Sunday night is a night of celebration for "All the Way", a drama that talks about Lyndon Johnson's "accidental" rise to presidency as it was dubbed Best Play at the 2014 Tony Awards.
The evening celebrated wonderful portrayals of historical figures, with "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston, a newcomer to the Broadway industry, winning Best Lead Actor in a Play for playing the role of President Johnson, Audra McDonald for her amazing portrayal of Billie Holiday, and Jessie Mueller for her rendition of the life of singer-songwriter Carole King.
"All the Way" is Cranston's Broadway debut from his TV portrayal of a chemistry teacher-turned-meth mogul Walter White, in the Emmy-award winning show "Breaking Bad". Robert Schenkkan's "All the Way" premiered in 2013 at the American Repertory Theater.
Cranston plays Johnson during his first year in office, right after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He has magnificently absorbed how Johnson explored both the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his fight for re-election. Cranston beat Chris O'Dowd from "Of Mice and Men," Samuel Barnett from "Twelfth Night", Tony Shalhoub from "Act One," and Mark Rylance from "Richard III."
It was also a good night for "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" after bagging the Best Musical Award. Neil Patrick Harris, after years of hosting the show and handing out trophies to others, is finally at the other end of the awarding as he received his Best Actor in a Musical award.
The "How I Met Your Mother" star played the role of a German transgender rock singer in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch", which basically talks about glam rock, obsession, and a botched sex-change surgery. He beat Andy Karl from "Rocky", Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pinkham from "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," and Ramin Karimloo from "Les Miserables."
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