The epidemic has blocked the way to the appointment, and the international stage events have been cancelled and postponed...
The 74th Tony Awards 2020 was originally scheduled to be held in New York on June 7 and was broadcast live via CBS. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, the official issued a statement on the postponement of the event on March 25, local time.
In addition to regrets, let's review the wonderful works of the Tony Awards over the years.....
The highest award in the American theater industry - The Tony Award
The Tony Award, established in 1946 by the American Dramatic Society, is now co-sponsored by the American Theater Association and the Broadway Alliance. As the highest honor in the American theater industry, the Tony Award (drama) is listed as one of the four Awards for American Art alongside the Academy Awards (Film), the Emmy Awards (Television), and the Grammy Awards (Music). Initially 11 awards, the Tony Awards have evolved ever since, and by 2011 the Tony Awards consisted of 26 permanent awards and special awards awarded from time to time.
The Tony Award, known as the Antonit Perry Award, was established by the American Theater Society in 1947 in honor of Antoinette Perry, one of the association's founders ("Tony" is Antonit Perry's nickname). Perry was a very well-known stage actress and director in the United States at that time. During World War II, Perry joined the Wartime Relief Society for Women in Stage Drama, which was later renamed the American Theatre Alliance. In 1946, Ms. Perry died. In 1947, at the suggestion of Brooke Pemberton, the American Theater League established the Tony Awards in recognition of Perry's leadership of the Theater League during the war and her long-standing contributions to advancing Broadway stage plays.
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Past review and appreciation of the best awards
Musical theater
73rd Best Musical: "Hadestown"
The musical "Underworld" won 8 awards such as Best Musical, Best Director, and Best Scene Design. The show connects two love stories, one in the real world, Orpheus and Eurydice, and between Hades, the mythical world, and his wife Persephone. The plot is rich and gripping.
72nd Best Musical: "The Band's Visit"
This year's "Band Visit" won 11 awards such as Best Musical, Best Screenplay, Best Songwriting, and Best Director. The play follows an Egyptian police orchestra invited to perform at an Arab arts center in a city in Israel. They get off the plane without anyone to greet them, they stumble into a remote town in the desert, they can't find a hotel without a bus, they are taken in by the locals, and life is tied up in the most unexpected way...
71st Best Musical: "Dear Evan Hansen" (to Evan Hansen)
"To Evan Hansen" tells a story about loneliness. Evan Hansen, a high school student with social phobia, was mistaken for Connor's best friend after classmate Connor committed suicide. In order not to hurt Connor's family, Hansen had to talk about his "friendship" with Connor in a "fake play", but this "white lie" slowly lost control.
Unfolding with such a lie, it shows the life situation and psychological state of some teenagers, as well as the real interaction with the family. The show easily resonates with viewers, especially for those who are not social by nature. The creator put himself in the shoes of the "lonely and special" soul and strived to achieve empathy.
70th Best Musical: Hamilton (Hamilton)
The musical "Hamilton" received 16 nominations at the 70th Tony Awards and took away 11 awards. The show premiered on Broadway in 2015 and was highly praised by the New York media, and even Obama has seen the scene twice, becoming one of the popular Broadway musicals.
Based on the experiences of Alexander Hamilton, an American politician, soldier, financial expert, and one of the founding fathers of the United States (the Founding Fathers of the United States), the drama is based on the experience of Alexander Hamilton, strictly following history and telling several major events in Hamilton's political career. These include his comrades-in-arms, political enemies, his deep relationship with his wife Eliza, and his eldest son Philip, as well as his mistakes.
69th Best Musical: "Fun Home"
The series is based on the best-selling comic memoir of American lesbian cartoonist Alison Bairdle. She sneaks into the past, looking for the talented, one-of-a-kind but suicidal father, and quietly begins to redefine her family and her life. The shuttle between the past and the present has allowed Alison to gradually reveal her father's homosexual identity, and also to understand her childhood awakening to her own sexual orientation, but the question that can never be answered is her father's hidden desires...
68th Best Musical: "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
"A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" won four awards at this year's Tony Awards, including "Best Musical." is a witty and humorous musical based on Roy Horniman's 1907 novel Class of Israel: An Autobiography of a Criminal.
67th Best Musical: Kinky Boots
The musical "Kinkyboots" tells the story of Charlie, the prince of a shoe factory in a small British town, from being frustrated when he was forced to take over the family business on the verge of bankruptcy, to meeting lola, the drag queen of drag, the two chemically react and inspire the idea of providing men's and women's boots for the niche market and successfully save the shoe factory, surprising the world with the sexy boot performance of the men.
