Hadestown, The Ferryman win big at 2019 Tonys
The musical Hadestown was the big winner at Sunday's night's 73rd Tony Awards, taking home eight awards, including best musical, best director for Rachel Chavkin, and best featured actor in a musical for André De Shields, who played Hades in the modern interpretation of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The Ferryman, a drama about a man trying to escape violent past with the IRA, won four awards, including best play and best director for Sam Mendes.
Other notable winners included Oklahoma!'s Ali Stoker, whose best featured actress in a musical award makes her the first actor in a wheelchair to win a Tony; Elaine May, whose best leading actress in a drama award for The Waverly Gallery is the 87-year-old comedian's first-ever Tony; Bryan Cranston, who suggested he might retire from acting after winning his second Tony for his leading performance at Howard Beale in Network; Stephanie J. Block for best actress in a musical for The Cher Show; Santino Fontana for best actor in a musical for Tootsie; Celia Keenan-Bolger, who won best featured actress in a play for her role as Scout in Aaron Sorkin's staging of To Kill a Mockingbird; and the play The Boys in the Band, the best revival winner, a look at gay life that first debuted off-Broadway more than 50 years ago.
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Broadway ticket sales hit a record $1.8 billion over the past season, and To Kill A Mockingbird, despite its modest Tony haul, is the highest-grossing play in U.S. history, Variety reports. You can read a complete list of winners at Variety.
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