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Tony Awards 2014: Chat with Times theater critic Charles McNulty

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Actress Jennifer Hudson belts out a song onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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The cast of “Beautiful” performs onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Bryan Cranston accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play for “All the Way.”  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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T.I., from left, Hugh Jackman and LL Cool J bring hip-hop flair onstage.   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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The cast of “Bullets Over Broadway” performs onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Nick Cordero and Helene Yorke and the cast “Bullets Over Broadway” perform.   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)
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Audra McDonald accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play for “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.” It was her record sixth Tony Award.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Award Productions)
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Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” perform onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” get rowdy onstage.   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Director Kenny Leon, right, speaks onstage alongside the cast of “A Raisin in the Sun,” which won best revival of a play.   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Actor Jefferson Mays performs “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)
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Lisa O’Hare, Bryce Pinkham and Lauren Worsham of “A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder” perform onstage.   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
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Hugh Jackman presents Jessie Mueller with the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical for “Beautiful.”

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Producer David Binder accepts the award for best revival of a musical with the cast of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Actors Leighton Meester, left, and Tony Goldwyn.   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Sting performs the title song from his upcoming musical “The Last Ship” onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Host Hugh Jackman breaks out a pose.   (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)
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Singer Carole King speaks onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)
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Gladys Knight, left, Fantasia Barrino and Patti Labelle perform with the cast of “After Midnight.”  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Gladys Knight gets into the swing of things onstage.   (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)
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Neil Patrick Harris accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
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Terence Archie and the cast of “Rocky” get physical onstage.   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
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The cast of “Rocky” box it out onstage.   (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )
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Mark Rylance accepts the award for best actor in a featured role for “Twelfth Night.”  (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)
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Tina Fey, from left, Kevin Bacon and Kate Mara share a backstage moment.   (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
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Kyle Scatliffe performs with the cast of “Les Miserables.”  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Nikki M. James performs onstage with the cast of “Les Miserables.”  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Actress Lucy Liu speaks onstage.  (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )
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Film director-actor Clint Eastwood presents an award.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Recording artists LL Cool J, left, and T.I. strike a pose backstage.   (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Playwright Harvey Fierstein speaks onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Sophie Okonedo speaks after winning the Tony Award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for “A Raisin in the Sun.”   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Andy Karl and the cast of “Rocky” perform onstage.   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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A cast member of “Rocky” is aglow onstage.  (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )
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The cast of “Rocky” perform onstage.   (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )
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Emilio and Gloria Estefan speak onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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RuPaul speaks onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Matt Bomer and Zachary Quinto speak onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)
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Actors Orlando Bloom and Anna Gunn.  (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)
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Aussie actor and host of the evening Hugh Jackman, center, and the cast of “After Midnight” perform.

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Rosie O’Donnell accepts the Isabelle Stevenson Award.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Brian Ronan accepts the award for best sound design of a musical for the Carole King musical “Beautiful.”  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Actress Jessie Mueller, left, and singer Carole King perform onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
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Actress Emmy Rossum.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Actors Patrick Wilson and Judith Light speak onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Actors Jenni Barber, left, and Christine Dwyer of “Wicked” pose backstage.  (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)
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Host Hugh Jackman busts out a dance move.   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Actors James Monroe Iglehart, left, and Adam Jacobs perform a scene from “Aladdin.”   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Actor Alan Cumming speaks onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Lena Hall accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a feature role in a musical for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Alan Cumming and the cast of “Cabaret” perform onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Alan Cumming makes his “Cabaret” emcee come alive onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Maggie Gyllenhaal speaks onstage.  (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)
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James Monroe Iglehart accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical for “Aladdin.”  (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)
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Actors Fran Drescher and Zachary Levi speak onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Idina Menzel performs songs from “If/Then” onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Recording artist Jennifer Hudson stands tall backstage.  (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
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Actors Ethan Hawke and Vera Farmiga speak onstage.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Costume designer Jane Greenwood accepts the special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theater.  (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Darko Tresnjak accepts the Tony Award for best direction of a musical for “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.”   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Award Productions)
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Actors Zachary Quinto, left, and Matt Bomer pose backstage.  (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
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Actor Hugh Jackman closes out the evening’s ceremonies.   (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
By Scott Sandell
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Join Times theater critic Charles McNulty to talk about the Tony Awards and theater in Southern California in a live text chat below at 10 a.m. PDT Monday.

There's lots to talk about after Sunday's show, in which the musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" walked away the big winner and in which Hugh Jackman sang, danced and hopped the night away as host.

Despite having no marquee names, "A Gentleman's Guide" received four awards -- best musical, director of a musical, book of a musical and costume design. It ran last year at San Diego's Old Globe and the Hartford Stage in Connecticut.

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"All the Way," Robert Schenkkan's three-hour drama about the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act starring Bryan Cranston as Lyndon B. Johnson, won for best play as well as lead actor for Cranston. In the revival categories, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," starring Neil Patrick Harris in a Tony-winning turn, was named best revival of a musical and "A Raisin in the Sun" was named best revival of a play.

Another big winner of the evening was Audra McDonald, who won her sixth Tony, for her performance as Billie Holiday in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill."

Get your questions ready for McNulty, who'll be talking about the awards as well as his recent round-table discussion about the Tonys and Southern California theater with Center Theatre Group's Michael Ritchie, the Pasadena Playhouse's Sheldon Epps, the Geffen Playhouse's Randall Arney and (via Skype) South Coast Repertory's Marc Masterson.

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Scott Sandell

Scott Sandell is a former Page 1 editor at the Los Angeles Times. Since starting at The Times as an intern, he has worked as a reporter, copy editor, assignment editor, online arts and entertainment editor, and newsletters editor. He speaks German and Mandarin.

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