When we talk about Western theater, the first thing that comes to mind is Broadway in New York. Speaking of Broadway, we have to mention the Tony Award for American Drama, which represents the highest level of commercial theater! This year, Harper's Bazaar was invited by the Tony Awards and The Tony Awards China as the exclusive domestic invited media to directly attack the 72nd Tony Awards ceremony in New York, witnessing the wonderful red carpet, live and important awards announced!
What is the most likely way to be in the same space with the male gods or even to get close to each other (don't think crooked, that is, shake hands and hug a group photo at most)? It must have been to Broadway to the theater to catch alive! You know, there are many stars who are active on the Broadway stage.
Take this quarter, Xie Er, Peacock, Garfield, THE US team, and Li Peisi, who are loved by the majority of fans on the screen, have all run to the drama stage to break through themselves to hone their acting skills in pursuit of more outstanding story interpretation. The male gods are so hard-working and self-motivated, as a fan sister, Bajie feels very pleased, and is willing to bravely follow into the door of the drama.
Grandpa De Niro said: "See me please come to the Tony Award."
What is the Tony Award?
The Tony Awards are the existence of the four major annual awards in the American entertainment industry along with the Academy Awards in the film industry, the Emmy Awards in television, and the Grammy Awards in the music industry, representing the highest honor in the American theater industry. Nominated works are also often of the highest standard of commercial and artistic value for contemporary theatrical productions. So every June, theater people from all over the United States and even all continents gather on Broadway in New York to celebrate this theatrical event.
This year's awards ceremony began June 10 at 4 p.m. New York time and opened at radio city music hall in midtown Manhattan. The whole ceremony is divided into three parts: red carpet show, special contribution awards and design awards, and live broadcast.
A starlit moment on the red carpet
Lindsay Mendes, who won the Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for the musical "Heaven on Earth"
Well-known Hollywood Chinese actress Wen Mingna
A common feature of the stars who walked the red carpet at the Tony Awards is that they all have a deep intersection with the theater circle, and their popularity has made them the stars of this era, but often they respect their identity as "theater people", and are often willing to go back and forth between the screen and the stage, using their strength to prove that they can conquer the Broadway stage with a very difficult coefficient.
Andrew Garfield
For example, Andrew Garfield, who played on the same stage with Lee Pace in the drama "Angels in America" this season, his masterpieces "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "Social Network" broke the impression left by the public in the past. His role of Prior Walter, who is full of love and hope for life, won him the award for Best Actor in a Drama.
Tina Fey
Another example is the famous American actress and writer Tina Fei, who adapted her 2004 screenplay and starred in the film "Mean Girl" into a musical theater version, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical Screenplay.
Sarah Barry
There is also the famous singer-songwriter Sarah Barry, a Grammy Award winner and famous singer-songwriter who co-hosted the Tony Awards with the famous lyrical tenor Josh Gruban. She wrote (and occasionally made a cameo appearance) for the musical "Waitress," which is still on Broadway.
Follow Sister Ba to watch the live broadcast
After the red carpet link came to an end, Bajie entered the waiting hall of the Radio City Concert Hall, and deeply felt the love of the theater from all walks of life. As the official award time of 7 o'clock approaches, the audience has to enter the seats one after another.
At the time of admission, the staff will send each audience a performance brochure with a description of the current repertoire and all the nominated theater people.
Because live television starts at 8:00 a.m., the special awards that have been announced and some design awards that have been announced are mainly awarded at 7 o'clock.
Chita Rivera and Weber
It should be mentioned that the musical theater composer "Lord Wei" Andrew Lloyd Webber (masterpieces "Phantom of the Theatre", "Cat", "Superstar", "Rock and Roll Academy", etc.) and the legendary Broadway actress Chita Rivera were awarded the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in Drama.
The extras staged the most moving moments
Josh Gruban and Sarah Barrys opened the show
The eight-o'clock live television show opened with Josh Gruban and Sarah Barrys singing their own original songs, and two old friends in broadway theater joked about their past Tony's trip of "always running with you, just not awarding", and finally did not forget to send positive energy: "Anyway, most of the people sitting here can't get awards", "We understand you".
