Thank the kids
Most G-rated moment: accepting the award for best play for “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” playwright Simon Stephens thanked his young children for inspiring him to create a play,...
View ArticleOdd couple
Introducing the best musical category, Larry David, accompanied by Jason Alexander, let his characteristic comic bitterness seep through. “They couldn’t put aside their anti-Semitism,” he joked about...
View ArticleComeback kid
Best comeback: Neil Patrick Harris revisited his “locked box” joke that didn’t go over so well when he hosted the Oscars earlier this year -- in which he suggested show predictions were in a locked...
View ArticleAlex Sharp can do anything
Sweetest win: Alex Sharp, who snagged the Tony for lead actor in a play for “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” “Sooo crazy,” said the 26-year-old Broadway newcomer, wearing a cream...
View ArticleBroadway royalty graces the stage
A musical highlight of the evening: Broadway royalty Chita Rivera, who played Anita in the original 1957 “Westside Story,” performing a number from “The Visit,” which was nominated for best musical....
View ArticleRuthie Ann Miles says, 'Recycle!'
It was her Broadway debut, but Ruthie Ann Miles still scored the Tony for featured actress in a musical. And she didn’t waste any time using the platform to further a cause. Her first words at the...
View ArticleA missed moment
Biggest win we didn’t see: Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, songwriters for "Fun Home," made history this year as the first female writing team to win a Tony for musical score. But we missed most of the...
View ArticleJoel and Jennifer Grey make it personal
In a particularly poignant moment, father-daughter duo Joel and Jennifer Grey introduced the musical number from nominee “Fun Home,” which Jennifer Grey called “universally resonant.” No doubt the...
View ArticleAnnaleigh Ashford is very thankful
In her acceptance speech for featured actress in a play (“You Can’t Take It With You”), Annaleigh Ashford – in a fitted emerald green dress – joked: “I can’t believe I’m standing on a stage at Radio...
View Article'Something Rotten!' cast gets meta
The opening number of the evening, from the cast of “Something Rotten!,” elevated the meaning of "meta"– it was a high-energy, Brian d’Arcy James-led musical number about musicals, opening a...
View ArticleA zinger from the hosts
In a part classy, part biting move, Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming noted a few overlooked individuals who weren’t in attendance this year. “Jake Gyllenhaal for “Constellations,” Cumming said,...
View ArticleKristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming kick off with quips
Co-hosts Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming -- she in a tuxedo mini dress, he in purple shorts and a tie -- immediately opened the Tonys with a topical zinger: “Good evening ladies and gentlemen -- and...
View ArticleTonys 2015: Best and worst moments
Click through for a look at some of the best and worst moments from the 2015 Tony Awards.
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