“The category is love, y’all,” Billy Porter proclaimed as he took the stage to accept his first Emmy Award at the 71st annual ceremony September 22. The Kinky Boots Tony winner was nominated for his performance as Pray Tell on FX’s Pose.
Porter, who celebrated his 50th birthday just the day before, becomes the first openly gay black actor to win in the category.
READ: Billy Porter Prepares for a Culture Clash in Pose Season 2
Williams marked the fourth Emmy win for the Broadway-centered limited series, which previously took home Creative Arts trophies for Outstanding Music Direction (going to Hamilton collaborator Alex Lacamoire), Outstanding Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic), and Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie.
Hot off a West End run, Phoebe Waller-Bridge received three Emmys, first as both writer and star of Fleabag. The wins come six years after she debuted the monologue play that inspired the Amazon comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with London and Off-Broadway bows following. “The journey has been absolutely mental to get here,” a bewildered Waller-Bridge said as she gave her third acceptance speech of the night, for Outstanding Comedy Series.Additional theatre alums to earn trophies throughout the night included The Band’s Visit Tony winner Tony Shalhoub, winning his second consecutive Emmy for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (his fourth overall) and Broadway and West End alum Ben Whishaw, recognized for his performance in the limited series A Very English Scandal.
Click here for the full list of winnners.
The long-touring production returns to the U.K. in celebration of the holiday season.
Richard Jay-Alexander directs the 54 Below concerts with musical direction by Joseph Joubert.
Eight of the improvised performances from the theatrical troupe behind The Play That Goes Wrong will be live streamed.
The production is performed in Singer's original Yiddish with English supertitles.
The Funny Girl tap choreographer is honoring cultural heritage in the new work.
The South African soprano is singing Die Frau ohne Schatten and Salome at the Metropolitan Opera.
The new choral work will be performed at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
Plus, Tom Hanks, Olivia Munn, Steve Martin were some of the many stars who showed up to the gala opening of the new Broadway show.
The West End favorite is getting ready to cross the pond.
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