“Company” is an exploration of a single person's conflicted feelings about commitment, traditionally focusing on a 35-year-old bachelor. This time, it had a bachelorette and the sexes of several couples swapped around.
Michael R. Jackson's “A Strange Loop,” a theater meta-journey about a playwright writing a musical, won the Tony for best book of a musical. “MJ,” a bio musical of the King of Pop's biggest hits, nabbed three Tony Awards including for best choreography. Phylicia Rashad won for best featured actress in a play for “Skeleton Crew,” Dominique Morisseau's play about blue-collar job insecurity set in a Detroit auto stamping plant. “It's wonderful to present humanity in all it's fullness,” she said.
Having been freed of handling the technical awards, the main telecast had a less frantic, more airy feel. DeBose was an assured, funny and versatile host, one who roamed the seats, sat in Andrew Garfield's lap, danced with Sam Rockwell and prompted Laurence Fishburne to do a Daffy Duck imitation. The first award of the night - for best score - went to “Six: The Musical,” with music and lyrics by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. Marlow became the first out nonbinary composer-lyricist to win a Tony. “Six: The Musical” also picked up the award for best costumes for a musical.
The telecast had performances from this year's Tony Award-nominated musicals, including “A Strange Loop,” “Company,” “Girl from the North Country,” “MJ,” “Mr. Saturday Night,” “Music Man,” “Paradise Square” and “Six.” The original cast members of the 2007 Tony-winning musical “Spring Awakening” reunited for a performance.
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