The winners have been announced for the 2025 Tony Awards here at the 78th Annual Celebration of the Best of Broadway at Radio City hosted by Cynthia Erivo. See the full list of winners here.
Francis Jue has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role in Yellow Face. Jue beat out fellow nominees Glenn Davis for Purpose, Gabriel Ebert for John Proctor is the Villain, Bob Odenkirk for Glengarry Glen Ross, and Conrad Ricamora for Oh, Mary!.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is on a roll! Purpose has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play! Jacobs-Jenkins' play beat out fellow nominees English, Oh, Mary!, The Hills of California, and John Proctor is the Villain.
Definitely a happy ending! Darren Criss has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role in Maybe Happy Ending. Criss beat out fellow nominees Andrew Durand for Dead Outlaw, Tom Francis for Sunset Blvd., Jonathan Groff for Just in Time, James Monroe Iglehart for A Wonderful World, and Jeremy Jordan for Floyd Collins.
She’s come home at last to win a Tony! Sunset Blvd. has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Reivial of a musical. It beats out fellow nominees Gypsy, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, and Floyd Collins. Starring Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical has been wowing audiences here in New York since opening last fall.
She’s the greatest star of all! Nicole Scherzinger has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. Scherzinger beat out fellow nominees Audra McDonald for Gypsy, Megan Hilty for Death Becomes Her, Jasmine Amy Rogers for BOOP!. and Jennifer Simard for Death Becomes Her.
Natalie Venetia Belcon has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in Buena Vista Social Club. Belcon beat out fellow nominees Julia Knitel for Dead Outlaw, Gracie Lawrence for Just in Time, Justina Machado for Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, and Joy Woods for Gypsy.
Sarah Snook has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Snook beat out fellow nominees Laura Donnelly for The Hills of California, Mia Farrow for The Roommate, LaTanya Richardson Jackson for Purpose, and Sadie Sink for John Proctor is the Villain.
This is one for the history books! Sam Pinkleton has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. Pinkleton beat out fellow nominees Knud Adams for English, Sam Mendes for The Hills of California, Danya Taymor for John Proctor is the Villain, and Kip Williams for The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. It beat out fellow nominees Romeo + Juliet, Thornton Wilder's Our Town, and Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang.
They’ve made Mary Todd Lincoln proud! Cole Escola has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for their role in Oh, Mary! Escola beat out fellow nominees George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck, Jon Michael Hill for Purpose, Daniel Dae Kim for Yellow Face, Harry Lennix for Purpose, and Louis McCartney for Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
Kara Young has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Purpose. Young beat out fellow nominees Tala Ashe for English, Jessica Hecht for Eureka Day, Marjan Neshat for English, and Fina Strazza for John Proctor is the Villain.
Jak Malone has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical. Malone beat out fellow nominees Brooks Ashmanskas for Smash, Jeb Brown for Dead Outlaw, Taylor Trensch for Floyd Collins, and Danny Burstein for Gypsy.
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck have won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Choreography for their work on Buena Vista Social Club. The pair beat out fellow nominees Joshua Bergasse for Smash, Jerry Mitchell for BOOP! The Musical, Camille A. Brown for Gypsy, and Christopher Gatteli for Death Becomes Her.
They’ve made Hwaboon proud! Will Aronson and Hue Park have won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Original Score for their work on Maybe Happy Ending. The pair beat out fellow nominees Julia Mattison and Noel Carey for Death Becomes Her, David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna for Dead Outlaw, David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts for Operation Mincemeat, and Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez for Real Women Have Curves: The Musical.
Why [not] love? Michael Arden has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for his work on Maybe Happy Ending. Arden beat out fellow nominees Saheem Ali for Buena Vista Social Club, David Cromer for Dead Outlaw, Christopher Gatelli for Death Becomes Her, and Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard.
Well, we’d sure call that a happy ending. Maybe Happy Ending has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Musical. Maybe Happy Ending beat out fellow nominees Buena Vista Social Club, Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, and Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical. It was among the most-nominated shows of the season, raking in 10 Tony Award nominations.
It’s a happy Tony beginning for Will Aroson and Hue Park, who have won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for their work on Maybe Happy Ending. The pair beat out fellow nominees Marco Ramirez for Buena Vista Social Club; Marco Pennette for Death Becomes Her; Itamar Moses for Dead Outlaw; and David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts for Operation Mincemeat.
