maryann plunkett, "the notebook." gayle rankin, "cabaret at the kit kat club."ncer: for her broadway debut, maleah joi moon earns her first tony award nomination and win. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> whoo! [sustained applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> okay. oh, god! oh, my goodness! [cheers and applause] i can't even read my handw handwriting! okay... [laughter] thank you, god, for this blessing. there is no gift, there is no me without you. thank you to the american theatre wing. thank you to my village, my team -- [listing names] my family, my best friends from franklin, my teachers from franklin for believing in my potential. thank you for taking care of me. thank you to the entire community of "hell's kitchen" broadly and the shubert theater. our creative team, alicia, my family down at the public theater. you saw something in me a few years ago and you nurtured that thing. i would like to dedicate this award to my parents, fabia and steve. dad, you've been working all your life. mom, you came to merica at 17 and you've been surviving ever since. "hell's kitchen" is about a 17-year-