Aussie star Sarah Snook celebrates Tony Award with cheeky fast food trip
How does an Aussie celebrate winning American theatre’s biggest award? With a cheeky fast food run while dressed to the nines in her ballgown! See Sarah Snook’s after-party pics.
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Australia’s own Tony Award winner Sarah Snook celebrated her historic win for Best Actress in a play with a night on the town in New York.
In photos uploaded to Instagram, the Aussie star was seen at Times Square fast food joint Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers enjoying a late night snack of chicken and chips in her glam awards dress.
In it, she’s fittingly standing in front of a neon sign that reads ‘winner winner chicken dinner’.
Snook won the Tony for her extraordinary performance playing 26 characters in the one-woman adaptation of the Oscar Wilde book.
Other photos show the actress, best known for her role as Shiv Roy in Succession, celebrating with cast mates from the award-winning play The Picture of Dorian Gray.
In one snap, she’s cuddled up to husband Dave Lawson as he holds the award.
Snook made a speedy turnaround to get ready for the Tony’s, performing in the matinee show before rushing to Radio City Music Hall for the awards ceremony.
She snapped a selfie while arriving with Lawson, writing “Last on the carpet!”.
The Picture of Dorian Gray runs until the end of June.
Snook accepted the award in front of a star-studded room that included George Clooney, Katie Holmes and host Cynthia Erivo.
“This means so much for a little Australian girl to be here on Broadway,” she said as she accepted the award to rapturous applause.
“It is billed as a one woman show and I don’t feel alone any night that I do this show.
“There are so many people on the stage making it work and so many people behind the stage making it work.”
She gave special mention to “incredible” director and fellow Aussie Kip Williams who is also nominated for an award.
In a heartwarming moment she thanked husband, Australian comedian Dave Lawson.
“The biggest thank you I can ever give to my husband, my soul’s mate you are so brilliant holding the fort down and keeping our family together…”.
She was presented the award by Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter who will star in a new adaptation of Waiting for Godot on Broadway later this year.
Snook was one of seven Australians nominated for a Tony Award this season.
Fellow Australian Clemence Williams won for best sound design of a play and Marg Horwell and David Bergman won for best scenic design of a play.
Australian theatre director Kip Williams who adapted and directed The Picture of Dorian Gray for the Sydney Theatre Company in 2020 is also nominated for best direction of a play
It’s been a banner year for Broadway which recorded its highest grossing season in history, bouncing back from the pandemic and recording an attendance of almost 15 million people.
The Picture of Dorian Gray was Snook’s Broadway debut and has received rave reviews.
She was the favourite to take out the award against fellow nominees Sadie Sink for John Proctor is the Villain, Mia Farrow in the Roommate, Laura Donnelly in The Hills of California and LaTanya Richardson Jackson in Purpose.
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