Ariana DeBose kicked off the 2024 Tony Awards with a dance-heavy opening number in which she celebrated this year’s nominees and the struggles and “journey” that led them to the Broadway awards.
“This party’s for you,” DeBose sang, addressing this year’s nominees during the performance, which she choreographed with Julius Anthony Rubio. DeBose also produces this year’s ceremony.
Wearing a gold, striped sparkly dress with matching gold hairpiece, DeBose asked this year’s first-time nominees to “make some noise.”
The number opened with a close-up on a “Broadway Times” newspaper blaring the headline “She’S Back!!!” above a picture of DeBose, with the paper passed around until it reached DeBose, who kicked things off by singing, “Maybe you saw a show or acted in a play.” She referenced waking up at 5 a.m. and crashing auditions, sleeping on friends’ couches and scribbling great ideas on a napkin while tending bar.
“This party’s for you,” DeBose sang, addressing this year’s nominees during the performance, which she choreographed with Julius Anthony Rubio. DeBose also produces this year’s ceremony.
Wearing a gold, striped sparkly dress with matching gold hairpiece, DeBose asked this year’s first-time nominees to “make some noise.”
The number opened with a close-up on a “Broadway Times” newspaper blaring the headline “She’S Back!!!” above a picture of DeBose, with the paper passed around until it reached DeBose, who kicked things off by singing, “Maybe you saw a show or acted in a play.” She referenced waking up at 5 a.m. and crashing auditions, sleeping on friends’ couches and scribbling great ideas on a napkin while tending bar.
- 6/17/2024
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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