Get the latest gossip
The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 Tony Awards
Ariana DeBose’s third year hosting saw tears, rain indoors, but sadly no onstage elephants.
When Alicia Keys said she “had to do something crazy” midway through Hell’s Kitchen ’s performance, we didn’t think it was going to be Jay-Z appearing somewhere on a random Lincoln Center staircase in what may or may not have been a pretaped video. It would’ve been cool for the play, which features some of the best fake 1970s rock songs to ever grace our eardrums, to be recognized for being such a tremendous sonic powder keg. In addition to winning the big prize this year, it also probably came off best of all the musical segments on the show: dramatic lighting and swooping close-ups during “Tulsa ’67” and “Grease Got a Hold.” They even hauled all the rainmaking gear over to the Koch Theater, and stagehands scrambled to mop up during the subsequent commercial break.
Or read this on VULTURE