Tony Awards winners: Jennifer Hudson achieves EGOT status and Toby Marlow makes history
This year’s Tony Awards was the 75th edition of the annual event and take place in New York City on Sunday
Jennifer Hudson attends the 75th Annual Tony Awards
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Actress Jennifer Hudson has achieved the coveted EGOT status after bagging a Tony Award in New York on Sunday.
The star served as a producer for A Strange Loop, which achieved the gong for Best Musical at the 75th edition of the annual ceremony.
It means she has now been recognised by all four major entertainment awards; an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony.
The prestigious status had previously only been awarded to 16 people, including the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Andrew Lloyd Webber and John Legend.
Elsewhere at the Tony Awards, Toby Marlow made history by becoming the first non-binary Tony-winner.
The creator of the historical comedy musical, Six, won best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre, alongside co-creator Lucy Moss.
The creation showcases a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII and is presented in a pop concert setting.
It received eight Tony nominations in total, including best new musical, best original score, best direction of a musical, best costume design of a musical, best lighting design of a musical, best sound design of a musical, best choreography and best orchestrations.
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
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There was also disappointed during the memoriam segment of the show with John Stamos admitting he wasn’t impressed to learn that late comedian Bob Saget had been left out.
The US actor said the Broadway community “loved” Bob and had urged the organisation to include him in the remembrance section of the show.
The full list of winners from this year’s awards is as follows:
Best musical – A Strange Loop Best leading actress in a musical – Joaquina Kalukango (Paradise Square)
Best leading actor in a musical – Myles Frost (MJ) Best leading actress in a play – Deirdre O’Connell (Dana H) Best leading actor in a play – Simon Russell Beale (The Lehman Trilogy) Best play – The Lehman Trilogy Best book of a musical – Michael R Jackson (A Strange Loop) Best revival of a musical – Company Best revival of a play – Take Me Out Featured actor in a play – Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Take Me Out) Featured actress in a play – Phylicia Rashad (Skeleton Crew) Featured actress in a musical – Patti LuPone (Company)
The Cast of The Lehman Trilogy at Tony Awards
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Featured actor in a musical – Matt Doyle (Company) Best direction of a play – Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) Best direction of a musical – Marianne Elliott (Company) Best score – Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (Six: The Musical) Choreography – Christopher Wheeldon (MJ) Costume Design – Montana Levi Blanco (The Skin of Our Teeth) Costume design in a Musical – Gabriella Slade (Six: The Musical)
Jennifer Hudson at this year’s Tony Awards
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Scenic design in a play – Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy)
Scenic design in a musical – Bunny Christie (Company) Lighting design in a play – Jon Clark (The Lehman Trilogy) Lighting design in a musical – Natasha Katz (MJ) Sound design in a play – Mikhail Fiksel (Dana H) Sound design in a musical – Gareth Owen (MJ) Best orchestrations – Simon Hale (Girl from the North Country)
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