The "La La Land" curse is over for songwriter Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Hansen eventually gains the family's acceptance until the truth is discovered.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Rachel Bloom helped Spacey out with commercial lead-ins and fun zingers-after one performance, she said she was "approaching orgasm".
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL Santo Loquasto for Hello, Dolly! "I want to get the hell out of here before Bette Midler thanks anyone else". When the orchestra tried to play her off, she didn't just speak over it - she shot back merrily: "Shut that crap off!"
The producers made an attempt to cut her lengthy speech off by drowning her out with music.
"Mr. Miranda it is an honor and a privilege to shake the hand of the man who created Hamilton, the musical that does our nation proud", Spacey, who hosted the Tonys, said as President Frank Underwood.
Oslo, a whip-smart and unexpectedly riveting drama illuminating the largely unknown backstory behind the 1993 Middle East peace accords, won the award for Best Play in a competitive year. (In a new touch, all four playwrights personally introduced their work). Andy Blankenbuehler won his second choreography Tony in as many years - last year for "Hamilton" and this time for "Bandstand".
"Indecent" is the first Best Play nominee to win Best Director (Rebecca Taichman) without winning the top award since "Metamorphoses" in 2002 while "Come From Away" is the first Best Musical nominee to do likewise (Christopher Ashley) since "Urinetown" in 2002.
Mastiff named Martha wins World's Ugliest Dog Contest
Monkey, a 6-year-old Brussels Griffon, and Icky, an 8-year-old unknown breed, were both saved from the homes of hoarders. The annual event celebrates the unique features that make some dogs "so ugly that they're actually cute".
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.
THANKS, NANA-Jones, who won for her complex portrayal of a mom of a troubled teen in "Dear Evan Hansen", gave a shout-out to her grandmother.
Alex Lacamoire poses in the press room with the award for best orchestrations for "Dear Evan Hansen" at the 71st annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2017, in NY.
She got more political afterward, in statements to the media.
Manhattan Theater Club had a great night: its winter production of August Wilson's Jitney was named best revival of a play, while Cynthia Nixon, star of its current revival of The Little Foxes, won the award for featured actress in a play.
Noting one of its lines about people who "eat the Earth" and others who "watch them do it", Nixon praised present-day activists as "the people who in 2017 are refusing to just stand around and watch them do it".
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