URI Grad Andrew Burnap Wins Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actor

URI Grad Andrew Burnap Wins Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actor

Andrew Burnap has won Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a play at the 74th Annual Tony Awards for his performance as Toby Darling in The Inheritance. This is his first Tony nomination and win. He is a 2013 graduate of the University of Rhode Island.

Burnap beat out fellow nominees Ian Barford (Linda Vista), Tom Hiddleston (Betrayal), Jake Gyllenhaal (Sea Wall/A Life), Tom Sturridge (Sea Wall/A Life), and Blair Underwood (A Soldier’s Play).

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He grew up in South Kingstown.

 

This story was first published 9/26/21 9:35 PM

EDITOR'S NOTE: we removed the URI written bio as there was a factual error.