Tony Awards 2022, with Argentine nominees

The big night of the theater Broadway will be held this Sunday 12 June with the delivery of the Press Tony. The ceremony will be held at New York’s legendary Radio City Music Hall, as has been the case for the past two decades, only interrupted by the pandemic. This new edition, the 75th, can be seen live on Film & Arts starting at 21:00 (Argentine time).

Argentine producers. Riccardo Corno and Valentina Berger are among the candidates nominated, for two works, in different lists: The minutes compete for best game e Agencyin Best Revival of a Musical.

Hornos already has several Tony under his belt for works such as The curious incident of the dog in the night, Angels in America Y city ​​of Hadesas well as a long career as a producer of dozens of plays on Broadway, among others, Young Frankenstein, Constant Rain, Happy Everyone; Good people; Love Music Y avoid.

The producer also made his directorial debut on the film in the viewfinderwith Nicolás Francella, released this year in theaters and a few days from streaming on HBO Max.

Valentina Berger is the CEO of GO Broadway, the training program for Latin American students in musical theater. She was chosen by the Broadway Women’s Fund as one of Broadway’s most promising women.

Berger has participated in more than 50 Broadway and Off Broadway shows, among others, Eleven, Matilda, Rock of Ages, The Miserable, Kinky Boots, Evita, Mamma Mia, Rocky, Sleep No More Y Brute force.

They both met while working on Broadway, several years ago, on various theatrical industry projects until they coincided. Agency. In addition, they also took the show to a Buenos Aires stage motherscurrently playing at La Plaza, which is a local version of a New York box office hit.

Another Argentine producer, Diego Kolankowsky, is also competing for a Tony con American buffaloDavid Mamet’s classic that received four nominations in the categories of Best Actor, Best Direction, Best Production Design and Best Revival of a Play.

The main nominations

On the other hand, he tops the nominee list for this Sunday’s Tony Awards A Strange Loop, with eleven nominations. It is the drama of a black gay, who writes a comedy about a black gay.

In addition, the musical has among its nominations the newcomer Jaquel Spivey, for best actor, and L Morgan Lee for best actress, who, instead, becomes the first transgender artist nominated for a Tony.

With 10 nominations per game MJthe Michael Jackson biopic, which includes the King of Pop’s greatest hits, and Paradise Squarea musical about Irish and African American immigrants struggling to survive in the New York Civil War.

The other nominees for best musical are Sixwith a feminist look at the six wives of the English king Henry VIII; Northern girlwith songs by Bob Dylan for a story set during the Great Depression in the United States, e Mr. Saturday nightstarring Billy Crystal as a withdrawn and embittered comedian seeking revenge.

They compete for the best job Clyde’s, Hangmen, The Lehman Trilogy, The Minutes Y Skeleton crew.

For the best revival of a play they are nominated American buffalo, as I learned to drive, take me out Y Problems in mind.

In the shortlist for the best revival of a musical there are The man of music, company Y Caroline, or Change.

The nominees for Best Actress in a Musical are Sharon D. Clarke for Caroline, or change; Adopted by The man of music; Katrina Lenk of Agency; Joaquina Kalukango of Piazza del Paradiso; Carmen Cusack of Flying over the sunset; L Morgan Lee of A strange cycle and Mare Winningham for Northern girl.

Billy Crystal is nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for Mr. Saturday night; Myles Frost, for MJ; Hugh Jackmanby The man of music; Rob McClure for Lady Doubtfire; and Jaquel Spivey for A strange cycle.

The nominees for Best Actress in a Comedy are for Gabby Beans The skin of our teeth; La Chanze of Problems in mind; by Ruth Negga, of Macbeth; Deirdre O’Connell for Dana H. and Mary-Louise Parker for How I learned to drive.

For Best Actor in a Comedy are nominated: Simon Russell Beale for The Lehman trilogy; Adam Godleyby The Lehman trilogy; Adrian Lester of The Lehman trilogy; David Morse, for How I learned to drive; Sam Rockwell of American buffalo; Ruben Santiago-Hudson, for Lackawanna Blues and, for David Threlfall executioner.

In the best supporting actress in a musical there are: Jeannette Bayardelle for Northern girl; Shoshana bean from Mr. Saturday night; Jayne Houdyshell of The man of music; L Morgan Lee of A strange cycle; Patti LuPone, for Agency and Jennifer Simard, also for Agency.

The nominees for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical are: Matt Doyle, per Agency; Sidney Du Pont’s Paradise Square; Jared Grimes for Funny Girl; John-Andrew Morrison, per A strange cycle; and AJ Shively for Paradise Square.

For the best supporting actress in a comedy compete: Uzo Aduba for by Clyde; Rachel Dratch, for POTUS; Kenita R. Miller, per For black girls who have thought about suicide / when the rainbow is enuf; Phylicia Rashad, for Skeleton crew; Julie White, for POTUS; and Kara Young, per by Clyde.

In Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy the nominees are: Alfie Allen for executioner; Chuck Cooper, for Problems in mind; Jesse Tyler Fergusonby Take me out; Ron Cephas Jones, per by Clyde; Michael Oberholtzer, for Take me out; and Jesse Williams, per Take me out.

The Tony Awards had their first ceremony in 1947, becoming a classic gathering that showcases the best of Broadway theater. The current season, which included 34 new productions, represents a full return to theaters after nearly two years of mandatory closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Last year, and under the strict health measures imposed by the pandemic, the most awarded musical was Moulin Rouge!who took ten of the fourteen statuettes he aspired to.

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