Photo Flash: Highlights from the 70th Annual TONY AWARDS - Part III
By: Caryn Robbins Jun. 13, 2016
THE 70TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS aired live from the Beacon Theatre last night on the CBSTelevision Network. Presenters include Barbra Streisand, Uzo Aduba, Claire Danes, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Hayes, James Earl Jones, Daniel Dae Kim, Diane Lane, Angela Lansbury, Lucy Liu, Marlee Matlin, Andrew Rannells, Cate Blanchett,Carole King, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Patina Miller, Saoirse Ronan, Oprah Winfrey andBlair Underwood. Below, check out photo highlights from last night's ceremony!
Tony Award winner James Corden, host of THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN, hosed the awards show for the first time. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the TONY Awards, which were first held on April 6, 1947, to honor theater professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway. The ceremony is presented by Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, which founded the Tonys.
Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment return as executive producers. Weiss will also serve as director for the 17th consecutive year.
Photo Credit: John Paul Filo/CBS
Paul Tazewell winner of Best Costume Design of a Musical for Hamilton
Sheldon Harnick recipient of Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater
David Zinn winner of Best Scenic Design of a Play for The Humans
Marshall W. Mason recipient of Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater
David Rockwell winner of Best Scenic Design of a Musical for She Loves Me
Clint Ramos winner of Best Costume Design of a Play for Eclipsed
Natasha Katz winner of Best Lighting Design of a Play for Long Day's Journey Into Night
Nikki M. James and Christian Borle
Brian Stokes Mitchell, recipient of the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
The Regional Theater Tony Award was presented to The Paper Mill Playhouse of Millburn, New Jersey
TONY AWARDS Opening Number
James Corden and the cast of HAMILTON
James Corden and the cast of HAMILTON
Jayne Houdyshell winner of Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for The Humans
TONY AWARDS Opening Number
Alex Brightman & the cast of SCHOOL OF ROCK
Alex Brightman & the cast of SCHOOL OF ROCK
Alex Brightman & the cast of SCHOOL OF ROCK
Renée Elise Goldsberry winner of Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for Hamilton
The cast of SHUFFLE ALONG
The cast of SHUFFLE ALONG
The cast of SHUFFLE ALONG
The cast of SHUFFLE ALONG
The cast of SHUFFLE ALONG
Daveed Diggs winner of Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for Hamilton
Thomas Kall winner of Best Direction of a Musical for Hamilton
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Lucy Liu
Daniel Dae Kim and Patina Miller
Lin-Manuel Miranda winner of Best Original Score Written for the Theater for Hamilton
Ivo Van Hove winner of Best Direction of a Play for Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge
The cast of SHE LOVES ME - Jane Krakowski and Gavin Creel
The cast of SHE LOVES ME - Laura Benanti
The cast of SHE LOVES ME - Zachary Levi
The cast of SHE LOVES ME - Jane Krakowski and Gavin Creel
The cast of SHE LOVES ME - Zachary Levi
Meg Ryan
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