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Tony Awards 2023: Photo Roundup Of The Washington Heights Show

The Tony Awards took place in Washington Heights on Sunday night. Here's a photo recap from the show's first rendition in Upper Manhattan.

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Host Ariana DeBose, third right, performs at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York.
Host Ariana DeBose, third right, performs at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — The Tony Awards took place in Washington Heights for the first time in the award's show history on Sunday night.

Stars of the theater world made the journey uptown to the United Palace Theatre between West 175th and 176th streets and Broadway.

The show went successfully despite it not having a script due to the ongoing writer's strike, with many of the winners on the night praising the writers during their speeches.

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"Kimberly Akimbo" took home best musical, and "Leopoldstadt" won best play, while Victoria Clark and J. Harrison Ghee won the best leading actress and actor awards.

Here's a photo recap from the Washington Heights night.

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Stephen McKinley Henderson arrives at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Lupita Nyong'o arrives at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Audra McDonald, left, and Will Swenson arrive at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Eric Bogosian arrives at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Host Ariana DeBose, third right, performs at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Adrianna Hicks, from front left, Christian Borle, NaTasha Yvette Williams, J Harrison Ghee, Kevin Del Aguila and the cast of "Some Like It Hot" perform at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Alex Newell accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical for "Shucked" at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
The cast of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" performs at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
The cast of "A Beautiful Noise:The Neil Diamond Musical" performs at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
J. Harrison Ghee accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for "Some Like It Hot" at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Julianne Hough, from left, lifetime achievement winners Joel Grey, John Kander, and host Ariana DeBose appear on stage at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Jodie Comer accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play for "Prima Facie" at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Victoria Clark, left, and Justin Cooley, members of he cast of "Kimberly Akimbo", perform at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Tom Stoppard, center, and members of the company of "Leopoldstadt" accept the award for best play at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Lea Michele, a member of the cast of "Funny Girl, performs at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
David Stone, center, and members of the company of "Kimberly Akimbo" accept the award for best musical at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the United Palace theater in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

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