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Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbotts Red Carpet Debut

Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott looked loved-up on Sunday when they made their red carpet debut at the 79th Annual Tony Awards at New York City's iconic Rad...

Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbotts Red Carpet Debut
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and Christopher Abbott looked loved-up on Sunday when they made their red carpet debut at the at 's iconic Radio City Music Hall.

The 41-year-old Parks and Recreation star and the 40-year-old actor put on an affectionate display as Plaza .

She was supporting the Girls alumnus as he competes for best featured actor in a play for his turn as Willy Loman's son Biff in Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman.

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Plaza and Abbott for the first time as a couple after their fans were shocked in April by reports that she was expecting her first child with the actor.

The baby, whose gender has not been revealed, is due in the fall.

Plaza looked radiant in a black spaghetti-strap dress that hugged her midriff and was decorated with wide pinstripes.

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Aubrey Plaza, 41, and Christopher Abbott, 40, looked love-up on Sunday when they made their red carpet debut at the 79th Annual Tony Awards at New York City's iconic Radio City Music Hall

Plaza and Abbott walked the red carpet for the first time as a couple after their fans were shocked in April by reports that she was expecting her first child with the actor

The floor-length dress featured contrasting white triangles terminating at the slim straps.

Plaza paired her look with a set of open-toe shoes, and she kept her accessories to a minimum while wearing her brunette locks down.

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Abbott was on the same page as his partner and similarly stylish.

John Lithgow is up for best lead actor in a play as Roald Dahl in Giant, which he is pictured starring in last year at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London before transferring to Broadway

Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane, pictured at the New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, are both up for Tonys for a revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Best leading actor in a play is a starry category, with Radcliffe for Every Brilliant Thing facing off against Nathan Lane as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, John Lithgow as Roald Dahl in Giant, Mark Strong as the title character in Oedipus and Will Harrison as someone who kills a man with a single blow in the British play Punch. 

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Best leading actress in a play is similarly speckled with Hollywood glitz, in the shape of nominees like Rose Byrne in Fallen Angels, Carrie Coon in a revival of Tracy Letts' paranoia-themed play Bug and Lesley Manville as Jocasta in Oedipus.

Stage actresses Susannah Flood and Kelli O'Hara complete the category for their respective performances in Liberation and Fallen Angels.

Competing in the best featured actor in a play category against Christopher Abbott are Solo star Alden Ehrenreich for Becky Shaw, Danny Burstein for the sci-fi play Marjorie Prime, Richard Thomas in The Balusters, Brandon J. Dirden in a revival of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Ruben Santiago-Hudson in a revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone.

Laurie Metcalf is nominated for best featured actress in a play as Linda in Death of a Salesman, against June Squibb in Marjorie Prime, Aya Cash for Giant, Marylouise Burke for The Balusters and Betsy Aidem for Liberation.

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The Hobbit heartthrob Luke Evans landed a nod for best leading actor in a musical for Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, in which he plays Dr Frank-N-Furter, the 'sweet transvestite' immortalized on film by Tim Curry. 

In order to triumph Sunday night, he will have to beat out Joshua Henry and Brandon Uranowitz for Ragtime, Sam Tutty in Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) and Nicholas Christopher in a revival of the 1980s musical Chess, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber's ex-lyricist Tim Rice with ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.

Stephanie Hsu, who was nominated for an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once, is now up for the best leading actress in a musical Tony for The Rocky Horror Show, in which she plays Janet, the role Susan Sarandon committed to celluloid.

Luke Evans, nominated for his role as Frank-N-Furter in Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, is pictured in the production with his co-star Josh Rivera

Melissa Barrera is pictured during the opening night curtain call of Titanique, the Celine Dion jukebox musical that doubles as a parody of Titanic

LJ Benet and Ali Louis Bourzgui are pictured in The Lost Boys - adapted from the 1987 vampire movie of the same name - which is one of the most nominated shows of the evening

She finds herself pitted against Schmigadoon!'s Sara Chase - reprising her role from the Apple TV+ series - as well as Caissie Levy for Ragtime, Christiani Pitts for Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) and Marla Mindelle for her star turn as Celine Dion in Titanique, which she also helped write.

Best featured actress in a musical is a category that this year includes two Saturday Night Live alumnae - Rachel Dratch as the narrator in The Rocky Horror Show and Ana Gasteyer for Schmigadoon!.

Their rivals are Shoshanna Bean in The Lost Boys as Lucy - the Dianne Wiest role in the film - as well as Nichelle Lewis for Ragtime and Hannah Cruz for Chess. 

Meanwhile the nominees for best featured actor in a musical are Ali Louis Bourzgui playing the Kiefer Sutherland role of David in The Lost Boys, Andre de Shields as Old Deuteronomy in Cats and Layton Williams as the iceberg in Titanique, as well as Ben Levi Ross for Ragtime and Bryce Pinkham for Chess.

Best original score, a category that was traditionally reserved for the songs from musicals, now also encompasses new background music added to the revivals of straight plays, in this case composed by Caroline Shaw for Death of a Salesman and Steve Bargonetti for Joe Turner's Come and Gone.

