenblatt’s buzzy Giant, starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl in a story about the antisemitism allegations that swirled around the author after his blistering denunciation of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
Among its competitors is The Balusters, a comedy by David Lindsay-Abaire, whose tragic drama Rabbit Hole was made into a 2010 film with Nicole Kidman.
Bess Wohl’s play Liberation, set in the second-wave feminist movement, and Samuel D. Hunter’s family drama Little Bear Ridge Road are up for best play as well.
Best revival of a musical stands as a three-way contest between Cats – now subtitled The Jellicle Ball – Ragtime and Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show.
Best revival of a play is a fuller field, with five nominees including classics like Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, as well as Oedipus, impresario Robert Icke’s revamp of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos.
Also up for the prize is the revival of Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe’s one-man show Every Brilliant Thing, now starring Daniel Radcliffe, and Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw, which traces the course of a disastrous blind date.
Best leading actor in a play is a starry category, with Radcliffe for Every Brilliant Thing facing off against Nathan Lane as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, John Lithgow as Roald Dahl in Giant, Mark Strong as the title character in Oedipus and Will Harrison as someone who kills a man with a single blow in the British play Punch.
John Lithgow is up for best lead actor in a play as Roald Dahl in Giant, which he is pictured starring in last year at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London before transferring to Broadway
Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane, pictured at the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, are both up for Tonys for a revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Best leading actress in a play is similarly speckled with Hollywood glitz, in the shape of nominees like Rose Byrne in Fallen Angels, Carrie Coon in a revival of Tracy Letts’ paranoia-themed play Bug and Lesley Manville as Jocasta in Oedipus.
Stage actresses Susannah Flood and Kelli O’Hara complete the category for their respective performances in Liberation and Fallen Angels.
The nominees for best featured actor in a play include Girls alum Christopher Abbott – whose girlfriend Aubrey Plaza is currently expecting a baby with him – for his turn as the title character’s son Biff in Death of a Salesman.
Up against him are Solo star Alden Ehrenreich for Becky Shaw, Danny Burstein for the sci-fi play Marjorie Prime, Richard Thomas in The Balusters, Brandon J. Dirden in a revival of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Ruben Santiago-Hudson in a revival of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.
Laurie Metcalf is nominated for best featured actress in a play as Linda in Death of a Salesman, against June Squibb in Marjorie Prime, Aya Cash for Giant, Marylouise Burke for The Balusters and Betsy Aidem for Liberation.
The Hobbit heartthrob Luke Evans landed a nod for best leading actor in a musical for Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, in which he plays Dr Frank-N-Furter, the ‘sweet transvestite’ immortalized on film by Tim Curry.
In order to triumph Sunday night, he will have to beat out Joshua Henry and Brandon Uranowitz for Ragtime, Sam Tutty in Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) and Nicholas Christopher in a revival of the 1980s musical Chess, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ex-lyricist Tim Rice with ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.
Stephanie Hsu, who was nominated for an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once, is now up for the best leading actress in a musical Tony for The Rocky Horror Show, in which she plays Janet, the role Susan Sarandon committed to celluloid.
Luke Evans, nominated for his role as Frank-N-Furter in Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, is pictured in the production with his co-star Josh Rivera
Melissa Barrera is pictured during the opening night curtain call of Titanique, the Celine Dion jukebox musical that doubles as a parody of Titanic
LJ Benet and Ali Louis Bourzgui are pictured in The Lost Boys – adapted from the 1987 vampire movie of the same name – which is one of the most nominated shows of the evening
She finds herself pitted against Schmigadoon!’s Sara Chase – reprising her role from the Apple TV+ series – as well as Caissie Levy for Ragtime, Christiani Pitts for Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) and Marla Mindelle for her star turn as Celine Dion in Titanique, which she also helped write.
Best featured actress in a musical is a category that this year includes two Saturday Night Live alumnae – Rachel Dratch as the narrator in The Rocky Horror Show and Ana Gasteyer for Schmigadoon!.
Their rivals are Shoshanna Bean in The Lost Boys as Lucy – the Dianne Wiest role in the film – as well as Nichelle Lewis for Ragtime and Hannah Cruz for Chess.
Meanwhile the nominees for best featured actor in a musical are Ali Louis Bourzgui playing the Kiefer Sutherland role of David in The Lost Boys, Andre de Shields as Old Deuteronomy in Cats and Layton Williams as the iceberg in Titanique, as well as Ben Levi Ross for Ragtime and Bryce Pinkham for Chess.
Best original score, a category that was traditionally reserved for the songs from musicals, now also encompasses new background music added to the revivals of straight plays, in this case composed by Caroline Shaw for Death of a Salesman and Steve Bargonetti for Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.
The musicals up for the prize are Schmigadoon!, with songs by Cinco Paul; The Lost Boys, with songs by the indie rock band The Rescues; and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), with music by Jim Barne and lyrics by Kit Buchan.
Best book of a musical is a category comprised this year of Jim Barne and Kit Buchan for Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York); Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, and Constantine Rousouli for Titanique; Chris Hoch and David Hornsby for The Lost Boys; and Cinco Paul for Schmigadoon!.
The nominees for best direction of a play are Nicholas Hytner for Giant, Robert Icke for Oedipus, Kenny Leon for The Balusters, Joe Mantello for Death of a Salesman and Whitney White for Liberation.
Best direction of a musical, meanwhile, will either go to Michael Arden for The Lost Boys, Lear deBessonet for the Ragtime revival, Christopher Gattelli for Schmigadoon!, Tim Jackson for Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) or Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch for the Cats revival.
