“Schmigadoon!,” a musical comedy that lovingly spoofs the genre by imagining a bickering couple trapped in a fantastical village whose residents keep bursting into song, won the coveted Tony Award for best new musical on Sunday night.
The win by “Schmigadoon” came on a night when Tony voters spread their love around.
A chilling and operatic Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” starring Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf, won the Tony for best play revival, a testament to the enduring power of the classic play and a milestone in the comeback of the producer Scott Rudin.
“Liberation,” a Pulitzer-winning drama by Bess Wohl about a 1970s women’s consciousness-raising group, won best new play, the first time an American woman has won that prize in 37 years. And a stately and sumptuous revival of “Ragtime,” the epic musical exploring America’s promise and perils through the experiences of three intersecting communities in early 20th-century New York, won best musical revival in one of the night’s most closely watched contests, besting a radically reconceived production of “Cats.”
Here are some key takeaways from the 79th Annual Tony Awards:
