Tony Awards Win For Kinky Boots

Tony Awards Win For Kinky Boots

The Tony Awards saw “Kinky Boots’ winning six awards in New York recently. The musical adaptation of the 2005 comedy movie from Britain won the best original score, best leading man, and best musical trophies. Cyndi Lauper wrote the original score for the play while Bill Porter was the leading man of the play.

Four awards were also received by Matilda, which also won the best book of a musical trophy. Best direction of a musical and a play were won by Diane Paulus and Pam MacKinnon respectively. “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” of MacKinnon also won the best actor award and best revival of a play.

The best book of a musical award was won by Dennis Kelly while the Gabriel Ebert took home the best actor in a featured role award. The four actresses who played Matilda on the stage were also honored at the Tony Awards for theater excellence. Gregory Doran, the artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, indicated that the company took pride in the awards it won.

He said that it was an honor to be on Broadway and the company wants to give tribute to the US-based cast and crew who worked with them since January. They also want to thank the audience who watched their shows in New York.

The best featured actor in a play award taken home by Courtney B Vance, who play the role of a newspaper editor in “Lucky Guy.”

The Tony Awards was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, who opened the awards with a song and dance routine. He started the number with Harris singing in a pub, based on the musical “Once.” However, it is uncertain if the earnings of Broadway will increase due to the Tony Awards as attendance has gone down from around twelve million during the 2011-2012 season to around 11 million for this season.

Posted by Kade Quinn on Monday June 10 2013, 8:25 AM EST. Ref: BBC. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Entertainment, Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0