Video: Lorne Michaels Celebrates Tony Win- 'Broadway Has Always Been a Part of My Life'
Schmigadoon! won four Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
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Earlier tonight at the 79th Annual Tony Awards, Schmigadoon! took home a Tony Award for Best Musical. After the team left the stage at Radio City Music Hall, lead producer Lorne Michaels checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction!
"I think there are not that many people who can write comedy and write it in an original way. And [Cinco] was just... everything seemed both from a time but also very much now," he explained. "And that's hard to do because it's not really sentimental in it. The musicals that he's dealing with are generally sentimental, but he's kind of unsparing in lots of things. There's so many laughs and great performance moments. The music is great. It's hopeful."
The production was nominated for an impressive 12 awards this year, and earned two for writer Cinco Paul's book, music, and lyrics.
Schmigadoon! stars Alex Brightman and Sara Chase as Josh Skinner and Melissa Gimble, a couple who accidentally wanders into Schmigadoon – the magical town where every day is a musical. Everybody has a song for everything, the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye, and the only bridge out of town leads nowhere. Melissa and Josh soon discover the only way to escape is by finding true love—which may or may not be with each other.
The musical also stars Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer as Mildred Layton, Ann Harada reprising her role of Florence Menlove, Tony Award-nominee Brad Oscar as Mayor Menlove, Isabelle McCalla as Emma Tate, Ivan Hernandez as Doc, Maulik Pancholy as The Reverend, Max Clayton as Danny Bailey, McKenzie Kurtz as Betsy and Ayaan Diop as Carson.
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