The 78th Annual Tony Awards were filled with plenty of memorable moments. We think it’s safe to say that the ceremony was one of the best we’ve seen in years — Cynthia Erivo, are you free next year?
Today is a very important day because not only are we just two days away from the 78th Annual Tony Awards, all voting must be completed via an online portal by Noon, ET. So in just a few hours, the Awards will be locked and the waiting begins!There are just over 800 voters this year, and I recently sat down with one of them earlier this week, off the record, to pick their brain on how they think they are going to cast their votes, and where the industry is landing.
The big day is almost here! Today, Theatrely has premiered its new musical video for “Broadway’s Never Been So Alive Before” in celebration of the upcoming 78th Annual Tony Awards. The piece brings together a loving team to celebrate the best and brightest of every single show from the 2024/2025 season. Written by and starring Alyssa Payne, this new song is sure to get you ready for this Sunday! Drew Nichols serves as orchestrator and music production.
The champagne is chilled and the ballots are ready. The nominees for the 2025 Tony Awards are being announced today, May 1 starting at 8:30 AM, and Theatrely is ready to bring you the latest as it rolls in.Eligible for the 2024-2025 Broadway season are 42 productions, with 14 new musicals, 14 new plays, seven musical revivals, and seven play revivals, all hoping to hear their name called this morning. The nominations are being revealed by Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce, live from the Sofitel Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
A limited number of mezzanine tickets are available for purchase for the 78th Annual Tony Awards via digital lottery. Winners will be able to purchase the seats for $495 each.
Taylor Trensch dropped out of college after his second year to join the Spring Awakening national tour as Moritz, launching a richly varied stage career of 16 years that has seen Trensch rack up credits regionally, off-Broadway and across eight Broadway shows–-Matilda, Hello, Dolly! and To Kill A Mockingbird among them. A beloved theater fixture—and also a kind, witty little fellow—Trensch has now earned his first ever Tony Award nomination for Lincoln Center Theater’s sumptuous revival of Floyd Collins, running at the Vivian Beaumont through June 22. Theatrely sat down with Trensch to journey through a selection of his many credits, reflecting on gay plays, his dear friend Gavin Creel, and oh so many wigs.
Buena Vista Social Club has thrilled audiences since its first performance, thanks to its music and incredibly moving story of the famed band. Marco Ramirez, who’s nominated this year for Best Book of a Musical, shares some fascinating tidbits from his research trip to Cuba.
First-time Tony Award nominee Darren Criss and Tony Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry will host The Tony Awards: Act One this year: a live pre-show streaming free on Pluto TV. The show will stream June 8 from 6:40 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST.
George Clooney to Jennifer Simard to Tom Francis To Mia Farrow and more react to receiving a 2025 Tony Award Nomination this morning
Harvey! Today, The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today that legendary actor and writer, and four-time Tony Award winner, Harvey Fierstein will receive the 2025 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.
Today the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League announced that Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winner Cynthia Erivo will host the 78th Annual Tony Awards, which will honor the incredibly artists of the 2024-2025 Broadway season. The ceremony will be broadcasted live to both coasts on Sunday, June 8, 2025 on CBS as well as Paramount+ beginning at 8pm ET. The Tony Awards returns to Radio City Music Hall this year after a few years away from the venue.
Back where they belong. The 78th Annual Tony Awards are officially set to return to Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, June 8, 2025. Broadcasting live to both coasts at 8:00 - 11:00PM EST/5:00 - 8:00PM PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+.
The absolutely brilliant play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins beat out fellow nominees Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch and An Enemy of the People.
Peck beat out fellow fantastic nominees Camille A. Brown for Hell's Kitchen, Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll For Water for Elephants, Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman For The Outsiders, and Annie-B Parson For Here Lies Love.
Taymor beat out fellow nominees Danya Taymor for The Outsiders, Maria Friedman for Merrily We Roll Along, Michael Greif for Hell's Kitchen, and Leigh Silverman for Suffs
Taub beat out fellow nominees Adam Rapp and Justin Levine for The Outsiders, Rick Elice for Water for Elephants, Kristoffer Diaz for Hell's Kitchen, and Bekah Brunstetter for The Notebook.
