Producer Chris Harper thanked Sondheim “for letting us re-imagine the classic musical.” The new “Company” reverses the gender roles of the original, which centered on a single man considering his life choices as he turned 35. Joaquina Kalukango took best actress in a musical for “Paradise Square.”įor best revival of a musical, Tony voters honored “Company,” the final project backed by composer and theater legend Stephen Sondheim, who died in November. Simon Russell Beale, the star of “Lehman Trilogy,” won the Tony for lead actor in a play. “In New York, even after everything, even after today, anything is possible,” Power said, adding that the play had been written as “a hymn to the city of New York.” Article contentīeing on stage to accept the Tony felt like a “miracle,” said Ben Power, the writer of “Lehman Trilogy,” after COVID-19 halted preview shows of the play, for 577 days.
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