72nd Annual TONY Awards

  • 23 Jun - 29 Jun, 2018
  • Mag The Weekly
  • Awards

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child picked up six awards in a successful night for British theatre at the 72nd Tony Awards.

The two-part stage play written by Jack Thorne, based on the original story by author JK Rowling, collected gongs for best play, book, lighting, sound design, orchestrations, and director for John Tiffany.

British actor Andrew Garfield also won his first Tony, for best leading actor in a play for the seven-hour revival Angels of America in which he plays a young gay man living with AIDS.

The Hacksaw Ridge star, 34, dedicated the win to the LGBTQ community and said the play was a rejection of bigotry, shame and oppression.

English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber received a lifetime achievement award for his work in theatre at the ceremony which was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Veteran actress Glenda Jackson picked up best actress for her performance in Three Tall Women.

The biggest winner of the night was The Band's Visit, a musical about an Egyptian band visiting an Israeli desert town.

The David Yazbeck-composed musical swept the awards ceremony with 10 prizes - including best musical, best actress (Katrina Lenk) and best actor (Tony Shalhoub).

During the ceremony, Robert De Niro directed an expletive at US President Donald Trump when introducing a performance from Bruce Springsteen, causing the network to bleep him while live on air.

WINNERS’ LIST

Best Book of a Musical
The Band's Visit

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
The Band's Visit

Best actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America

Best actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee's Three Tall Women

Best actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Tony Shalhoub, The Band's Visit

Best actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit

Best actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Nathan Lane, Angels in America

Best actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee's Three Tall Women

Best actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ari'el Stachel, The Band's Visit

Best actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Lindsay Mendez, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel

Best Direction of a Play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Best Direction of a Musical
The Band's Visit

Best Play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Best Revival of a Play
Angels in America

Best Musical
The Band's Visit

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