Australian actor performed all 26 roles in Broadway production of the Sydney Theatre Company play directed by Kip Williams
Sarah Snook has won the Tony award for best actress in a play for her performance in all 26 roles in The Picture of Dorian Gray, the Sydney Theatre Company one-woman show that has become a Broadway hit.
“This means so much for a little Australian girl,” she said from the podium, thanking her husband, actor Dave Lawson, for “holding down the fort and keeping our family together”.
The show marks the Australian actor’s Broadway debut, after having also performed the show in London’s West End, for which she won an Olivier award last year. Snook took over the role from actor Erin-Jean Norvill, who originated the performance to acclaim in Australia between 2020 and 2022.
“It’s about concealing and revealing, putting on masks, taking off masks,” Snook told the New York Times. “It’s about having your soul be seen.”
