Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Topdog/Underdog,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about sibling rivalry, inequality and society’s false promises, won the Tony for best play revival. “This has got to be the first time an Oscar won a Tony,” Hayes cracked.
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Sean Hayes won lead actor in a play for “Good Night, Oscar,” which dramatizes a long night’s journey into the scarred psyche of pianist Oscar Levant, now obscure but once a TV star. Jodie Comer, the three-time Emmy nominated star of “Killing Eve” won leading actress in a play for her Broadway debut, the one-woman play “Prima Facie,” which illustrates how current laws fail terribly when it comes to sexual assault cases. Last year, composer and writer Toby Marlow of “Six” became the first nonbinary Tony winner. Producer David Stone credited the musical’s writers for penning a magic trick, calling “Kimberly Akimbo” a “musical comedy about the fragility of life, so healing and so profound and joyous that is almost impossible.” The musical took home a leading five awards, including best book and score.Įarlier, Tony Awards history was made when Newell and Ghee became the first nonbinary people to win Tonys for acting. Victoria Clark, as the lead in the show, added a second Tony to her trophy case, having previously won one in 2005 for “The Light in the Piazza.” “Kimberly Akimbo,” with songs by Jeanine Tesori and a book by David Lindsay-Abaire, follows a teen with a rare genetic disorder that gives her a life expectancy of 16 navigating a dysfunctional family and a high school romance.
For individual tickets visit For more information about the charity causes, visit or YORK (AP) - The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed its creative muscle amid the Hollywood writers’ strike and made history with laurels for nonbinary actors J. Chicago is produced in London by Broadway producers Barry and Fran Weissler.įor details of sponsorship packages and ticket prices for the gala performance, contact Linda Marley at or call 020 7384 0049. In fact, the West End production was staged by the entire creative team of the Tony-winning Broadway revival, which continues to play New York's Ambassador Theatre. The production was choreographed by Ann Reinking in the style of Fosse Walter Bobbie directed. The London Chicago won the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production and the 1998 Critics Circle Drama Award for Best Musical.Ĭhicago, which is based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, features a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb with a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. It transferred to the Cambridge Theatre in April 2006. The West End production of Chicago opened at the Adelphi Theatre Nov. Those scheduled to entertain include former Roxie Harts Anita-Louise Combe, Jennifer Ellison, Josefina Gabrielle, Jill Halfpenny, Linzi Hateley, Bonnie Langford, Aoife Mulholland, Frances Ruffelle, Claire Sweeney and Denise Van Outen former Velma Kellys Anna Jane Casey, Pia Douwes, Annette McLaughlin, Caroline O'Connor, Amra-Faye Wright and Leigh Zimmerman former Billy Flynns Darius Danesh, Tony Hadley, Duncan James, Ian Kelsey and Terence Maynard former Amos Harts Paul Baker, Paul Rider and Paul Leonard and former Mama Mortons Brenda Edwards, Sue Kelvin, Kelly Osbourne and Gaby Roslin. Original London cast members Ute Lemper, Ruthie Henshall and Henry Goodman will be part of the special performance they will be joined onstage by a slew of actors who have performed in the acclaimed revival over the past ten years. The evening, which benefits the Breast Cancer Haven and the Breast Health Institute, will begin at 6:30 PM and will be followed by a black-tie reception at the nightclub Sound in Leicester Square. Ute Lemper in the original London cast of Chicago.
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