Tony Awards 2024: The Biggest Winners and Shocking Upsets!

2025-06-09 06:00:56.269

The 78th Annual Tony Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall, saw several shows and performers achieve major wins. "Purpose" won Best Play, while "Maybe Happy Ending," a frontrunner, took home Best Musical. Sarah Snook ("Succession") won Best Actress in a Play for "The Picture of Dorian Gray," her first Tony. Francis Jue won Best Featured Actor in a Play for "Yellow Face." Nicole Scherzinger earned her first Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for "Sunset Blvd.," which also won Best Musical Revival. Cynthia Erivo, the host, opened the show with a powerful performance. Other highlights included performances from Scherzinger and Darren Criss ("Sunset Blvd."), Helen J. Shin ("Maybe Happy Ending"), and a "Hamilton" cast reunion. Performances also came from the casts of "Pirates! The Penzance Musical," "Floyd Collins," and "Buena Vista Social Club." A full list of winners and nominees is provided below: Best book of a musical “Buena Vista Social Club” “Dead Outlaw” “Death Becomes Her” “Maybe Happy Ending” *WINNER “Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical” Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre “Dead Outlaw” “Death Becomes Her” “Maybe Happy Ending” *WINNER “Operation Mincemeat: A New Musica “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play George Clooney – “Good Night, and Good Luck” Cole Escola – “Oh, Mary!” *WINNER Jon Michael Hill – “Purpose” Daniel Dae Kim – “Yellow Face” Harry Lennix – “Purpose” Louis McCartney – “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play Laura Donnelly – “The Hills of California” Mia Farrow – “The Roommate” LaTanya Richardson Jackson – “Purpose” Sadie Sink – “John Proctor is the Villain” Sarah Snook – “The Picture of Dorian Gray” *WINNER Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical Darren Criss – “Maybe Happy Ending” *WINNER Andrew Durand – “Dead Outlaw” Tom Francis – “Sunset Blvd.” Jonathan Groff – “Just in Time” James Monroe Iglehart – “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical” Jeremy Jordan – “Floyd Collins” Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical Megan Hilty – “Death Becomes Her” Audra McDonald – “Gypsy” Jasmine Amy Rogers – “BOOP! The Musical” Nicole Scherzinger – “Sunset Blvd.” *WINNER Jennifer Simard – “Death Becomes Her” Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play Glenn Davis – “Purpose” Gabriel Ebert – “John Proctor is the Villain” Francis Jue – “Yellow Face” *WINNER Bob Odenkirk – “Glengarry Glen Ross” Conrad Ricamora – “Oh, Mary!” Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play Tala Ashe – “English” Jessica Hecht – “Eureka Day” Marjan Neshat – “English” Fina Strazza – “John Proctor is the Villain” Kara Young – “Purpose” *WINNER Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical Brooks Ashmanskas – “SMASH” Jeb Brown – “Dead Outlaw” Danny Burstein – “Gypsy” Jak Malone – “Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical” *WINNER Taylor Trensch – “Floyd Collins” Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical Natalie Venetia Belcon – “Buena Vista Social Club” *WINNER Julia Knitel – “Dead Outlaw” Gracie Lawrence – “Just in Time” Justina Machado – “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” Joy Woods – “Gypsy” Best scenic design of a play Marsha Ginsberg – “English” Rob Howell – “The Hills of California” Marg Horwell and David Bergman – “The Picture of Dorian Gray” Miriam Buether and 59 – “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” *WINNER Scott Pask – “Good Night, and Good Luck” Best scenic design of a musical Rachel Hauck – “Swept Away” Dane Laffrey and George Reeve – “Maybe Happy Ending” *WINNER Arnulfo Maldonado – “Buena Vista Social Club” Derek McLane – “Death Becomes Her” Derek McLane – “Just in Time” Best costume design of a play Brenda Abbandandolo – “Good Night, and Good Luck” Marg Horwell – “The Picture of Dorian Gray” *WINNER Rob Howell – “The Hills of California” Holly Pierson – “Oh, Mary!” Brigitte Reiffenstuel – “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” Best costume design of a musical Dede Ayite – “Buena Vista Social Club” Gregg Barnes – “BOOP! The Musical” Clint Ramos – “Maybe Happy Ending” Paul Tazewell – “Death Becomes Her” *WINNER Catherine Zuber – “Just in Time” Best lighting design of a play Natasha Chivers – “The Hills of California” Jon Clark – “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” *WINNER 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 lighting design of a musical Jack Knowles – “Sunset Blvd.” *WINNER 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 sound design of a play Paul Arditti – “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” *WINNER Palmer Hefferan – “John Proctor is the Villain” Daniel Kluger – “Good Night, and Good Luck” Nick Powell – “The Hills of California” Clemence Williams – “The Picture of Dorian Gray” Best sound design of a musical Jonathan Deans – “Buena Vista Social Club” *WINNER Adam Fisher – “Sunset Blvd.” Peter Hylenski – “Just in Time” Peter Hylenski – “Maybe Happy Ending” Dan Moses Schreier – “Floyd Collins” Best direction of a play Knud Adams – “English” Sam Mendes – “The Hills of California” Sam Pinkleton – “Oh, Mary!” *WINNER Danya Taymor – “John Proctor is the Villain” Kip Williams – “The Picture of Dorian Gray” Best direction of a musical Saheem Ali – “Buena Vista Social Club” Michael Arden – “Maybe Happy Ending” *WINNER David Cromer – “Dead Outlaw” Christopher Gattelli – “Death Becomes Her” Jamie Lloyd – “Sunset Blvd.” Best choreography Joshua Bergasse – “SMASH” Camille A. Brown – “Gypsy” Christopher Gattelli – “Death Becomes Her” Jerry Mitchell – “BOOP! The Musical” Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck – “Buena Vista Social Club” *WINNER Best orchestrations Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber – “Just in Time” Will Aronson – “Maybe Happy Ending” Bruce Coughlin – “Floyd Collins” Marco Paguia – “Buena Vista Social Club” *WINNER David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber – “Sunset Blvd.” Best play “English” “The Hills of California” “John Proctor is the Villain” “Oh, Mary!” “Purpose” *WINNER Best musical “Buena Vista Social Club” “Dead Outlaw” “Death Becomes Her” “Maybe Happy Ending” *WINNER “Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical” Best revival of a play “Eureka Day” *WINNER “Romeo + Juliet” “Thornton Wilder’s Our Town” “Yellow Face” Best revival of a musical “Floyd Collins” “Gypsy” “Pirates! The Penzance Musical” “Sunset Blvd.” *WINNER