Actress Cicely Tyson, who returned to Broadway this season for the first time in 30 years, took home the Tony Award for best leading actress in a play on Sunday night in New York. In Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful,” Tyson plays a widow in 1953 whose only desire is to revisit her old [...]
Audra McDonald Makes History with 5 Tony Awards
June 11, 2012 | Posted by
History was made on Sunday night at the 66th Annual Tony Awards when Audra McDonald became the first black actress to ever win five Tony Awards. McDonald tied the overall record held by Angela Lansbury and Julie Harris. McDonald’s incredible performance as Bess in “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” earned her the Tony for best [...]