A fragment of the musical "Heaven on Earth"
The moment that moved BaJie the most was the opening song to the final quarter of the nominated musical theater actors on stage to sing together. The Tony Awards are not currently awarded to extras, who are very important to the success of a play, they are not standing in the brightest corner of the spotlight, but their talent and hard work can connect the spirit of each play and be remembered by the audience.
From left to right, Andrew Rannes, Matthew Pomo, Shacha Kuntu, Jim Parsons
In other words, the audience is familiar with "Peacock" Matthew Pomo, "Sher Ear" Jim Parsons, Andrew Lannes, zachary Quintu as the guests of honor. The four of them currently co-starred in the Broadway play "Band Boys". Jim Parsons performed the one-man show "Force Majeure" on Broadway in 2015.
A clip from the musical SpongeBob SquarePants
A clip from the musical "The Band Visits"
A clip from the musical "Mean Girl"
"Mean Girl" accompanies the whole run
"Band Visit" became the biggest winner
The biggest winner of this year's Tony Awards was the original musical "Band Visit", which was nominated for eleven awards and won ten trophies, including the most important award for best original musical. In addition, the dramas "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" and "Angels in America" also won two awards, Best Original Play and Best Rehearsal Play, respectively.
The following is the full list of winners:
"The Band Visits"
The Band’s Visit
Best Original Musical
Best Musical Director: David Krumer
Best Musical Screenplay: Itama Moss
Best Songwriter: David Yazbeck
Best Actor in a Musical: Tony Schalheb
Best Actress in a Musical: Katrina Lenko
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: Ariel Stahel
Best Lighting Design for a Musical: Taylor Mikkeller
Best Musical Sound Design: Kayata Harada
Best Arrangement: Jahid Safari
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Best Original Play
Best Play Director: John Tiffany
Best Dramatic Design: Kristen Jones
Best Costume Design for a Play: Katrina Lindsay
Best Dramatic Lighting Design: Neil Austin
Best Dramatic Sound Design: Gareth Frye
Angels in America
Angels in America
Best Recapital Drama
Best Actor in a Drama Series: Andrew Garfield
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama: Nathan Lane
The Story of the Island
Once on this Island
Best Remastered Musical
"Three Tall Women"
Three Tall Women
Best Actress in a Drama Series: Glenda Jackson
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama: Laurie Metcalfe
"Heaven on Earth"
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Lindsay Mendes
Best Choreographer: Justin Peck
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Musical Scene Design: David Zinn
"The Lady"
My Fair Lady
Best Costume Design for a Musical: Catherine Zubel
Special Awards:
Lifetime Achievement Award for Drama
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Chita Rivera
Isabelle Stephenson Award
Nick Scandalios
Tony Honorable Mention for Dramatic Excellence
New York Times photographer Sara Krulwich
Clothing beader Besse Nelson
Clothing dry cleaner Ernest Winzer Cleaners
Tony Special Award
Bruce Springsteen
John Regizamo
Outstanding Award in Theatre Education
Marody Herzfeld
Local Theatre Awards
La Mama Experimental Theatre
Summarizing this season's Tony Awards, it can be said that the American drama industry, which was crushed by the British drama industry this season, is very sad, and the big IP dramas that have been walked out to accompany the whole process but finally have little effect have expressed their hearts and are very tired and excited. But in fact, this is just a joke. After all, whether they finally win the award or not, these stories that have poured their creators' efforts have been on the highest stage in the theater industry and have been seen by more people, which is the best recognition isn't it?
The biggest winner sends you an Easter egg
"The Band Visits" by Omar Sharif
The female protagonist told the male protagonist about the good memories of watching Egyptian movies with her grandmother when she was young.
Editor/Xiaoqian Xu
Contributing Writer / Xiaoran Zhu
Photo: Tony Award, Zhu Xiaoran, Xu Xiaoqian