'Strange Loop,' 'Lehman Trilogy' earn Tony honors as Broadway celebrates return

MJ and A Strange Loop saw Tony Award glory translate into box office surges in the week after the June 12 ceremony, with MJ leaping by $216,921 over the previous week’s take to a huge $1,660,978. A Strange Loop grossed $845,313 for the week ending June 19, a jump of $168,998 over the previous week.

Elton John, who is currently on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road world tour, said: "Hello Brian, it's Elton. Have a wonderful 80th birthday with Melinda and your family. I'm in Denmark but I send you so much love.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s son Sean Ono Lennon has paid tribute to Paul McCartney on his 80th birthday with a cover of ‘Here, There and Everywhere.’ Check it out below.Sharing the video, Sean Lennon wrote: “A little birdy told me this was one of [your] fav Beatles tunes.”He continued: “So Happy Birthday! Thank you for all the beautiful music. You have mine and the whole world’s undying love and respect.

Gallery: 'The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind. . . ' Happy birthday Bob Dylan! (BANG Showbiz)The jaunt has no doubt been an emotional one for McCartney.

Tony Awards returned to Radio City Music Hall, where relaxed mask mandates made it easier than ever (OK, easier than last year’s ceremony) to spot the stars mixing and mingling during Broadway’s biggest night.For some, it was an opportunity to reunite with old friends; for others, it was a rare chance to meet luminaries they’ve only admired from afar. Before the broadcast began, “Spring Awakening” co-stars Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff walked through the front door holding hands.

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.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian playwright Stefano Massini’s “The Lehman Trilogy,” which just won five Tony Awards including the prize for best play, is set to become a high-end TV series to be produced by Italy’s Fandango and The Apartment, the outfits behind HBO’s Elena Ferrante adaptation “My Brilliant Friend.”The TV project, originated by Italian producer Domenico Procacci’s Fandango, to adapt into a series the epic drama written by Massini that charts the history of one of the financial institutions that helped spark the 2008 recession, has now been boarded by producer Lorenzo Mieli’s shingle The Apartment, the Fremantle-owned company behind Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar-nominated “The Hand of God” and his “The Young Pope” and “The New Pope” shows. Fandango and Mieli previously collaborated on “My Brilliant Friend” for HBO and Italy’s RAI.Having Fremantle’s The Apartment on board gives “The Lehman Trilogy” TV series adaptation considerably more heft, though a commissioning broadcaster or streamer remains to be found.Mieli in a statement called “Lehman Trilogy” – which besides best play won Tony Awards for Sam Mendes’ direction and for the lead performance of Simon Russell Beale, among other prizes – “a marvelous and contemporary text” on the “intrinsic failures of a certain form of capitalism.”The chief of the Fremantle-owned company also noted that it’s rare for an Italian play to be celebrated outside national borders.

The cast of A Strange Loop is taking over the stage at the 2022 Tony Awards!

Bernadette Peters is giving an very emotional performance at the 2022 Tony Awards.

Matt Doyle is now a Tony winner!

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

J. Kim Murphy Jennifer Hudson has achieved the rarified status of EGOT with her Tony win for producing “A Strange Loop.”The awards gauntlet lingo of “EGOT” refers to individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony over the course of their careers in entertainment.

A missing tribute. Bob Saget was notably absent from the tribute to the late theatrical legends at the 75th annual Tony Awards — and his Full House costar John Stamos wasn’t afraid to call out the snub.

Jennifer Hudson is now an EGOT winner. The performer completed the achievement by earning a Tony for producing the hit show,, which won Best Musical during the 75th annual Tony Awards. The latest trophy joins her previous wins, which include an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for, two GRAMMY Awards for Best R&B Album and Best Musical Theater Album as well as a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program for . By joining the coveted list of winners, Hudson became the second Black woman to earn an EGOT after Whoopi Goldberg, who completed hers in 2002.

Billy Porter is taking over the stage.

A special tribute. Lin-Manuel Miranda led Broadway’s biggest stars in an emotional segment devoted to the legacy of Stephen Sondheim at the 2022 Tony Awards.

The stars of the hit Broadway musical A Strange Loop are at the Tonys!

The stars are out! The 2022 Tony Awards red carpet was a celebration of style after a rocky few years for the Broadway community.