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Tony Awards are off, so we present the Charlie Awards: Best theater of the decade

The Tony Awards were supposed to be held on Sunday, but the pandemic darkened Broadway just as the 2019-20 season was kicking into high gear.

"Six," the much-buzzed-about musical about the wives of "Henry VIII," was scheduled to open on March 12, the day the theaters were closed. The new revival of "Company," starring Katrina Lenk as a female "Bobbie" and Patti LuPone as one of the ladies who lunch, was still in previews. So too was "Diana," the splashy musical about Princess Di that was launched at La Jolla Playhouse.

Some shows, including an eagerly awaited revival of the Tony Kushner-Jeanine Tesori musical "Caroline, or Change," have been rescheduled for next season. But, sadly, the production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" starring Laurie Metcalf and Rupert Everett and the Broadway premiere of Martin McDonagh's

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