The Best and Worst of the Tony Awards 2018
A look at the most memorable moments from this year’s ceremony celebrating Broadway.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Review: Hope and Restraint at the Tonys. Then Came Robert De Niro.
The broadcast didn’t ignore the national unrest, but the show’s overall tone was ingratiating and its words restrained. Mr. De Niro changed that.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Robert De Niro Uses Profanity to Condemn Trump at Tony Awards
The national television audience might not have heard it, but Mr. De Niro definitely said it.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Parkland Students Give Surprise Tonys Performance After Teacher Gets Award
At Radio City Music Hall, Melody Herzfeld said that receiving the excellence in theater education prize was a “defining moment” in her life.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Tony Awards 2018: ‘The Band’s Visit’ and ‘Harry Potter’ Prevail
“The Band’s Visit” won 10 awards, including best musical, and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” won best play. Students from Parkland, Fla., gave a surprise performance.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times 2018 Tony Awards: The Winners
These are the winners of the 72nd annual Tony Awards.
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CreditJamie Mccarthy/Getty Images The 2018 Tonys Red Carpet
The stars of stage and, well, other stages, make a big fabulous entrance at the 2018 Tony Awards.
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Credit ‘Harry Potter’ Star Anthony Boyle, in 7 Instagram Posts
The Tony-nominated “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” actor traces his path from drama school to Broadway. (Silly photos included.)
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CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times The Great Work Continues: The 25 Best American Plays Since ‘Angels in America’
It has been 25 years since “Angels in America” redefined what a play could be. With the epic masterwork on Broadway once more, New York Times theater critics took the opportunity to rank the best American plays of the last quarter-century.
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Credit Andrew Garfield, Laurie Metcalf and Andrew Rannells at Tony After-Parties
Winner and losers keep the party going, on Broadway’s biggest night.
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Credit With Tony for ‘The Band’s Visit,’ Ari’el Stachel Embraces His Roots
Mr. Stachel, who said he once concealed his Middle Eastern background, thanked the musical’s creators for telling a “story about Arabs and Israelis getting along.”
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Credit Andrew Garfield at the Tonys: ‘Let’s Just Bake a Cake for Everyone!’
After winning a Tony for “Angels in America,” Andrew Garfield spoke about the recent Supreme Court decision in favor of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.
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Credit Tonys Red Carpet: What Music Gets You Ready for the Stage?
At this year’s Tony Awards red carpet, we asked current and former nominees what they listen to before shows. Here’s what they said.
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Ben Brantley and Jesse Green, the chief theater critics for The New York Times, along with Lorne Manly, an arts editor, discussed the 2018 Tony Awards. Read their analysis.
