Tony Awards 2022 – The Winners – Company, Six and The Lehman Trilogy amongst Brit winners.

The Tony Awards 2022 were held last night and saw the ceremony return to Radio City Music Hall with British creatives taking out some of the prestigious awards.

Company the musical Broadway

The Tony Awards 2022 were hosted by Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, but the night belonged to West End transfers of the musical Company by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth and The Lehman Trilogy which had acclaimed seasons at both the National Theatre and Piccadilly Theatre.

The Lehman Trilogy who adapted from the show from Italian novelist and playwright Stefano Massini. The Lehman Trilogy winning for Best Play, Best Director and Best Actor In A Play, along with Best Scenic Design and Best Lighting Design of a Play. Playwright Ben Power said “This play was written as a hymn to the city of New York but, like the Lehman brothers themselves, our show started thousands of miles away.”

The Lehman Trilogy Broadway
The Lehman Trilogy Broadway

The Broadway transfer of Marianne Elliot’s gender-revised production of Company which originated at the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End won for Best Revival of a Musical. Broadway legend Patti LuPone who won the Olivier Award for her portrayal of Joanne in Company triumphed again when she won for Best Featured Actress in a musical. Matt Doyle won for Best Featured Actor in a musical and Bunny Christie won for Best Scenic Design of a Musical.

Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop was named Best Musical having received 11 nominations, including one for L Morgan Lee – the first openly transgender actor to receive a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. The show which tells the story of a Black queer man writing a musical about a Black queer man, noted that the importance not just of representation but of “doing the very best work we can do”.

Six Broadway
The cast of Six on Broadway. Photo: Joan Marcus

Perhaps, for me the most exciting part of the night saw Six the musical, the British musical in which Henry VIII’s wives give a pop concert, won best original score (music and lyrics) for Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, who first created it while students at Cambridge University. Six’s costume designer Gabriella Slade also won in her category.

Angela Lansbury received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her long career on the stage. The 96 year old previously won five Tony Awards, but was unable to attend the ceremony.

Attendees this year who were sitting in the orchestra section were not required to wear masks but PCR testing was mandatory. Those sitting further from the stage had to remain masked for the duration.

 

THE TONY AWARDS 2022 – THE WINNERS IN FULL

Best Play
Clyde’s – Lynn Nottage
Hangmen – Martin McDonagh
The Lehman Trilogy – Stefano Massini and Ben Power WINNER
The Minutes – Tracy Letts
Skeleton Crew – Dominique Morrisseau

Best Musical
Girl From the North Country
MJ
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
SIX: The Musical
A Strange Loop – WINNER

Best Revival of a Play
American Buffalo
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
How I Learned to Drive
Take Me Out – WINNER
Trouble in Mind

Best Revival of a Musical
Caroline, or Change
Company – WINNER
The Music Man

Best Book of a Musical
Girl From The North Country – Conor McPherson
MJ – Lynn Nottage
Mr. Saturday Night – Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel
Paradise Square – Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan
A Strange Loop – Michael R. Jackson – WINNER

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Flying Over Sunset – Music: Tom Kitt, Lyrics: Michael Korie
Mr. Saturday Night – Music: Jason Robert Brown, Lyrics: Amanda Green
Paradise Square – Music: Jason Howland, Lyrics: Nathan Tysen & Masi Asare
SIX: The Musical – Music and Lyrics: Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss – WINNER
A Strange Loop – Music and Lyrics: Michael R. Jackson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Simon Russell Beale – The Lehman Trilogy – WINNER
Adam Godley – The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester – The Lehman Trilogy
David Morse – How I Learned to Drive
Sam Rockwell – American Buffalo
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Lackawanna Blues
David Threlfall – Hangmen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Gabby Beans – The Skin of Our Teeth
LaChanze – Trouble in Mind
Ruth Negga – Macbeth
Deirdre O’Connell – Dana H – WINNER
Mary-Louise Parker – How I Learned to Drive

