Grease: Live Earns Four Creative Arts Emmys; The Wiz Live! & Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Also Among Winners

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held on September 10 and 11, and the stage got a lot of love on the small screen. The live telecasts of Grease and The Wiz took home trophies, as did a Tony winner turned late night host and two Broadway alums in guest performances.

Fox and Paramount Television’s Grease: Live won four awards: Outstanding Special Class Program, Technical Direction, Production Design (for Tony nominee David Korins) and Lighting Design and Direction. Paul Tazewell, who won a Tony Award earlier this year for Hamilton’s costume design, won for his work on NBC’s The Wiz Live!

The Guest Actor awards for both Drama and Comedy went to Broadway alums. Tony nominee Hank Azaria won for Ray Donovan, and Peter Scolari, who can currently be seen in Wicked, was awarded for his work on Girls. The latter was a late addition to the nominee roster, replacing Peter MacNicol who was ruled ineligible.

The Late Late Show with James Corden won for Interactive Program, and the Tony winner received an additional award in the Variety Special for the show's Carpool Karaoke primetime special.

Two series with a theatrical sensibility were awarded, as well. The CW comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend earned trophies for Single-Camera Picture Editing and Choreography, while the orchestra-centered Mozart in the Jungle picked up an award for Sound Mixing.

The Primetime Emmy awards will be held on September 18. This year’s nominees include Tony winners Audra McDonald, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber, Kevin Spacey, Viola Davis and Judith Light.