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Leslie Odom Jr, Myra Lucretia Taylor and Matthew Morrison arrive at Tonys

(27 Sep 2021) BROADWAY STARS RETURN TO THE TONYS RED CARPET Broadway stars arrived at the 74th Tony Awards in New York on Sunday, excited and grateful to be back after a nearly-two year hiatus. The Tony Awards celebrate an art form that really needs the boost - live theater. "I think it was my honor to be here but my duty to be here to kind of give reconition to this beautiful community that is back and thriving and you know, it's been a tough year for everyone," said Broadway star Matthew Morrison. Arriving with Nicolette Robinson, "Hamilton" star Leslie Odom Jr. said he thinks the awards show tonight will reflect the more trying times during the pandemic. "The best art doesn't come from joy, it doesn't come out of agony, it comes out of those spaces in between. The places where we're trying to survive, you know we make great art out of trying to survive so I think tonight is going to be a testament to that," he said. Sunday's show has been expanded from its typical three hours to four, with Audra McDonald handing out Tonys for the first two hours and Odom Jr. hosting a "Broadway's Back!'' celebration for the second half, including the awarding of the top three trophies - best play revival, best play and best musical. The sobering musical "Jagged Little Pill,'' which plumbs Alanis Morissette's 1995 breakthrough album to tell a story of an American family spiraling out of control, went into the night with a leading 15 Tony nominations. "Moulin Rouge!'' -- a jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 movie about a turn-of-the-century Parisian nightclub -- had 14 nods. "Slave Play,'' Jeremy O. Harris' ground-breaking, bracing work that mixes race, sex, taboo desires and class, earned a dozen nominations, making it the most nominated play in Tony history. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...