“This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation, who has a challenge, who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena. You are,” Ali Stroker said on accepting best actress in a featured role in musical for playing Ado Annie in Oklahoma.
Watch her below, along with the speeches of Hadestown director Rachel Chavkin (“I wish I wasn’t the only woman directing a musical this year”), Hadestown feature actor Andre De Shields, To Kill A Mockingbird featured actress Celia Keenan-Bolger — and speeches that were not broadcast on CBS.

Speeches you didn’t see on television from Lifetime Achievement Tony Award winners actress Rosemary Harris and playwright Terrence McNally, Ain’t Too Proud best choreographer Sergio Trujillo, The Cher Show best costume design Bob Mackie and Isabelle Stevenson humanitarian Award winner Judith Light