The 2019 Tony Awards were handed out on Sunday evening and one of the most competitive Best Musical races in years found the late arriving, but critically acclaimed “Hadestown” taking the top prize. The radical reinterpretation of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice took eight Tonys overall including Best Direction of a Musical (Rachel Chavkin) and Best Original Score.

“The Ferryman” took Best Play, “Oklahoma!” lassoed up Best Revival of a Musical while “The Boys in The Band” won Best Revival of Play giving Ryan Murphy his first Tony Award.  

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When you piss off the American Theater Wing they tend to let you know it and for Aaron Sorkin and “To Kill A Mockingbird,” their anger resulted in arguably one of the biggest snubs in Tony Awards history.  That being said, the 2019 Tony Award nominations were full of surprises and snubs in what turned out to be a very competitive year.  But “Mockingbird’s” omission will particularly sting.

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The adaptation of Harper Lee‘s classic novel was celebrated by critics and is one of the biggest non-musical hits to hit Broadway in years, but was left out of Tony’s top category, Best Play.  

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The American Theater Wing handed out the 72nd Tony Awards on Sunday night and the big winners were “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” and “The Band’s Visit” taking Best Play and Best Musical respectively.  “Angels in America” and, in a surprise, “Once On This Island” took Best Revival of a Play and Best Revival of a Musical.

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In a ceremony hosted by Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” won six honors including Best Direction, Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Sound Design and Best Costumes in a Play.  

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The nominations for the 72nd Tony Awards were revealed this morning and proved that Hollywood can dominate the Great White Way more than ever.  Granted, film and TV properties making bank on Broadway is nothing new but this year three of the four Best Musical nominees are based on movie or TV shows (“Mean Girls,” “Frozen,” and “Spongebob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical”) and three of the five Lead Actor in a Play nominees were nominated or won Oscars over the past three years (Andrew Garfield, Denzel Washington and Mark Rylance). 

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Breaking news, Kevin Spacey will not be returning to host the Tony Awards this June.  Yes, that’s not exactly shocking considering his current standing following allegations made in the wake of the #MeToo movement especially with one particular stunning charge from noted Broadway star Anthony Rapp.  That being said, considering it was the worst rated Tonys since 2012 he probably wasn’t returning under any scenario.  Today, CBS announced the Tonys were going in a new direction and that Sara Bareilles And Josh Groban will team up to host instead. 

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The Directors Guild of America handed out their annual year-end honors Saturday night and, as expected, the top award went to Damien Chazelle for “La La Land.” And it wasn’t a surprise.

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Chazelle’s modern movie musical has won every major guild honor it could (oops, except for the ASC awards tonight), and with 14 Academy Award nominations, it should dominate Oscar Sunday.

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