The Tony Awards broadcast is an act of contortion, in which one medium (live theatre) simultaneously puffs itself up and scrunches itself down to fit into another (television). Every once in a while, the ceremony pulls off something that neither medium could have done on its own. Last night, it came courtesy of the eleven-year-old Sydney Lucas, who was nominated for "Fun Home," which later won the award for Best Musi…
SOURCE: The New Yorker at 03:46PM on June 8, 2015