The 72nd Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast live on CBS from Radio City Music Hall in Midtown, Manhattan on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 8 pm.
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The true story of the Italian opera singer who calmed the nerves of the Spanish king.
DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS
“Outstanding Costume Design for a Play”
Belasco Theatre
Times Square / Theater District
December 17, 2017 – March 25, 2018
CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE THEATRE, TIMES SQUARE THEATER DISTRICT, December 3, 2017 to January 6, 2019, Dark Thursdays ~ This Caribbean version of “The Little Mermaid” wins hearts.
#CARIBBEAN #BROADWAY #MUSICAL
Studio 54
Times Square / Theater District
November 15, 2017 – February 25, 2018
Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban are hosting the show. Bruce Springsteen is performing. The Tony Awards are produced by the American Theatre Wing.
Nominated Broadway shows with Latin themes or artists are bolded.
The Children
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Junk
Carousel (Lindsay Mendez stars as Carrie Pipperidge)
My Fair Lady
Angels in America, Adrian Sutton
The Band’s Visit, Music and Lyrics: David Yazbek
Frozen, Music and Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Mean Girls, Music: Jeff Richmond; Lyrics: Nell Benjamin
SpongeBob SquarePants, Various contributors
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America
Tom Hollander, Travesties
Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Mark Rylance, Farinelli and the King
Denzel Washington, The Iceman Cometh
Glenda Jackson, Three Tall Women
Condola Rashad, Saint Joan
Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God
Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower
Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady
Hailey Kilgore, Once on This Island
LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit
Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls
Jessie Mueller, Carousel
Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Michael Cera, Lobby Hero
Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero
Nathan Lane, Angels in America
David Morse, The Iceman Cometh
Ariana DeBose, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Renée Fleming, Carousel
Lindsay Mendez, Carousel
Ashley Park, Mean Girls
Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady
The Awards are a black-tie event. Tickets are $431 & $631.
Ticketmaster: (800) 745-3000
1260 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10020
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Midtown, Manhattan
The ceremony was broadcast live on CBS from Radio City Music Hall in Midtown, with Kevin Spacey hosting on June 11, 2017 from 8 -11 pm.
2017 Tony Awards host Kevin Spacey | Kevin Mazur/Tony Awards
The big winner was Dear Evan Hansen with 6 Tonys including “Best New Musical” and star Ben Platt’s “Best Leading Actor in a Musical.” It’s about a lonely teenager who unexpectedly becomes a social media star.
Hello Dolly! won “Best Revival of a Musical” with star Bette Midler winning “Best Leading Actress.”
Oslo, about the 1993 Middle East peace talks, won best new play.
Bette Midler stole the show with a wonderfully long acceptance speech.
2017 Tony Award winner Santo Loquasto. Courtesy of Theo Wargo / Tony Awards.
Italian-American Santo Loquasto won “Best Costume Design for a Musical” for his work on Hello Dolly!.
Loquasto first rose to prominence with The Cherry Orchard (1977). He is known for his American Ballet Theatre production of Don Quixote, and Broadway show Grand Hotel: The Musical (1990).
There were no overtly Latin shows this year, although Sweat is about the personal struggles of workers in a northeastern community whose factory moves to Mexico.
Sweat, whose book won a Pulitzer prize this year, is nominated for “Best Play.”
Several Latin artists earned nominations.
Italian-American movie star Danny DeVito was nominated for “Best Performance by an actor in a Featured Role in a Play” for his role as Gregory Solomon in Arthur Miller’s The Price at The American Airlines Theatre. It is still playing through May 14.
Italian-American actress Jenn Colella was nominated for “Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical” for her role as Beverley in Come from Away.
Italian-American Santo Loquasto earned “Best Scenic Design for a Musical” and “Best Costume Design for a Musical” nominations for his work on Hello Dolly!.
Puerto Rican – American Ruben Santiago-Hudson earned a “Best Direction of a Play” nomination for August Wilson’s Jitney. Santiago-Hudson keeps earning award nominations. He is definitely someone to watch.
The 70th Annual Tony Awards were broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre on CBS June 12, 2016 at 8pm. Red Carpet coverage started at 5:30pm. The awards were followed by a Behind-the-Scenes show.
The show was hosted by English actor and comedian James Corden.
The evening’s presenters included:
Uzo Aduba
Cate Blanchett
Tony Nominee Edie Brickell
Claire Danes
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jake Gyllenhaal
Neil Patrick Harris
Sean Hayes
James Earl Jones
Daniel Dae Kim
Carole King
Diane Lane
Nathan Lane
Angela Lansbury
Lucy Liu
Tony Nominee Steve Martin
Marlee Matlin
Audra McDonald
Patina Miller
Andrew Rannells
Saoirse Ronan
Barbra Streisand
Blair Underwood
Oprah Winfrey
More From Tony Award Winners 2016
TIMES SQUARE, Open-ended run. Dark Mon ~ The Broadway hit of our generation was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (“In the Heights”), a Puerto Rican New Yorker.
# puerto rican broadway musical
More From Tony Nominations 2016
TIMES SQUARE, Open-ended run. Dark Mon ~ The Broadway hit of our generation was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (“In the Heights”), a Puerto Rican New Yorker.
# puerto rican broadway musical
MARQUIS THEATRE, TIMES SQUARE, November 5, 2015 – August 20, 2017 ~ The inspiring Emilio and Gloria Estefan story
#CUBAN #BROADWAY
Hamilton set a new record with 16 nominations. The following nominations are for Latin artists or themes.
Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton ~ WINNER
Sheldon Harnick
Marshall W. Mason
National Endowment for the Arts
Miles Wilkin
Paper Mill Playhouse
Millburn, NJ
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Seth Gelblum
Joan Lader
Sally Ann Parsons