'Hamilton' Star Leslie Odom Jr. Hosts Tony Awards Concert
Odom, 40, won a Tony Award in 2016 for "Hamilton," and this year was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work as both a performer and songwriter for the film "One Night in Miami."
Odom, 40, won a Tony Award in 2016 for "Hamilton," and this year was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work as both a performer and songwriter for the film "One Night in Miami."
Warren's performance as Tina Turner, a role she originated in London and then again when the show opened in New York in 2019, has thrilled audiences.
This year was the first time Tveit has been nominated, and the circumstances were unusual: he was the only person nominated in the category, best leading actor in a musical.
This year's Tony Awards are taking place, live and in-person, starting at 7 p.m. Eastern on Paramount+, followed by a 9 p.m. concert on CBS.
She has won more competitive Tony Awards than any other performer, and tonight, when she is a nominee for the ninth time, she is presiding over the awards ceremony.
The musical, featuring Alanis Morissette songs, is planning to resume performances on Broadway next month.
Most of the awards are being streamed at 7 p.m. Eastern on Paramount+, followed by a 9 p.m. musical theater concert (including three big prizes) broadcast on CBS.
The two discussed the ceremony's recognition of Broadway's reopening, but also its pandemic losses.
The actor Nathan Lane said he had recently participated in a reading of the show, titled "Square One."
After some members of a touring company tested positive for the coronavirus, Wednesday night's show did not go on.
Theater seems to be responding to demands for diversity. Artists are both delighted and worried about the precarious moment in which the gates have opened.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julie Taymor and Stephen Schwartz tell us what it feels like to put their shows back onstage.
Lindiwe Dlamini said she was experiencing 'every emotion you can think of' as she returned to the stage tonight.
The song-and-dance shows that are Broadway's bread and butter began a staggered return to the stage Thursday. For audiences, vaccinations and masks were mandatory.
The trade association representing theater owners and producers gets an assist from Oprah Winfrey as it seeks to drive ticket sales beyond the buzzy September reopenings.
The trade association representing theater owners and producers gets an assist from Oprah Winfrey as it seeks to drive ticket sales beyond the buzzy September reopenings.
To address Black artists' concerns, the pact calls for forgoing all-white creative teams, renaming theaters for Black artists and establishing diversity rules for the Tonys.
As the Delta variant spreads, Signature Theater delayed its planned October opening of "Infinite Life," a new play by Annie Baker.
The play is the first staged on Broadway since the pandemic-prompted shutdown, and is one of seven by Black writers planned this season.
The production, which starts Tuesday in Dallas, is the first Broadway tour back onstage, a test as American theaters seek to rebound from the pandemic shutdown.
Children under 12, who cannot be vaccinated, can show a negative test to attend. But the Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall plan to bar them for now.
The Times's theater reporter tracked drama students who emerged from a well-regarded North Carolina conservatory into a world with performance on pause.
In an unusual joint venture, the two acclaimed documentary plays will alternate performances at the Lyceum Theater this fall.