Ragtime music and Cats: Jellicle Ball They competed in the 2026 Tonys, resulting in some unexpected wins and rejections.
The concerts entered Sunday night’s awards show with 11 and nine nominations respectively, ending the night with Ragtime music In a slight lead of four tony to Cats: Jellicle BallThe three prizes.
Ragtime music It triumphed in the Best Musical Revival category, arguably the closest race of the night. However, Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, who directed Cats: Jellicle Ballwon the award for Best Direction of a Musical Ragtime music Director Lear Debisonnet, victorious in a close race.
last Cats The surprising and shocking win came for the featured actor in a music race. Theater legend Andre de Shields was seen as having the advantage in this category for his role in Ancient Deuteronomy, a literally stunning performance, but instead it was Ali Louis Borzge who was the surprise winner for his role. Lost Boys“A charismatic vampire leader.
Borzgui gave a powerful speech in which he spoke out against fascists and billionaires and in support of Arab and Palestinian artists.
Another notable surprise and disdain came in the featured actor in a play category such as Becky, what?Alden Ehrenreich of Team Death of a salesmanChristopher Abbott is in another close race. Death of a salesman He also suffered a rare defeat in the Lead Actor in a Play category, when star Nathan Lane lost to… giantJohn Lithgow, although Lithgow was widely seen as a winner, especially after winning an Olivier Award for the same role last year. However, Lin led a strong campaign and his performance was praised.
A number of shows that ran into the night with multiple Tony Award nominations closed out completely: a nine-time nominee The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien,filtered eight times Two strangers (carrying a cake across New York) And nominated four times Titanic.
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