Kecia Lewis accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical for “Hell’s Kitchen” during the 77th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16, 2024, in New York. Nick Jonas, far left, and Adrienne Warren, far right, present the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical to Maleah Joi Moon for “Hell’s Kitchen” during the 77th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16, 2024, in New York.
As always, the Tonys crowned both veterans and newcomers , and had the added factor of making history for women: Female directors accounted for seven of 10 directing nods, including four of five best musical nominees. Danya Taymor won for directing “The Outsiders,” the second woman in her family to do so after her aunt, “Lion King” director Julie Taymor.by David Adjmi, about a rock band trying to make a hit album and stay together, was crowned best play as expected.
The audience at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, a new venue for the Tonys, came to its feet with the first musical excerpt of the night, from “Hell’s Kitchen” — a jolt of joyous high energy. A medley of songs introduced the show’s stars — including Lewis, singing with young sensation Moon — before a piano rolled onstage with Keys herself, singing her and Jay-Z’s 2009 smash “Empire State of Mind,” and trading lines with Moon.
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