2025 Tony Award Winners Announced

Last night, stars from all across the Great White Way came together to celebrate Broadway's hottest celebration of the year - and what a celebration it was!

Of the 42 eligible shows, 11 were announced as winners at the prestigious 2025 Tony Award last night. The celebration, hosted by Wicked movie star Cynthia Erivo, resulted in a definite happy ending for Maybe Happy Ending, who claimed the most awards including Best Musical.

The productions Buena Vista Social Club and Death Becomes Her had strong nights too, with 10 nominations to their names each.

It also wasn't a shabby night for the productions whose lives began on the West End, with Operation Mincemeat racking up 4 nominations and 1 win, both Stranger Things: A First Shadow and Sunset Boulevard taking home 3 trophies each and Jez Butterworth's The Hills of California bagging 7 nominations. Sarah Snook and Jak Malone also took home awards for their respective performances in The Picture of Dorian Gray and Operation Mincemeat; awards that they were also awarded for their turns during the 2024 Olivier Awards Season.

Other awards given include the Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, awarded to Harvey Fierstein, the Isabelle Stevenson Award awarded to Celia Keenan-Bolger, a Special Tony Award for Jamie Harrison, Chris Fisher, Gary Beestone, and Edward Pierce for 'the illusions and technical effects of Stranger Things: A First Shadow', while The Muny received a Regional Theatre Tony Award.

Full details of all winners below:

Best Musical

Winner: Maybe Happy Ending

Buena Vista Social Club

Dead Outlaw

Death Becomes Her

Operation Mincemeat

Best Play

Winner: Purpose

English

John Proctor Is the Villain

Oh, Mary!

The Hills of California

Best Revival of a Musical

Winner: Sunset Boulevard

Floyd Collins

Gypsy

Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Best Revival

Winner: Eureka Day

Romeo + Juliet

Thornton Wilder's Our Town

Yellow Face

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Winner: Darren Criss as Oliver in Maybe Happy Ending

Andrew Durand as Elmer McCurdy in Dead Outlaw

James Monroe Iglehart as Louis Armstrong in A Wonderful World

Jeremy Jordan as Floyd Collins in Floyd Collins

Jonathan Groff as Bobby Darin in Just in Time

Tom Francis as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Winner: Nicole Scherzinger as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard

Audra McDonald as Rose in Gypsy

Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop in Boop! The Musical

Jennifer Simard as Helen Sharp in Death Becomes Her

Megan Hilty as Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Winner: Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!

Daniel Dae Kim as DHH in Yellow Face

George Clooney as Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck

Harry Lennix as Solomon "Sonny" Jasper in Purpose

Jon Michael Hill as Nazareth "Naz" Jasper in Purpose

Louis McCartney as Henry Creel in Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Winner: Sarah Snook as Dorian Gray, et al. in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Laura Donnelly as Veronica / Joan in The Hills of California

LaTanya Richardson Jackson as Claudine Jasper in Purpose

Mia Farrow as Sharon in The Roommate

Sadie Sink as Shelby Holcomb in John Proctor Is the Villain

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Winner: Jak Malone as Hester Leggatt and Others in Operation Mincemeat

Brooks Ashmanskas as Nigel Davies in Smash

Danny Burstein as Herbie in Gypsy

Jeb Brown as Bandleader / Walter Jarrett in Dead Outlaw

Taylor Trensch as Skeets Miller in Floyd Collins

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Winner: Natalie Venetia Belcon as Omara Portuondo (adult) in Buena Vista Social Club

Gracie Lawrence as Connie Francis in Just in Time

Joy Woods as Louise in Gypsy

Julia Knitel as Helen McCurdy / Maggie Johnson / Millicent Esper in Dead Outlaw

Justina Machado as Carmen Garcia in Real Women Have Curves

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Winner: Francis Jue as HYH, et al. in Yellow Face

Bob Odenkirk as Shelly Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross

Conrad Ricamora as Mary's Husband in Oh, Mary!

