“Everyone is vaccinated, took a test (against covid-19) and wears a mask. Every Broadway theater is going to be like this for a short time, and everything will be fine, “said American actor and singer Leslie Odom Jr, host of a colorful singing party at the splendid Winter Garden Theater on Broadway in the heart of Manhattan. With a tuxedo and formal dress.
Broadcast on the national network CBS, the 2021 Tony Awards ceremony rewarded the works of the 2019-2020 season brutally interrupted last March by the covid-19 epidemic that particularly affected New York.
The musical “Moulin Rouge! The Musical!” swept, with 10 awards -almost a record- among which stand out best music and best actor in a musical comedy for Aaron Tveit. It is the adaptation of the 2001 hit movie “Moulin Rouge!” by Baz Luhrmann, with Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor.
The Tony for the best play went to “The Inheritance”, an adaptation of the 1919 novel by Briton Edward Morgan Forstere, “Howards End”, which portrays social relations in early 20th century England. The play takes place in contemporary New York. Its director, Stephen Daldry, also won one of four awards for his work.
Singer, comedian and dancer Adrienne Warren she won the Tony for best actress in a musical comedy for her incarnation of singer Tina Turner in “Tina,” and offered a show of her talent on stage.
“Hamilton”, “The Lion King”, “Chicago”: Broadway’s most famous musical comedies returned in triumph since September 14 on one of the most famous avenues on the planet, in the heart of the economic and cultural capital of the United States.
“Broadway is back. It’s essential. And Broadway will be even better“promised comedian Audra McDonald, who won six awards in the previous years.