{"id":12908,"date":"2025-06-09T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T04:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/06\/09\/tony-awards-2025-complete-list-in-full-update-live\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T04:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T04:00:17","slug":"tony-awards-2025-complete-list-in-full-update-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/06\/09\/tony-awards-2025-complete-list-in-full-update-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Awards 2025 Complete list in full &#8211; update live"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction to the 78th Annual Tony Awards<\/h2>\n<p>The 78th annual Tony Awards, which honored the best of Broadway, took place on Sunday evening. The ceremony was divided into two parts: the first part, &quot;The Tony Awards: Act 1,&quot; streamed on Pluto TV, while the main event, hosted by Cynthia Erivo, aired on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<h2>Award Winners<\/h2>\n<p>The musical &quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot; won the most awards, taking home six trophies. &quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot; won four awards, and &quot;Foreign Things: The First Shadow&quot; won three Tonys. The evening saw several historic moments, including the first non-binary performer, Cole Escola, winning the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play.<\/p>\n<h2>Historic Moments<\/h2>\n<p>The awards also saw Sarah Snook take home her first acting prize for her role in &quot;The Picture of Dorian Gray.&quot; Former Pussycat Dolls member Nicole Scherzinger won the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her role in &quot;Sunset Boulevard.&quot; Darren Criss won his first two Tonys, one for his performance in &quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot; and another for producing the musical.<\/p>\n<h2>Notable Winners<\/h2>\n<p>Other notable winners included Paul Tazewell, who became the first costume designer to win an Oscar and a Tony in the same year. The full list of winners is provided below.<\/p>\n<h2>Full List of Winners<\/h2>\n<h3>Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>George Clooney, &quot;Good Night and Good Luck&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Cole Escola, &quot;Oh Mary!&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Jon Michael Hill, &quot;Purpose&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Naheem is Determined in &quot;Yellow Face&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Harry Lennix, &quot;Purpose&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Louis McCartney, &quot;Foreign Things: The First Shadow&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Laura Donnelly, &quot;The Hills of California&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Mia Farrow, &quot;The Roommate&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Latanya Richardson Jackson, &quot;Purpose&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Sadie Sink, &quot;John Proctor is the Villain&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Snook, &quot;The Picture of Dorian Gray&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Darren Criss, &quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Durand, &quot;Dead Law&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Tom Francis, &quot;Sunset BLVD.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Groff, &quot;Just in Time&quot;<\/li>\n<li>James Monroe Iglehart, &quot;A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Jordan, &quot;Floyd Collins&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Megan Hilty, &quot;Death Becomes Her&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Audra McDonald, &quot;Gypsy&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Jasmine Amy Rogers, &quot;Boo! The Musical&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Nicole Scherzinger, &quot;Sunset BLVD.&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Simard, &quot;Death Becomes Her&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Glenn Davis, &quot;Purpose&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Ebert, &quot;John Proctor is the Villain&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Francis Jue, &quot;Yellow Face&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Bob Odenkirk, &quot;Glengarry Glen Ross&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Conrad Ricamora, &quot;Oh Mary!&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tala Ashe, &quot;English&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Jessica Hecht, &quot;Eureka Day&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Marjan Neshat, &quot;English&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Fina Strazza, &quot;John Proctor is the Villain&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Kara Young, &quot;Purpose&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Brooks Ashmanskas, &quot;Smash&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Jeb Brown, &quot;Dead Law&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Danny Burstein, &quot;Gypsy&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Lucas Hedges, &quot;Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Taylor Trensch, &quot;Floyd Collins&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Natalie Venetia Belcon, &quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Julia Murney, &quot;Dead Law&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Gracie Lawrence, &quot;Just in Time&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Justina Machado, &quot;Real Women Have Curves: The Musical&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Joy Woods, &quot;Gypsy&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;English&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;The Hills of California&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;John Proctor is the Villain&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Oh Mary!&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Purpose&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Dead Law&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Death Becomes Her&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Revival of a Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;Eureka Day&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Romeo + Juliet&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Thornton Wilder&#8217;s Our Town&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Yellow Face&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Revival of a Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;Floyd Collins&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Gypsy&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Pirates! The Penzance Musical&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Sunset BLVD.