The ceremony took place yesterday, hosted by Ariana DeBose – but who were the big winners on the night?
Best musical
Kimberly Akimbo
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Best play
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
J Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Best revival of a musical
Parade
Best book of a musical
Kimberly Akimbo – David Lindsay-Abaire
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Alex Newell, Shucked
Best revival of a play
Topdog/Underdog
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Best direction of a musical
Michael Arden, Parade
Best direction of a play
Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
Best scenic design of a play
Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
Best scenic design of a musical
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
Best orchestrations
Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, Some Like It Hot
Best costume design of a musical
Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Hot
Best costume design of a play
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt
Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre
Kimberly Akimbo – music: Jeanine Tesori, lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire
Best choreography
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Best lighting design of a play
Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi
Best lighting design of a musical
Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – WINNER!
Best sound design of a play
Carolyn Downing, Life of Pi –
Best sound design of a musical
Nevin Steinberg, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
While the ceremony was slightly different due to the ongoing writers strike with the evening unscripted, it was still a night with plenty to celebrate, with history being made with two actors becoming the first ever non-binary winners of acting Tonys. J Harrison Ghee was named best actor in a leading role in a musical for Some Like It Hot and Alex Newell won best featured actor in a musical for their role in Shucked.
The ceremony’s big winners included musical Kimberly Akimbo, which won three awards, with Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt also picking up three awards at this year’s awards. It was also the first time the Tony Awardswas held at the United Palace, a former Washington Heights cinema in New York City.