Lesley Manville Wins Big at the Tonys. Broadway's Best Actress Race Was Stacked.

The 79th Tony Awards saw Lesley Manville take home the prize for best actress in a play, in a category that reflected Broadway's current state: older, more diverse, and increasingly willing to celebrate performers with decades of work behind them. Manville's win matters not because she's British (though she is, and that signals something about where Broadway's talent pool draws from) but because it confirms a trend the industry has been quietly acknowledging for months.