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Broadway's highest honors were handed out at Radio City Music Hall

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Sunday's 75th annual Tony Awards celebrated² Broadway's first full season since the pandemic shutdown. A theme of the night was deep gratitude³ for the uncelebrated people who keep the shows running.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

The 75th Annual Tony Awards celebrated Broadway's first full season since the COVID shutdown. And as Jeff Lunden reports, voters spread the love around.

JEFF LUNDEN, BYLINE⁴: About an hour into the broadcast, actress Marcia Gay Harden made a special shout-out to a group of workers in the back of the theater who helped Broadway reopen successfully.

(SOUNDBITE OF TELECAST OF 75TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS)

MARCIA GAY HARDEN: The Broadway League celebrates the crucial role played by the COVID safety managers.

(APPLAUSE)

HARDEN: One hundred and fifty of them are here tonight as guests of the Tonys. Let's hear it.

(CHEERING)

LUNDEN: Just keeping Broadway open this season was something of a miracle. The union-mandated COVID safety managers kept track of vaccination⁵ status and test results for casts and crews on Broadway shows. Host Ariana DeBose praised some other workers.

(SOUNDBITE OF TELECAST OF 75TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS)

ARIANA DEBOSE: I want to give a round of applause to some people who played a vital role in keeping Broadway shows open these past few months - the understudies, the swings and the standbys.

(APPLAUSE)

LUNDEN: One of the actors for the Tony-nominated musical "Six" was actually a sub filling in for a castmate who tested positive.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SIX")

SIX ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST: (Singing) We're six. Whoa, whoa. We're six.

LUNDEN: "Six" took home a couple of awards, including best score. The Michael Jackson musical "MJ" took home four, but the big winner was "A Strange Loop." That meta show about a Black, queer usher⁶ writing a musical about a Black, queer usher writing a musical was awarded best musical.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "INTERMISSION SONG")

JAQUEL SPIVEY: (As Usher, singing) Big, Black and queer-ass American Broadway.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As Thoughts, singing) Big, Black and queer-ass American Broadway.

LUNDEN: And its author, Michael R. Jackson, also took home a Tony for his semi-autobiographical script.

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MICHAEL R JACKSON: I wrote it at a time when I didn't know what I was going to do with my life. I didn't know how to move forward. I felt unseen. I felt unheard. I felt misunderstood. And I just wanted to create a little bit of a life raft myself as a Black, gay man to try to just get through the day.

LUNDEN: The musical, which took home the most awards, five, was a gender-swapped version of Stephen Sondheim's 1970 show "Company."

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "COMPANY")

COMPANY ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST: (Singing) Phone rings, door chimes, in comes company.

LUNDEN: It opened just two weeks after the composer-lyricist's death. In addition to best musical revival⁷, director Marianne Elliott took home her third Tony and thanked Sondheim...

(SOUNDBITE OF TELECAST OF 75TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS)

MARIANNE ELLIOTT: ...For trusting me to tell his story in a different way and putting a woman front and center.

(APPLAUSE)

LUNDEN: Sondheim was also memorialized in the segment with Bernadette Peters.

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BERNADETTE PETERS: (Singing) Careful the things you say.

(APPLAUSE)

PETERS: (Singing) Children will listen.

LUNDEN: Other winners included "The Lehman Trilogy," an epic⁸ three-actor drama which took home five awards, including best play, and "Take Me Out," which won two awards, including best revival. Some familiar actors won Tonys, among them Patti LuPone, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Phylicia Rashad. But some lesser⁹ known actors, for, now collected major trophies¹⁰, among them Myles Frost, the 22-year-old star of "MJ," and Joaquina Kalukango, the star of the musical "Paradise Square." Perhaps the most unique performance of the season was that of best actress Deirdre O'Connell in "Dana H." The play tells a harrowing story of a woman who was abducted¹¹. And O'Connell lip-synced to the woman's real voice.

(SOUNDBITE OF TELECAST OF 75TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS)

DANA HIGGINBOTHAM: Please let me standing¹² here be a little sign to you from the universe to make the weird¹³ art.

(APPLAUSE)

LUNDEN: For NPR News, I'm Jeff Lunden in New York.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SIX")

SIX ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST: (Singing) We're one of a kind, no category.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

3 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 vaccination   

n.接种疫苗，种痘

参考例句：

• Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
• Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。

6 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。

7 revival   

n.复兴，复苏，（精力、活力等的）重振

参考例句：

• The period saw a great revival in the wine trade.这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
• He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival.他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。

8 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

9 lesser   

adj.次要的，较小的；adv.较小地，较少地

参考例句：

• Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
• She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。

10 trophies   

n.（为竞赛获胜者颁发的）奖品( trophy的名词复数 )；奖杯；（尤指狩猎或战争中获得的）纪念品；（用于比赛或赛跑名称）奖

参考例句：

• His football trophies were prominently displayed in the kitchen. 他的足球奖杯陈列在厨房里显眼的位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The hunter kept the lion's skin and head as trophies. 这猎人保存狮子的皮和头作为纪念品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

11 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

12 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

13 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。