Kevin Spacey, an American actor who has won two Academy Awards, will be the host of this year’s annual Tony Awards. Many know Spacey for playing the iniquitous President of the United States on Netflix’s original series “House of Cards,” however, this successful actor had quite an interesting start.
Spacey, who is currently 57 years old, won his first Tony Award for performing in “Lost In Yonkers” in 1991. However, Spacey was first put on the map for his performance in Bryan Singer’s classic drama film The Usual Suspects, in which he played the main antagonist, Verbal Kint. This role also landed him his first Oscar: Best Actor in a Supporting Role. This role was the one that really skyrocketed his career. Only four years later, Spacey appeared in his next big film, the Best Picture-winning American Beauty, which also won Spacey an Oscar for Best Actor.
It might surprise some to learn that Spacey is also a singer, and a very good one at that, having appeared in six Broadway productions. With the string of Academy Awards under his belt, plus his ability to sing and make a crowd his own, are very good reasons for why Spacey would be a great fit to host the 71st Tony Awards.
The award show will air on June 11th, at 8:00 PM, live from Radio City Music Hall.
This year, they seemed to have followed the same tradition that they did during last year’s Tony Awards, as the host was James Corden. What sticks out most as a similarity between these two hosts is that they both never pursued a career in singing or music for the most part, yet they both have the ability and comedic intelligence to make the show a success.
This year, the ceremony will only take into consideration shows that have opened any time during April 29th, 2016, and April 27th, 2017. The long-awaited nominations will be coming out on May 2nd.
Recently, Spacey sat down with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, and had this to say about the whole situation: “I love the theatre, I’m a theatre rat so for me it’s incredibly exciting,”
All that can be said so far is that Spacey is visibly excited to be hosting the prestigious event, we’re all excited to see him host, and all we can do is hope that the show goes smoothly.
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