Actress Cynthia Nixon and late night host Stephen Colbert used appearances during the 2017 Tony Awards, broadcast Sunday night, June 11 on CBS, to hail those opposed to President Donald Trump and ridicule him. Both earned hearty applause from the audience inside New York City’s Radio City Music Hall.
Accepting the award for Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes, Nixon extolled:
“It is a privilege to appear in Lillian Hellman’s eerily prescient play, at this specific moment in history. Eighty years ago, she wrote, ‘There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it, and other people who just stand around and watch them do it.’ My love, my gratitude and my undying respect go out to all the people in 2017 who are refusing to just stand and watch them do it.”
A couple of hours later, Colbert jeered:
“And it is my honor to be here presenting the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. And it's been a great year for revivals in general, especially that one they revived down in Washington D.C. It started off-Broadway in the ‘80s, way off Broadway, over on 5th Avenue. Huge production values, but a couple problems -- the main character is totally unbelievable, and the hair and makeup, yeesh. No, no. This D.C. production is supposed to have a four-year run, but reviews have not been kind -- could close early, we don’t know, best of luck to everyone involved.”
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