&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Direction of a Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Knud Adams, &quot;English&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Sam Mendes, &quot;The Hills of California&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Sam Pinkleton, &quot;Oh Mary!&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Danya Taymor, &quot;John Proctor is the Villain&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Kip Williams, &quot;The Picture of Dorian Gray&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Direction of a Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sadaharu, &quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Michael Arden, &quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>David Cromer, &quot;Dead Law&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Gattelli, &quot;Death Becomes Her&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Jamie Lloyd, &quot;Sunset BLVD.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Original Score (Music and\/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;Dead Law&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Death Becomes Her&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical&quot;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Real Women Have Curves: The Musical&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Costume Design of a Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dede Ayite, &quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Gregg Barnes, &quot;Boo! The Musical&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Clint Ramos, &quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Paul Tazewell, &quot;Death Becomes Her&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Zuber, &quot;Just in Time&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Costume Design of a Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Brenda Abbandandolo, &quot;Good Night and Good Luck&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Marg Horwell, &quot;The Picture of Dorian Gray&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Rob Howell, &quot;The Hills of California&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Holly Pigott, &quot;Oh Mary!&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Brigitte Reiffenstuel, &quot;Foreign Things: The First Shadow&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Scenic Design of a Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rachel Hauck, &quot;Swept Away&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, &quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Arnulfo Maldonado, &quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Derek McLane, &quot;Death Becomes Her&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Derek McLane, &quot;Just in Time&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Scenic Design of a Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Marsha Ginsberg, &quot;English&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Rob Howell, &quot;The Hills of California&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Marg Horwell and David Bergman, &quot;The Picture of Dorian Gray&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Miriam Buether and 59 Productions, &quot;Foreign Things: The First Shadow&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Scott Pask, &quot;Good Night and Good Luck&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Lighting Design of a Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jack Knowles, &quot;Sunset BLVD.&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Tyler Micoleau, &quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Scott Zielinski and Rui Rita, &quot;Floyd Collins&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Ben Stanton, &quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Justin Townsend, &quot;Death Becomes Her&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Lighting Design of a Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Natasha Chivers, &quot;The Hills of California&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Jon Clark, &quot;Foreign Things: The First Shadow&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Heather Gilbert and David Bengali, &quot;Good Night and Good Luck&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski, &quot;John Proctor is the Villain&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Nick Schlieper, &quot;The Picture of Dorian Gray&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Choreography<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Joshua Bergasse, &quot;Smash&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Camille A. Brown, &quot;Gypsy&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Gattelli, &quot;Death Becomes Her&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Mitchell, &quot;Boo! The Musical&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, &quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Orchestrations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, &quot;Just in Time&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Will Aronson, &quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Bruce Coughlin, &quot;Floyd Collins&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Marco Paguia, &quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, &quot;Sunset BLVD.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Sound Design of a Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jonathan Deans, &quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Adam Fisher, &quot;Sunset BLVD.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Peter Hylenski, &quot;Just in Time&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Peter Hylenski, &quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Dan Moses Schreier, &quot;Floyd Collins&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Sound Design of a Play<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Arditti, &quot;Foreign Things: The First Shadow&quot; (WINNER)<\/li>\n<li>Palmer Hefferan, &quot;John Proctor is the Villain&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Kluger, &quot;Good Night and Good Luck&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Nick Powell, &quot;The Hills of California&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Clemence Williams, &quot;The Picture of Dorian Gray&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Book of a Musical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Marco Ramirez, &quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Itamar Moses, &quot;Dead Law&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Marco Pennette, &quot;Death Becomes Her&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Will Aronson and Hue Park, &quot;Maybe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to the 78th Annual Tony Awards The 78th annual Tony Awards, which honored the best of Broadway, took place on Sunday evening. 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