{"id":466736,"date":"2026-06-08T11:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/466736\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:29:17","slug":"video-omari-wiles-and-arturo-lyons-react-to-tony-win-for-best-choreography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/466736\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons React to Tony Win for Best Choreography"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier tonight at the 79th Annual Tony Awards,\u00a0Omari Wiles<\/a> and Arturo Lyons<\/a> took home the Tony Award for Best Choreography.\u00a0After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, they checked in with BroadwayWorld’s\u00a0Richard Ridge<\/a>\u00a0to share their initial reaction!<\/p>\n

COME ONE, COME ALL \u2013 The Jellicle Cats are having a BALL. Based on T.S. Eliot<\/a>\u2019s Old Possum\u2019s Book of Practical Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber<\/a>\u2019s worldwide phenomenon CATS is reimagined in a production that smashed records, won awards and left New York City purring. And now CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/a> ascends to Broadway in a kaleidoscope of glittering spectacle, iconic music and electrifying ballroom choreography. Broadway meets Runway in the fiercest event of the season, directed by Obie Award winners Zhailon Levingston<\/a> and Bill Rauch<\/a>, with choreography by Obie Award winners and New York City Ballroom icons Omari Wiles<\/a> (House of NiNa Oricci) and Arturo Lyons<\/a> (House of Miyake-Mugler).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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