Tony Awards 2025: Winners List (Updating Live)

Broadway’s big night is upon us, and there are an abundance of hot races on the telecast: Will Best Actress in a Musical go to Nicole Scherzinger in “Sunset Boulevard” or Audra McDonald in “Gypsy,” making a record upon a record number of wins for the latter? Will Bob Odenkirk experience Tony glory after being passed over for AMC’s “Better Call Saul” for years at the Emmys? Will Patti LuPone make a vaunted entrance sans commentary?

The Tonys ceremony is airing live on CBS from 8 to 11 p.m. ET., with streaming available via Paramount+. Nominee Darren Criss (“Maybe Happy Ending”) will join Tony and Grammy winner Renée Elise Goldsberry to host “The Tony Awards: Act One,” a live pre-show, streaming for free on Pluto TV from 6:40-8 p.m. ET.

In early awards, both “Buena Vista Social Club” and “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” lead wins overall with 3 each; “Maybe Happy Ending” has earned two, including Best Book of a Musical. Costume designer Paul Tazewell won for costuming “Death Becomes Her,” making him one of the few people in history to win an Oscar (for “Wicked”) and a Tony in the same year. (Tazewell also has a previous Tony for dressing “Hamilton.”)

Among the most anticipated performances of the ceremony will be the 10th anniversary reunion of the original cast of “Hamilton,” who will rejoin for a celebration of the international behemoth, and will include all of the principals, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. (who returns to the show on Broadway this fall), Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry and a then little-known, eventual Oscar winner named Ariana DeBose (who hosted the last three Tony Awards).

The musicians of “Buena Vista Social Club” will receive a special Tony, as will the effects team of “Stranger Things: The First Shadow.” Harvey Fierstein will receive the 2025 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, while Tony winning actor Celia Keenan-Bolger (“To Kill a Mockingbird”) will receive the 2025 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her extensive advocacy work.

“Wicked” star and nearly-EGOTed Cynthia Erivo is the host—soon to be seen in the highly anticipated “Wicked: For Good,” and hopefully tonight’s winner will allow you to bellow an Elphaba-sized “Ah-ahhhh-ahhh-ahhhhhhhhhhh!” to your TV screen.

Below, the complete list of winners. Winners are indicated with *WINNER.

Best Musical
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“Dead Outlaw”
“Death Becomes Her”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical”

Best Play
“English”
“The Hills of California”
“John Proctor is the Villain”
“Oh, Mary!”
“Purpose”

Best Revival of a Musical
“Floyd Collins”
“Gypsy”
“Pirates! The Penzance Musical”
“Sunset Blvd.”

Best Revival of a Play
“Eureka Day”
“Romeo + Juliet”
“Thornton Wilder’s Our Town”
“Yellow Face”

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
“Dead Outlaw”
Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
“Death Becomes Her”
Music & Lyrics: Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
“Maybe Happy Ending”*WINNER
Music: Will Aronson
Lyrics: Will Aronson and Hue Park
“Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical”
Music & Lyrics: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts
“Real Women Have Curves: The Musical”
Music & Lyrics: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
George Clooney, “Good Night, and Good Luck”
Cole Escola, “Oh, Mary!”
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”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Darren Criss, “Maybe Happy Ending”
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.”
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”
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”

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”
Taylor Trensch, “Floyd Collins”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
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 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 Studio, “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!”
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”
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 Book of a Musical
“Buena Vista Social Club,” Marco Ramirez
“Dead Outlaw,” Itamar Moses
“Death Becomes Her,” Marco Pennette
“Maybe Happy Ending,” Will Aronson and Hue Park*WINNER
“Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical,” David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts

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