5 Surprises of the 76th Annual Tony Awards

Tony Awards5 Surprises of the 76th Annual Tony Awards

Top Dog/Underdog, What closed a few months ago took home only one win – and it was for the best revival of a play.

While the 76th annual Tony awards certainly differ from many previous ceremonies, the festivities have moved uptown to Washington Heights’ United palace theater and all evening uncriptd As a result of the WGA strikethere were other surprises during the June 11 awards. From Landmark victories to some exclusions, Playbill looks at the moments that were revealing-and in some cases shocking. (Read the full list of the winners of this year here.)

Read on for a few surprises and other getaway moments from this year’s Awards.

Casey Nicholaw‘s first choreography Tony
The Tonys took it a step this year and the beloved director choreographer Casey Nicholaw with its First Tony statue for choreography. While Nicholaw had previously received the Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical Play for his work on The book Mormon, Some like it is hot Marks the first time Nicholaw came up for his dance after six previous nominations. Best choreography was one of Some like it is hotThe four Tony wins this year, which is a reason to dance with joy!

Life of pi Almost swept the design categories
Although it did not receive the best nomination of the game last month, Life of pi In the end, he won more awards than the other nominees who play best. The West End transfer practically swept the design categories with three wins. It did better than several other plays including Is no mo ‘ and A doll houseeach of which had six nominations, but took no statues home.

Suzan-Lori Parks‘ Top Dog/Underdog Take the best revival of a play – and nothing else
The victory, in itself, is anything but surprising: Suzan-Lori Parks’ play is a Pulitzer prize winner and, undoubtedly, a great job in the canon of American plays. What is Surprisingly, the production has succeeded in taking the best revival of a playing category, despite the fact that he closed months ago and won no other categories. (The production received three nods; the other two were in the leading actor in a playing category, which means that the show could only have won two awards.) In the Best Revival category, the production was nominated in a category that also included the closed The piano lesson as well as the currently running The sign in Sidney Brustein’s window. Conventional Tony Wisdom says that running during the voting period is often needed to win, but that was not the case.

14 shows went home empty -handed
For some performances, the ceremony of this year was a night celebrating their fellow nominees and the artistry of Broadway this season from other shows. Among the shows that received nominations but were no victories & Juliet, Is no mo ‘, A doll house, Cost of living costs, Fat hamand LERNER & LOEWE’S Camelwho all received five or more nominations. Others who had three or fewer nominations left without a statue A Christmas Carol, Kpop, Arthur Miller’s Death of a salesman, August Wilson’s The Piano Les, Between river and crazy, Almost famous, Ohio State Murdersand Summer, 1976.

The show ended in time
For each awards show is a common complaint The show is too long. That was perhaps the biggest surprise of everything: The Tony Awards ended at 23:01 EST. This year’s format of awards presentation and performances, flush and repeat, with very few crazy in between, for a quick evening. This year may be unwritten and subject to unusual challenges, but if you look at the 76th annual Tony Awards as a whole, it would be difficult to have any complaints about the way it was offered.