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Pink Villa
a day ago
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- Pink Villa
Tony Awards 2025: Audra McDonald Called Biggest Snub, Death Becomes Her Deprived of Any Wins and More
The 2025 Tony Awards dazzled with star power and standout performances, but it was the night's upsets and omissions that left the theater world abuzz. Chief among them: Audra McDonald's highly anticipated win never materialized, and fan-favorite Death Becomes Her barely registered on the winners list. All eyes were on Audra McDonald as she vied for her record-setting seventh Tony Award for her searing turn as Mama Rose in Gypsy. Critics hailed her performance as one of the season's finest, and the production was widely seen as a top contender in multiple categories. Yet as the night wore on, Gypsy failed to secure a single win, with Sunset Boulevard sweeping key categories instead. Another shock came with the underperformance of Death Becomes Her, the lavish musical adaptation that entered the night with 10 nominations and high expectations. While the show scored a win for costume design, it was otherwise completely shut out in major categories — a result that left its devoted fanbase disappointed and puzzled. In contrast, fellow new musicals Maybe Happy Ending and Buena Vista Social Club enjoyed multiple wins. While the night's biggest snubs dominated conversation, there were also plenty of moments that caught audiences off guard in the best way. Nicole Scherzinger, whose Best Actress chances had seemed uncertain after late-season controversy, clinched a major comeback win for Sunset Boulevard, besting frontrunner McDonald. Darren Criss added to the night's unexpected outcomes by taking home Best Actor in a Musical for Maybe Happy Ending, prevailing over the heavily favored Jonathan Groff. The ceremony itself kept the energy high, with key awards and show-stopping performances packed into the opening hour — including a lively Best Play win for Purpose. Meanwhile, beloved critical darling Dead Outlaw ended the evening without a single trophy, and Eureka Day staged an upset in the Best Revival of a Play category, beating Yellow Face. Even the commercial breaks joined in the surprises, as a live backstage ad featuring Criss caught viewers' attention and added a playful, meta flourish to the telecast.
Time of India
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Tony Awards 2025: full list of winners and nominees
2025 Tony Award winners and nominees : complete breakdown Best Musical Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Butuan: Repossessed Houses For Sale At Prices That May Surprise You Foreclosed Homes | Search ads Search Now Undo Death Becomes Her Maybe Happy Ending Best Play Live Events Oh, Mary! English The Hills of California John Proctor is the Villain Purpose Also read: Tony Awards: Will original Hamilton cast perform? See main ceremony and preshow date, time, host and where to watch Best Revival of a Play Yellow Face Eureka Day Romeo + Juliet Thornton Wilder's Our Town Best Revival of a Musical Gypsy Floyd Collins Pirates! The Penzance Musical Sunset Blvd. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck Jon Michael Hill, Purpose Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face Harry Lennix, Purpose Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California Mia Farrow, The Roommate LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Jonathan Groff, Just in Time Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd. James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins Also read: Who took home the most Drama Desk Trophies—and why? Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Audra McDonald, Gypsy Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Francis Jue, Yellow Face Glenn Davis, Purpose Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Kara Young, Purpose Tala Ashe, English Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day Marjan Neshat, English Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Brooks Ashmanskas, SMASH Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw Danny Burstein, Gypsy Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Joy Woods, Gypsy Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves Special Tony Honors, technical categories, and direction winners Best Direction of a Play Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray Knud Adams, English Sam Mendes, The Hills of California Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain Best Direction of a Musical Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Blvd. Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending David Cromer, Dead Outlaw Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her Best Book of a Musical Operation Mincemeat, David Cumming et al. Buena Vista Social Club, Marco Ramirez Dead Outlaw, Itamar Moses Death Becomes Her, Marco Pennette Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park Best Original Score Dead Outlaw, Yazbek and Della Penna Death Becomes Her, Julia Mattison and Noel Carey Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park Operation Mincemeat, Cumming et al. Real Women Have Curves, Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez Best Choreography Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her Joshua Bergasse, SMASH Camille A. Brown, Gypsy Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Best Orchestrations Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Blvd. Best Scenic Design of a Musical Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her Rachel Hauck, Swept Away Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending Arnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social Club Derek McLane, Just in Time Best Costume Design of a Play Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck Marg Horwell, Dorian Gray Rob Howell, The Hills of California Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary! Best Costume Design of a Musical Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club Gregg Barnes, BOOP! Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending Catherine Zuber, Just in Time Best Lighting Design of a Play Nick Schlieper, Dorian Gray Natasha Chivers, Hills of California Jon Clark, Stranger Things Heather Gilbert and David Bengali, Good Night Katz and Wasileski, John Proctor Best Lighting Design of a Musical Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd. Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd Collins Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her Best Sound Design of a Play Paul Arditti, Stranger Things Palmer Hefferan, John Proctor Daniel Kluger, Good Night Nick Powell, Hills of California Clemence Williams, Dorian Gray Best Sound Design of a Musical Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Adam Fisher, Sunset Blvd. Peter Hylenski, Just in Time Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins Best Scenic Design of a Play Marg Horwell and David Bergman, Dorian Gray Marsha Ginsberg, English Rob Howell, Hills of California Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things Scott Pask, Good Night Special Tony Awards Musicians of Buena Vista Social Club Illusions & Effects, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Tony Honors for Excellence: Great Performances, Michael Price, New 42, NYPL for the Performing Arts Isabelle Stevenson Award: Celia Keenan-Bolger Lifetime Achievement: Harvey Fierstein
USA Today
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Tony Awards nominations 2025: A complete list of who's up for every award
Tony Awards nominations 2025: A complete list of who's up for every award Broadway's best will one again be recognized for their contributions to the stage over the last year. The 2025 Tony Awards — the 78th iteration of the show — are set to be held on Sunday night, with Wicked star and Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo on hosting duties for the evening. As it stands, the 2025 Tony Awards look to feature some big-time names up for awards, including George Clooney and Audra McDonald, alongside the highly-contested Best Musical category that caps off the evening. Below is the complete list of nominations for the evening, with the winners set to be announced during the show on Sunday, June 8 at the historic Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Best Play English The Hills of California John Proctor is the Villain Oh, Mary! Purpose Best Musical Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Maybe Happy Ending Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Best Book of a Musical Marco Ramirez, Buena Vista Social Club Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw Marco Pennette, Death Becomes Her Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, Death Becomes Her Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical Best Revival of a Play Eureka Day Thornton Wilder's Our Town Romeo + Juliet Yellow Face Best Revival of a Musical Floyd Collins Gypsy Pirates! The Penzance Musical Sunset Blvd. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! Jon Michael Hill, Purpose Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face Harry Lennix, Purpose Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California Mia Farrow, The Roommate LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd. Jonathan Groff, Just In Time James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her Audra McDonald, Gypsy Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Glenn Davis, Purpose Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain Francis Jue, Yellow Face Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Tala Ashe, English Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day Marjan Neshat, English Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain Kara Young, Purpose Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Brooks Ashmanskas, SMASH Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw Danny Burstein, Gypsy Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw Gracie Lawrence, Just In Time Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical Joy Woods, Gypsy Best Scenic Design of a Play Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray Marsha Ginsberg, English Rob Howell, The Hills of California Scott Pask, Good Night, and Good Luck Best Scenic Design of a Musical Rachel Hauck, Swept Away Arnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social Club Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her Derek McLane, Just In Time Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending Best Costume Design of a Play Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray Rob Howell, The Hills of California Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary! Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Best Costume Design of a Musical Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club Gregg Barnes, BOOP! The Musical Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her Catherine Zuber, Just In Time Best Lighting Design of a Play Heather Gilbert and David Bengali, Good Night, and Good Luck Natasha Chivers, The Hills of California Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Nick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski, John Proctor is the Villain Best Lighting Design of a Musical Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd. Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd Collins Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her Best Sound Design of a Play Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Palmer Hefferan, John Proctor is the Villain Daniel Kluger, Good Night, and Good Luck Nick Powell, The Hills of California Clemence Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray Best Sound Design of a Musical Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club Adam Fisher, Sunset Blvd. Peter Hylenski, Just In Time Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins Best Direction of a Play Knud Adams, English Sam Mendes, The Hills of California Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray Best Direction of a Musical Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending David Cromer, Dead Outlaw Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Blvd. Best Choreography Joshua Bergasse, SMASH Camille A. Brown, Gypsy Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Musical Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club Best Orchestrations
Los Angeles Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
‘Good Night, and Good Luck' CNN live broadcast brings George Clooney's play to the masses
Saturday afternoon out west and evening back east, as citizens faced off against ICE agents in the streets of Los Angeles, 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' George Clooney's 2005 dramatic film tribute to CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow, became a Major Television Event, broadcast live from Manhattan's Winter Garden Theater, by CNN and Max. That it was made available free to anyone with an internet connection, via the CNN website, was a nice gesture to theater fans, Clooney stans and anyone interested to see how a movie about television translates into a play about television. The broadcast is being ballyhooed as historic, the first time a play has been aired live from Broadway. And while there is no arguing with that fact, performances of plays have been recorded onstage before, and are being so now. It's a great practice; I wish it were done more often. At the moment, is streaming recent productions of Cole Porter's 'Kiss Me, Kate!,' the Bob Dylan-scored 'Girl From the North Country,' David Henry Hwang's 'Yellow Face' and the Pulitzer Prize-winning mental health rock musical 'Next to Normal.' Britain's National Theater at Home subscription service offers a wealth of classical and modern plays, including Andrew Scott's one-man 'Vanya,' as hot a ticket in New York this spring as Clooney's play. And the archives run deep; that a trip to YouTube can deliver you Richard Burton's 'Hamlet' or 'Sunday in the Park With George' with Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters is a gift not to be overlooked. Clooney, with co-star Anthony Edwards, had earlier been behind a live broadcast of 'Ambush,' the fourth season opener of 'ER' as a throwback to the particular seat-of-your-pants, walking-on-a-wire energy of 1950s television. (It was performed twice, once for the east and once for the west coast.) That it earned an audience of 42.71 million, breaking a couple of records in the bargain, suggests that, from a commercial perspective, it was not at all a bad idea. (Reviews were mixed, but critics don't know everything.) Like that episode, the 'live' element of Saturday's broadcast, was essentially a stunt, though one that ensured, at least, that no post-production editing has been applied, and that if anyone blew a line, or the house was invaded by heckling MAGA hats, or simply disrupted by audience members who regarded the enormous price they paid for a ticket as a license to chatter through the show, it would presumably have been part of the broadcast. None of that happened — but, it could have! (Clooney did stumble over 'simple,' but that's all I caught.) And, it offered the groundlings at home the chance to see a much-discussed, well-reviewed production only a relatively few were able to see in person — which I applaud on principal and enjoyed in practice — and which will very probably not come again, not counting the next day's final performance. The film, directed by Clooney and co-written with Grant Heslov (who co-wrote the stage version as well), featured the actor as producer and ally Fred W. Friendly to David Strathairn's memorable Murrow. Here, a more aggressive Clooney takes the Murrow role, while Glenn Fleshler plays Friendly. Released during the second term of the Bush administration, the movie was a meditation on the state of things through the prism of 1954 (and a famous framing speech from 1958 about the possibilities and potential failures of television), the fear-fueled demagoguery of Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy, and Murrow's determination to take him on. (The 1954 'See It Now' episode, 'A Report on Sen. Joseph McCarthy,' helped bring about his end.) As in the film, McCarthy is represented entirely through projected film clips, echoing the way that Murrow impeached the senator with his own words. It's a combination of political and backstage drama — with a soupcon of office romance, represented by the secretly married Wershbas (Ilana Glazer and Carter Hudson) — even more hermetically set within the confines of CBS News than was the film. It felt relevant in 2005, before the influence of network news was dissolved in the acid of the internet and an administration began assaulting the legitimate press with threats and lawsuits; but the play's discussions of habeas corpus, due process, self-censoring media and the both-sides-ism that seems increasingly to afflict modern media feel queasily contemporary. 