Tony award winners

Best Revival of a Play (2026): Arthur Miller's American classic took six trophies under Joe Mantello's direction, including the top revival prize. Laurie Metcalf won Best Featured Actress in a Play opposite Nathan Lane's Willy Loman, and Mantello himself took Best Direction for what The Hollywood Reporter called his finest work. A clean sweep of Sound, Lighting, and Scenic Design rounded out the night at the Winter Garden.

Best Musical (2026): Cinco Paul wrote the book and the songs for this stage adaptation of his AppleTV+ series, and took home Best Book and Best Original Score for the trouble. The Golden-Age-musical-come-to-life premise (two burnt-out New York doctors stumble into a singing village where the only way out is true love) gave the team a wide canvas, which they used to also pick up Best Orchestrations. Alex Brightman, Sara Chase, and Ana Gasteyer lead the cast at the Nederlander.

Best Revival of a Musical (2026): Lear deBessonet's Lincoln Center staging of the Flaherty, Ahrens, and McNally epic took four trophies, including the top revival prize. Joshua Henry won Best Leading Actor as Coalhouse Walker Jr. and Caissie Levy won Best Leading Actress as Mother, a rare double-leading sweep that confirmed how much the show rides on its central performances. Best Sound Design rounded out the haul at the Vivian Beaumont.

Best Featured Actor and Actress in a Musical (2026): At four trophies, Michael Arden's stage adaptation of the 1987 vampire film was the most Tony-winning new musical of the season, sweeping both Featured acting categories alongside Best Lighting and Best Scenic Design. The design wins translate Santa Carla's sunny-by-day, fanged-by-night atmosphere to the Palace, where Shoshana Bean and Ali Louis Bourzgui anchor a cast scored by The Rescues.

Best Direction of a Musical (2026): Trade the leg warmers for vogue. Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch's ballroom reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats took the directing Tony, with ballroom legends Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons winning Best Choreography for the runway-meets-Broadway dance vocabulary. Qween Jean's Best Costume Design turns the Jellicle tribe into a fashion-week procession, and André De Shields presides at the Broadhurst.

Best Leading Actor in a Play (2026): John Lithgow took the trophy for his turn as Roald Dahl in Mark Rosenblatt's play about the children's author's antisemitism scandal and the people who held him to account. The production transferred to the Music Box following an acclaimed West End run that picked up three Olivier Awards, and it's a tightly contained moral inquiry rather than a sprawling biographical sweep.

Best Musical (2025): This heart-tugging sci-fi rom-com secured the night’s most prestigious prize for its inventive storytelling and original score. Its five-win sweep included Best Leading Actor in a Musical for Darren Criss, plus Best Direction, Best Book, and Best Original Score.

Best Costume Design of a Musical (2025): Paul Tazewell earned the trophy for the show’s jaw-dropping, "undead" couture that allows the leading ladies to transform magically on stage. This win celebrated the visual brilliance of a production that entered the night with an impressive ten nominations.

Best Scenic Design of a Play (2025): This prequel spectacular won for its massive, state-of-the-art recreation of Hawkins and the Upside Down. It dominated the creative categories for plays, also winning Best Lighting Design, Best Sound Design, and a Special Tony Award for its groundbreaking illusions.

Best Book of a Musical (2025): This fast-paced WWII satire manages to balance "can they actually say that?" humor with a surprisingly poignant emotional core, a feat of airtight writing that explains why it secured the Tony for Best Book. While the script is the engine, Jak Malone’s standout, versatile performance—which earned him Best Featured Actor—is what truly grounds the chaos and turns a frantic West End hit into a Broadway essential.

Best Leading Actor in a Play (2025): Cole Escola made history as the first non-binary winner in this category for their tour-de-force performance as Mary Todd Lincoln. The production also took home Best Direction of a Play for Sam Pinkleton’s brilliant staging of this madcap, revisionist comedy.

Best Orchestrations (2025): This Cuban musical celebration isn't just about the spectacle; it’s a masterclass in how a score can feel like a living, breathing heart at the center of the theater. The production’s sweep of Best Orchestrations, Best Sound Design, and Best Choreography—anchored by Natalie Venetia Belcon’s Tony-winning performance—proves that when the music is this technically precise and soulful, you don't just hear the story, you feel the heat of it.

Best Musical (2024): This visceral adaptation of S.E. Hinton's novel took the top honor for its gritty, soul-stirring reimagining of a classic. It secured four trophies in total, including Best Direction of a Musical, Best Lighting Design, and Best Sound Design.

Best Costume Design of a Musical (2024): This lavish production secured the Tony for its intricate 1920s fashion, featuring silk-and-velvet pieces that perfectly capture the obsession and opulence of West Egg. It leans heavily into the tangible atmosphere of the Jazz Age, making the Broadway Theatre feel like a champagne-soaked party where the sets and costumes are just as vital to the story as the characters themselves.

Best Original Score (2022): While this high-energy reclamation of history is famous for its pop-concert atmosphere, the real triumph is how the production manages to give Henry VIII’s wives the final word through anthems that feel more like a stadium tour than a traditional book musical. The show’s 2022 Tony wins for its music and Best Costume Design prove that you don't need a three-hour runtime to make a massive impact, especially when you’re swapping period-accurate stays for high-fashion, crystal-encrusted armor and a microphone.

Best Choreography (2022): This bio-musical took home four Tony Awards, but the standout remains the trophy for its movement, which translates Michael Jackson's signature, gravity-defying vocabulary into a high-octane ensemble performance. Instead of a standard cradle-to-grave story, the show focuses on the rehearsal room during the 1992 Dangerous Tour, giving you a literal front-row seat to the creative friction and physical precision required to pull off those legendary steps.

Best Musical (2020/21): This opulent production dominated its year with ten total wins, including the top award for Best Musical. Its star-studded sweep included Best Leading Actor (Aaron Tveit), Best Featured Actor, Best Direction, Best Choreography, and wins for every single design and orchestration category.

Best Musical (2019): Anaïs Mitchell’s folk-opera was the titan of its season, winning eight awards including the top prize for Best Musical. It also secured wins for Best Original Score, Best Direction, Best Featured Actor, Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting, Best Sound Design, and Best Orchestrations.