Wel­come to Sea­son 4 of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, where host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores the songs, sto­ries and lore of the musi­cal theatre.

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This episode, broad­cast live at 2pm SLT/Pacific Time on Sat­ur­day, June 21st, is our annu­al look at the biggest awards events in the New York and Lon­don the­ater sea­sons: The Olivi­er Awards bestowed in April, and the Dra­ma Desk and Antoinette Per­ry (“Tony”) Awards bestowed in June. The win­ners are in, and we take a look at the nom­i­nees and win­ners in the cat­e­gories of new musi­cal and musi­cal revival.

Cale­do­nia presents the show live from the VCRa­dio stu­dio at SL22B.

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The Olivi­er Awards

Best Revival of a Musical

Fid­dler On The Roof — WINNER

music by Jer­ry Bock, lyrics by Shel­don Har­nick, book by Joseph Stein

Regen­t’s Park Open Air Theatre

YouTube Trail­er

Best New Musical

The Curi­ous Case Of Ben­jamin But­ton ‑WINNER

music & lyrics by Dar­ren Clark, book & lyrics by Jethro Compton

Ambas­sadors Theatre

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The Dra­ma Desk Awards

Best Revival of a Musical

Gyp­sy — WINNER

Best New Musical

Maybe Hap­py End­ing — WINNER

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The Antoinette Per­ry Awards (Tony)

Best Musi­cal

Bue­na Vista Social Club

Dead Out­law

Death Becomes Her

Maybe Hap­py End­ing — WINNER

Oper­a­tion Mince­meat: A New Musical