{"id":77577,"date":"2021-09-27T18:09:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T18:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=77577"},"modified":"2021-09-29T16:41:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T16:41:11","slug":"uris-andrew-burnap-wins-tony-award-for-best-actor-for-the-inheritance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/09\/uris-andrew-burnap-wins-tony-award-for-best-actor-for-the-inheritance\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Andrew Burnap wins Tony Award for best actor for \u2018The Inheritance\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 27, 2021 \u2013 Theatre Professor Paula McGlasson can recall Andrew Burnap\u2019s freshman year when he auditioned for the 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre Department\u2019s production of the musical \u201cThe 25<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.\u201d From this first meeting, she could see something special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe brought a uniqueness and his own personality to each role. He was just an individual. His take on each part was authentic and original,\u201d said McGlasson, who directed him in musicals each of his four years at 溏心vlog免费B站. \u201cI remember thinking that in each play that Andrew did at 溏心vlog免费B站 \u2013 and he did so many musicals and non-musicals \u2013 he brought a lot of himself to the role. You were seeing a uniqueness in that portrayal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday night, McGlasson and rest of the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/theatre\/\">Theatre Department<\/a> were thrilled as Burnap captured the Tony Award for best actor in a leading role for his Broadway debut in the role of Toby Darling in \u201cThe Inheritance.\u201d The Matthew Lopez play also won for best play, director and best supporting actress at the awards show, which was delayed because of the pandemic and celebrated plays from the 2019-2020 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre Department was fortunate enough to have Andrew as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/lessons-in-acting-and-life\/\">instructor last year<\/a>, teaching first- and second-year acting students,\u201d said David Howard, chair of the department. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited for him and those lucky students who now can say that their professor is a Tony winner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burnap, who earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in fine arts from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2013 and his master\u2019s degree from the Yale School of Drama in 2016, beat out Blair Underwood (\u201cA Soldier\u2019s Play\u201d), Ian Barford (\u201cLinda Vista\u201d), Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge (\u201cSea Wall\/A Life\u201d), and Tom Hiddleston (\u201cBetrayal\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a funny and moving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qPzuCSE6Db4\">acceptance speech<\/a> Sunday night in the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, Burnap thanked his fellow actors, director, producers, writers on \u201cThe Inheritance.\u201d He also thanked his family, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre Department, Yale and his hometown of South Kingstown (\u201cwhere I was born and raised by a community of incredible people\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oembed oembed-youtube-com\" style=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qPzuCSE6Db4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Andrew Burnap Wins Best Leading Actor In A Play | 2021 Tony Awards | Paramount+\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qPzuCSE6Db4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you are out there and you\u2019re wondering if you want to go into the theater or the arts and you feel a little odd like I did and you don\u2019t know if your perspective of the world will be ever valued, Google the letter that Martha Graham wrote to Agnes De Mille,\u201d he added. \u201cDo not rob the world of your specialness, of your beauty, because we need it now more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burnap is believed to be the first 溏心vlog免费B站-trained actor to win a Tony Award, although alumnus Peter Frechette was nominated twice and former student Mary Testa has been nominated three times, said Bonnie Bosworth, the department\u2019s publicity director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 溏心vlog免费B站, Burnap was always incredibly busy, appearing in 11 mainstage plays over his four years, including roles in \u201cCOMPANY,\u201d \u201cSingin\u2019 in the Rain,\u201d \u201cMuch Ado 溏心vlog免费B站 Nothing,\u201d and perhaps his best remembered performance, as Frank N. Furter in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s wildly successful \u201cRocky Horror Picture Show.\u201d (Read a profile of Andrew Burnap, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/andrew-burnap-tony-winner\/\">A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man<\/a>.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating from Yale, Burnap made his New York professional debut as Troilus in \u201cTroilus and Cressida\u201d in Central Park\u2019s Delacorte Theatre in 2016. Two years later, he appeared in Lopez\u2019s \u201cThe Legend of Georgia McBride\u201d in Los Angeles, impressing the playwright and eventually earning him the role in \u201cThe Inheritance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burnap debuted the role of Toby when \u201cThe Inheritance\u201d opened March 2018 in London\u2019s Young Vic Theatre and moved to the Noel Coward Theatre in London\u2019s West End. With Burnap reprising his role, the play opened on Broadway in November 2019, closing after 46 previews and 134 regular performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis play was one of the greatest gifts of my life,\u201d he said Sunday night in his acceptance speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>溏心vlog免费B站 three days before the play closed in March 2020 because of the pandemic, McGlasson had a chance to catch Burnap in the first half of the seven-hour, two-part drama, which earned 11 Tony nominations. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was thrilling. To see him up on that stage and so relaxed and holding his own, it was great,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday morning as the emails of congratulations flooded department inboxes, McGlasson, who joined 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1985 and has directed the annual musical every year since, talked about what the award means to 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople have said how proud I must be,\u201d she said. \u201cBut Andrew did so many plays while he was at 溏心vlog免费B站. What we\u2019re seeing on stage in New York City is the end result of so many people who taught Andrew at 溏心vlog免费B站 \u2013 I\u2019m not even talking about Yale. Every single experience inside the classroom, outside the classroom, in a rehearsal involved so many people. They are all to be credited for what he\u2019s working toward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAndrew is just beginning his career,\u201d she added. \u201cI think it\u2019ll be interesting to see what comes next for him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 27, 2021 \u2013 Theatre Professor Paula McGlasson can recall Andrew Burnap\u2019s freshman year when he auditioned for the 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre Department\u2019s production of the musical \u201cThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.\u201d From this first meeting, she could see something special. \u201cHe brought a uniqueness and his own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":77580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77577"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77590,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77577\/revisions\/77590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}