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Tony Awards winners “The Outsiders,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” and “Stereophonic”

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Tony Awards winners “The Outsiders,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” and “Stereophonic”

NEW YORK, The highly anticipated Tony Award for best musical went to “The Outsiders,” a musical based on S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age novel, on Sunday. Other winners included a well-received revival of a Stephen Sondheim classic and a story about a 1970s rock band.

For the third consecutive year, Tony-nominated and Oscar-winning actress Ariana DeBose hosted the inaugural ceremony at Lincoln Centre in New York City. In addition to choreographing the seductive song-and-dance routine that started the programme, DeBose is producing this year.

Danya Taymor defeated Maria Friedman, the favourite actor from “Merrily We Roll Along,” to win the director’s chair for a musical version of “The Outsiders.”

The season’s top story has been “Merrily We Roll Along,” the best revival of a musical award winner that has delighted both critics and audiences with a reimagining of Sondheim’s most well-known flop. The original Broadway run of the show ended after 52 previews and 16 performances in 1981.

The Tony Awards went to “Stereophonic” for best play and Daniel Aukin for best directing. With original music written by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire, and set in the 1970s, David Adjmi’s drama about a rock band recording an album broke the record for most Tony Award nominations ever for a play.

The play “Appropriate,” written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, won best revival of a play. It tells the tale of three adult siblings who, following their father’s death, reunite at their family home only to learn disturbing family secrets.

Maleah Joi Moon won best lead actress in a musical for her performance in “Hell’s Kitchen,” while Jonathan Groff won best lead actor in a musical for “Merrily We Roll Along.”

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With an all-female cast, Shaina Taub’s musical “Suffs,” which tells the tale of the suffragette struggle, received best score and best book of a musical.

Best lead actor in a play went to “Succession” actor Jeremy Strong for his performance in Henrik Ibsen’s play “Enemy of the People,” while best featured actor in a musical went to Daniel Radcliffe—well known for his lead in the Harry Potter film series—for “Merrily We Roll Along.”

Best featured actor in a play went to Will Brill, who defeated two other performers in his production of “Stereophonic,” while Sarah Paulson received best lead actress in a play for “Appropriate.”

Kecia Lewis, who debuted on Broadway forty years ago in “Dreamgirls,” received her first nomination this season. Her performance as the mentor who plays the piano in “Hell’s Kitchen” earned her the best featured actress prize in a musical.

Best featured actress in a play, Kara Young, who is the first Black actor, male or female, to receive three consecutive Tony nominations, took up the prize for her performance in “Purlie Victorious.”

For the dance musical “Illinoise,” which used Sufjan Stevens’ 2005 concept album “Illinois,” Justin Peck was awarded the Tony Award for outstanding choreography.

Dancers honoured Broadway icon Chita Rivera, who passed away in January at the age of 91, including DeBose, who reprised her Oscar-winning performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s cinematic adaptation of “West Side Story.”

The majority of the Tony Awards were given out in technical categories during a pre-show event that was aired on Pluto TV, a free channel, and was hosted by actors Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar.

The pre-show featured the Isabelle Stevenson Award, given to Billy Porter in recognition of his work as an activist and spokesman for the LGBTQ communities, and the best regional theatre award, given to Philadelphia’s Wilma Theatre.

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For their career achievements in theatre, writer, director, and producer George C. Wolfe and director Jack O’Brien were each awarded the 2024 Special Tony Award.

Additionally, Alex Edelman for his solo production “Just For Us,” Abe Jacob for his sound design, and Nikiya Mathis for her wig design in “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” were given Special Tony Awards.

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According to the lawsuit, Blake Lively “ostracised” Justin Baldoni’s family and publicly “humiliated” him at the film’s premiere.

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According to the lawsuit, Blake Lively “ostracised” Justin Baldoni’s family and publicly “humiliated” him at the film’s premiere.

Justin Baldoni has filed a counter lawsuit against Blake Lively, accusing her of trying to ban him from the movie premiere and undermining his role.
In a counter lawsuit, Justin Baldoni has accused Blake Lively of attempting to ban him and his Wayfarer Studios team from attending the movie’s premiere. The $250 million lawsuit, filed against The New York Times, claims that Lively tried to undermine Baldoni’s role as director, executive producer, and star of the project. This legal battle escalated as Baldoni began the New Year by targeting Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, accusing the Hollywood power couple of orchestrating a campaign against him.

Baldoni claims Lively ‘tried’ to get him ‘banned’

According to court documents, Baldoni alleges that only after significant pressure did Lively reluctantly allow his attendance, but under degrading conditions, including being segregated from the main cast and excluded from the after-party. “Further undermining Baldoni’s role, Lively initially refused to permit his attendance at the Film’s premiere,” the lawsuit states according to US Weekly.

“Only after significant pressure did she reluctantly agree to allow Baldoni and the Wayfarer team to attend, but under humiliating conditions. The Wayfarer team and their families, including Baldoni and [producer Jamey] Heath, were segregated from the main cast, barred from the exclusive after-party, and forced to organise their own event at additional cost.”

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Baldoni accuses Blake Lively of ‘bullying’ tactics

Justin Baldoni claims that Blake Lively deliberately ostracised him and his family during the premiere of It Ends With Us. According to the legal documents, Baldoni’s red carpet time was cut short, and he and his loved ones were confined to a basement holding area before being separated from the main event. The suit continues. “Not only had Lively stolen the Film, but she also robbed Baldoni and his team of any genuine opportunity to celebrate their hard work.”

The It Ends With Us director has included Ryan Reynolds in his lawsuit, alleging that the actor’s actions, along with Lively’s, were intended to sabotage his career. Baldoni claims Reynolds engaged in aggressive behavior towards him, accusing him of “fat-shaming” Lively. Furthermore, Baldoni alleges that Reynolds influenced his former agency, WME (which also represents Lively and Reynolds), to drop him as a client.

The agency dropped Baldoni hours after Lively filed an official lawsuit against her movie co-star accusing him of a range of offenses including ‘creating a hostile work environment,’ ‘sexual harassment’ and ‘launching a smear campaign’ against her. In response the agency clarified, “In Baldoni’s filing there is a claim that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent at the ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ premiere. This is not true,” the agency said.

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