Midler wins Tony for best actress
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BETTE Midler won best actress in a musical while an edgy new tale of millennial angst scooped six awards including best musical at Broadway’s equivalent of the Oscars for US theater.
The glitzy revival of “Hello, Dolly!” starring the 71-year-old Midler and the breakout “Dear Evan Hansen,” about wanting to belong and the might of social media, spotlighted different sides to New York’s famed district, which last season grossed a record US$1.45 billion in earnings.
If other award ceremonies have featured a never-ending stream of jokes about President Donald Trump, Sunday’s Tony Awards, hosted by double Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, were more politically restrained.
The gong was Midler’s first Tony in a competitive category and comes half a century after the famed, Grammy-winning singer and songwriter made her Broadway debut. She received a special Tony award in 1974.
The singer, who shimmered in a silver sequined gown, called the show “one of the greatest professional experiences of my entire life” and gave thanks to make-up artist for making her “look 30 years younger.”
“This thing has the ability to lift your spirits in these terrible, terrible times,” said Midler, an outspoken Trump critic, in a speech that extended well past her allotted time at Radio City Musical Hall.
“Hello, Dolly!” won four Tonys, including best revival of a musical but “Dear Evan Hansen” was the star of the night with six, including best musical and leading actor for its 23-year-old star Ben Platt.
The homegrown production, which started Off-Broadway, tells the story of Evan Hansen, a high-school senior with social anxiety whose life is turned upside down after a classmate commits suicide.
Another new US production, “Oslo,” that was inspired by the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Norwegian husband and wife diplomats behind the 1993 Oslo Accords won best play.
The play has won rave reviews and a Hollywood movie adaptation is also being planned by Marc Platt, producer of “La La Land,” which won six Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards.
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