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Jessica Lange Takes Home a 2016 Tony Award for Long Day's Journey Into Night

Lange stars as Mary Tyrone in Roundabout Theatre Company’s new revival of the classic play.

Bethany Rickwald
Broadway
Jessica Lange has won a 2016 Tony for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play.
Jessica Lange has won a 2016 Tony for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play.
(© David Gordon)

Stage and screen star Jessica Lange has been honored with a 2016 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for playing the role of Mary Tyrone in Roundabout Theatre Company's Long Day's Journey Into Night. The revival of Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is now playing at the American Airlines Theatre.

Gabriel Byrne and Jessica Lange play onstage spouses James Tyrone and Mary Tyrone.
Gabriel Byrne and Jessica Lange play onstage spouses James Tyrone and Mary Tyrone.
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In addition to Oscar and Emmy winner Jessica Lange, Long Day's Journey Into Night stars Golden Globe winner Gabriel Byrne as James Tyrone, Tony winner John Gallagher Jr. as Edmund, Oscar nominee Michael Shannon as James Tyrone Jr., and Colby Minifie as Cathleen.

Roundabout presents Long Day's Journey Into Night in association with Ryan Murphy, the producer of TV's Glee and American Horror Story.

Lange's previous Broadway credits include 1992's A Streetcar Named Desire and 2005's The Glass Menagerie.

Colby Minifie, Gabriel Byrne, Jessica Lange, Michael Shannon, and John Gallagher Jr. take their opening-night curtain call.
Colby Minifie, Gabriel Byrne, Jessica Lange, Michael Shannon, and John Gallagher Jr. take their opening-night curtain call.
(© David Gordon)

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