No writers’ names crawled up the screen at the end of Sunday night’s telecast of the Tony Awards, and though the writers might not like to hear it, their absence made little difference.
The names of the show’s producers and director were the same as always, and in television as in the theater, they call the game.
Mostly those things bore out the predictions, and many people’s predilections too.
“Kimberly Akimbo,” the sweet, intimate, tragicomic “nerdical” by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire, won the most musical prizes, including one for its star, Victoria Clark, and one for the show itself.
“Some Like It Hot” followed with a reasonable haul, and though “Parade” picked up just two, they were good ones: best direction of a musical and best musical revival.
Persons:
Awards, —, “ Kimberly Akimbo, Jeanine Tesori, David Lindsay, Abaire, Victoria Clark, ”
Organizations:
Writers Guild of America, Paramount, Broadway