"Kinkyboots" swept six awards at this year's Tony Awards and is one of the classic Broadway musicals of Oliver, Grammy and many other award winners.
Drama
73rd Best Play: "The Ferryman," "The Ferryman"
"The Ferryman", a play that takes place at the height of an Irish hunger strike, is a play about an era that feels familiar and allows the older generation to experience the rise of Easter. Showcasing the mysterious minds of Ireland, in which fairies, banshees, and magic all exist somewhere. The work takes the viewer to a farm full of festive atmosphere, but this joy is destined to be overshadowed by the ghosts of the past.
72nd Best Play: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
"The books and the movies are over, but Harry has just come of age". J.K. Rowling's greatest gift to the theater was to leave Harry's final story on stage. The stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was co-written by J.K. Rowling and Jack Thorne, directed by John Tiffany, a tony and Olivier Award winner. The show is played in two parts, and the eighth story in the Harry Potter series is the canonical sequel to the series. It tells the story of harry potter and the deathly hallows 19 years later, and focuses on harry, who has grown up, working in the Ministry of Magic and his relationship with his three children. At this point in the story, it still does not mean that the story of the wizarding world is over.
This year, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" won 6 awards such as Best Drama, Best Lighting, and Best Stage Design.
71st Best Play: Oslo (Oslo)
Oslo is based on the 1993 israeli and Palestinian negotiations to reach the Oslo Peace Agreement, but they do not merely retelle a well-known history, but present the stories of the people behind the complex and magnificent historical events, tapping into their desires and ambitions as individuals.
The productions are well-made, the sets are beautiful, the performances are moving, and they express the core of positivity, consultation, and dialogue, and in these black years, Broadway still brings hope and inspiration to people.
70th Best Play: "The Humans"
"The Humans" won 6 awards at the 70th Tony Awards. The story of the human species is presented with the best, most funny, and most destructive black humor.
69th Best Play: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"
Christopher, the protagonist of the play, suffers from Asperger's disease, which is a type of autism. He was unable to process the information around him normally, behaved abnormally, and was mentally disturbed.
One day at midnight, he found the body of a neighbor's dog and was mistakenly arrested by the police. After his release, he decided to find out about the dog's death. In the process of getting closer to the truth step by step, the accidental discovery of the death of his mother is also a "hoax". Christopher embarked on a solo journey to London, and was terrified and anxious when confronted with a sea of outside information, but his firm determination allowed him to finally reunite with his mother, whom he had not seen for many years. The story is not a flat and direct narrative, but with the investigation of the case as the main line, interspersed with the protagonist's relationship with his father, teacher and other life branches, and the information that the character settings, family backgrounds and other information that wants to be conveyed to the audience are naturally revealed bit by bit.
68th Best Play: "All the Way"
67th Best Play: "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"
The play is a comedy that combines vanya and sonia from Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, masha from The Three Sisters, and Nina from Seagull, set in Philadelphia in the 1950s, and in many details, it makes a clever and appropriate connection between the original characteristics of Chekhov's characters.
Other nominations and award-winning works to be appreciated
SpongeBob SquarePants musical is an innovative, cutting-edge theatrical fusion. It tells the story of a storm in the underwater world, due to the invasion of unknown creatures, SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends unite to fight a home defense war. SpongeBob appears in a human form, continuing its hilarious and neurotic style.
In terms of choreography, director Tina Landau uses discarded recycled materials such as wire, neon lights and bubble decorations to design the choreography based on aesthetics.
The musical Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 is an immersive musical adaptation of Tolstoy's famous book War and Peace. In order to give the audience an immersive experience, the play simply converted the Imperial Theater on Broadway into a Russian bar club.
One day, a lady walked into the theater and she looked very confused: "Where is the stage?" Spectators will be surrounded by stages: red velvet curtains envelop the entire theater, rows of portraits lined neatly along the walls, winding paths paved with hardwoods pass through the middle of the band, shimmering chandeliers hanging down the ceiling, staircases connecting the ground and middle floors, tables and chairs replacing rows of theater seats, and an oval platform in the center slightly above the perimeter. It is here, in the work, that a toast is raised to celebrate life, desire and Moscow.
Best Lighting Design for a Musical, Best Set Design for a Musical: Natasha, Pierre and the Comet of 1812
"Doll's House"▲
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"Four Seas family" ▲
"Groundhog Day"
"Bird Story"▲
Theatrical art is the sacred temple of our spirit, through which it leads people to open up rational thinking and connect the common spiritual home of mankind. It is expected that after the epidemic, theatrical art will bloom like a "rainbow after the rain".