Alicia Keys, Eddie Redmayne and Jonathan Groff duke it out for Tony Awards
nypost.comher popular musical “Hell’s Kitchen.” Keys was the star of Broadway’s spring road conference, an annual convention in which hundreds of out-of-town presenters who book shows around the country come to NYC to be feted.There’s swag, multiple boozy parties per day — just what these people need — and glad-handing celebs galore.
But Broadway is campaigning for more than just two weeks in Cincinnati.Beyond shopping for productions to bring to their markets, “the road” also makes up about 15% of the 800 or so Tony Award voters who will decide Best Musical on Sunday, June 16.
And in a particularly competitive year for that category, getting the edge matters.That’s why smart Keys, who produced the semi-autobiographical “Hell’s Kitchen,” gave the road voters a 45-minute concert at Gotham Hall on Wednesday night.“It was electric,” a source said of the 11 p.m.
performance that also featured the show’s nominated stars such as Maleah Joi Moon, Kecia Lewis and Shoshana Bean. The bash went late, and revelers spilled out to second locations.Earlier that day during a panel at the Hilton, Keys interviewed book writer Kristoffer Diaz, choreographer Camille A.
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