The musicals up for the prize are Schmigadoon!, with songs by Cinco Paul; The Lost Boys, with songs by the indie rock band The Rescues; and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), with music by Jim Barne and lyrics by Kit Buchan.

Best book of a musical is a category comprised this year of Jim Barne and Kit Buchan for Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York); Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, and Constantine Rousouli for Titanique; Chris Hoch and David Hornsby for The Lost Boys; and Cinco Paul for Schmigadoon!.

The nominees for best direction of a play are Nicholas Hytner for Giant, Robert Icke for Oedipus, Kenny Leon for The Balusters, Joe Mantello for Death of a Salesman and Whitney White for Liberation.

Best direction of a musical, meanwhile, will either go to Michael Arden for The Lost Boys, Lear deBessonet for the Ragtime revival, Christopher Gattelli for Schmigadoon!, Tim Jackson for Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) or Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch for the Cats revival. 

Best Musical

The Lost Boys

Schmigadoon!

Titaníque

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

 

Best Revival of a Musical

Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Ragtime

Richard O'Brien's the Rocky Horror Show

 

Best Play

The Balusters

Giant

Liberation

Little Bear Ridge Road 

 

Best Revival of a Play

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Becky Shaw

Every Brilliant Thing

Fallen Angels

Oedipus

 

Best Direction of a Musical

Michael Arden - The Lost Boys

Lear deBessonet - Ragtime

Christopher Gatteli - Schmigadoon!

Tim Jackson - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Zhailon Levinston and Bill Rauch - Cats: the Jellicle Ball

 

Best Direction of a Play

Nicholas Hytner - Giant

Robert Icke - Oedipus

Kenny Leon - The Balusters

Joe Mantello - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Whitney White - Liberation

 

Best Lighting Design in a Play 

Dog Day Afternoon

Oedipus

August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Bug

The Fear of 13

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

 

Best Sound Design of a Play

August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Oedipus

The Fear of 13

Bug

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

 

Best Costume Design in a Musical 

Ragtime

Schmigadoon!

Cats: The Jellicle Ball

The Lost Boys

Richard O'Brien's the Rocky Horror Show

 

Best Lighting Design in a Musical

Chess

Richard O'Brien's the Rocky Horror Show

Schmigadoon!

Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Ragtime

The Lost Boys

 

Best Sound Design of a Musical 

Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Ragtime

The Lost Boys

Richard O'Brien's the Rocky Horror Show

Schmigadoon!

 

Best Scenic Design in a Play 

Oedipus

Bug

Dog Day Afternoon

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Fallen Angels

 

Best Scenic Design in a Musical

Richard O'Brien's the Rocky Horror Show

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Cats: The Jellicle Ball

The Lost Boys

Schmigadoon!

 

Best Book of a Musical

The Lost Boys

Schmigadoon!

Titaníque

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Will Harrison - Punch

Nathan Lane - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

John Lithgow - Giant

Daniel Radcliffe - Every Brilliant Thing

Mark Strong - Oedipus

 

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Rose Byrne - Fallen Angels

Carrie Coon - Bug

Susannah Flood - Liberation

Lesley Manville - Oedipus

Kelli O'Hara - Fallen Angels

 

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Christopher Abbott - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Danny Burstein - Marjorie Prime

Brandon J. Dirden - Waiting for Godot

Alden Ehrenreich - Becky Shaw

Ruben Santiago-Hudson - August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Richard Thomas - The Balusters

 

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Betsy Aidem - Liberation

Marylouise Burke - The Balusters

Aya Cash - Giant

Laurie Metcalf - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

June Squibb - Marjorie Prime

 

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical 

Nicholas Christopher - Chess

Luke Evans - Richard O'Brien's the Rocky Horror Show

Joshua Henry - Ragtime

Sam Tutty - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Brandon Uranowitz - Ragtime

 

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Sara Chase - Schmigadoon!

Stephanie Hsu - Richard O'Brien's the Rocky Horror Show

Caissie Levy - Ragtime

Marla Mindelle - Titaníque

Christiani Pitts - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

 

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical 

Ali Louis Bourzgi - The Lost Boys

André de Shields - Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Bryce Pinkham - Chess

Ben Levi Ross - Ragtime

Layton Williams - Titaníque

 

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical 

Shoshana Bean - The Lost Boys

Hannah Cruz - Chess

Rachel Dratch - Richard O'Brien's the Rocky Horror Show

Ana Gasteyer - Schmigadoon!

Nichelle Lewis - Ragtime

 

Best Original Score

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

The Lost Boys

Schmigadoon!

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

 

Best Orchestrations

Schmigadoon!

The Lost Boys

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Chess

Cats: The Jellicle Ball

 

Best Choreography 

Schmigadoon!

Ragtime

Richard O'Brien's the Rocky Horror Show

Cats: The Jellicle Ball

The Lost Boys

 

Best Costume Design in a Play 

Dog Day Afternoon

Liberation

Fallen Angels

The Balusters

August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

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