Tony Award Winners!
This year’s Tony awards took place on June 12th at the Beacon Theatre in New York City and aired live on CBS. Following the devastating Orlando shooting, host James Cordon used his opening moment to pay tribute to the many victims who tragically lost their lives earlier that evening. But, as every entertainer knows, the show must go on. Below includes the full list of winners and recipients:
Best Play: The Humans
Best Musical: Hamilton
Best Revival of a Play: Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge Blackbird
Best Revival of a Musical: The Color Purple
Best Book of a Musical: Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Hamilton (Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Frank Langella, The Father
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Leslie Odom, Jr., Hamilton
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Reed Birney, The Humans
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton
Best Scenic Design of a Play: David Zinn, The Humans
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: David Rockwell, She Loves Me
Best Costume Design of a Play: Clint Ramos, Eclipsed
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Paul Tazewell, Hamilton
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Natasha Katz, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Howell Binkley, Hamilton
Best Direction of a Play: Ivo Van Hove, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge
Best Direction of a Musical Thomas Kail, Hamilton
Best Choreography: Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton
Best Orchestrations: Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Sheldon Harnick
Marshall W. Mason
Special Tony Award: National Endowment for the Arts, Miles Wilkin
Regional Theatre Tony Award: Paper Mill Playhouse; Millburn, NJ
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Brian Stokes Mitchell
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: Seth Gelblum Joan Lader Sally Ann Parsons
