Gasps followed by laughter and applause became Sunday’s Tony Awards most highlighted moment after Hamilton star and Florida native Denee Benton referred to Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis as a Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard during her presentation. Benton, 31, made the dig at DeSantis, who has been criticized for his support of HB 1557 titled…

NEW YORK—Select nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards, announced Monday. Best Musical: “Girl From the North Country,” “MJ,” “Mr. Saturday Night,” “Paradise Square,” “Six: The Musical,” “A Strange Loop” Best Play: “Clyde’s,” “Hangmen,” “The Lehman Trilogy,” “The Minutes,” “Skeleton Crew” Best Revival of a Play: “American Buffalo,” “How I Learned to Drive,” “Take Me Out,”…

LOS ANGELES—The television audience for Sunday’s Tony Awards for theater slumped to a new low despite a star-studded cast that promoted Broadway’s return after an 18-month shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Broadcaster CBS said on Monday that just 2.6 million Americans tuned in for the two-hour special, which did double duty as an awards…

By Noah Feit From The State (Columbia, S.C.) Samuel E. Wright, a Camden, South Carolina, native turned actor on stage and screen, has died. The 74-year-old from the Midlands, who might be best know for his role as Sebastian the Crab in the 1989 Disney hit “The Little Mermaid,” died on Sunday in Montgomery, New York….