Source : the age
Sarah Snook clutching her first Tony Award is not the only reason that the stars are now shining brighter on Broadway. The red carpet for US theatre’s premier event ditched its dowdy reputation, with divas, directors and ingenues embracing the elevated style of the Emmys and Oscars, without ditching humour, diversity and drama, darling!
The presence of US Vogue editor Anna Wintour was a hint of the Met Gala-worthy looks to come from Hollywood actors returning to the stage and Broadway diehards.
Cynthia Erivo in Schiaparelli
Cynthia Erivo in Schiaparelli at the Tony Awards in New York on Sunday (Monday AEST).Credit: AP
Before returning to Wicked promotional duties later this year for the sequel Wicked: For Good, and the inevitable green-themed dresses, Erivo borrowed from co-star Ariana Grande’s preferred palette as Glinda in a velvet blush skirt with an embellished bodice from Schiaparelli’s spring haute couture collection.
Erivo proceeded to change throughout her hosting duties for the ceremony, but the dramatic pearl-trimmed neckline from Schiaparelli creative director Daniel Roseberry stole the show before the curtain went up.
Sarah Snook in Richard Quinn
Sarah Snook in Richard Quinn at the Tony Awards in New York.Credit: Getty
Having embraced the masculine elements of her award-winning performance in The Picture of Dorian Gray at last month’s Met Gala, Snook pushed her feminine side to the fore at the Tony Awards.
In British designer Richard Quinn’s sequinned stretch gown, Snook was sleeker than the statuette she would eventually clutch. Broad shoulders and a high neckline elevated her leading lady status.
Amal Clooney in Tamara Ralph
Amal Clooney in Tamara Ralph and George Clooney at the Tony Awards in New York.Credit: AP
With Snook championing a British designer, Australian creativity made an unexpected appearance at the Tony Awards on the slender frame of Amal Clooney. With husband George Clooney nominated for his performance in the play Good Night, and Good Luck (not his divisive hair dye for the role), barrister Amal wore a pearl-encrusted, fitted design by Australian designer Tamara Ralph.
The former creative director of Ralph & Russo, worn by Meghan Markle, has found greater fame under her own name dressing Angelina Jolie and Blake Lively since parting ways with former partner Michael Russo.
Sadie Sink in Prada
Sadie Sink in Prada at the Tony Awards in New York.Credit: AP
Sensuous 1930s glamour was on many stars’ mood boards this season, but few managed to embody the decade’s silky grace as effectively as Stranger Things star Sadie Sink in Prada. The plunging neckline and embellished bow detail playfully combined maturity with hints of mischief.
Cole Escola in Wiederhoeft
Cole Escola at the Tony Awards in New York and Bernadette Peters at the awards in 1999, with then husband Michael Wittenberg.Credit: AP, getty
Audiences of Escola’s hit play Oh Mary!, focusing on the imagined cabaret aspirations of Mary Todd Lincoln, are familiar with the playwright and performer’s unique humour. That humour was present in the best actor award winner’s red carpet tribute to Broadway legend Bernadette Peters.
Escola’s gown from Wiederhoeft was a tribute to the outfit Peters wore to collect her Tony for Annie Get Your Gun at the 1999 ceremony, although the update dispensed with medals across the bodice.
“We found ourselves inspired by additional themes of faded crypticism, false innocence, fightfulness, womanly age-hold historically feminine garments, queenly status and ancient doors,” Jackson Wiederhoeft says.
While the dress was a nod to Peters, the hairy chest was all Escola.
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