Black Actors Sweep the 2016 Tony Awards Four Major Categories & Guess Whose Complaining?

by | Jun 19, 2016 | Celebrities | 0 comments

History came to play at the Tony Awards with all four musical performance level offered to black actors.

Cynthia Erivo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs and Leslie Odom, Jr were all awarded a a Tony in their respective categories for their professional performances.

There was a controversy noticed on the Tony’s Award program based on the performance that black actors orchestrated in sweeping the awards four major categories . Frankly, there were pockets of white people who felt some kind of way because the winners were all black. Typical, but let’s not forget the Oscar Awards night where no one but white people win year after year and nothing is said.

Nevertheless, it unleashed diversities beyond the comprehension of everyone present. James Corden also mentioned that the show will be full of surprises. For awards and Broadway shows and, this scenario marks a new beginning, as Tonys celebrates the seventieth anniversary.

The truth remains that variety they say is the spice of life. It is the exact thing happening in Broadway currently as mentioned by Daveed Diggs, a Tony Award winner. While it may not look more inclusive, the events flowed in the direction of mainstream.

Immediately after the whole event, the Tony Awards wrote on their Twitter account while celebrating the historic moment. The service confirmed that for the first time in the history of the show, all awards went to black actors. It is a remarkable event that was full of surprises.

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