‘Oslo’ wins Tony Award for best play

Michael Aronov poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play for “Oslo” at the 71st annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2017, in New York. AP

The play “Oslo,” a three-hour meditation on diplomacy, has been crowned the best play of the season.

J.T. Rogers’ explores the 1993 meetings between Israelis and Palestinians, which led to the breakthrough Oslo Accords and the handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat. It was nominated for seven Tony Awards.

Rogers’ other plays include “Blood and Gifts,” the struggle for control of Afghanistan during the 1980s, “The Overwhelming,” about the Rwanda genocide, and “Madagascar,” set in Rome. “Oslo” was commissioned by Lincoln Center Theater and played in its off-Broadway space before going upstairs to the Beaumont Theater.

“Oslo” beat out “Sweat,” ”Indecent” and “A Doll’s House, Part 2.”

Michael Aronov, who plays an Israeli diplomat in the play, also won a Tony for best featured actor.