Prior to announcing the winner for Best Play at the 71st Tony Awards June 11, John Lithgow (a two-time Tony winner himself) walked the red carpet to discuss his Broadway debut 44 years ago.
Prior to announcing the winner for Best Play at the 71st Tony Awards June 11, John Lithgow (a two-time Tony winner himself) walked the red carpet to discuss his Broadway debut 44 years ago.
“My Broadway debut, at age 27, was March 7, 1973 and I won a Tony Award on March 25,” Lithgow recalls on the red carpet. “I must have the record for the quickest award following a Broadway debut in history.”
That year, Lithgow received the Best Featured Actor in a Play Tony for The Changing Room; in 2002 he won for Best Lead Actor in a Musical for Sweet Smell of Success. He has also been nominated four other times.
Already a four-time Tony winner, Fierstein holds medallion statuettes for his work on Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage aux Folles, and Hairspray.
Find out who's up for Broadway's top honors May 1.
The committee has determined awards eligibility for Glengarry Glen Ross, Operation Mincemeat, more.
Tony winner Cynthia Erivo will host Broadway's biggest night of the year.
The Oscar-nominated Wicked star will preside over Broadway's biggest night of the year, set for June 8 at Radio City Music Hall.
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The committee met for the second time to determine eligibility for 11 productions of the 2024–2025 season.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has made rulings on potential nominations for Our Town, Romeo + Juliet, The Hills of California, and more.
Find out the schedule for this season's top Broadway honors.
The group will decide who's up for this year's top Broadway honors, set to be awarded June 8, 2025, at Radio City Music Hall.
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