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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 8

Schmigadoon!, Lost Boys and Ragtime Win 4 Tonys Each as After-Parties Celebrate Winners

Updated

Updated · The New York Times · Jun 8

Schmigadoon!, Lost Boys and Ragtime Win 4 Tonys Each as After-Parties Celebrate Winners

Q: How did Andrew Lloyd Webber react to the radical ballroom reinvention of his iconic musical 'Cats'?

Andrew Lloyd Webber reacted positively to the radical ballroom reimagining of *Cats*. He embraced *Cats: The Jellicle Ball* rather than resisting its departure from the original. That support was not just symbolic. According to the additional reporting, Lloyd Webber’s company, LW Entertainment, is producing the show, and he has even appeared as one of its celebrity guest judges onstage. That level of involvement signals clear approval of the production’s queer, ballroom-culture reinterpretation. The Broadway version, co-directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, recasts the Jellicle competition inside New York’s ballroom scene and has been praised for connecting Lloyd Webber’s musical to Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ performance culture. Its Tony success, including three wins, underscored how strongly the reinvention landed with the theater community.

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Four Tony wins apiece put “Schmigadoon!,” “The Lost Boys” and the revival of “Ragtime” at the center of Sunday night’s post-awards celebrations in Manhattan.
“Schmigadoon!” took best new musical, while winners, actors and producers moved between Rockefeller Center and the Carlyle hotel for the official after-parties.
Three Tony wins for “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” added to the night’s momentum, with co-director Zhailon Levingston calling the recognition “unbelievably surreal-feeling.”
The gatherings underscored how broadly the awards were spread across this year’s theater season, turning the after-parties into a showcase for multiple productions rather than a single dominant winner.