NEW YORK — “The Band’s Visit” won big at the recently concluded Tony Award 2018 as they bagged 10 awards including “Best Musical” while “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two” received six awards including “Best Play.”
The musical composed by David Yazbek with book by Itamar Moses bested “Frozen,” “Mean Girls” and “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical” while the two-part stage play written by Jack Thorne based on an original new story by Thorne, J. K. Rowling and John Tiffany defeated “The Children,” “Farinelli and The King, “Junk” and “Latin History for Morons.”
Besides Best Musical, “The Band’s Visit” also received nine awards including Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical by Tony Shalhoub, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical by Katrina Lenk, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical by Ari’el Stachel, Best Lighting Design of a Musical by Tyler Micoleau, Best Sound Design of a Musical by Kai Harada, Best Direction of a Musical by David Cromer and Best Orchestrations by Jamshied Sharifi.
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two” also received Best Scenic Design of a Play by Christine Jones, Best Costume Design of a Play by Katrina Lindsay, Best Lighting Design of a Play by Neil Austin, Best Sound Design of a Play by Gareth Fry and Best Direction of a Play by John Tiffany.
Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre was awarded to Chita Rivera and Andrew Lloyd Webber while the Special Tony Awards was given to John Leguizamo and Bruce Springsteen.
Other winners include:
Best Revival of a Play: “Angels in America”
Best Revival of a Musical: “Once On This Island”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Andrew Garfield, “Angels in America”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Glenda Jackson, “Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play” Nathan Lane, “Angels in America”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Laurie Metcalf, “Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Lindsay Mendez, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: David Zinn, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Catherine Zuber, “My Fair Lady”
Best Choreography: Justin Peck, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
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