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All black couples on the blue carpet at the 2024 Tony Awards
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 16: (L-R) Erika Woods and Wendell Pierce attend the 77th Annual Tony Awards at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
On Sunday, June 16, the theater kids dressed up of their best formal attire and met the red carpet at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City for the Tony Awards. Writers, musicians, actors, future Tony winners and Broadway fans all gathered for the most significant evening at the theater. Guests included many beautiful Black couples excited to rejoice amazing plays, including Adam Blackstone and his wife Kaisha (he was answerable for orchestrating the film, which was nominated for Best Musical), Lena Waithe and Cynthia Erivo (theater alum and Tony Award winner , who finished the show with Idina Menzel, who plays the role of Elphaba in the feature film, while Menzel was the original Elphaba on Broadway) and Tony Award winner Wendell Pierce and co-star Erika. Scroll right down to see who ate the red carpet with their higher half.
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Wendell Pierce and Erica Woods
Pierce won two Tony Awards! One for Best Leading Actor in , and the other in 2007 for being a producer on the project .
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 16: (L-R) Erika Woods and Wendell Pierce attend the 77th Annual Tony Awards at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Cynthia Erivo and Lena Waithe
Erivo, who deserves an Oscar for her EGOT status, won a Tony Award for Best Actress in 2016 for her role in launching her illustrious profession to this point.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 16: (L-R) Lena Waithe and Cynthia Erivo attend FIJI Water during the 77th Annual Tony Awards at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for FIJI Water)
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Adam and Kaisha Blackstone
Adam was answerable for the orchestration featured in the hit and Tony Award-nominated play,
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 16: (L-R) Adam Blackstone and Kaisha Blackstone attend the 77th Annual Tony Awards at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Leslie Odom Jr. and wife Nicolette Robinson
He was nominated in the Best Leading Actor category for the film. Odom previously won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in the epic musical.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 16: (L-R) Nicolette Robinson and Leslie Odom Jr. attend the 77th Annual Tony Awards at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 16: (L-R) Jocelyn Bioh and Austin Smith attend the 77th Annual Tony Awards at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell and his wife Allyson Tucker-Mitchell
Stokes Mitchell is a Tony Award winner, winning Best Actor in a Musical in 2000 for the film, and in 2016 he received the Isabelle Stevenson Philanthropic Award at the Tonys.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 16: (L-R) Allison Tucker-Mitchell and Brian Stokes Mitchell attend the 77th Annual Tony Awards at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and husband Cheo Bourne
Jenkins’ work won the best art revival award at the exhibition.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 16: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (left) attends the 77th Annual Tony Awards at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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CJay Phillip and husband Winston Phillip
Phillip was a Tony Award winner for excellence in theater education. She is the founding father of Dance & Bmore, a team of creative collaborators creating art in Baltimore. We loved that her husband was there to support and wore a bow tie to match her dress!
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 16: (L-R) CJay Philip and Winston Philip attend the 77th Annual Tony Awards at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)