Inside the Tony Awards: From Jay-Z’s Lobby Act, an Accidental F-Bomb to Overzealous Ushers, Here’s What You Didn’t See on TV
variety.comRebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Angelina Jolie may get the award for most enthusiastic audience member. The A-list star was seated in the front row at the Tony Awards on Sunday and jumped to her feet at every win for “The Outsiders,” a gritty adaptation of S.E.
Hinton’s coming-of-age novel that she produced and got to see crowned as the season’s best musical. And she kept up that energy when cameras weren’t rolling, exchanging pleasantries with Billy Porter and posing for pictures with Idina Menzel during commercial breaks.
Other attendees at New York’s David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, where this year’s ceremony took place, were keen to make the most of the brief, untelevised moments in between awards.
Ben Platt chatted with Nick Jonas, Brooke Shields (clad in yellow crocs) caught up with Cynthia Erivo, and Jennifer Hudson schmoozed with Danai Gurira.
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