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Back shot of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman dominated the Tonys this year, winning six awards, while Lesley Manville and John Lithgow took home trophies for leading roles.
Death of a Salesman was cited as the best screenplay, with award-winning director Joe Mantello praising Miller’s story as “still speaking to us all the time”. Star Nathan Lane accepted the award on behalf of the cast, calling it a drama that “continues to teach us who we are as people and who we are as Americans”.
Lane’s favorite Laurie Metcalf she also won her third Tony Award, beating June Squibb and Aya Cash to be named best actress.
The six wins make it the revival of the most-awarded play in Tonys history.
Death of a Salesman previously won Best Picture in 1949 and was followed by a successful revival in 1984, 1999 and 2012.
Manville fended off competition from Rose Byrne and Carrie Coon for the lead role in the play, due to the move to Broadway. Oedipus. The actor first won an Olivier for his work. “I was overwhelmed, it was my first time on Broadway so this is really hard,” Manville said on stage.
Lithgow was nominated for best actor in a play for his role as Roald Dahl in the antisemitism play Giant after he also won an Olivier award during a West End show. The actor beat Lane, Mark Strong and Daniel Radcliffe.
“It’s a very important play right now,” he said on stage, winning his third Tony. At 80, Lithgow also made history as the oldest actor to win a Tony.
Bess Wohl’s intergenerational feminism epic Liberation it was named the best game after all recently won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. “This is the honor of a lifetime,” Wohl said. It is the first time that a female playwright has received this award since 2009; Wohl is only the fourth woman to win.
The award for best music went to the canceled version of the game for Apple TV Schmigadoon!. “Sometimes singing, dancing, lots of humor and a happy ending is all you need,” Lorne Michaels said in a statement. The show also took home three other awards.
The new take on Ragtime won four Tonys, including best revival of a musical and lead and best lead in a musical, for Joshua Henry and Caissie Levy, respectively. It was Henry’s first victory after four picks. “Every artist in this room, every artist at home, fight, fight, fight to be heard,” Henry said in a statement.
The Lost Boysbased on the 80s vampire film, also won four trophies including best screenplay and best actor from a musical. Cats: Jellicle Ballthe creator of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical, won three awards, including best musical direction.
Alden Ehrenreich was nominated for best actor in his Broadway debut in the 2008 revival of the romantic drama. Becky Shawbeating Christopher Abbott and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
The event was hosted by singer Pink, who teased her acting history by kicking off the evening as Peter Pan flew into the theatre, before leading a star-studded rendition of Moulin Rouge hit Lady Marmalade with guests including Lea Michele and Megan Thee Stallion.
The star described himself as a “big Broadway fan” who wanted to pay tribute to “the hardest working people in showbiz”.
The awards come after the latest Broadway season broke a new record and about $1.91bn in ticket sales.
Selected shows that were left out manually were included The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Chess, The Balusters, TitanicTwo Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) and Everything Beautiful.
Last year’s event saw the huge success of the robot musical Maybe a Happy Ending, with actors including Nicole Scherzinger and Cole Escola.
