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At the Tony Awards, women continue to make progress: “The Outsiders” wins best musical, while “Stereophonic” wins best play.
On a night when women made progress, “The Outsiders,” a gritty rendition of the beloved young adult novel, became the epitome of a Broadway insider on Sunday night. It was awarded the Tony Award for best new musical. Rival gangs of the haves and have-nots in 1960s Oklahoma are the subject of the musical,…