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Schmigadoon! captured the Tony Award for Best Musical at Broadway’s Tony Awards, while Liberation won Best Play and Ragtime earned Best Musical Revival; John Lithgow won Best Leading Actor for Giant. Hosted by Pink, the ceremony highlighted a record Broadway season with standout performances and tributes from multiple nominated shows.
Tony Awards 2026 closed a record-breaking Broadway season with Schmigadoon! winning Best Musical, Ragtime taking Best Revival of a Musical, and Liberation named Best Play (its writer Bess Wohl the first female American playwright in 38 years to win). Death of a Salesman dominated the play side with six Tonys, while Giant’s John Lithgow and Alden Ehrenreich (Becky Shaw) delivered top acting wins; Schmigadoon! also swept Best Book, Original Score and Orchestrations, helping Apple TV push toward an EGOT. Fourteen nominees went home empty-handed among 831 voters, with the ceremony held at Radio City Music Hall.
The 2026 Tony Awards, hosted by P!NK at Radio City Music Hall, crowned Death of a Salesman with six wins (including Best Revival of a Play) and Best Play went to Bess Wohl’s Liberation. Ragtime, The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! tied for four wins each, with Ragtime also taking Best Revival of a Musical. Caissie Levy and Joshua Henry swept the leading acting prizes in a musical, marking the first time in 28 years that a musical revival claimed both top acting awards. Cats: The Jellicle Ball earned three wins, including the first transgender Tony winner, Qween Jean.
At the 2026 Tony Awards, P!nk opened with aerial stunts and hosted a night of show-stopping moments, Liberation won Best Play—the first American woman to claim the award in almost 40 years—while other highlights included Rachel Zegler’s Evita tribute, Megan Thee Stallion’s appearance, and Qween Jean becoming the first openly transgender winner for Cats: The Jellicle Ball.
Live Tony Awards updates: 'Liberation' wins Best Play, the first American woman–written Best Play winner since 1989; Broadway revival of 'Death of a Salesman' takes five early trophies (direction for Joe Mantello, acting for Laurie Metcalf, plus sound, lighting and scenic design); John Lithgow wins Best Actor in a Play for 'Giant'; 'Schmigadoon!' earns major musical prizes (book, score, orchestrations); Qween Jean makes Tony history with Best Costume Design for 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' and Cats also wins Best Direction of Musical; Shoshana Bean wins Best Featured Actress in a Musical for 'The Lost Boys'; Pink hosts and the CBS broadcast runs to 11 p.m. ET (streaming on Paramount+).
Gloria Bullen, then 10, and her family from Gorey were deported in 1942 after Hitler ordered British Channel Islanders to be moved to Germany. They spent weeks at Biberach internment camp before being moved to Bad Wurzach castle, enduring scarce food, limited schooling, and isolation from locals. Food parcels from the Red Cross offered rare relief. Liberation came in 1945 when Gloria’s father saw tanks approaching; they returned to Jersey and later moved to Cornwall in 1954. The story highlights the personal toll of occupation and wartime shortages on the islands.
Gold Derby's Tony Awards odds after the 2026 nominations place Schmigadoon! and Liberation at the front in the top races, with Death of a Salesman leading Best Play Revival, Cats vs Ragtime dueling for Best Musical Revival, and Joshua Henry favored for Best Actor (Musical) while Caissie Levy leads Best Actress (Musical). The analysis blends forecasts from experts, editors, and hundreds of Gold Derby users, highlighting where odds are leaning as the June 7 ceremony approaches at Radio City Music Hall.
Pulitzer Prize winners span genres this year, with Daniel Kraus’s Angel Down—a WWI narrative told in a single sentence—and Bess Wohl’s Liberation, a feminist memory play, among awards across history, biography, memoir, general nonfiction, poetry and music, including Jill Lepore’s We the People and Amanda Vaill’s Pride and Pleasure.
Three young Holocaust survivors—Eva Clarke, Hana Berger-Moran, and Mark Olsky—were born to pregnant prisoners who concealed their pregnancies to avoid Nazi execution, endured brutal transports from Auschwitz-area camps on a death train to Mauthausen, and survived to be liberated by American troops. Their mothers' stories intersected as the babies endured famine, starvation, and peril, the rescue by a U.S. medic saved Hana’s life, and the three families later found each other, sparking a rare, enduring bond across generations that continues to memorialize the past.
Broadway's new play 'Liberation' about the women's movement is a must-see, praised for its timely and impactful portrayal that resonates with resistance-frazzled audiences.
'Liberation' is a fiery and humorous Broadway play that explores 1970s feminism through the personal stories of women in Ohio, highlighting the complexities and contradictions of the second-wave feminist movement, and emphasizing the ongoing relevance of these questions today.
Re-Encountering Bess Wohl’s 'Liberation' on Broadway highlights its powerful exploration of women's conversations and feminist history through innovative theater techniques, emphasizing listening and emotional transformation amidst social and political divisions.
Many women over 30 share that they stop caring about societal expectations, appearance, and certain social obligations, embracing authenticity, comfort, and personal happiness instead.
In the co-op shooter Helldivers 2, players have finally liberated Malevelon Creek, also known as "Robot Vietnam," after a long and arduous battle. The planet's difficulty and significance led to a dedicated fanbase and a coordinated effort to reclaim it, ultimately resulting in a hard-earned victory. The game's narrative, controlled by a developer named Joel, has seen unexpected twists and turns, with this latest development showcasing the developers' ability to harness the fanbase's enthusiasm to address challenges.
Helldivers 2 players are gearing up to tackle a new Major Order targeting an Automaton factory on planet Tibit, with Malevelon Creek and Ubanea as key battlegrounds in the liberation chain. The game's developer, Arrowhead, has rallied players to reclaim Malevelon Creek, which is already 43% liberated with 54,729 Helldivers deployed. With limited time left to complete the Major Order, the community is mobilizing to free the creek and take on the challenge.