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2025 Tony Award Winners!

Author SaadiqahSaadiqah, June 9th, 2025

Broadway’s biggest night had everyone talking

The curtain rose, the stars aligned, and history was made at the 78th Annual Tony Awards! From show-stopping performances by the original Hamilton cast celebrating its 10th anniversary to jaw-dropping wins, the 2025 ceremony, hosted by the sensational Cynthia Erivo, was nothing short of unforgettable. Were your predictions spot-on, or did the winners leave you stunned?


See all 2025 Tony Winners below!


Best musical
Maybe Happy Ending WINNER!

Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard WINNER!

Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her

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 Boulevard
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins

Best revival of a musical
Sunset Boulevard WINNER!

Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! WINNER!

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 direction of a musical
Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending WINNER!

Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club
David Cromer, Dead Outlaw
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Boulevard

Best direction of a play
Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! WINNER!

Knud Adams, English
Sam Mendes, The Hills of California
Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain
Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best revival of a play
Eureka Day WINNER!
Romeo + Juliet
Our Town
Yellow Face

Best play
Purpose WINNER

English
The Hills of California
John Proctor is the Villain
Oh, Mary!

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 performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Kara Young, Purpose WINNER!

Tala Ashe, English
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
Marjan Neshat, English
Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical WINNER!

Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Francis Jue, Yellow Face WINNER!

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 leading role in a play
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray WINNER!

Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose
Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain

Best book of a musical
Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending WINNER!

Marco Ramirez, Buena Vista Social Club
Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw
Marco Pennette, Death Becomes Her
David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zo Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre
Will Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (lyrics), Maybe Happy Ending WINNER!

David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw
Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, Death Becomes Her
David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zo Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

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 Boulevard
Peter Hylenski, Just in Time
Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending
Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins

Best orchestrations
Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club WINNER!

Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time
Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending
Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins
David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Boulevard

Best choreography
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club WINNER!

Joshua Bergasse, Smash
Camille A. Brown, Gypsy
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Musical

Best lighting design of a musical
Jack Knowles, Sunset Boulevard 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 lighting design of a play
Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow WINNER!

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 scenic design of a play
Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow WINNER!

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 scenic design of a musical
Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending WINNER!

Rachel Hauck, Swept Away
Arnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social Club
Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her
Derek McLane, Just in Time

Best costume design of a play
Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray WINNER!

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 costume design of a musical
Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her WINNER!

Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club
Gregg Barnes, BOOP! The Musical
Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending
Catherine Zuber, Just in Time

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