Inside the Tonys’ most legendarily debauched after-party: Fights, fires and passed-out-legends
15.06.2024 - 17:13
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reported last June that Tony-winning “Shucked” actor Alex Newell strolled in at 6 a.m.“It was already ‘Last call.’ The hotel venue was officially shutting. And in flounces Alex,” Cindy wrote.Unhinged glamor is the vibe of the gathering, hosted by PR man Rick Miramontez and his husband, Jamie DuMont, since 2009, when it was a more intimate (and secret) affair in the Royal Suite with the ragtag hippies of “Hair.” Their 15-year-old soiree, which is also co-hosted by John Gore, was inspired by the wild dinners Joan Didion and her husband would throw in Malibu, Calif., during the 1960s and ’70s, when they’d make 2 a.m.
omelettes for famous friends who’d overindulged.That spirit — and poured spirits — live on. Booze-soaked stars run rampant (and sometimes pass out), brawls break out in upscale attire and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber occasionally mans the DJ booth.The ball spans the entire ground floor of the hotel, including the lobbies, hallways, Café Carlyle and Bemelmans Bar.
In the past, the crowd also spilled upstairs into the more exclusive Empire Suite and Royal Suite, where Princess Diana spent many nights. I once watched as a disappointed Tony-winning composer, who had accepted the award on national TV hours earlier, was not allowed into the elevator to the Royal Suite because the room was already at capacity.
However, the suite life went kaput after a buzzed Broadway star of plays and musicals, who’s been nominated for a Tony but never won, broke a Venetian glass pane worth thousands of dollars in 2018. Not their first smash hit.These days, well-heeled attendees book their own rooms at the Carlyle months in advance to throw private after-after-afterparties for when the hotel kicks everybody out of the main
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