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    Robert De Niro Tony Awards

    Robert De Niro left no doubt about his feelings for Donald Trump at the Tony Awards. (Photo: ScreenCap)

    Robert De Niro had two words for Donald Trump at the Tony Awards–Fuck Trump. A long-time critic of the president, the famed actor got right to it as soon as he was called to the stage to announce Bruce Springsteen’s performance.

    “I’m going to say one thing, fuck Trump,” he pronounced, raising clenched fists.

    The pronouncement drew a raucous standing ovation from the crowd of mostly theater actors, producers and directors.

    De Niro, 74 was at Radio City Music Hall in New York City to introduce legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen, who was set to perform.

    After receiving the rousing applause, he said it again.

    “It’s no longer down with Trump. It’s fuck Trump.”

    CBS censors were quick enough to bleep the actor’s curses, but the audience caught every word.

    De Niro also urged Americans to vote, and praised Springsteen for his own political commitment.

    “Bruce, you can rock the house like nobody else and even more importantly in these perilous times, you rock the vote, always fighting for, in your own words, truth, transparency and integrity in government. Boy, do we need that now.”

    Springsteen sang his classic hit “My Hometown.”

    Springsteen received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theater in honor of his critically acclaimed show, Springsteen on Broadway.

    During the performance, Springsteen talked about growing up “surrounded by God and all my relatives” in the US, explaining that people did their best to resist the “demons, outside and inside, that sought to destroy them.”

    Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban co-hosted the 2018 Tony Awards.

    Check out De Niro’s remarks below, and the full list of Tony Award winners. Let us know your thoughts and be sure to follow IM on Twitter for the latest theater news.

    Tony Awards 2017-2018; Winners in Boldface

    Best Play
    The Children
    Farinelli and The King
    Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
    Junk
    Latin History for Morons

    Best Musical
    The Band’s Visit
    Frozen
    Mean Girls
    SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

    Best Revival of a Play
    Angels in America
    Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
    Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
    Lobby Hero
    Travesties

    Best Revival of a Musical
    My Fair Lady
    Once On This Island
    Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

    Best Direction, Play
    Marianne Elliott, Angels in America
    Joe Mantello, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
    Patrick Marber, Travesties
    John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
    George C. Wolfe, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

    Best Direction, Musical
    Michael Arden, Once On This Island
    David Cromer, The Band’s Visit
    Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
    Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls
    Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady

    Best Performance by a Lead Actor, Play
    Andrew Garfield, Angels in America
    Tom Hollander, Travesties
    Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
    Mark Rylance, Farinelli and the King
    Denzel Washington, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

    Best Performance by Lead Actress, Play
    Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
    Condola Rashad, Saint Joan
    Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God
    Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower

    Best Performance by Lead Actor, Musical
    Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady
    Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
    Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit
    Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

    Best Performance by Lead Actress, Musical
    Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady
    Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island
    LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
    Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit
    Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls
    Jessie Mueller, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

    Best Performance by Featured Actor, Play
    Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
    Michael Cera, Lobby Hero
    Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero
    Nathan Lane, Angels in America
    David Morse, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

    Best Performance by Featured Actress, Play
    Susan Brown, Angels in America
    Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
    Deborah Findlay, The Children
    Denise Gough, Angels in America
    Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

    Best Performance by Featured Actor, Musical
    Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady
    Alexander Gemignani, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
    Grey Henson, Mean Girls
    Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
    Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit

    Best Performance by Featured Actress, Musical
    Ariana DeBose, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
    Renée Fleming, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
    Lindsay Mendez, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
    Ashley Park, Mean Girls
    Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady

    Best Book, Musical
    The Band’s Visit, Itamar Moses
    Frozen, Jennifer Lee
    Mean Girls, Tina Fey
    SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Kyle Jarrow

    Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics)
    Angels in America, Adrian Sutton (Music)
    The Band’s Visit, David Yazbek (Music and Lyrics)
    Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Music and Lyrics)
    Mean Girls, Jeff Richmond (Music)
and Nell Benjamin (Lyrics)
    SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani and Lil’C (Music and Lyrics)

    Best Sound Design of a Play
    Adam Cork, Travesties
    Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Angels in America
    Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
    Tom Gibbons, 1984
    Dan Moses Schreier, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

    Best Sound Design of a Musical
    Kai Harada, The Band’s Visit
    Peter Hylenski, Once On This Island
    Scott Lehrer, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
    Brian Ronan, Mean Girls
    Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

    Best Orchestrations
    John Clancy, Mean Girls
    Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
    Annmarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin, Once On This Island
    Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit
    Jonathan Tunick, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

    Best Scenic Design, Play
    Miriam Buether, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
    Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and The King
    Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
    Santo Loquasto, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
    Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce, Angels in America

    Best Scenic Design, Musical
    Dane Laffrey, Once On This Island
    Scott Pask, The Band’s Visit
    Scott Pask, Finn Ross and Adam Young, Mean Girls
    Michael Yeargan, My Fair Lady
    David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

    Best Lighting Design, Play
    Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
    Paule Constable, Angels in America
    Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
    Paul Russell, Farinelli and The King
    Ben Stanton, Junk

    Best Lighting Design, Musical
    Kevin Adams, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
    Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Once On This Island
    Donald Holder, My Fair Lady
    Brian MacDevitt, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
    Tyler Micoleau, The Band’s Visit

    Best Costume Design, Play
    Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and The King
    Nicky Gillibrand, Angels in America
    Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
    Ann Roth, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
    Ann Roth, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

    Best Costume Design, Musical
    Gregg Barnes, Mean Girls
    Clint Ramos, Once On This Island
    Ann Roth, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
    David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
    Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady

    Best Choreography
    Christopher Gattelli, My Fair Lady
    Christopher Gattelli, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
    Steven Hoggett, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
    Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls
    Justin Peck, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

    Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
    Chita Rivera
    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Special Tony Awards
    John Leguizamo
    Bruce Springsteen

    Regional Theatre Tony Award
    La MaMa E.T.C.
    New York City

    Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
    Nick Scandalios

    Tony Honors for Excellence
    Sara Krulwich
    Bessie Nelson
    Ernest Winzer Cleaners