Amid a history-making Tony Awards, major style statements were also being made on the event’s red carpet.
The haze over New York City may have still been clearing on Sunday night, but it was difficult not to think of blue skies and sunshine while watching the 2023 Tony Awards. Not only did the annual celebration of Broadway’s finest result in two groundbreaking wins for nonbinary actors Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee, but the event’s red (ahem, pink) carpet was awash in saturated blues and golden yellows, a welcome reminder of sunny skies ahead.
Newell and Ghee were but two of the event’s stars to stun in shades of blue and gold. Late-night talk host and nominated “Some Like it Hot” playwright Amber Ruffin, “Ghosts” star Danielle Pinnock, and 2023 nominees Crystal Lucas-Perry (“Ain’t No Mo”) and NaTasha Yvette Williams (“Some Like it Hot”) also embraced the vibrant hues. But perhaps the biggest standout was Emmy winner and former Tony nominee
