Openin’ Up: theatreathon announcement

Hi friends! We’re so excited to bring to you today the theatreathon! To celebrate the incoming Tony Awards, and celebrate theatre in general, we thought it would be fun to host a read-a-thon to combine both of our loves! The theatreathon will run from September 1st – September 30th. You can find the official prompts and book recommendations for the read-a-thon below, and be sure to keep up to date with us on our socials! You can follow [@] theatreathons to see how everyone else participating is progressing, and be sure to use the hashtag #theatreathon to stay connected!

To keep up the excitement, we’ll be hosting reading sprints throughout the read-a-thon through our twitter page, to keep everyone inspired and motivated. We hope you enjoy this read-a-thon, and have as much fun participating as we did make it!

While there’s a lot of prompts in this read-a-thon, feel free to pick and choose the ones you feel inspired by! Do as much, or as little, as you’d like to do – the purpose of this is to have fun, celebrate theatre, and read some new books!

Official prompts for the 2021 Theatreathon!

Best Musical – A Classic or a Retelling of a classic
- These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong, The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, My Love, My Love or the Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy, Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin, A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney, Anna K by Jenny Lee, Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron, Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore, Legendborn by Tracy Deonn, Pride by Ibi Zoboi, Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim, The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco, The Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas, Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
Best Revival of a Musical – A Reread of a Favourite
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – A Book with your Favourite Male Character
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – A Strong Female Character
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – A book with more than one POV
- The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi, Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan, Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali, The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon, The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He, Legend by Marie Lu, One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake, Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown, Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – A book by Two or More Authors
- Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton, The Ravens by Danielle Paige & Kass Morgan, Autoboyography by Christina Lauren, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, Sisters of the Snake by Sarena Nanua and Sasha Nanua,
Best Book of a Musical – A Popular book you Haven’t Read
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for Theatre – A Book with Beautiful Prose
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers, This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Best Scenic Design of a Musical – A book that takes place in a Country Outside of your Own
Best Costume Design of a Musical – A Book with a Gorgeous Cover
Best Lighting Design of a Musical – Read a Dark/Scary Book
Best Direction of a Musical – A Character-Driven Book
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto, If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio, Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Best Choreography – A book about Performing Arts
- Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau, Footnotes by Caseen Gaines, Turning Pointe by Chloe Angyal
Best Orchestrations – A Book Written in Verse
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, Muted by Tami Charles, Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo, Concrete Kids by Amyra Leon, Your Heart, My Sky by Margarita Engle, When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez, Alma Presses Play by Tina Cane
Best Sound Design of a Musical – Read an Audiobook

Special Tonys:

Tony Honours for Excellence in Theatre – Free Space
Isabelle Stevenson Award – A book over 450 Pages
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Love, Rosie by Ceclia Ahern, We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal, Jade City by Fonda Lee, Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles
Special Tony Award (lifetime): A Non-Fiction book centred around a subject you’re Passionate About
Best Newcomer: A 2021 Debut
Best Author: A Book Written by your Favourite Author
Best Special Theatrical Event: A Book with an Adaptation