2021 Tony Awards Kick Off With 'Hairspray' Reunion, Audra McDonald And Masked Stars
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McDonald, a six-time Tony winner, said she hoped artists would continue to fight for equality after an unprecedented 18-month theater shutdown.
The 2021 Tony Awards kicked off Sunday night with an epic throwback.
Actors Kerry Butler, Chester Gregory, Darlene Love, Matthew Morrison and Marissa Jaret Winokur began the truncated, much-delayed ceremony with a performance of “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from the smash musical “Hairspray.”
It was a fitting song choice. When “Hairspray” opened in 2002, it was interpreted as a celebratory rebound for Broadway following the Sept. 11 attacks, after which performances were suspended for two days.
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