'Hell's Kitchen'
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Hell's Kitchen It is the first nominated musical to be performed at the 2024 Tony Awards and features Alicia Keys and Jay-Z reteaming to perform their hit “Empire State of Mind.”
But despite being nominated for 13 Tony Awards in 2024, the semi-autobiographical show, which Keys helped write and arrange and also served as producer, missed out on the top prize for Best Musical and only won two awards.
Hell's Kitchen It was tied Stereophonic Seen as the production with the most nominations this year, the play won five awards on Sunday night, including best play. Hell's Kitchen The show won two awards: Best Actress in a Musical (Maria Joy Moon) and Best Supporting Actress (Keshia Lewis).
The band has been nominated 12 times for Best Music Award. Outsider.
But perhaps the biggest insult of the night was the sublime direction. Musical Loss Merrily We Roll Along Maria Friedman was the front-runner, credited with turning the 1981 flop into a hit, but as a symbol of best musical, the award was Outsider'Dana Taymor' has been praised for her filmography, especially for its cinematic fight scenes.
Several other candidates who had multiple nominations were defeated. Water for elephantswas nominated for seven awards, including Best Musical, and received four nominations. Mother Play, Mary Jane and There is love here.
The latter, by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, which transformed a Broadway theater to include a disco dance floor that allowed audience members to get up and move around during the show, was predicted by many to win the stage design award, but fell short in the immersive theater makeover. Cabaret at the Kit Kat ClubThe theater was remodeled to seat the audience in a circle, with bars on several levels and a pre-show area reminiscent of the Kit Kat Club. There is love here It may have been far removed from Tony Award voters' minds since it wrapped up in November, but cabaret Still running.
Still, the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design was Act I During the pre-show, the nine-time nominee cabaret.
A player who was nominated five times only managed to win one award. Illinois 6 nominations Parley Victory and Enemy of the people.
In the category of Best Leading Actor in a Play, Enemy of the PeopleJeremy Strong of may have surprised some pundits by beating Leslie Odom Jr., who was expected to win a close race.
Another surprise was Will Brill.Stereophonic) won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play. Some audience members may have been surprised to see Jessica Lange lose to Sarah Paulson for Best Actress in a Play, though the two actresses were closely matched for the award.
Kaitlyn Houston contributed to this report.
