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| Tony awards 2014: Cranston scoops best actor in Broadway debut | Tony awards 2014: Cranston scoops best actor in Broadway debut |
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| Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston continued his stellar streak by winning a best actor trophy for his Broadway debut. | Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston continued his stellar streak by winning a best actor trophy for his Broadway debut. |
| Cranston, a multiple Emmy winner for his role as chemistry teacher-turned-meth kingpin Walter White, won the best lead actor in a play for his portrayal of former president Lyndon Johnson in All the Way. The work by Robert Schenkkan was also crowned best play. | |
| Audra McDonald became Broadway's most decorated actress with her sixth gong for portraying Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, putting her ahead of five-time winners Angela Lansbury and the late Julie Harris for the most competitive wins by an actress. Among those she thanked were her parents for not medicating their hyperactive child. | Audra McDonald became Broadway's most decorated actress with her sixth gong for portraying Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, putting her ahead of five-time winners Angela Lansbury and the late Julie Harris for the most competitive wins by an actress. Among those she thanked were her parents for not medicating their hyperactive child. |
| British actor Mark Rylance won his third Tony for playing the countess Olivia in an all-male version of Twelfth Night. Rylance, who previously won for Jerusalem and Boeing-Boeing, was also nominated for best lead actor honors for his title character in Richard III. | British actor Mark Rylance won his third Tony for playing the countess Olivia in an all-male version of Twelfth Night. Rylance, who previously won for Jerusalem and Boeing-Boeing, was also nominated for best lead actor honors for his title character in Richard III. |
| Continuing a good night for British stars, Sophie Okonedo won for best featured actress in Kenny Leon's revival of A Raisin in the Sun, in which she plays opposite Denzel Washington. | Continuing a good night for British stars, Sophie Okonedo won for best featured actress in Kenny Leon's revival of A Raisin in the Sun, in which she plays opposite Denzel Washington. |
| "I am loving it on Broadway," she said. She thanked producer Scott Rudin for believing that a "Jewish, Nigerian Brit" could play the iconic role of Ruth Younger. The show also won best play revival. | "I am loving it on Broadway," she said. She thanked producer Scott Rudin for believing that a "Jewish, Nigerian Brit" could play the iconic role of Ruth Younger. The show also won best play revival. |
| Australian actor Hugh Jackman hosted the show, kicking off with a bounce, hopping up and down like a kangaroo during his opening number Sunday. Big, high-kicking musical numbers from After Midnight, 'Aladdin, Rocky and Hedwig and the Angry Inch kept the energy level up but no clear overall winning show had yet emerged. | Australian actor Hugh Jackman hosted the show, kicking off with a bounce, hopping up and down like a kangaroo during his opening number Sunday. Big, high-kicking musical numbers from After Midnight, 'Aladdin, Rocky and Hedwig and the Angry Inch kept the energy level up but no clear overall winning show had yet emerged. |
| The bearded Jackman, back as host after a nine-year absence, greeted many of the night's featured performers as he cheerfully bounded past them backstage. He then joined the cast of the musical After Midnight for a rousing rendition of It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got that Swing).The best featured actress in a musical Tony went to Lena Hall in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, playing a woman who dresses as a man and plays Neil Patrick Harris' boyfriend. Hall wished her dad a happy birthday and gave a shout-out to her soon-to-be-born niece. "Friendship is magic," she said. | The bearded Jackman, back as host after a nine-year absence, greeted many of the night's featured performers as he cheerfully bounded past them backstage. He then joined the cast of the musical After Midnight for a rousing rendition of It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got that Swing).The best featured actress in a musical Tony went to Lena Hall in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, playing a woman who dresses as a man and plays Neil Patrick Harris' boyfriend. Hall wished her dad a happy birthday and gave a shout-out to her soon-to-be-born niece. "Friendship is magic," she said. |
| Neil Patrick Harris performed a song from Hedwig, looking unrecognisable in a miniskirt and blond feathered wig. He gave an audience member a lap dance and took Samuel L Jackson's glasses away and licked them. | Neil Patrick Harris performed a song from Hedwig, looking unrecognisable in a miniskirt and blond feathered wig. He gave an audience member a lap dance and took Samuel L Jackson's glasses away and licked them. |
| Darko Tresnjak won for directing the musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder and thanked his mother, a skydiver during World War II now too frail to be there. | Darko Tresnjak won for directing the musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder and thanked his mother, a skydiver during World War II now too frail to be there. |
| The musical also won for best book of a musical and costumes for a musical. Away from the cameras, the now-closed musical The Bridges of Madison County won for best score and best orchestration. | The musical also won for best book of a musical and costumes for a musical. Away from the cameras, the now-closed musical The Bridges of Madison County won for best score and best orchestration. |
| James Monroe Iglehart, who plays the manic Genie in Aladdin, won for best featured actor in a musical and could barely contain his glee as he thanked a long list of people that included God and his wife. | James Monroe Iglehart, who plays the manic Genie in Aladdin, won for best featured actor in a musical and could barely contain his glee as he thanked a long list of people that included God and his wife. |
| This year, Broadway producers have a reason to party. The season's box offices hit a record total gross of $1.27bn up from $1.13bn the previous season and attendance was up 5.6% to 12.2 million. | |
| • This article was corrected on 8 June 2014 to restore a "president" in the second paragraph, which was lost in the editing process. |