2018 Tony Awards: Black Excellence Takes the Stage and Once on the Island Has a Big Win

Maiysha Kai via  https://theglowup.theroot.com

For lovers of theater, there is no bigger night during the year than the Tonys, which celebrated their 72nd annual ceremony at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Sunday. Among others, Denzel Washington, Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry, previous Tony winner (for The Color Purple) LaChanze and director George C. Wolfe were all up for awards. And while the black nominees unfortunately went home empty-handed (save for a Regional Theatre award given to the black female-founded La Mama Experimental Theatre Club), there was one major win to celebrate.

It’s no big secret that we here at The Root are big fans of the recent Broadway revival of the musical Once on This Island; multiple members of our team have seen it and loved it. So it was pretty thrilling Sunday night …

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