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Billy Crystal – Mr. Saturday Night
Myles Frost – MJ – WINNER
Hugh Jackman – The Music Man
Rob McClure – Mrs. Doubtfire
Jaquel Spivey – A Strange Loop

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke – Caroline, or Change
Carmen Cusack – Flying Over Sunset
Sutton Foster – The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango – Paradise Square – WINNER
Mare Winningham  – Girl From The North Country

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Alfie Allen – Hangmen
Chuck Cooper – Trouble in Mind
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Take Me Out – WINNER
Ron Cephas Jones – Clyde’s
Michael Oberholtzer – Take Me Out
Jesse Williams – Take Me Out

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Uzo Aduba – Clyde’s
Rachel Dratch- POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kenita R. Miller – for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Phylicia Rashad – Skeleton Crew – WINNER
Julie White – POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kara Young – Clyde’s

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Matt Doyle – Company – WINNER
Sidney DuPont – Paradise Square
Jared Grimes – Funny Girl
John-Andrew Morrison – A Strange Loop
A.J. Shively – Paradise Square

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Jeannette Bayardelle – Girl From The North Country
Shoshana Bean – Mr. Saturday Night
Jayne Houdyshell  – The Music Man
L Morgan Lee – A Strange Loop
Patti LuPone – Company – WINNER
Jennifer Simard – Company

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt – POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong – Skeleton Crew
Es Devlin – The Lehman Trilogy – WINNER
Anna Fleischle – Hangmen
Scott Pask – American Buffalo
Adam Rigg – The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions,  – Flying Over Sunset
Bunny Christie – Company – WINNER
Arnulfo Maldonado – A Strange Loop
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini – MJ
Allen Moyer – Paradise Square

Best Costume Design of a Play
Montana Levi Blanco – The Skin of Our Teeth – WINNER
Sarafina Bush – for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Emilio Sosa – Trouble in Mind
Jane Greenwood – Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite
Jennifer Moeller – Clyde’s

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Fly Davis – Caroline, or Change
Toni-Leslie James – Paradise Square
William Ivey Long – Diana, The Musical
Santo Loquasto – The Music Man
Gabriella Slade – SIX: The Musical – WINNER
Paul Tazewell – MJ

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Joshua Carr – Hangmen
Jiyoun Chang – for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Jon Clark – The Lehman Trilogy – WINNER
Jane Cox – Macbeth
Yi Zhao – The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Neil Austin – Company
Tim Deiling – SIX: The Musical
Donald Holder – Paradise Square
Natasha Katz – MJ – WINNER
Bradley King – Flying Over Sunset
Jen Schriever – A Strange Loop

Best Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington – for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Mikhail Fiksel – Dana H. – WINNER
Palmer Hefferan – The Skin of Our Teeth
Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey – The Lehman Trilogy
Mikaal Sulaiman – Macbeth

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Simon Baker – Girl From The North Country
Paul Gatehouse – SIX: The Musical
Ian Dickinson for Autograph – Company
Drew Levy – A Strange Loop
Gareth Owen – MJ – WINNER

Best Direction of a Play
Lileana Blain-Cruz – The Skin of Our Teeth
Camille A. Brown – for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Sam Mendes – The Lehman Trilogy – WINNER
Neil Pepe – American Buffalo
Les Waters – Dana H.

Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Brackett – A Strange Loop
Marianne Elliott – Company – WINNER
Conor McPherson – Girl From The North Country
Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage – SIX: The Musical
Christopher Wheeldon – MJ

Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown – for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Warren Carlyle – The Music Man
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille – SIX: The Musical
Bill T. Jones – Paradise Square
Christopher Wheeldon – MJ – WINNER

Best Orchestrations
David Cullen – Company
Tom Curran – SIX: The Musical
Simon Hale – Girl From The North Country – WINNER
Jason Michael Webb and David Hollenberg – MJ
Charlie Rosen – A Strange Loop

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