Creating Lin Manuel Miranda, who was “born” in the White House and has key rap life of one of the fathers of the independence of the United States, won 11 statuettes and the current great phenomenon of Broadway
the Hollywood awards season begins earlier and earlier. Among the awards of the guilds, critics and up to the Oscar spend months and months of thanks and great emotions for a handful of directors, actors and producers. Of course Tony Award not on that calendar. They are awards for Broadway theater activity, so far removed from the logic of film and TV produced in Los Angeles as you can imagine, though sometimes shared stars. However, last night, that prize off the agenda swept all being cooked on the West Coast of the United States. In a day of tragedy, grief and dismay over the terrorist attack in Orlando, the ceremony, held from the Beacon Theatre in New York, he achieved what seemed impossible a few hours before: amuse and excite regardless. The show must go on. And on. And it was fantastic.
James Corden. British actor with plenty of experience in the musical, won a Tony in 2012, was the ideal choice for this year’s celebration choice, 70. Sympathetic number and the ability to camouflage themselves as one of the spectators, Corden is also a talented singer and tireless dancer, as demonstrated yesterday on stage. After a few words in tribute to victims of Orlando ( “hatred never win,” he said), actor and host of the talk show The Late Late Show staged a marathon tour of the most emblematic songs works like m Isérables, the phantom of the opera , the Lion king , Grease , Evita and fiddler on the roof , among several others.
street party. in honor of the 70 editions of the Tony awards, plus the musical numbers of the nominees put that unfolded on stage, the cast also took to the streets. In an armed stage on the sidewalk theater each played a classic theme in the history of music. The first to do so, in a stroke of brilliant effect of producers were Steve Martin, Edie Brickell (nominated for his work Bright Star ), Lin-Manuel Miranda (creator and star of Hamilton , the big winner of the night), Sara Bareilles (singer and creator of the musical Waitress ) and the legend of Broadway and the West End Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber, playing the tambourine and interpreting ” Tomorrow, “ Annie .
from stage to screen. to qualify for a delivery of this type is essential to know who is being rewarded even if you have not been seen work for which they are being recognized. With Tony always found it difficult to connect because it is not theater actors and stars. enormous talents, but only those who can see them on stage get to appreciate. However, as demonstrated by the ceremony yesterday, thanks to the series that obstacle and was in the past. The winner as best actor in a drama, Reed Birney, leads a life in the theater and probably the general public his name not sound it, but just the camera took him up on stage more than one it must be recognized as the Vice President Frank Underwood House of Cards . And the woman who was thrilled with his win as Yoga Jones, Orange Is the New Black . In fact, the number of Netflix had a strong presence in Tony: Danielle Brooks, who plays Taystee, was nominated for his role in the musical The Color Purple . And, of course, most nominated actors had one or more occurrences in the police classic The law and order , as demonstrated by a funny clip.
A historic night. If the Oscars this year will be history by controversy lack of racial diversity among nominees, model 2016 Tony awards will be remembered for the opposite. For the first time in the history of the awards, the four actors honored for his work in musical works are black. Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs and René Elisa Goldsberry were recognized for their participation in Hamilton , while the British Cynthia Erivo won as the star of The Color Purple and, incidentally , received a standing ovation when he played an exciting number of the work produced by Oprah Winfrey, present at the ceremony.
the work that was born in the White House. One of the most anticipated moments of the evening was the presentation of the most nominated musical, Hamilton . Broadway phenomenon is not stopped, it has to hip hop life and work of Alexander Hamilton, one of the fathers of American independence. The expectation was huge and was satisfied with a couple of fantastic and thanks also to the presentation of two of the most passionate fans of the work songs: Barack and Michelle Obama. Through a recorded message, the president and first lady recalled how seven years ago Lin Manuel Miranda presented at a meeting of poetry and improvisation at the White House one rapped sketch of what would be the work yesterday 11 statuettes and whose was tickets, if achieved, can cost more than $ 1500.
Jessica Lange won her first Tony. One of the main attractions of the ceremony was announced the return to the scene of the elusive Tony Barbra Streisand. Of course, for the actress, singer and director returned after more than fifty years to Broadway had to wait until the end of the holiday, time to announce the best musical of the year. Prior to start preparing the ground, other divas of music were present: the songwriter Carole King presented an award and Gloria Estefan participated in the number of On Your Feet !, the musical that tells his story with Emilio Estefan. And to complete the picture of Powerpuff ladies, Jessica Lange, the great lady of the TV and the American theater, won his first Tony for the role in Long day trip into the night, a prize he left a step -at a Grammy in the reality of becoming one of the few artists EGOT, ie those who already won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. Someone who recorded a disc for Lange, please.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Barbra Streisand, the protagonists of the ceremony. And finally, when they had passed all the songs, Corden was as friendly as at the beginning and people of Hamilton had left no more hands to hold her statuettes appeared to give them the last, the most important. Back to Broadway more than forty years after Funny Girl , Barbra Streisand appeared and the audience collapsed. Standing Ovation, a joke to loosen the nerves and a heartfelt speech before closing the curtain: “art educates us, entertains us and, at times like this (referring to the tragedy of Orlando), consoles us”
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