Cyndi Lauper |
Christopher Durang's comical "Vanya and Sonia and Masha
and Spike" won the best play Tony. "Matilda the Musical" won
four awards and three other shows -- "Pippin," "Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?" and "The Nance" -- shared three awards each.
According to Fox News, Lauper, who wrote the hit "Girls Just Want to Have
Fun," was part of an impressive group of women who took top honors. Diane
Paulus and Pam MacKinnon both won for directing -- a rare time women have won
directing Tonys for both a musical and a play in the same year. (It also
happened most recently at the 1998 Tonys.)
"Kinky Boots" also won for choreography and two
technical awards, and Billy Porter won for leading man in a musical.
Porter beat "Kinky Boots" co-star Stark Sands and
told him from the stage: "You are my rock, my sword, my shield. Your grace
gives me presence. I share this award with you. I'm gonna keep it at my house!
But I share it with you."
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