These 23 Picture-Perfect Pairs Deserve A Tony Award For Best Couple
The 70th Annual Tony Awards, a.k.a. The Hamilton Awards, celebrated all things theater last night (June 12) in New York City. Nominated for a record-breaking 16 nominations, Hamilton took home 11 of them, including Best Musical.
But before all the winner announcements began, celebs walked the red carpet with their significant others or their BFFs, slaying right and left.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Vanessa Nadal
The man of the night, Miranda took home Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score for Hamilton and gave a moving speech in the style of a sonnet.
Jessica Lange and Glenn Close
Lange won Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for Long Day's Journey Into Night, while Close channeled Hillary Clinton for the A Chorus Line parody, "A Clinton Line."
Lupita Nyong'o and Saheem Ali
Nyong'o was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for Eclipsed.
James Corden and Julia Carey
The host of the Tonys, Corden performed a quick-changing medley of songs from past Broadway shows as part of the opening.
Daniel Dae Kim and Mia Kim
The King of Siam from The King and I helped present the award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
Jeff Daniels and Kathleen Rosemary Treado
Daniels was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for Blackbird, but lost to Frank Langella for The Father.
Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan
Gloria performed with the cast of On Your Feet, which was nominated for Best Choreography but lost to Hamilton.
Michael Shannon and Kate Arrington
Shannon was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for Long Day's Journey Into Night, but lost to Reed Birney for The Humans.
Andrew Rannells and Michael Doyle
Rannells reprised his Book of Mormon role to parody Donald Trump in "The Book of Moron" sketch.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita
Ferguson helped present the award for Best Direction of a Play, which went to Ivo Van Hove for Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge.
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka
Sporting his new hairstyle, Harris presented the award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical.
Blair Underwood and Desiree DaCosta
Underwood presented the Carnegie Mellon Award for Excellence in Theater Education to Marilyn McCormick.
Lea DeLaria and Chelsea Fairless
Orange Is the New Black star DeLaria's last Broadway show was Hair in 2004.
Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson Odom
Odom Jr. took home the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for Hamilton.
Daveed Diggs and Jalene Goodwin
Also for Hamilton, Diggs won the Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical.
Sean Hayes and Scott Icenogle
Hayes helped present the award for Best Revival of a Musical, which went to The Color Purple.
Michelle Williams and Busy Phillips
Williams was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for Blackbird.
Bobby Cannavale and Rose Byrne
The Vinyl and Bridesmaids stars attended the Tony Awards. Cannavale's last role on Broadway was The Big Knife in 2013 and Byrne's was You Can't Take It With You in 2014.
Renée Elise Goldsberry and Alexis Johnson
Goldsberry won Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for Hamilton.
Zachary Levi and Jane Krakowski
Levi and Krakowski, stars of Tony-nominated She Loves Me, performed a medley of "Ilona," "She Loves Me," and "Vanilla Ice Cream." Painful-looking splits by Krakowski were involved.
Cate Blanchett and Allison Williams
Blanchett — who will be making her Broadway debut in The Present — presented the award for Best Leading Actor in a Play.
Chita Rivera and Iain Armitage
Rivera, star of the 2015 Broadway show The Visit, posed with everyone's favorite pint-size theater critic.
Oprah Winfrey and Barbra Streisand
Winfrey, a producer for The Color Purple revival, hung out with Queen Streisand, who presented the award for Best Musical — which unsurprisingly went to Hamilton.