Film&Arts will broadcast live and direct, exclusively for Latin America, the ceremony that distinguishes the North American theatrical work of the recent 2021-2022 season. The 75th annual Tony Awards ceremony is limited to shows premiered until last April, includes 34 new productions, and represents a full return to activity in theaters, after almost two years of mandatory closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The award was founded in 1947 by a committee of the American Theater and is named after Antoinette Perry, nicknamed “Tony”, an actress, director, producer and co-founder of the American Theater Wing, famous for entertaining Allied soldiers with her performances. the Second World War. They are considered not only the highest honor on the American stage, but the equivalent of the Academy Awards (“Oscars”) for movies, the “Grammys” for music and the “Emmys” for television, or the “Laurence Olivier” from the UK and “Molière” from France.
Hosted by the actress, singer and dancer Ariana DeBose, brand-new Oscar winner for “West Side Story”, from the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York, at the three-hour gala, fragments of the works will be performed and nominated musicals.
Michael R. Jackson’s 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical drama “A Strange Loop,” about a black gay man, garnered eleven nominations; most of this edition. Among them, best musical, best actor for newcomer Jaquel Spivey and best actress for L. Morgan Lee, the first openly transgender artist nominated. With 10 nominations each, it is followed by “MJ,” about Michael Jackson, and “Paradise Square,” about Irish and African-American immigrants struggling to survive in New York during the Civil War era.
There’s also “Six”, a feminist take on the six wives of Henry VIII of England; “Girl From the North Country,” which uses Bob Dylan songs to weave a Depression-era story, and “Mr. Saturday Night,” starring Billy Crystal as a bitter veteran comic looking for one last laugh.
Additionally, TV actor Jesse Williams of “Grey’s Anatomy” earned a nomination for “Take Me Out,” making his Broadway debut, as did his co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson of “Modern Family.” Finally, legendary actress Angela Lansbury, a five-time awardee, will receive the honorary award for her Lifetime Achievement.
