Are your Tony Award predictions coming to fruition?
Broadway’s biggest night is underway, and the theater community is celebrating an extraordinary year in plays, musicals, and dramas as Cynthia Erivo of Wicked assumes hosting duties.
This year, Broadway got a little taste of Hollywood thanks to George Clooney’s Good Night, And Good Luck and Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington’s modernized retelling of Othello — both of which broke records at the box office.
It’s also been an adventurous year with the arrival of Stranger Things: The Last Shadow and a nostalgia revery with Mama Mia returning this summer.
But these are just a few tidbits of an extraordinary time for the Great White Way. If you’re not watching along with the fun happening at Radio City, allow us to fill you in on the winners thus far.
Tony Award Winners 2025
Best Musical
- WINNER: Maybe Happy Ending
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Dead Outlaw
- Death Becomes Her
- Operation Mincemeat
Best Play
- WINNER: Purpose
- English
- The Hills of California
- John Proctor Is the Villain
- Oh, Mary!
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
- WINNER: Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
- Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
- Tom Francis, Sunset Boulevard
- Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
- James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
- Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
- WINNER: Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard
- Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
- Audra McDonald, Gypsy
- Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical
- Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
- WINNER: Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
- George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
- Jon Michael Hill, Purpose
- Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
- Harry Lennix, Purpose
- Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
- WINNER: Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Laura Donnelly, The Hills of Californi
- Mia Farrow, The Roommate
- LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose
- Sadie Sink, John Proctor Is the Villain
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
- WINNER: Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
- Brooks Ashmanskas, SMASH
- Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
- Danny Burstein, Gypsy
- Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
- WINNER: Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
- Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw
- Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time
- Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
- Joy Woods, Gypsy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
- WINNER: Francis Jue, Yellow Face
- Glenn Davis, Purpose
- Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain
- Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
- Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
- WINNER: Kara Young, Purpose
- Tala Ashe, English
- Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
- Marjan Neshat, English
- Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain
Best Revival of a Play
- WINNER: Eureka Day
- Romeo and Juliet
- Our Town
- Yellow Face
Best Revival of a Musical
- WINNER: Sunset Blvd.
- Floyd Collins
- Gypsy
- Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Best Book of a Musical
- WINNER: Maybe Happy Ending
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Dead Outlaw
- Death Becomes Her
- Operation Mincemeat
Best Original Score
- WINNER: Maybe Happy Ending
- Dead Outlaw
- Death Becomes Her
- Operation Mincemeat
- Real Women Have Curves
Best Costume Design
- WINNER: Death Becomes Her
- Sunset Bouelvard
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Floyd Collins
- Maybe Happy Ending
Best Costume Design of a Play
- WINNER: Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck
- Rob Howell, The Hills of California
- Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary!
- Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
- WINNER: Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending
- Rachel Hauck, Swept Away
- Arnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social Club
- Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her
- Derek McLane, Just in Time
Best Scenic Design of a Play
- WINNER: Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Marsha Ginsberg, English
- Rob Howell, The Hills of California
- Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Scott Pask, Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
- WINNER Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd.
- Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club
- Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd Collins
- Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending
- Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her
Best Lighting Design of a Play
- WINNER Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Natasha Chivers, The Hills of California
- Heather Gilbert and David Bengali, Good Night, and Good Luck
- Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski, John Proctor is the Villain
- Nick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Direction of a Play
- WINNER: Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!
- Knud Adams, English
- Sam Mendes, The Hills of California
- Danya Taymor, John Proctor Is the Villain
- Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Direction of a Musical
- WINNER: Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
- Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club
- David Cromer, Dead Outlaw
- Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
- Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Boulevard
Best Choreography
- WINNER: Patricka Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club
- Joshua Bergasse, Smash
- Camille A. Brown, Gypsy
- Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
- Jerry Mitchell, Boop! The Musical
Best Orchestrations
- WINNER: Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club
- Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time
- Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending
- Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins
- David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Blvd.
Lifetime Achievement
- Harvey Fierstein
- Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
- Celia Keenan-Bolger
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
- Great Performances
- Michael Price
- New 42
- New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Once the award show is over, be sure to book Broadway tickets to the hottest shows. You’ll want to see what all of the hype is about!