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John Lithgow and Lesley Manville lead Tony Award winners
Key takeaways
- A new production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman dominated the night overall, notching up six wins in total.
- Aged 80, Lithgow became the oldest male actor ever to win a Tony, for his portrayal of author Roald Dahl in Giant.
- The actor's latest Tony trophy comes more than five decades after his first, when he won for his role in a 1972 Broadway production of Changing Rooms.
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Steven Mc Intosh Entertainment reporter Getty Images John Lithgow and Lesley Manville won awards for their roles in Giant and Oedipus respectively John Lithgow, Lesley Manville and Laurie Metcalf were among the big winners at Sunday's Tony Awards, which celebrate the best US theatre of the past year.
A new production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman dominated the night overall, notching up six wins in total.
Aged 80, Lithgow became the oldest male actor ever to win a Tony, for his portrayal of author Roald Dahl in Giant.
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