Lewis beat out fellow nominees Lindsay Mendez for Merrily We Roll Along, Bebe Neuwirth for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Shoshana Bean for Hell's Kitchen, Amber Iman for Lempicka, Nikki M. James for Suffs, and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer for Monty Python's Spamalot.
Radcliffe beat out fellow nominees Steven Skybell for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Roger Bart for Back to the Future: The Musical, Joshua Boone for The Outsiders, and Brandon Victor Dixon For Hell's Kitchen, and Sky Lakota-Lynch for The Outsiders.
Young beat out fellow nominees Quincy Tyler Bernstine for Doubt: A Parable, Juliana Canfield for Stereophonic, Celia Keenan-Bolger for Mother Play, and Sarah Pidgeon for Stereophonic.
Playwright David Adjmi’s incredible new play beat out fellow nominees Prayer for the French Republic, Mother Play, Mary Jane, and Jaja's African Hair Braiding.
Moon was honored at the 2024 Tony Awards at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater. She beat out fellow nominees Kelli O'Hara for Days of Wine and Roses, Maryann Plunkett for The Notebook, Gayle Rankin for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, and Eden Espinosa for Lempicka.
Paulson beat out fellow nominees Amy Ryan For Doubt: A Parable, Betsy Aidem For Prayer for the French Republic, Jessica Lange for Mother Play, and Rachel McAdams For Mary Jane.
Strong beat out fellow nominees Michael Stuhlbarg for Patriots, William Jackson Harper for Uncle Vanya, Leslie Odom, Jr. for Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, and Liev Schreiber for Doubt: A Parable.
Groff beat out fellow nominees Dorian Harewood for The Notebook, Brian d'Arcy James for Days of Wine and Roses, Eddie Redmayne for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, and Brody Grant for The Outsiders.
Merrily We Roll Along has won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Merrily beat out fellow nominees Cabaret, Tommy, and Gutenberg. It stars Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez.
The Outsiders has won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Musical. The Outsiders beat out fellow nominees Hell’s Kitchen, Illinoise, Suffs, and Water for Elephants.
The winners of the 77th Annual Tony Awards will be announced live tonight at Lincoln Center in a ceremony hosted by Oscar winner Ariana DeBose.
Taub beat out fellow nominees Adam Guettel for Days of Wine and Roses, David Byrne & Fatboy Slim for Here Lies Love, Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine for The Outsiders, and Will Butler for Stereophonic.
Aukin beat out fellow nominees Anne Kauffman for Mary Jane, Kenny Leon for Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, Lila Neugebauer for Appropriate, and Whitney White for Jaja's African Hair Braiding. This
Brill beat out fellow nominees Eli Gelb for Stereophonic, Jim Parsons for Mother Play, Tom Pecinka for Stereophonic, and Corey Stoll for Appropriate.
After a wildly successful run of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at Manhattan Theatre Club on Broadway earlier this season, Jocelyn Bioh has been hard at work developing projects for the stage and screen, both big and small. Bioh’s plays have been seen on stages across New York with School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, Nollywood Dreams, and Merry Wives at the Delacorte. She is currently writing for the upcoming Star Wars series The Alcolyte, the live screen film adaptation of the hit musical Once On This Island, as well as the book for the Broadway bound musical Goddess.
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Emmy Award winner Julianne Hough and star of CBS’ Ghosts Utkarsh Ambudkar will host The Tony Awards: Act One, a live pre-show with exclusive content.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that, based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be the recipient of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
The nominees for the 2024 Tony Awards are being announced April 30 starting at 8:30 AM, and Theatrely is ready to bring you the latest as it rolls in.Eligible for the 2023-2024 season are 36 productions, with 15 musicals, 10 plays, six musical revivals, and five play revivals, all hoping to hear their name called this morning. The nominations are being revealed by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry, live from the Sofitel Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for the final time to confirm the eligibility status of 12 Broadway productions for the 2023-2024 season.
The Outsiders is one of the most buzzed about performances this season, racking up 12 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. We here at Theatrely recently caught up with first time nominee Sky Lakota-Lynch at Magnolia Bakery to chat all about the Tonys, his fellow nominees, and creating the world of The Outsiders.
Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jesse Tyler Ferguson will announce the 77th Annual Tony Award Nominations next week on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the third time yesterday to confirm the eligibility status of eight Broadway productions for the 2023-2024 season.
Ariana DeBose will return to host The 77th Annual Tony Awards for the third time, from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on Sunday, June 16th.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has met to confirm the eligibility status for the 2023-2024 season.
CBS will present The 77th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16, 2024. The telecast will be broadcast live from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, after being held at the United Palace in Washington Heights earlier this year.
“This Time” they’re Tony Award winners! Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire have won the Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for Kimberly Akimbo.
Tessa takes home a Tony! Jodie Comer has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her outstanding performance as Tessa in Prima Facie. She was crowned at the 2023 Tony Awards on the stage of the United Palace.
Could this night get any “Better?” Bonnie Milligan has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for her stellar performance as Aunt Debra in Kimberly Akimbo.
“This Time” David Lindsay-Abiare is a Tony Award winner! Lindsay-Abaire won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for the incredible Kimberly Akimbo.
Parade finally gets its flowers! The show has won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Parade was nominated for a total of six Tony Awards, including Ben Platt for Best Leading Actor, Micaela Diamond for Best Leading Actress, Michael Arden for Best Direction, Susan Hilferty for Best Costume Design, and Heather Gilbert for Best Lighting Design.
A Topdog indeed! Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog has won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. The revival was nominated for a total of three Tony Award nominations, both for Best Leading Actor in a Play for the show’s leading men Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins.
How could tonight get any “Better?!” Kimberly Akimbo has won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Musical! The new musical is truly a transcendent piece of theatre, bringing the audience to the highest highs of joy, friendship, and love, to the lowest lows of sadness, grief, and getting your arm stuck in a mailbox.
50 years in just over two hours is apparently what it takes to win a Tony! Leopoldstadt earned a total of six Tony Award nominations, including Brandon Uranowitz for Best Featured Actor, Patrick Marber for Best Direction, Richard Hudson for Best Scenic Design, Brigitte Reiffenstuel for Best Costume Design, and Neil Austin for Best Lighting Design.
“Let’s Be Bad” ‘cause Casey Nicholaw has won another Tony Award! Casey Nicholaw has won the Tony Award for Best Choreography for Some Like It Hot. Nicholaw was crowned onstage at the 2023 Tony Awards at the United Palace.
“This is Not Over Yet!” Michael Arden wins a Tony! Michael Arden has won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for Broadway’s revival of Parade. Arden was crowned onstage at the 2023 Tony Awards at the United Palace.
Raise a glass! Patrick Marber has won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for Leopoldstadt. Marber was honored at the 2023 Tony Awards onstage at the United Palace.
Miriam wins a Tony! Miriam Silverman has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for her incredible portrayal of Mavis Parodus Bryson in The Sign in Sidney Brystein’s Window.
Fourth time’s the charm! Brandon Uranowitz has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for his fantastic performances as Nathan & Ludwig in Leopoldstadt.
“This Time” Victoria Clark is a Tony Award winner! Clark has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her outstanding performance as Kimberly Levaco in Kimberly Akimbo.
They’re the Tip Tap Top! J. Harrison Ghee has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for their outstanding performance as Jerry/Daphne in Some Like It Hot.
From portraying a trailblazing talk show guest to a Tony Award winner! Sean Hayes has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his stupendous performance as Oscar Levant in Good Night, Oscar.
Lulu takes the Tony! Alex Newell has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for their performance as Lulu in Shucked. The celebrated actor was crowned the winner at the 2023 Tony Awards on the stage of the United Palace.
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Check out our complete collection, including photos of Josh Groban, Lorna Courtney, and Jodie Comer. Dozens of nominees sat down with Theatrely to talk all things 2023 Tony Awards.
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The 2023 Excellence in Theatre Education Tony Award will go to South Florida teacher Jason Zembuch Young of South Plantation High School. This honor is bestowed upon an outstanding teacher in theatre anywhere in the United States by the Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University.
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Three excellent theatre professionals will be honored with the 2023 Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre.
Tony Award winning choreographer and director Jerry Mitchell will be honored with the 2023 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award.
The 2023 Tony Award nominations will be announce by Lea Michele and Myles Frost Tuesday, May 2.
