Good morning, it's Monday, June 8. Broadway is resting up after last night's Tony Awards.
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"Schmigadoon!" won best musical at the 79th Tony Awards yesterday, while "Liberation" won best new play. See the full list of winners here; see red carpet photos here.
The awards come as Broadway’s 2025-26 season grossed a record $1.9B in ticket sales, up 3.5% from last year, with attendance up 1.8%. Plays drove higher attendance, surging nearly 14%, while attendance at musicals dropped 4.7%. Live entertainment has proved robust since the COVID-19 pandemic, even as consumers pull back from other forms of discretionary spending in recent years. Live Nation says concert ticket sales are projected to rise 11% this year.
The effect of a Tony Award can bump ticket prices up 17% the month after the awards and may extend a show’s run by months. Learn more about the history of the Tony Awards, in memory of Antoinette "Tony" Perry, here. |
Bumblebees have demonstrated the ability to carry out spontaneous problem-solving, a study published last week reveals. The animal is the first nonvertebrate to pass a test compared to the box-and-banana experiment for chimpanzees.
In the 1910s, German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler placed a banana outside the reach of a chimpanzee. In one experiment, he placed several boxes nearby, with the chimpanzee realizing he could stack the objects to reach the treat (see image). Other large-brained animals—including elephants and birds—have since shown a similar capacity for what Köhler called insight learning (watch a pigeon pass the test, w/video).
In the latest experiment, researchers trained bumblebees to associate a blue flower with a treat and to recognize that a Styrofoam ball was harmless. In several experiments, the bumblebee showed the capacity to manipulate the ball to reach the treat. The bee is now the smallest-brained animal to have passed Köhler’s test. See the experiments in action here (scroll for video). |
🫶 Humankind: Drivers stop to help a baby moose get over a highway divider and reconnect with mom and sibling. (via Reddit, w/video) |
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Nineteen-year-old Mirra Andreeva routed Maja Chwalińska to win the women’s singles title at the French Open Saturday, becoming the youngest to do so since Monica Seles in 1992. Andreeva, who won in straight sets, has been widely acclaimed since joining the tour at age 15. For Chwalińska, the loss ends a fairy-tale run after entering ranked 114th in the world. Watch highlights here.
On the men’s side, Alexander Zverev beat Flavio Cobolli in five sets. It marked Zverev's first Grand Slam title (what are those?) despite his being ranked third in the world and having notched 24 prior singles tournament wins since turning pro in 2013.
In related news, Serena Williams returns to the court tomorrow, playing doubles with Canada’s Victoria Mboko in the HSBC Championships. Considered one of the best tennis players of all time, Williams stepped away from tennis in 2022 but said she wanted to have her two young children watch her play (among other reasons). See clips of her warmups here. |
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