Tag: The Tony Awards

‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ Starring Billy Magnussen Wins Best Play at Tony Awards

While Billy Magnussen (ex-Casey Hughes, "As The World Turns") did not win Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for his performance as Spike in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," the play itself did win in the category of Best Play. Written by Christopher Durang, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" tells the story of Vanya (David Hyde Piece, "Frasier") and Sonia (Kristine Nielsen,"Political Animals") and Masha (Sigourney…

Judith Light Takes Home Second Consecutive Tony Award

"I don't expect to get it. They usually don't give it to you two years in a row. So for me the real thing is to have been nominated and to have been acknowledged in this way, which is really an acknowledgment of this extraordinary play by Richard Greenberg. This brilliant direction by Lynne Medow and this cast, which is my heart... I'm so appreciative, I really am," said Judith Light (ex-Karen Wolek, "One Life to Live") on the red carpet of the 2013 Tony Awards…