” The Inheritance” and “A Christmas Carol” lead in the non musical categories throughout a pandemic-shortened Broadway season
Thom Geier| September 26, 2021 @ 7: 40 PM
2021 Tony Award winners David Alan Grier, Mary-Louise Parker and Aaron Tveit (Getty Images)
” Moulin Rouge! The Musical” dominated Sunday’s pandemic-delayed Tony Awards with 10 awards, consisting of Finest Musical.
Matthew Lopez’s two-night drama” The Inheritance” earned 4 awards, consisting of Best Play.
” A Christmas Carol,” a nonmusical production that ran during the 2019 holiday season, gathered 5 awards for technical classifications– consisting of an unusual win for Best Original Rating enabled because of the dearth of original (non-jukebox) musicals that handled to open prior to the pandemic shut down Broadway in March 2020.
” Jagged Little Tablet,” a jukebox musical based on Alanis Morisette’s hit 1995 album that led with 15 elections, settled for 2 awards, for Diablo Cody’s book and for supporting actress Lauren Patten, who acknowledged the recent blowback for her portrayal of a character who was nonbinary in the show’s pre-Broadway run. In her approval, Patten acknowledged the “needed discussions” she has had in recent weeks with trans and nonbinary people upset that a cisgender starlet was playing the role.
And host and six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald welcomed the Broadway community back, telling the masked crowd in the 110- year-old Winter Garden Theatre: “It’s terrific to see half of your lovely faces.”
The Tonys celebrated the Broadway productions that handled to open during the 2019-20 season before the pandemic shuttered all Broadway theaters in March2020 No musical revivals opened during the eligibility period, so that category was eliminated completely.
, a performance unique hosted by Leslie Odom Jr. and featuring efficiencies from Finest Musical contenders, “Rugged Little Tablet,” “Moulin Rouge!
The Tonys also presented special Tony Awards to the productions “David Byrne’s American Utopia” and “Freestyle Love Supreme” and the Broadway Advocacy Union.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Finest Musical
- ” Rugged Little Tablet”
- ” Moulin Rouge! The Musical” WINNER
- ” Tina– The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Play
- ” Grand Horizons”– Bess Wohl
- ” The Inheritance”– Matthew Lopez WINNER
- ” Sea Wall/A Life”– Simon Stephens/Nick Payne
- ” Slave Play”– Jeremy O. Harris
- ” The Sound Inside”– Adam Rapp
Finest Play Revival
- ” Betrayal”
- ” Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune”
- ” A Soldier’s Play” WINNER
Best Star (Play)
- Ian Barford– “Linda Vista”
- Andrew Burnap– “The Inheritance” WINNER
- Jake Gyllenhaal– “Sea Wall/A Life”
- Tom Hiddleston– “Betrayal”
- Tom Sturridge”– “Sea Wall/A Life”
- Blair Underwood– “A Soldier’s Play”
Finest Actress (Play)
- Joaquina Kalukango– “Slave Play”
- Laura Linney– “My Name Is Lucy Barton”
- Audra McDonald– “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune”
- Mary-Louise Parker– “The Sound Inside” WINNER
Best Actor (Musical)
- Aaron Tveit– “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” WINNER
Finest Actress (Musical)
- Karen Olivo– “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
- Elizabeth Stanley– “Jagged Little Tablet”
- Adrienne Warren– “Tina– The Tina Turner Musical” WINNER
Best Direction of a Play
- David Cromer– “The Noise Inside”
- Stephen Daldry– “The Inheritance” WINNER
- Kenny Leon– “A Soldier’s Play”
- Jamie Lloyd– “Betrayal”
- Robert O’Hara– “Servant Play”
Finest Instructions of a Musical
- Phyllida Lloyd– “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
- Diane Paulus– “Jagged Little Tablet”
- Alex Timbers– “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” WINNER
