2019 Tony Awards: Jason Michael Webb Acceptance Speech
Channel: The Tony Awards
Date: 2019-06-05

On Broadway, and perhaps especially at the Tony Awards, we tend to categorize shows as either plays or musicals.  But, increasingly in recent years, these lines are getting blurred, and the results can be stunning.  Take, for example, this season’s Tony nominated play, “Choir Boy.”  The music and storytelling blend seamlessly, with songs providing a mechanism for both self-expression and self-discovery.  The characters of “Choir Boy” are able to find harmony even amidst discord, and those harmonies are powerful, sad, joyful, and altogether gorgeous.  The man behind the music is Jason Michael Webb, and tonight we honor him for his remarkable arrangements for “Choir Boy.”

Jason Michael Webb accepts the 2019 Special Tony Award for his outstanding vocal arrangements for “Choir Boy."

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