LEGGI ANCHE: Harry Potter e la Maledizione dell’Erede vince 9 Olivier Awards, è record
La 72ma edizione dei Tony Awards tenutasi ieri sera al Radio City Music Hall a New York, presentata da Josh Groban e Sara Bareilles, è stata dominata dalle vittorie di The Band’s Visit: miglior musical, regia, Original Score, Book, attore protagonista (Tony Shaloub) e attrice protagonista (Katrina Lenk) e di Harry Potter e la Maledizione dell’Erede: miglior opera, regia, Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Sound Design e costumi.
I musical di Frozen e Mean Girls sono rimasti a bocca asciutta. Mentre SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical ha vinto nella categoria Scenic Design per un Musical.
Angels in America, il dramma in 2 parti sulla crisi dell’AIDS è stato premiato come migliore revival, mentre Once on This Island si è portato a casa solo una statuetta (miglior revival di un musical) nonostante le sue 8 nomination.
Premiati anche: Andrew Garfield (Angels in America) come miglior protagonista di un’opera teatrale, Nathan Lane (Angels in America) per la miglior performance , Laurie Metcalf (Three Tall Women) per la miglior performance e l’attrice premio Oscar Glenda Jackson per la miglior performance di un attrice protagonista in Three Tall Women.
Ricordiamo che erano stati nominati anche Denzel Washington, Mark Rylance, Michael Cera, Amy Schumer e Lauren Ambrose.
La lista dei vincitori:
Best Play:
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Best Musical:
“The Band’s Visit”
Best Revival of a Play:
“Angels in America”
Best Revival of a Musical:
“Once On This Island”
Best Book of a Musical:
“The Band’s Visit,” Itamar Moses
Best Original Score:
“The Band’s Visit”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
Andrew Garfield, “Angels in America”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:
Glenda Jackson, “Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Tony Shalhoub, “The Band’s Visit”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Katrina Lenk, “The Band’s Visit”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play”
Nathan Lane, “Angels in America”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Laurie Metcalf, “Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Ari’el Stachel, “The Band’s Visit”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Lindsay Mendez, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Best Scenic Design of a Play:
Christine Jones, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
David Zinn, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Best Costume Design of a Play:
Katrina Lindsay, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Catherine Zuber, “My Fair Lady”
Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Neil Austin, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Tyler Micoleau, “The Band’s Visit”
Best Sound Design of a Play:
Gareth Fry, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Best Sound Design of a Musical:
Kai Harada, “The Band’s Visit”
Best Direction of a Play:
John Tiffany, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Best Direction of a Musical:
David Cromer, “The Band’s Visit”
Best Choreography:
Justin Peck, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Best Orchestrations:
Jamshied Sharifi, “The Band’s Visit”
Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre:
Chita Rivera
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Special Tony Awards:
John Leguizamo
Bruce Springsteen
Fonte Variety
