Tony Awards. Ariana DeBose will host the most important night of theater

Choosing DeBose as the host of the Tony Awards is a way to recognize this young actress, who in 2018 was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her role as Donna Summer in the musical “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”, but she had already traveled the stage with productions such as “Hamilton, Motown: The Musical”, in 2013, and “Pippin” to mention a few, and earlier this year she participated in the film adaptation of “ West Side Story” by Steven Spielberg, where she played the role of Anita, for which she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

The ceremony, which is expected to last three hours, will feature live performances by Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, the original Broadway cast members of “Spring Awakening” and numbers from Nominated musicals: “A Strange Loop”, “Company, Girl From the North Country”, “MJ”, “Mr. Saturday Night”, “The Music Man”, “Paradise Square” and “SIX: The Musical”.

The night’s honorees will include Angela Lansbury, who will receive the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theater; Robert E. Wankel will receive the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award and James C. Nicola will receive a Special Tony Award.

Tonight’s favorite montages are “A Strange Loop” with 11 nominations, which follows the story of Usher, a queer writer writing a musical about a black queer writer writing a musical; “MJ” with 10 nominations, this musical shows Michael Jackson as he prepares for the 1992 Dangerous world tour; “Paradise Square” with 10 nominations and addresses the conflict between Irish Americans and black Americans during the Civil War and Company with 9, it shows the marital problems of several couples, through the memories of one of your friends.

This ceremony, organized by The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing, will be broadcast in Mexico this Sunday at 7:00 p.m. on Film&Arts.

Nominees

Best Play
– Clyde’s
– Hangmen
– The Lehman Trilogy
– The Minutes
– Skeleton Crew

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

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
– Trouble in Mind

Best Revival of a Musical
– Caroline, or Change
– Company
– 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

Best Original Score Written for the Stage
– 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 & Lyrics-Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss
– A Strange Loop: Music & Lyrics- Michael R. Jackson

Best Leading Actor in a Play
Simon Russell Beale (The Lehman Trilogy)
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 Leading Actress in a Play
Gabby Beans (The Skin of Our Teeth)
LaChanze (Trouble in Mind)
Ruth Negga (Macbeth)
Deirdre O’Connell (Dana H.)
Mary-Louise Parker (How I Learned to Drive)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Billy Crystal (Mr. Saturday Night)
Myles Frost (MJ)
Hugh Jackman (The Music Man)
Rob McClure (Mrs. Doubtfire)
Jaquel Spivey (A Strange Loop)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke (Caroline, or Change)
Carmen Cusack (Flying Over Sunset)
Sutton Foster (The Music Man)
Joaquina Kalukango (Paradise Square)
Mare Winningham (Girl from The North Country)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Alfie Allen (Hangmen)
Chuck Cooper (Trouble in Mind)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Take Me Out)
Ron Cephas Jones (Clyde’s)
Michael Oberholtzer (Take Me Out)
Jesse Williams (Take Me Out)

Best Supporting Actress 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)
Julie White (POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep
Him Alive)
Kara Young (Clyde’s)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Matt Doyle (Company)
Sidney DuPont (Paradise Square)
Jared Grimes (Funny Girl)
John-Andrew Morrison (A Strange Loop)
AJ Shively (Paradise Square)

Best Supporting Actress 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)
Jennifer Simard (Company)

Best Set Design for 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)
Anna Fleischle (Hangmen)
Scott Pask (American Buffalo)
Adam Rigg (The Skin of Our Teeth)

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

Best Costume Design for a Play
Montana Levi Blanco (The Skin of Our Teeth)
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 for 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)
Paul Tazewell ( MJ)

Best Lighting 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)
Jane Cox (Macbeth)
Yi Zhao (The Skin of Our Teeth)

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

Best Sound Design for a Play
Justin Ellington (for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf)
Mikhail Fiksel (Dana H.)
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)

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)
Neil Pepe (American Buffalo)
Les Waters (Dana H.)

Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Brackett (A Strange Loop)
Marianne Elliott (Company)
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 )

Best Orchestration
David Cullen (Company)
Tom Curran (SIX: The Musical)
Simon Hale (Girl from The North Country)
Jason Michael Webb and David Hollenberg (MJ)
Charlie Rosen (A Strange Loop)