The Oscar victor, who scored his first Tony Award back in 1991, kicked off the show with an original number inspired by tracks from the Best Musical nominees Dear Evan Hansen, Groundhog Day, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, and Come From Away, while he also donned a dress and turban to portray Sunset Boulevard's lead character, Norma Desmond.
Michael Aronov, a fellow New World graduate, won the Tony Award for best featured actor in a play for his portrayal of a tough, cocky negotiator in "Oslo", which won for best new play.
The Dear Evan Hansen star took home the coveted award for best actor in a musical on Sunday at the Tony Awards - and his family couldn't have been more excited. Midler's co-star Gavin Creel won the Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, as well.
A Doll's House, Part 2 star Laurie Metcalf won her first Tony Award for best performance by an actress in a play.
The show also lost out on the best lighting design of a musical award to Bradley King of "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812".
She accepted the award for "Best Musical" on behalf of the cast and crew of "Dear Evan Hansen" at Radio City Music Hall Sunday night.
A number of stars took thinly veiled jabs at the Trump administration during the Tony Awards June 11. In fact, the production went home with an astonishing six Tony awards and was nominated for nine.
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What we really, really weren't expecting: host Kevin Spacey singing and dancing through the first ten minutes of the ceremony.
Another production that was celebrated last night was the revival of Hello Dolly! which starred the phenomenal actress, Bette Midler. They have a host of other projects underway so you can expect to see (and hear) a lot more of them.
In all the pandemonium tonight I neglected to thank the brilliant ensemble of "Hello Dolly", whom I adore", the singer tweeted after the show, adding: "Please forgive me kids!
However, the real scene stealer of the evening was, unsurprisingly, Bette Midler.
With her Tony win, Midler is only an Oscar win away from joining the coveted group of 12 entertainers to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony, otherwise known as an EGOT.
This year's TV audience marked a more than 30 per cent drop from 2016's television audience of 8.7 million viewers - a 15-year high for the annual awards show celebrating the best of American theatre.
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