“No more Carlisle! No more Carlisle!” cried Billy Porter.
It’s not often you see a protest inside the luxury Carlisle Hotel, but the Kinky Boots actor was furious.
“Everyone leave right–k now!” He said.
The “Pose” star and a slew of others — including your real-life star, Corey Cott (“Heart of Rock ‘n’ Roll”) and Casey Cott (“Riverdale”) — were kicked out of a 31st-floor suite, where they were hosting the Tony Awards. at 3 a.m. Monday, due to noise complaints.
“I don’t know who you are,” Porter said to two security guards who calmly demanded that only four people remain in the room that was occupied by more than 20 people. “But this is wrong!”
Particularly wrong was that the refrigerator was stocked with a case of Piper-Heidsieck Rare Champagne, which costs $200 a bottle. Those poor bubbles went unsealed!
But the motto on Broadway is “The show must go on.” Everyone secretly took off into the elevator and into the other rooms instead.
Before that very dramatic brawl, Rick Miramontez’s famous Carlisle Barrel was on full blast until the wee hours of the morning on the Upper East Side.
Best Actress in a Play winner Sarah Paulson (“Suitable”) hit the dance floor, and Best Actor in a Musical winner Jonathan Groff sang “Old Friends” from his show “Merrily We Roll Along” at the piano at Bemelmans Bar. With Billy Stritch and Jim Caruso.
Featured Actor winner Daniel Radcliffe was also with Groff at the Bemelmans, beaming.
Eddie Redmayne, Nicole Scherzinger, Billy Eichner, Leslie Odom Jr., Jim Parsons and Ariana DeBose crowded into the audience wearing tuxedos and dresses.
And the talented “Tommy” star, Ali Louis Borzge, told me he was nervous about performing “Pinball Wizard” on television earlier in the night in front of several stage stars — along with The Who’s Pete Townshend. But Tommy took a breath, and had a good time.
Across town, the cast of “The Outsiders,” which won the Tony for best score in a thriller, kicked off its victory tour with a dance party at Rosa Mexicano near Lincoln Center, where producer Angelina Jolie held her party amidst guacamole.
“She was kicking it!” one enthusiastic cast member told me.
The most exclusive — and chilling — came later, when the Oscar winner whisked the cast and creatives downtown to her SoHo store, Atelier Jolie, and handed out coffee and ordered a McDonald’s for everyone at 4 a.m.
“It was funny,” the actor said.
There was no war between the Grazers and the Sox last night. They partied until 6am
Furthermore, Carlisle, the second biggest hit of the evening – despite her loss – was thrown by Alicia Keys for her “Hell’s Kitchen” music.
At the massive new art gallery/museum/concert venue Mercer Labs in Tribeca, the Keys are joined by Liev Schreiber, Lupita Nyong’o, Taraji P. Henson, Amber Ruffin and Cynthia Erivo. Best Actress in a Musical winner Malih Joy Moon and breakout actress Kesia Lewis were also in attendance.
Co-founder Michael Kaire told me that Keys wanted something “special” and tailored for her occasion, and she chose the Roy Nachum-designed Fun House.
“Special” translates to “I’m not kidding,” an area where a futuristic robot drew its words in the sand and a mind-boggling mirror room where “Empire State of Mind” blared on a loop. Thirteen of Mercer’s 15 rotating galleries were open to revelers, and with plenty of booze flowing, she miraculously emerged unscathed.
Word was that Keys would give an impromptu performance, but the “Girl on Fire” singer ultimately didn’t do so.
However, on Tony’s night, New York City was certainly the concrete jungle that dreams are made of.
Well, for some people.
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