'I simply cannot accept that there are, on every story two equal and logical sides to an argument,' says Clooney's Murrow to his boss, William F. Paley (an excellent Paul Gross, from the great 'Slings & Arrows'). As was shown here, Murrow offered McCarthy equal time on 'See It Now' — which he hosted alongside the celebrity-focused 'Person to Person,' represented by an interview with Liberace — but it proved largely a rope for the senator to hang himself. Though modern stage productions, with their computer-controlled modular parts, can replicate the rhythms and scene changes of a film, there are obvious differences between a movie, where camera angles and editing drive the story. It's an illusion of life, stitched together from bits and pieces. A stage play proceeds in real time and offers a single view (differing, of course, depending on where one sits), within which you direct your attention as you will. What illusions it offers are, as it were, stage magic. It's choreographed, like a dance, which actors must repeat night after night, putting feeling into lines they may speak to one another, but send out to the farthest corners of the theater. Clooney, whose furrowed brow is a good match for Murrow's, did not attempt to imitate him, or perhaps did within the limits of theatrical delivery; he was serious and effective in the role if not achieving the quiet perfection of Strathairn's performance. Scott Pask's set was an ingenious moving modular arrangement of office spaces, backed by a control room, highlighted or darkened as needs be; a raised platform stage left supported the jazz group and vocalist, which, as in the movie, performed songs whose lyrics at times commented slyly on the action. Though television squashed the production into two dimensions, the broadcast nevertheless felt real and exciting; director David Comer let the camera play on the players, rather than trying for a cinematic effect through an excess of close-ups and cutaways. While the play generally followed the lines of the film, there was some rearrangement of scenes, reassignment of dialogue — it was a streamlined cast — and interpolations to make a point, or more directly pitch to 2025. New York news anchor Don Hollenbeck (Clark Gregg, very moving in the only role with an emotional arc) described feeling 'hijacked … as if all the reasonable people went to Europe and left us behind,' getting a big reaction. One character wondered about opening 'the door to news with a dash of commentary — what happens when it isn't Edward R. Murrow minding the store?' A rapid montage of clips tracking the decay of TV news and politics — including Obama's tan suit kerfuffle and the barring of AP for not bowing to Trump's Gulf of America edit and ending with Elon Musk's notorious straight-arm gesture, looking like nothing so much as a Nazi salute — was flown into Clooney's final speech. Last but not least, there is the audience, your stand-ins at the Winter Garden Theatre, which laughed at the jokes and applauded the big speeches, transcribed from Murrow's own. And then, the curtain call, to remind you that whatever came before, the actors are fine, drinking in your appreciation and sending you out happy and exhilarated and perhaps full of hope. A CNN roundtable followed to bring you back to Earth.
Boston Globe
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Five Tony nominees and winners available to stream this weekend
2025 Tony nominees available to stream George Clooney in "Good Night, and Good Luck." EMILIO MADRID 'Good Night, and Good Luck' The clock is ticking on George Clooney's 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' the stage adaptation of his 2005 film about famed journalist Edward R. Murrow, which ends its Broadway run on Sunday mere hours ahead of the Tonys. Before the curtains close, Streams live Saturday at 7 p.m. on CNN and Max Advertisement 'Yellow Face' As part of the long-running 'Great Performances' series, theater fans can watch the Tony-nominated comedy 'Yellow Face' Available on PBS Advertisement Past Tony winners available to stream Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton and Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton in "Hamilton," the filmed version of the original Broadway production. Courtesy of Disney Plus 'Hamilton' Winner of 11 Tonys in 2016, including best musical, best original score, and best actor in a musical for Leslie Odom Jr., Available on Disney+ 'Girl from the North Country' The musical Available on PBS 'Come From Away' Another Tony-winning musical available to watch is the hit Broadway production Available on Apple TV+ Advertisement Matt Juul is the assistant digital editor for the Living Arts team at the Boston Globe, with over a decade of experience covering arts and entertainment. Matt Juul can be reached at
