Broadway’s best partied until 4 am at the storied Tonys after party held every year at the Caryle.
Its hosts — PR guru Rick Miramontez, and producers John Gore and Jamie DuMont — toasted the winners at the Upper East Side haunt, while the losers drowned their sorrows.
Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch performed standards at the hotel’s famed Bemelmans Bar in front of guests including Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Tony winner Shoshanna Bean, Bowen Yang, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Benj Pasek, Tony winner Lesley Manville, and Mark Strong.
At one point, Darren Criss jumped on the piano to belt out Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer.”
Daniel Radcliffe had a reunion with his former childhood co-star Tom Felton, who is currently starring in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”
Radcliffe, who was nominated for a Tony for “Every Brilliant Thing,” was spotted leading his longtime girlfriend Erin Darke through the packed crowd, where they posted up at a back banquet.
Anna Wintour’s daughter Bee Shaffer— who has split from her husband, Francesco Carrozzini — was spotted holding hands with her new man, theater producer Greg Nobile, at the party.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Conseulos were out to support their son Joaquin, who made his Broadway debut in Tony winning “Death of a Salesman.” Ripa told us that they were “so proud” of their youngest and felt “very lucky.”
Tony winner Ali Louis Bourzgi, who won for Best Featured Actor for “The Lost Boys,” still seemed surprised as he mingled around the room.
“I was not expecting to win,” Bourzgui, who plays head vampire David in the show, told us. “Like not even one percent. I was sitting comfortably in my seat, ready to clap for whoever was gonna win. And they called my name I was so shocked, like genuine shock.”
Zhailon Levingston, who won a Tony for co-directing “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” says the reimagining of the classic show as an LGBTQ Vogue ball is resonating with all sorts of people ranging in age from “six to 80 year olds.” “Something countercultural is happening, but something unbelievably universal is happening at the same time,’ he said.
When it comes to winning the award, Levingston told us, “Holding one of these makes my twelve-year-old self giddy.”
Also at the bash were Megan Thee Stallion, Jim Parsons, Ariana DeBose, Jessica Vosk, Madeline Brewer and Lauren Patten
Page Six spotted Michael Kors and his husband, Lance LaPere, in deep conversation with Cole Escola and stylist David Moses, who created Escola’s pink layered dress.
Escola told Page Six that they have no plans to return to the New York production of “Oh, Mary!” which currently stars Maya Rudolph, because “they’re getting bigger names than me!” but will be playing the part in the London production this summer.
Kors shared that he and LaPere’s favorite show of the Broadway season was “Ragtime,” which they had already seen three times and are planning to see a fourth.
Upstairs, the mezzanine had been transformed into a disco, hosted by Best Musical winning “Schmigadoon” producer Christine Schwarzman.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, the cats from “Jellicle,” “Ragtime” star Brandon Uranowitz, Nicole Scherzinger, Alia Shawkat, Rachel Antonoff, and Sarah Paulson were spotted dancing to tunes by DJ Never Dull.
And there was a five-foot-tall cake in the shape of a Tony Award — which, sources said, required four Carlyle staffers to haul it upstairs.
When things finally wound down, we hear the party moved upstairs to John Gore’s Presidential Suite, where “Chess” star Nicholas Christopher played the room’s grand piano and Adrienne Warren crooned as the sun came up and omelets were served.
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