Jennifer Hudson Earns an EGOT With 'A Strange Loop' Win at the 2022 Tony Awards

Miami Vice, the Michael Mann-produced cop show that was revolutionising television. Thomas, though, set his sights even higher. In an interview with the Associated Press, he announced his intention to win an EGOT.

Jennifer Hudson is sharing her reaction about becoming the latest member of the elusive EGOT club.

The best in the biz! Only 17 stars to date have earned the most coveted honor in Hollywood: the EGOT.

Jessica Chastain, Paris Jackson, Vanessa Hudgens, and Ariana DeBose lead the red carpet glamour on Broadway’s biggest night in NYC. The 75th Annual Tony Awards took place on Sunday, June 12 at Radio City Music Hall.

A Strange Loop, an irreverent, sexually frank work about Blackness and queerness took home the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on Sunday, as voters celebrated Broadway’s most racially diverse season by choosing an envelope-pushing Black voice.

Peaky Blinders from your couch (what, just me?), Jennifer Hudson was making history. On Sunday night, the actor, singer, and my favorite American Idol alum officially achieved status, adding a Tony Award to her long list of accomplishments. (In case you forgot, an EGOT has at least one of each of the most prestigious awards in show biz: an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award.)Hudson picked up the big “T” at the at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, June 12, when A Strange Loop, the Broadway show Hudson serves as a producer on, won the award for best musical. The actor, 40, joins a select group of performers to have achieved EGOT status, including Whoopi Goldberg, Audrey Hepburn, and John Legend. Hudson began collecting her trophies in 2007, when she picked up a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in Dream Girls, followed by her first Grammy in 2009 for her self-titled debut album.

Tony awards in New York on Sunday night. Known as US entertainment’s grand slam, the illustrious acronym EGOT signifies a recipient of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.

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Jennifer Hudson won big at Sunday’s Tony Awards.

It’s family night at the 2022 Tony Awards! Paris Jackson and Prince Jackson walked the red carpet for Broadway’s biggest night.

Jennifer Hudson, one of the celebrity producers of Broadway’s A Strange Loop, achieved EGOT status tonight when that musical took the Tony Award for Best Musical.

Tony Awards.On Sunday night, almost nobody at Radio City Music Hall bothered to stand up for the late Stephen Sondheim.After a far too modest tribute to the legendary composer/lyricist of “West Side Story” “Gypsy,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Into The Woods,” “A Little Night Music” and many others, who died in November at age 91, sung by Bernadette Peters, only a handful of show people begrudgingly got to their feet.For one of the greatest musical theater composers of all time. Who gave his entire life to Broadway.

won for “A Strange Loop,” joining the ranks of the select few who have gotten all prestigious performance awards.Hudson, 40, joins the exclusive list of 16 other winners including the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Whoopi Goldberg, who all won awards at the Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and Tonys.The prestigious title was given to Hudson as a producer for the Tony Award-winning musical “A Strange Loop,” which won Best Musical on Sunday.Hudson’s path to an EGOT began in 2007 when she won an Academy Award for her role in “Dreamgirls” and later received a Grammy award in 2009 for her performance in “The Color Purple.”Also in 2009, Hudson won the Emmy for an animated series called “Baby Yaga.”“A Strange Loop” received a record 11 Tony nominations including Best Musical and Best Actor. The show, written by Michael R.

It’s official – Jennifer Hudson is now an EGOT winner!

It's family night at the 2022 Tony Awards! Paris Jackson and Prince Jackson walked the red carpet for Broadway's biggest night. The Jackson siblings attended the 75th annual event at New York City's Radio City Music Hall on Sunday. They were there to show support for , whichis nominated for 10 Tonys, including best musical.In front of the theater, Paris and Prince posed with Myles Frost who portrays their father, Michael Jackson, in the highly-regarded production. During the Tony Awards ceremony, the Jackson siblings took the stage to introduce a musical number from the hit Broadway show.Prince said, «A lot of people seem to think our dad changed popular music forever — and who are we to disagree?» he joked. «But what people may not know is he loved musicals, on film and on the stage.