5 key extracts and trends of the 2022 Tony Awards

Tony Awards5 key extracts and trends of the 2022 Tony Awards

The 75th annual Tony Awards were a big (and historic) evening for Queer theater makers, artists who made their Broadway debut, and more.

Broadway’s top honors were distributed on June 12 during the 75th annual Tony Awards, with A strange loop and The lehman Trilogy takes the best honor of the best musical and play respectively. Look at the full list of winners here.

Here are our 5 most important take -away meals and trends of this year’s awards, from some historical victories to regular acceptance speeches and more.

Celebrate those who make Broadway kick
With Broadway’s gliniest evening back to his former glory in Radio City, it was easy to forget while watching the 2022 ceremony that theater still fights the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. But while the artists are mostly elected on stage and in the audience, they also wanted to make sure they celebrate the individuals who make Broadway possible during this time. “Big thanks to all the businesses in all the stages in New York, and to all the people of the Covid safety,” says Best Preted Actress in a musical Tony winner Lupone pattireflects sentiments shared by winners Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Christopher Wellamong other things. The gratitude culminates with host Ariana debos singing out Six Assistant Choreographer and Dan captain in a post-performance moment to say, ‘… that’s what tonight! Mallory maedke! This woman is the dance captain and substitute placed in this number 12 hours ago. That’s what they do, because the show must go on! ‘

A great evening for artists making their Broadway debut
2022 was a good year to make your Broadway debut Tony Time come, with nine theater artists winning Tonys for work that served as their most important voice debut -and it is not even producers, of which there were many debut winners. Six songwriters Toby Marlow and Lucy Mossand costume designer Gabriella Slade;; The skin of our teeth Costume designer Montana Levi Blanco;; Days H. Sound Designer Mikhail fit;; A strange loop Book writer Michael R. Jackson;; The lehman trilogy writers Stefano Massini and Ben power;; and Mj Leading actor Myles Frost Everyone won Tony Awards while making their Broadway debut. What a way to break on the scene!

Tony gives pride
The Tony Awards are certainly not strange to the LGBTQia+ community, and this year it was no different -it was in fact historical. Non-binary Toby Marlow’s victory for the best original score of SES: The musical (With co-author Lucy Moss) made him The first non-Cisgender Tony winner in the history of Tony Awards. “It really feels surprising to be part of a season where there is explicitly so much queerness on stage,” Marlow said in the Tony Purdle Chamber shortly after winning. ‘Queerness with the people, in the actors, in the creators of the shows. It really feels wonderful, and I really hope that with more and more strange people storm in many new and different ways that are increasingly reflected in the shows we watch, because representation is beautiful.

Messages on the impact of winning a Tony as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community also came to the stage of Radio City Music Hall in acceptance speeches, from celebrations of pride to A strange loop Author Michael R. Jackson’s more long -shaped thoughts. “I wrote[[A strange loop]At a time when I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. I didn’t know how to move forward. I felt unnoticed. I felt unheard of. I misunderstood. And I just wanted to create some life rotting for myself as a black, gay man just to try to get through the day. ‘

Even LGBTQ-not-profit Glaad acknowledged the importance of the evening-who saw three of the four major production categories with large LGBTQia+ components after performances in a statement released on June 13. A strange loopMichael R. Jackson Set Black, Queer Stories Center Stage and Glaad were very proud to be an investor to bring this incredible and groundbreaking production to Broadway. A strange loop, Companyand Take me out Show the excellent work of various LGBTQ artists and tells important stories about the lives of LGBTQ people with depth, nuance and humanity. These productions that won the best honor during the Tony Awards of this year are an important reminder that our stories matter and deserve recognition. Since a record number of anti-LGBTQ Bills sweep the country today, it is more important than ever before, to create and assign authentic and deeply influenced stories. “

Everything now together: “Chris Harper Pay my salary! “
During the 2022 Tony Awards, multiple Company Winners thank Broadway producer Chris Harper for paying their salaries during their acceptance speeches, citing a reference to a Viral Social Media Snit Where Patti Lupone cried the same sentiment for an unmasked and fight from the audience. The ceremony included five fond Chris Harper calls Bunny Christiewinner of the best scenic design of a musical; Lupone, winner of the best performance by an actress in an important role in a musical; Marianne Elliottwinner of the best direction of a musical; Matt Doylewinner of the best performance by an actor in an important role in a musical; and harper, himself, during Company‘s victory for best musical revival.

Bosom Buddies
The four-hour ceremony boasts a long A-list of Hollywood and Broadway families that launched performances or offer awards, often in pairs that have a deeper connection than just last year’s winners. Several sets of presenters were former co-stars reunited from previous productions, including Kelli O’hara and Ruthie Ann Milesboth Tony winners for the revival of 2015 of The king and I;; Sarah Paulson and Josh LucasLaura Wingfield and her gentleman caller from the 2005 revival of The glass menagerie;; Renée Elise Goldsberry and Philipa Soo, two of Hamilton’s And Schuyler sisters; Andrew Garfield and Nathan laneboth Tony winners for the revival of 2018 of Angels in America; and Danielle Brooks and Cynthia erivoboth from the revival of 2015 of The color purple, who presented the best main actress in a musical award to their rolling partner Joaquina Kalukanage. Broadway alums Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin appear together on stage; The two interpret together as mother and son in the coming CBS -legal drama So help me todd. There were even a few family matters: married couple Samuel L. Jackson and Latonya Richardson Jackson, who will work together next season The piano lessonhe starred and his director; and Prince and Paris Jackson, which is the performance of Mj the musicalabout their king of pop father, Michael Jackson. And the evening wrapped with the mating-of-all chips: host Ariana Debose, who recently won an Oscar as Anita in the new film (Revival?) West Side Storywas joined on stage by Broadway’s original Anita, Chita riverawear lavender.