“A Strange Loop”, the most nominated musical comedy at the Tony Awards, from Vroadway. Photo of Marc J. Franklin/Polk & Co. by AP
A Strange LoopMichael R. Jackson captured the critically acclaimed theatrical meta-journey 11 nominations for Tony Awardswhen Broadway joined the national race discussion by hosting a groundbreaking musical written and directed by black artists.
Jackson’s 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a black gay writing a play about a black gaywas nominated for best musical, best actor for newcomer Jaquel Spivey and best actress for L Morgan Lee, who became the first openly transgender artist to be nominated for a Tony Award.
Jesse Williams, the star of Gray’s Anatomy to make its Broadway debut, earned a nomination for take me outlike his co-star, the actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson from modern family. Playwright Lynn Nottage has two reasons to smile Monday morning: her play to Clyde and his libretto for musicals MJ They were both nominated.
Jaquel Spivey, nominated for best actor for “A Strange Loop.” Photo of Marc J. Franklin/Polk & Co. by AP
tie for second place
There in the back A Strange Loopthere was a draw: there were 10 nominations each MJ, the musical biography about Michael Jackson which includes King of Pop’s greatest hits, and Paraiso Squareomusical n about immigrants to Ireland and African Americans struggling to survive in New York during the Civil War, under the direction of Venezuelan playwright and director Moisés Kaufman.
The other nominees for best musical Sixa feminist version of the six wives of Henry VIII of England; Girl From The North Countrywhich uses songs from bob dylan to weave history during the Depression in the central states of the United States, and Mr. Saturday Nightstarring Billy Crystal as a sour old comedian looking for the last laugh.
Myles Frost, in a scene from the musical “MJ.”, Which has 10 Tony nominations. Photo Matthew Murphy/O&M Co./DKC by AP
Two of the candidates for the best job are about the economy: Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau, on job insecurity at a Detroit car plant in 2008, and The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, and spans 150 years and features what led to the collapse of financial giant Lehman Brothers.
They also are to ClydeNottage does a group of ex-cons trying to restart their lives at a trucker’s dinerY hangouts by Martin McDonagh, about a hangover who became a pub owner who was forced to face his past when the death penalty was made illegal in the UK.
The Minutesthe representation of Tracey Letts a small town council meeting exposing the greatest backstabbing, greed, and deception in American history, was also nominated for best game.
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There have been four revival musicals this season, but only three have garnered nominations: The Music Mancelebrates the soul of America with a traveling hustler in a small Iowa town, starring two -time winner Tony Hugh Jackman and Sutton Fosteralso postulated this year.
The other two candidates for the best revival of a musical are Caroline, or Changeby Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori who explored the racial, social, and economic divisions of America in 1963 Louisiana, and companyStephen Sondheim’s exploration of a person’s conflicting feelings about commitment, this time with a gender swap of the main character.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams, in a scene from Take Me Out, received 10 Tony nominations. Photo Joan Marcus/Polk & Co., via AP)
That left Funny girlthe classic American show starring Beanie Feldstein about the rise of a comedic star from the Ziegfeld Follies, out of competition; It only received one nomination, for Jared Grimes, for best actor.
Among the nominees for best revival of a play Mental Problems by Alice Childress, about a Broadway play that explores the racial divide in the 1950s, and How I Learned to Drivea memoir of the Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel Narrated by a survivor of child sexual abuse and starring two nominees: Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse.
They also received nominations take me out by Richard Greenberg, an exploration of what happens when a baseball superstar came out as gayand the exploration of black femininity For Women of Color Who Have Thought of Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enoughby Ntozake Shange.
The era of the return of cinemas
The season, which includes 34 new productions, represents a full return to theaters after nearly two years of mandatory closure due to pandemic. It’s also noteworthy for a wave of works by black playwrights, that is reflects the impact on Broadway of the global conversation about race after the death of George Floyd in 2020.
Neither Matthew Broderick nor his wife Sarah Jessica Parker received any nominations. in lieu of Square Suitebut Patti LuPone got one for company and also LaChanze for Mental Problems. Ruth Negga was nominated Macbethbut his co-star Daniel Craig was not nominated.
The musical Mrs Doubtfire It only got one nomination, for Rob McClure, to play Robin Williams as an actor who pretends to be the athletic Scottish nanny of his children to spend time with them after the divorce.
Myles Frost, of MJ. Nominated and with Tony Awards possibilities. Photo Matthew Murphy/O&M Co./DKC by AP
The nominees for best actress in a musical were Sharon D. Clarke for Caroline, Or ChangeFoster is not The Music ManKatrina Lenkby companyJoaquina Kalukango by Paraiso SquareCarmen Cusack is flying at sunset and Mare Winningham for Girl From The North Country.
Along with Spivey, Jackman and McClure was for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Crystal for Mr. Saturday Night and Myles Frost, whose portrayal of Michael Jackson in MJ is considered a success.
The deadline for eligibility for the 2021-2022 season was returned to May 4 after some Broadway shows had to cancel performances due to reported COVID-19 cases with cast and crew.
The Tony Awards will be delivered at Radio City Music Hall on June 12 at a ceremony hosted by Ariana DeBose that will air live on CBS and Paramount+ beginning 8 pm New York (0000 GMT).
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