2025 Tony Awards Recap: Celebrating Broadway's Grandest Night of Recognition

Are your Tony Award predictions nailing it this year?

Let's dive into the amazing night on Broadway as the theater community celebrates an epic year for performances. Cynthia Erivo, known for her role in Wicked, steps up as this year's host.

This year, the mystery and drama of the Great White Way drew inspiration from Hollywood thanks to TV favorites like Stranger Things: The Last Shadow and a return of the beloved movie Mama Mia.

But there's so much more to this extraordinary time on Broadway. Tune in to the action at Radio City and catch up on the winners so far, as we guide you through this year's ceremony.

2025 Tony Award Winners

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!(information about the other nominated actors from this category was not provided in the enrichment data)

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(information about the other nominated actors from this category was not provided in the enrichment data)

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

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The 2025 Tony Awards saw 'Maybe Happy Ending' take home the award for Best Musical, while 'Purpose' was hailed as the Best Play. Darren Criss won for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role in 'Maybe Happy Ending', and Nicole Scherzinger was the Best Leading Actress for her performance in 'Sunset Boulevard.'
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