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This 12 months’s Tony Awards was a little bit of a household affair for Angelina Jolie and her daughter Vivienne.
The pair attended the occasion in help of “The Outsiders,” a musical primarily based on the beloved S.E. Hinton novel. Jolie served as a producer on the musical and her 15-year-old daughter was a producer’s assistant.
The teenager appeared to get emotional when the present’s Danya Taymor received the Tony Award for greatest director. Taymor thanked the elder Jolie in her acceptance speech as a part of a bunch of “nice ladies who’ve lifted me up.”
“To all of the younger artists on the market who wish to create, what some could understand as a weak spot or a legal responsibility in you would possibly simply be your tremendous energy,” Taymor said. “Don’t be afraid to belief your intestine. Inventive threat yields rewards.”
“The Outsiders” additionally received the award for greatest musical.
Jolie and her daughter have been nice supporters of the undertaking they labored on, together with attending the opening night time efficiency on Broadway in April. The teenager made headlines when it was reported that she dropped “Pitt” from her final identify as listed within the musical’s Playbill.
Jolie and her ex-husband Brad Pitt share six kids collectively, together with Vivienne. She filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016, citing irreconcilable variations. The 2 stay in ongoing authorized proceedings over a French winery and property they used to personal collectively.