Daniel Radcliffe, Julia Louis-Dreyfus speak on Tony Awards red carpet

(7 Jun 2026) ASSOCIATED PRESS New York - 7 June 2026 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Actor: “June Squibb is a miracle, period. And the fact that she is having the career that she's having right now, and she brings all of her life experience to bear to this moment, 95 years of her live, she can draw from in performance, and we are the lucky recipients of that performance, that's a miracle.” ++BLACK FRAMES++ 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Dratch, actor - on being the narrator in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' on Broadway: (Reporter: “The show seems like every performance that you do seems like more and more fun. Has it capped or is it just so unexpected what can happen?”) “Well, it's different every night, because sometimes the audience is yelling a lot, sometimes they're not, so you never know what kind of crowd it's gonna be, so that changes the show every night. Sometimes they yell the old standard callbacks, but sometimes they are stuff you've never heard. It keeps you on your toes.” ++BLACK FRAMES++ 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelli O’Hara, actor: “Look, I said that from the very beginning. I said, you know, 'We're not curing cancer right now with the Noel Coward farce.' And then I got on the stage and I said 'Heck, if we can make a couple of people laugh, maybe we are' -- in a very, very, I don't know, in a way that just at least for the day we feel whole and just happy. That makes me feel so purposeful. And just to hear those laughs coming back at me, that heals me somehow in some deep way. So it's been an absolute joy.” ++BLACK FRAMES++ 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Radcliffe, actor: “I mean, I genuinely don't think like there's ever been a play or musical that I've done where I haven't walked away from it being a better actor and a better performer. I feel like it's actually been like the making of me as an actor and I feel so lucky to have had so many opportunities to do it. Like doing 'Equus' and doing 'How to Succeed' were like huge milestones for me in my life and career so, yeah, I'll come back to theater for as long as it will have me.” ++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++ VIDEO: GUIDO NEIRA PRODUCER: JOHN CARUCCI STORYLINE: The stars and creators of Broadway walked the carpet at Radio City Music Hall in New York Sunday for the 79th annual Tony Awards honoring the best in theater. Stars including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kelli O’Hara, and Daniel Radcliffe greeted each other after posing for photographers. The American Theatre Wing nominated 24 shows this year in 26 categories, from lead and featured actors to scenic, costume and lighting design. The two shows with the most nominees were “The Lost Boys” and “Schmigadoon!” --each earning 12 nominations, including Best New Musical. “The Lost Boys” is an adaptation of a 1987 teen movie vampire thriller, and “Schmigadoon!” is an adaptation of an Apple TV series that gently mocks Broadway musicals. Other new musicals nominated were “Titaníque” and “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York).” The revival of “Ragtime”--a big, soaring musical celebrating early 20th-century America- had 11 nominations, and Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” the unraveling of the American Dream, starring Nathan Lane, nabbed nine nods, including Best Revival of a Play. For new plays, nominees included “The Balusters,” “Giant,” “Liberation” and “Little Bear Ridge Road.” The 2025-2026 Broadway season set a new box office record for the second year in a row. Over the 52 weeks of the season, Broadway brought in a combined total of $1,910,903,835, a smidge higher than last season’s then-historic total of $1,892,650,959. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...