Gabriel Ebert as Mr. Carter Smith in John Proctor Is the Villain

Glenn Davis as Solomon "Junior" Jasper in Purpose

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Winner: Kara Young as Aziza Houston in Purpose

Tala Ashe as Elham in English

Jessica Hecht as Suzanne in Eureka Day

Marjan Neshat as Marjan in English

Fina Strazza as Beth Powell in John Proctor Is the Villain

Best Direction of a Musical

Winner: Michael Arden for Maybe Happy Ending

Christopher Gattelli for Death Becomes Her

David Cromer for Dead Outlaw

Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard

Saheem Ali for Buena Vista Social Club

Best Direction of a Play

Winner: Sam Pinkleton for Oh, Mary!

Danya Taymor for John Proctor Is the Villain

Kip Williams for The Picture of Dorian Gray

Knud Adams for English

Sam Mendes for The Hills of California

Best Book of a Musical

Winner: Will Aronson and Hue Park for Maybe Happy Ending

David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts for Operation Mincemeat

Itamar Moses for Dead Outlaw

Marco Pennette for Death Becomes Her

Marco Ramirez for Buena Vista Social Club

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Winner: Will Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (lyrics) for Maybe Happy Ending

David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts (music and lyrics) for Operation Mincemeat

Erik Della Penna and David Yazbek (music and lyrics) for Dead Outlaw

Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez (music and lyrics) for Real Women Have Curves

Noel Carey and Julia Mattison (music and lyrics) for Death Becomes Her

Best Choreography

Winner: Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck for Buena Vista Social Club

Camille A. Brown for Gypsy

Christopher Gattelli for Death Becomes Her

Jerry Mitchell for Boop! The Musical

Joshua Bergasse for Smash

Best Orchestrations

Winner: Marco Paguia for Buena Vista Social Club

Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber for Just in Time

Bruce Coughlin for Floyd Collins

David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber for Sunset Boulevard

Will Aronson for Maybe Happy Ending

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Winner: Dane Laffrey and George Reeve for Maybe Happy Ending

Arnulfo Maldonado for Buena Vista Social Club

Derek McLane for Death Becomes Her

Derek McLane for Just in Time

Rachel Hauck for Swept Away

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Winner: Miriam Buether and 59 Productions for Stranger Things: The First Shadow

David Bergman and Marg Horwell for The Picture of Dorian Gray

Marsha Ginsberg for English

Rob Howell for The Hills of California

Scott Pask for Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Winner: Paul Tazewell for Death Becomes Her

Catherine Zuber for Just in Time

Clint Ramos for Maybe Happy Ending

Dede Ayite for Buena Vista Social Club

Gregg Barnes for Boop! The Musical

Best Costume Design of a Play

Winner: Marg Horwell for The Picture of Dorian Gray

Brenda Abbandandolo for Good Night, and Good Luck

Brigitte Reiffenstuel for Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Holly Pierson for Oh, Mary!

Rob Howell for The Hills of California

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Winner: Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard

Ben Stanton for Maybe Happy Ending

Justin Townsend for Death Becomes Her

Ruey Horng Sun and Scott Zielinski for Floyd Collins

Tyler Micoleau for Buena Vista Social Club

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Winner: Jon Clark for Stranger Things: The First Shadow

David Bengali and Heather Gilbert for Good Night, and Good Luck

Natasha Chivers for The Hills of California

Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski for John Proctor Is the Villain

Nick Schlieper for The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Winner: Jonathan Deans for Buena Vista Social Club

Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard

Dan Moses Schreier for Floyd Collins

Peter Hylenski for Just in Time

Peter Hylenski for Maybe Happy Ending

Best Sound Design of a Play

Winner: Paul Arditti for Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Clemence Williams for The Picture of Dorian Gray

Daniel Kluger for Good Night, and Good Luck

Nick Powell for The Hills of California

Palmer Hefferan for John Proctor Is the Villain

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