Basking in the glow of their victories, this year's freshly-minted Tony Award winners dished with the press about their honored work on Sunday night. What the best part about starring in "The Trip to Bountiful"? "Working," answered Cicely Tyson, who won Best Actress in a Play. "That for me is the joy of this whole business: the work, itself." She also addressed an especially strong year for black actors; eight were nominated and four won, of which she said, "Well, that means there's hope for us still." Tyson is only the third black woman to win Best Actress in a Play, following Phylicia Rashad ("A Raisin in the Sun," 2004) and Viola Davis ("Fences," 2010). It was also a historic year for women: for only the second time in Tony history, two women won awards for directing: Pam MacKinnon for the play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and Diane Paulus for the...
- 6/11/2013
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