Mesmo em um ano atípico, não poderíamos deixar de celebrar o teatro musical com a sua premiação mais importante: o Tony Awards. É claro que por conta da pandemia e o fechamento dos teatros desde março deste ano criaram um cenário não favorável para o evento, tendo a cerimônia adiada, que estava prevista inicialmente para junho deste ano, e com apenas quatro espetáculos musicais elegíveis, mas como Moulin Rouge (ou talvez Queen) já dizia: o show deve continuar!
Entre os musicais originais, tivemos como elegíveis apenas a versão de palco de 'Moulin Rouge', o musical biográfico de Tina Turner, chamado de 'Tina', 'Jagged Little Pill', com músicas de Alanis Morissette e a adaptação musical de Percy Jackson 'The Lightning Thief', que mesmo sendo favorecido por esse cenário, não levou nenhuma indicação. Já entre os revivals de musicais, nenhum espetáculo foi elegível, tendo todas suas categorias cortadas dessa edição.
Outra peculiaridade dessa edição foi a categoria de Melhor Ator em um Musical, na qual só tinham elegíveis Aaron Tveit, Christian de 'Moulin Rouge', e Chris McCarrell, que interpretou o papel título de 'Percy Jackson', massacrado pela mídia. Nessa situação, Tveit foi o único indicado ao Tony de Melhor Ator.
Confira a lista completa de indicados:
Best Play
Grand Horizons Author: Bess Wohl Producers: Second Stage Theater, Carole Rothman, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Mandy Greenfield The Inheritance Author: Matthew López Sea Wall/A Life Author: Simon Stephens & Nick Payne Slave Play Author: Jeremy O. Harris The Sound Inside Author: Adam Rapp
Best Musical
Jagged Little Pill Moulin Rouge! The Musical Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Revival of a Play
Betrayal Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Author: Terrence McNally A Soldier’s Play Author: Charles Fuller
Best Book of a Musical
Jagged Little Pill Diablo Cody Moulin Rouge! The Musical John Logan Tina – The Tina Turner Musical Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
A Christmas Carol Music: Christopher Nightingale The Inheritance Music: Paul Englishby The Rose Tattoo Music: Fitz Patton and Jason Michael Webb Slave Play Music: Lindsay Jones The Sound Inside Music: Daniel Kluger
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Ian Barford, Linda Vista Andrew Burnap, The Inheritance Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall/A Life Tom Hiddleston, Betrayal Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life Blair Underwood, A Soldier’s Play
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Joaquina Kalukango, Slave Play Laura Linney, My Name is Lucy Barton Audra McDonald, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Mary-Louise Parker, The Sound Inside
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Aaron Tveit, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Karen Olivo, Moulin Rouge! The Musical Elizabeth Stanley, Jagged Little Pill Adrienne Warren, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play James Cusati-Moyer, Slave Play David Alan Grier, A Soldier’s Play John Benjamin Hickey, The Inheritance Paul Hilton, The Inheritance
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Jane Alexander, Grand Horizons Chalia La Tour, Slave Play Annie McNamara, Slave Play Lois Smith, The Inheritance Cora Vander Broek, Linda Vista
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein, Moulin Rouge! The Musical Derek Klena, Jagged Little Pill Sean Allan Krill, Jagged Little Pill Sahr Ngaujah, Moulin Rouge! The Musical Daniel J. Watts, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Kathryn Gallagher, Jagged Little Pill Celia Rose Gooding, Jagged Little Pill Robyn Hurder, Moulin Rouge! The Musical Lauren Patten, Jagged Little Pill Myra Lucretia Taylor, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bob Crowley, The Inheritance Soutra Gilmour, Betrayal Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol Derek McLane, A Soldier’s Play Clint Ramos, Slave Play
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Riccardo Hernández and Lucy Mackinnon, Jagged Little Pill Derek McLane, Moulin Rouge! The Musical Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Costume Design of a Play
Dede Ayite, Slave Play Dede Ayite, A Soldier’s Play Bob Crowley, The Inheritance Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol Clint Ramos, The Rose Tattoo
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Emily Rebholz, Jagged Little Pill Mark Thompson, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Jiyoun Chang, Slave Play Jon Clark, The Inheritance Heather Gilbert, The Sound Inside Allen Lee Hughes, A Soldier’s Play Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Bruno Poet, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical Justin Townsend, Jagged Little Pill Justin Townsend, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti & Christopher Reid, The Inheritance Simon Baker, A Christmas Carol Lindsay Jones, Slave Play Daniel Kluger, Sea Wall/A Life Daniel Kluger, The Sound Inside
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Jonathan Deans, Jagged Little Pill Peter Hylenski, Moulin Rouge! The Musical Nevin Steinberg, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Direction of a Play
David Cromer, The Sound Inside Stephen Daldry, The Inheritance Kenny Leon, A Soldier’s Play Jamie Lloyd, Betrayal Robert O’Hara, Slave Play
Best Direction of a Musical
Phyllida Lloyd, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical Diane Paulus, Jagged Little Pill Alex Timbers, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best Choreography
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jagged Little Pill Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge! The Musical Anthony Van Laast, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Orchestrations
Tom Kitt, Jagged Little Pill Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stine and Justin Levine, Moulin Rouge! The Musical Ethan Popp, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical