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Home , Bruce Springsteen, Chita Rivera, John Leguizamo, Special Tony Award

Established 1961 21 Lifestyle Awards Tuesday, June 12, 2018

De Niro expletive British-American actor Andrew Garfield and best Lenk dedicated her award to the Israeli actress revival of a play, for its transfer from the London who created the role in a 2007 film and to the stage. The ceremony also saw British composer famed late Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. and musical impressario Shalhoub paid tribute to his father and relatives given a lifetime achievement award. — AFP who migrated to the from Lebanon, saying his award honored their aspirations, courage, resourcefulness, creativity and selfless- ness. Hosted by singers and Josh Groban, the ceremony was a three-hour infomer- cial for Broadway largely avoiding all but discreet references to liberal America’s opposition to President Donald Trump. That was until won a standing ovation for twice using an expletive to refer to the Republican head of state. Last year’s Tonys were anchored by the now disgraced Oscar-winning Kevin Spacey, whose career was ruined by sexual misconduct allegations as part of the #MeToo cul- tural watershed sweeping the United States. Producer Sonia Friedman and the cast and crew of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, On Sunday, was given a Parts One and Two’ accept the award for best play. standing ovation and delivered a rare televised performance after being honored for his smash-hit Broadway run, one of the hottest tickets in town. Otherwise “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two,” written by English screen- writer and playwright Jack Thorne, led the way in a strong showing for British talent. The play imagines the fictional boy wizard as a grown-up father of three, set 19 years after the events of J.K. Rowling’s seventh and final book, and which first opened in London in 2016. At 82, British actress won her first Tony as best actress in a leading role in a play British actress Glenda Jackson, winner of for “Three Tall Women.” Already a double Oscar the award for Best Performance by an winner, Jackson was for 18 years a member of par- Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for liament. “Angels in America,” set against the winner of the award for Lifetime ‘’s Three Tall Women’. AIDS crisis, won three Tony’s including for leading Producers Colin Callender, Sonia Friedman, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, winners of the Achievement in the Theatre. award Best Play for ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two’.

Playwright Tony Kushner, center, and the cast and crew of ‘Angels in America’ accept the award for best revival of a play. The cast and crew of “The Band’s Visit” accept the award for best musical.

Robert DeNiro makes a political statement as he intro- duces a performance by Bruce Springsteen.

Co-hosts Josh Groban, left, and Sara Bareilles, perform Bruce Springsteen accepts the . Sia’s “Chandelier” on stage. The cast of ‘Once on This Island’ perform on stage.

Best play: “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two” Best musical: “The Band’s Visit” Best revival of a play: “Angels in America” Best revival of a musical: “Once On This Island” Best actor in a play: Andrew Garfield, “Angels in America” Best actress in a play: Glenda Jackson, “Three Tall Women” Best actor in a musical: Cassie Levy, from the cast of “” performs on stage. Ethan Slater, left, of “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical” performs on stage. Tony Shalhoub, “The Band’s Visit” Best actress in a musical: , “The Band’s Visit” Best direction of a play: John Tiffany, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two” Best direction of a musical: David Cromer, “The Band’s Visit” Best book of a musical: “The Band’s Visit” Best original score (music and/or lyrics): “The Band’s Visit” Lifetime achievement: Chita Rivera Andrew Lloyd Webber

Special award: Bruce Springsteen Co-hosts Sara Bareilles, left, and Josh — Reuters Andrew Rannels, from left, Matt Bomer, Zachary Quinto and Jim Parsons Groban dress as each other at the 72nd Gavin Lee, of “SpongeBob Square Pants: The Musical” present the award for best play on stage. annual . performs at the 72nd annual Tony Awards.