Patricia Delgado Wins Tony Award for Best Choreography for “Buena Vista Social Club” Musical

Patricia Delgado is celebrating her Buena suerte…

The Cuban American ballet dancer, répétiteur and teacher earned her first-ever Tony Award alongside her husband Justin Peck during Sunday’s 78th Annual Tony Awards—presented at Radio City Music Hall.

Patricia Delgado, Justin Peck, Tony AwardsDelgado and Peck won the Best Choreography award for their work on the acclaimed musical Buena Vista Social Club.

Delgado and Peck are longtime collaborators who have been with Buena Vista Social Club since the beginning of its development.

They’ve worked together on various projects, including Steven Spielberg’s 2021 West Side Story.

Buena Vista Social Club marks their first co-choreographer credit.

Set in Havana during the 1950s through the 1990s, Buena Vista Social Club tells the story of the effect of the rise of communism and Fidel Castro on local musicians. It follows four prominent musicians and their eventual collaboration on the 1997 landmark album Buena Vista Social Club. The show’s music is entirely in Spanish. Ali served as its director when it premiered Off-Broadway in 2023 at the Atlantic Theatre Company.

Buena Vista Social Club earned four Tonys. 

Here’s the full list of winners:

Best Musical: Maybe Happy Ending
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
Best Revival of a Musical: Sunset Blvd.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Cole EscolaOh, Mary!
Best Direction of a Musical: Michael ArdenMaybe Happy Ending
Best Direction of a Play: Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!
Best Revival of a PlayEureka Day, Jonathan Spector
Best Play: Purpose
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a MusicalNatalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Kara Young, Purpose
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (lyrics)
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her
Best Costume Design of a Play: Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Lighting Design of a MusicalJack Knowles, Sunset Blvd.
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Choreography: Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Orchestrations: Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Book of a MusicalMaybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park
Best Sound Design of a Play: Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Fifth Harmony Earns MTV Video Music Awards Nod for “Work From Home”

Lauren Jauregui, Camila Cabello and Ally Brooke Hernandez are over the Moon(man)

The Latina singers and their fellow Fifth Harmony members have picked up their latest MTV Video Music Awards nomination, the third of their career.

Fifth Harmony

The all-girl group has been nominated in the Best Collaboration category for their first Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singleWork From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign.

FKA Twigs has picked up the latest MTV VMA nod of her career. The 28-year-old part-Spanish singer, songwriter, producer and dancer, one of the celebrities featured in Calvin Klein’s latest ad campaign, is recognized in the Best Choreography category for masterminding the choreography in her “M3LL155X” music video.

The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards will air live for the first time from New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday, August 28 at 9:00 pm ET.

Here’s the full list of nominees:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adele – “Hello”
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Justin Bieber – “Sorry”
Kanye West – “Famous”

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Adele – “Hello”
Beyoncé – “Hold Up”
Sia – “Cheap Thrills”
Ariana Grande – “Into You”
Rihanna ft. Drake – “Work” (short version)

BEST MALE VIDEO
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”
Kanye West – “Famous”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”

BEST COLLABORATION
Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Freedom”
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – “Work From Home”
Ariana Grande ft. Lil Wayne – “Let Me Love You”
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”
Rihanna ft. Drake – “Work” (short version)

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Desiigner – “Panda”
Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”
Chance The Rapper featuring Saba – “Angels”
2 Chainz – “Watch Out”

BEST POP VIDEO
Adele – “Hello”
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Justin Bieber – “Sorry”
Alessia Cara – “Wild Things”
Ariana Grande – “Into You”

BEST ROCK VIDEO
All Time Low – “Missing You”
Coldplay – “Adventure Of A Lifetime”
Fall Out Boy ft. Demi Lovato – “Irresistible”
twenty one pilots – “Heathens”
Panic! At The Disco – “Victorious”

BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO
Calvin Harris & Disciples – “How Deep Is Your Love”
99 Souls ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy – “The Girl Is Mine”
Mike Posner – “I Took A Pill In Ibiza”
Afrojack – “SummerThing!”
The Chainsmokers ft. Daya – “Don’t Let Me Down”

BREAKTHROUGH LONG FORM VIDEO
Florence + The Machine – The Odyssey
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Justin Bieber – PURPOSE: The Movement
Chris Brown – Royalty
Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy

BEST NEW ARTIST
Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

BEST ART DIRECTION
Beyoncé – “Hold Up”
Fergie – “M.I.L.F. $”
Production Designer: Alexander Delgado
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
David Bowie – “Blackstar”
Adele – “Hello”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell – “WTF (Where They From)”
Beyoncé – “Sorry”
FKA Twigs – “M3LL155X”
Choreographer: FKA Twigs
Florence + The Machine – “Delilah”

BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Coldplay – “Up&Up”
Adele – “Hello”
David Bowie – “Lazarus”
Tame Impala – “The Less I Know The Better”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Adele – “Hello”
David Bowie – “Lazarus”
Alesso – “I Wanna Know”
Ariana Grande – “Into You”

BEST EDITING
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Adele – “Hello”
Fergie – “M.I.L.F. $”
David Bowie – “Lazarus”
Ariana Grande – “Into You”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Coldplay – “Up&Up”
FKA Twigs – “M3LL155X”
Adele – “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”
Zayn – “PILLOWTALK”

Mars’ “Uptown Funk” Collaboration with Mark Ronson Wins an MTV VMA

Bruno Mars is the (Moon)man of the hour…

The 29-year-old part-Puerto Rican singer picked up the third Moonman of his career atthe 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.

Bruno Mars in Uptown Funk

Mars picked up the award for Best Male Video for his collaboration with Mark Ronson, “Uptown Funk.”

Mars previously picked up awards at the 2013 MTV VMAs for Best Male Video for “Locked Out of Heaven” and Best Choreography for “Treasure.”

Here’s a look at the night’s winners:

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award: Kanye West
Video of the Year: “Bad Blood,” Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar
Best Female Video: “Blank Space,” Taylor Swift
Best Male Video: “Uptown Funk,” Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
Best Pop Video: “Blank Space,” Taylor Swift
Best Hip Hop Video: “Anaconda,” Nicki Minaj
Best Rock Video: “Uma Thurman,” Fall Out Boy
Best Direction: “Alright,” Kendrick Lamar
Best Collaboration: “Bad Blood,” Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar
Best Video with Social Message: “One Man Can Changed the World,” Big Sean ft. Kanye West and John Legend
Best Art Direction: “So Many Pros,” Snoop Dogg
Best Choreography: “I Won’t Let You Down,” OK Go
Best Cinematography: “Never Catch Me,” Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar
Best Editing: “7/11,” Beyoncé
Best Visual Effects: “Where Are U Now” Skrillex and Diplo ft. Justin Bieber