Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart," which was performed at the Public Theatre in 1985, won the Tony Award for revival of a play. The ensemble drama follows a group of New Yorkers confronting the AIDS crisis in the early '80s.
The Broadway production, at the John Golden Theatre, is co-directed by Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe and stars Joe Mantello, Lee Pace, Patrick Breen, Luke Macfarlane, Jim Parsons, Ellen Barkin and John Benjamin Hickey.
The play, which has won three Tonys so far this evening, beat out revival productions of "Arcadia," "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "The Merchant of Venice.
"It's the proudest moment of my career. Being involved in something this important is I think a once-in-a-career opportunity," said Barkin, who was making her Broadway debut. "The Normal Heart" also won the Tony Award for best play revival.
"War Horse" won the Tony Award for best play. A World War I epic from the National Theatre of Great Britain, the play melded human actors with life-size puppets, creating a visually stunning story about a boy and his favorite horse that left grown-ups in tears.
"The Book of Mormon" took an early lead at the awards. The best direction of a musical award went to Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, and the musical snagged honors for best book, best featured actress and two technical awards. The show is one of the hottest in town.
The play, which stars Joe Mantello and Ellen Barkin, is the personal story of Kramer, the Cassandra who helped found the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and bickered with colleagues about the best way to address the disease.
It was directed by Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe, and beat out Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia,” Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” and William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.
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