Finest Book of a Musical
- ” Rugged Little Tablet”– Diablo Cody WINNER
- ” Moulin Rouge! The Musical”– John Logan
- ” Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”– Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, Kees Prins
Finest Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
- ” A Christmas Carol”– Christopher Nightingale WINNER
- The Inheritance”– Paul Englishby
- ” The Rose Tattoo”– Fitz Patton and Jason Michael Webb
- ” Servant Play”– Lindsay Jones
- ” The Sound Inside”– Daniel Kluger
Finest Performance by a Star in a Highlighted Function in a Play
- Ato Blankson-Wood– “Servant Play”
- James Cusati-Moyer– “Slave Play”
- David Alan Grier– “A Soldier’s Play” WINNER
- John Benjamin Hickey– “The Inheritance”
- Paul Hilton– “The Inheritance”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Function in a Play
- Jane Alexander– “Grand Horizons”
- Chalia La Tour– “Servant Play”
- Annie McNamara– “Servant Play”
- Lois Smith– “The Inheritance” WINNER
- Cora Vander Broek– “Linda Vista”
Finest Performance by a Star in a Highlighted Function in a Musical
- Danny Burstein– “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” WINNER
- Derek Klena– “Jagged Little Tablet”
- Sean Allan Krill– “Rugged Little Pill”
- Sahr Ngaujah– “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
- Daniel J. Watts– “Tina– The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Highlighted Role in a Musical
- Kathryn Gallagher– “Rugged Little Pill”
- Celia Rose Gooding– “Jagged Little Pill”
- Robyn Hurder– “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
- Lauren Patten– “Jagged Little Tablet” WINNER
- Myra Lucretia Taylor– “Tina– The Tina Turner Musical”
Finest Beautiful Design of a Play
- ” The Inheritance”– Bob Crowley
- ” Betrayal”– Soutra Gilmour
- ” A Christmas Carol”– Rob Howell WINNER
- ” A Soldier’s Play”– Derek McLane
- ” Servant Play”– Clint Ramos
Best Scenic Style of a Musical
- ” Rugged Little Tablet”– Riccardo Hernández and Lucy Mackinnon
- ” Moulin Rouge! The Musical”– Derek McLane WINNER
- ” Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”– Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg
Finest Outfit Style of a Play
- ” Servant Play”– Dede Ayite
- ” A Soldier’s Play”– Dede Ayite
- ” The Inheritance”– Bob Crowley
- “ A Christmas Carol”– Rob Howell WINNER
- ” The Rose Tattoo”– Clint Ramos
Finest Outfit Style of a Musical
- ” Rugged Little Pill”– Emily Rebholz
- ” Tina– The Tina Turner Musical”– Mark Thomas
- ” Moulin Rouge! The Musical”– Catherine Zuber WINNER
Best Lighting Design of a Play
- ” Slave Play”– Jiyoun Chang
- ” The Inheritance”– Jon Clark
- ” The Sound Inside”– Heather Gilbert
- ” A Soldier’s Play”– Allen Lee Hughes
- “ A Christmas Carol”– Hugh Vanstone WINNER
Best Lighting Style of a Musical
- ” Tina– The Tina Turner Musical”– Bruno Poet
- ” Jagged Little Tablet”– Justin Townsend
- ” Moulin Rouge! The Musical”– Justin Townsend WINNER
Best Noise Design of a Play
- The Inheritance”– Paul Arditti & Christopher Reid
- ” A Christmas Carol”– Simon Baker WINNER
- ” Slave Play”– Lindsay Jones
- ” Sea Wall/A Life”– Daniel Kluger
- ” The Sound Inside”– Daniel Kluger
Best Sound Style of a Musical
- ” Jagged Little Pill”– Jonathan Deans
- ” Moulin Rouge! The Musical”– Peter Hylenski WINNER
- ” Tina– The Tina Turner Musical”– Nevin Steinberg
Finest Choreography
- ” Jagged Little Pill”– Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
- ” Moulin Rouge! The Musical”– Sonya Tayeh WINNER
- ” Tina– The Tina Turner Musical”– Anthony Van Laast
Best Orchestrations
- ” Rugged Little Tablet”– Tom Kitt
- ” Moulin Rouge! The Musical”– Katie Kresek, Charles Rosen, Matt Stine, Justin Levine WINNER
- ” Tina– The Tina Turner Musical”– Ethan Popp
