The Tony Awards went off with out a hitch despite a screenwriters’ strike. Among the highlights: The first acting awards for out nonbinary performers, and prizes for two shows about antisemitism.
The Tony Awards, a key marketing opportunity for Broadway, can go ahead in an altered form after the striking screenwriters’ union said it would not picket this year’s broadcast.
The strike by the Writers Guild of America is endangering the June 11 broadcast of the Tony Awards, one of the biggest marketing opportunities for an industry recovering from the pandemic.