Getting Ready for the Tonys With Playwright and Actress Danai Gurira Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Danai Gurira1/9Getting ready for the Tonys is easy when you’ve got makeup artist Kim Bower by your side. Bower decided on a vibrant magenta lipstick that “felt so right for this celebratory evening,” says Gurira.
Photo: Courtesy of Danai Gurira2/9Bower came prepared with every tool imaginable to make sure Gurira looked her best.
Photo: Courtesy of Danai Gurira3/9“The perfect gift arrives from my business manager, Dean”: a gorgeous bouquet of roses and orchids and, to begin the celebrations, “bubbly!”
Photo: Courtesy of Danai Gurira4/9“I’m a lucky girl,” says Gurira of the accessories stylist Thomas Carter Phillips pulled for the night. The team chose a pair of navy Paul Andrew pumps and a purple Roger Vivier clutch to match her bright dress.
Photo: Courtesy of Danai Gurira5/9Moments before stepping out the door, Gurira toasted her accomplishments with a glass of champagne and a deep purple manicure in Sally Hansen’s Boho a Go Go: “Let the celebrations (and libations) begin!”
Photo: Courtesy of Danai Gurira6/9“It was love at first sight,” says Gurira of her striking Rosie Assoulin gown. The nominee completed the outfit with a gray ribbon pinned to her left lapel, honoring those affected by the Orlando tragedy.
Photo: Courtesy of Danai Gurira7/9Gurira posed backstage with Zainab Jah and Lin-Manuel Miranda, “the man of the hour.”
Photo: Courtesy of Danai Gurira8/9“Blown away by her tour de force performance in The Color Purple,” says Gurira of Tony winner Cynthia Erivo, with whom she took a quick selfie backstage.
Photo: Courtesy of Danai Gurira9/9As the real celebrating got underway, Gurira caught up with Sophie Okonedo at the Hamilton after-party at Tavern on the Green. “So glad I ran into this amazing woman,” says Gurira of the Oscar de la Renta–clad fellow nominee. “What a night!”
