Angelina Jolie wins first Tony Award

New York/New Delhi (Team Newsbuddy). Actress Angelina Jolie has won her first Tony Award for the production of ‘The Outsiders: A New Musical’. The actress arrived with her 15-year-old daughter at the Tony Awards ceremony on Sunday. Mother and daughter were present during the award distribution. The actress’ daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt also shared notes on the hit Broadway version. At the ceremony, producer Matthew Rego specially thanked Jolie while accepting the Tony Award. During this, he also named ‘The Outsiders’ writer S.E. Hinton, who was present in the audience.

The reason behind Jolie’s association with ‘The Outsiders’ was her daughter and her love for theater. In an interview, Angelina said, ‘My daughter Viv loves theater very much. She likes all kinds of theater, but she knows what kind of thing makes her feel closer. She went to see ‘The Outsiders’ in La Jolla about five times and was telling me about it. I had read the book, I had seen the film years ago. Then she asked me to see it with her.’ The actress said that she got involved in its production after seeing the impact of the musical on her daughter.

Award for Best Musical Film

‘The Outsiders’ was awarded the Best Musical Film Award at the 77th Tony Awards. It has won many awards. The show’s director Danya Taymor has received the Best Director Award.

These awards received by ‘The Outsiders’

‘The Outsiders’ has received the Best Musical Award. Along with this, Jonathan Groff got the award for Best Actor in the Lead Role, Maleah Joi Moon got the award for Best Actress in the Lead Role. At the same time, Sarah Paulson was awarded for the best performance by an actress in a lead role in a play.