It was happy, spoke of love, but voters Tony Awards in its 70th edition, both decided not to inflate the ego. Likewise, the Puerto Rican Lin-Manuel Miranda was the man of the evening at the Beacon Theater, night before last, where his creation, the musical Hamilton , no less than eleven statuettes took.
the work, which is out until year-end places, had already set a record for number of nominations (16 over 15 Billy Elliot and producers ) , but failed to match the dozen awards that the musical comedy of Mel Brooks was at the time, as Hamilton , on the birth of the United States as a nation, and rhythm of hip hop, he won eleven.
Zippy. The Lin-Manuel Miranda Puerto Rico, when he received the award for best book musical. REUTERS
Many thanks night were marked by the cruel slaughter of Orlando, in the morning. “Love is love and not be killed nor destroyed”, Miranda, visibly excited on stage said. And social networking trend was the “#Loveislove” label. Miranda had said “Love is love is love is love is love …!” While tears in his eyes.
A counter to what happened in Hollywood, where there were no candidates of color in the Academy Awards, in Tony not only there were, but the quartet of performers of musical genre that won were black. Cynthia were Erivo (in the revival of The Color Purple ), Leslie Odom Jr. (Miranda racing Hamilton ), as protagonists, and Renee Elise Goldsberry and Daveed Diggs ( Hamilton ), as secondary.
for the creator, who already triumphed at Tony with the musical in the Heighs , who had also directed Thomas Kail-and to be lowered as the star of Hamilton in July- was almost a dream night, if not for the best actor in musical ran out the prize. But the awards to the libretto of a musical and original score were for him, which added to best musical, director, the three actors, choreography, lighting design, costume design and orchestration is clearly positioned as the work there is to see in Broadway.
Jessica Lange, with her award for best leading actress at work text “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”. REUTERS
With regard to the works of text, the winner turned out The Humans Stephen Karam (the play was a finalist for the Pulitzer, he also won in the categories of supporting actors, while two consecrated as Jessica Lange (for Long Day’s Journey into Night ) and Frank Langella ( the Fathe r) were the best performers.
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