It was no surprise that Stereophonic, a play about a rock band creating a hit album, took home the most Tony Awards on Sunday night, including for the best new play.
It had received the most nominations for a play ever — 13 of them.
In fact, there were very few surprises at all during this very dull 77th annual Tony Awards, except for one: Best Musical.
That honor was widely expected to go to Hell’s Kitchen, a musical loosely based on Alicia Keys’ life and incorporating her music, with its 13 nominations.
And then, midway through the show, the winner looked like it might instead be the original musical Suffs, which early on won Tonys for both its book and score for creator and star Shaina Taub. But no — the final award of the night went to The Outsiders, an energetic adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s beloved YA book and a later movie.
It was directed by Danya Taymor, who also won. Hell’s Kitchen won only two awards, for star Maleah Joi Moon, and Kecia Lewis, who plays her mentor.
