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No Tony Awards Telecast for the United Kingdom

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No UK telecast of the Tony Awards

It’s infuriating to us here at BritishTheatre.com that the United Kingdom is not deemed worthy of a telecast of the Tony Awards YET AGAIN! London’s thriving West End is a mecca for theatre lovers. Last year alone over 15,000,000 (Figures from Society Of London Theatre) attended a show in one of the capital’s theatres. Harold Prince is famous for his mantra that “You can’t really listen to a musical unless you can look at it“, and I’m a firm believer in that statement here. Each year  British tourists and hard-core theatre fans travel to New York to enjoy theatre, yet we are not afforded a chance to watch a programme that the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing proport to be Broadway’s calling-card to the world. It’s their chance to show off Broadway’s best, but you have to wonder why year after year there is no telecast for the … Read more

Our Top 10 Tony Award Performances

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Britishtheatre.com selects its Top 10 Tony Award performances

With the Tony Awards coming up we thought we’d nominate some of our favourite Tony Award performances from previous years. Thanks to You Tube we are able to bring you video of these great performances. Let us know your thoughts and nominate your own favourite Tony performances. In the meantime enjoy our selection. In no particular order:- Rent (1996) Newsies (2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Sz7_7T50Q Grand Hotel (1990) Dreamgirls (1982) Kiss Of The Spiderwoman (1993) Hamilton Evita (1980) Sweeney Todd (1979) The Phantom Of The Opera (1988) Ragtime (1998) And just to top off these incredible performances here’s Neil Patrick Harris in what must be considered the greatest (and biggest) Tony Award opening number EVER! Find out more about the Tony Awards

Tony Awards 2017 – The Winners

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Tony Awards 2017 The Winners

The Tony Awards 2017 were held at Radio City Musical Hall last night (June 11) hosted by Kevin Spacey with Dear Evan Hansen the biggest winner on the night taking home six awards including the highly coveted award for Best Musical. Hello Dolly! starring Bette Midler won four awards including Best Revival of a Musical. In the play category Oslo won two awards including Best Play. Britain’s Nigel Hook won Best Scenic Design Of a Play for his work on the The Play That Goes Wrong. Our quote of the night came from Ben Platt who won the Tony for Best Actor In A Musical. In his acceptance speech Platt said “it’s the things that make you strange that are the things that make you powerful.” We couldn’t agree more! THE TONY AWARDS 2017 – FULL WINNERS LIST Best Musical WINNER: Dear Evan Hansen Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet … Read more

Kevin Spacey To Host Tony Awards 2017

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Kevin Spacey to host Tony Awards 2017

It has been announced that Kevin Spacey will host the 71st Annual Tony Awards live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday 11 June 2017. This will be Spacey’s first time hosting the prestigious awards event. Kevin Spacey said “I was their 2nd choice for Usual Suspects, 4th choice for America Beauty and 15th choice to host this year’s Tony Awards. I think my career is definitely going in the right direction, Maybe I can get shortlisted to host the Oscars if everyone else turns it down.” “We are thrilled to have Kevin, who has mastered the Broadway stage, the big and small screens and the West End, host this year’s Tony Awards! His spirit and passion for live theatre makes him the perfect host, and we can’t wait to see the energy he brings to Radio City on Tony night!” said Charlotte St. Martin, President … Read more

Tony Awards 2016 – The Winners

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Hamilton wins 11 awards at the 2016 Tony Awards

The 70th Annual Tony Awards were held last night in New York and as expected Hamilton triumphed winning 11 of the prestigious awards including Best New Musical. A big winner on the night included the revival of The Colour Purple, which won two awards including Best Musical Revival and Best Actress in a Musical for Cynthia Erivo. Hosted by James Corden, the awards were held at the Beacon Theatre in New York. THE 2016 TONY AWARD WINNERS Best Musical Hamilton Best Play The Humans Best Musical Revival The Colour Purple Best Play Revival A View From the Bridge Best Actor In A Play Frank Langella – The Father Best Actress In A Play Jessica Lange – Long Day’s Journey Into Night Best Actor In A Musical Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton Best Actress In A Musical Cynthia Erivo, The Colour Purple Best Book Of A Musical Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda Best Original … Read more

Tony Awards 2016 – Nominees Announced

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The nominations for the Tony Awards 2016 were announced today. Hamilton, a hip-hop musical about one of America’s founding fathers picked up a record 16 nominations, the most ever! This years Tony Awards will be held on Sunday 12 June and will be hosted by James Corden. The nominees for each category are as follows:- BEST PLAY Eclipsed The Father The Humans King Charles III BEST MUSICAL Bright Star Hamilton School Of Rock Shuffle Along Waitress BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY The Crucible A View From The Bridge Blackbird Long Day’s Journey Into Night Noises Off BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL The Colour Purple Fiddler On The Roof She Loves Me Spring Awakening BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL Steve Martin for Bright Star Lin-Manuel Miranda for Hamilton Julian Fellowes for School Of Rock George C Wolfe for Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation of 1921 and Al … Read more

Tony, Tony, Tony – A Look At This Year’s Tony Awards Race

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Tony Awards 2015

Tony, Tony, Tony… On June 7, the 69th Annual Tony Awards will be presented in a glittering ceremony hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming. As, arguably, the most prestigious award ceremony in the world, the Tonys carry enormous weight. When nominations were announced this year, two shows which received none – Dr Zhivago and Living On Love – posted notices for premature closing. Commercially, then, the Tonys represent real power. Shows which receive Tony Awards see their sales boosted almost always – so producers work hard to garner votes for their productions. This raises the question, squarely, of whether or not the Tony Awards represent acknowledgement of excellence or whether they acknowledge possible commercial prospects. If you win the Tony for Best Actor, are you getting it because you are the very best actor to tread the boards in the season or are you given that award for reasons … Read more