2025 (78th Annual) Tony Awards

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ONE OF MY FAVORITE NIGHTS OF THE YEAR!!!

"The Tony Awards: Act One" will play on PLUTO TV for free (via smart TV app, web app, mobile app or online). It is apparently going to be under the "Live Music" channel. It begins at 6:40 pm EST.

The regular ceremony begins at 8:00 pm EST on CBS (and also on Paramount+ for "Paramount + SHOWTIME" subscribers only.)

The host will be Cynthia Erivo this year.

Live performances from the original cast of "Hamilton", plus nominated shows: "Buena Vista Social Club", "Dead Outlaw", "Death Becomes Her", "Floyd Collins", "Gypsy", "Maybe Happy Ending", "Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical", "Pirates! The Penzance Musical", "Sunset Blvd"., along with a special appearance by the 2019 Tony Honor Recipient Broadway Inspirational Voices. "Just In Time" and "Real Women Have Curves", which were not nominated for Best Musical (though they received nominations in other categories) will also be performing.
Pre-announced winners:
Lifetime Achievement Award: Harvey Fierstein
Isabelle Stevenson Award: Celia Keenan-Bolger
Recognition for Excellence in Theater (Advancement): PBS' "Great Performances," Michael Price, New 42 and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Special Recognition Awards:
The musicians of "Buena Vista Social Club"
Illusion and Technical Effects team of "Stranger Things: The First Shadow"

2025 Nominees:

Best Musical​

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

Best Play​

English, Author: Sanaz Toossi
The Hills of California, Author: Jez Butterworth
John Proctor is the Villain, Author: Kimberly Belflower
Oh, Mary!, Author: Cole Escola
Purpose, Author: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Best Revival of a Play​

Eureka Day
Romeo + Juliet
Thornton Wilder's Our Town
Yellow Face

Best Revival of a Musical​

Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Sunset Blvd.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts

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, Music: Will AronsonLyrics: 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 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
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
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
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
Catherine Zuber, Just in Time

Best Lighting Design of a Play​

Natasha Chivers, The Hills of California
Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
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.
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
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
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

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
David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Blvd.

 

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Best Book of a Musical: "Maybe Happy Ending"

 

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Best Sound Design - Play: "Stranger Things, the First Shadow"

 

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Best Sound Design - Musical: "Buena Vista Social Club"

 

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Best Orchestrations: "Buena Vista Social Club"

 

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Outstanding Regional Theater: Municipal Theater Association of St Louis (The MUNY)

 

[Wyliefan]

This would have to be on against Apollo 13 on TCM. Sigh. Guess I'll be flipping back and forth a lot. I only really like the musical numbers, anyway; I'm deeply allergic to award show banter.

 

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Best Choreography: "Buena Vista Social Club"

 

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This would have to be on against Apollo 13 on TCM. Sigh. Guess I'll be flipping back and forth a lot. I only really like the musical numbers, anyway; I'm deeply allergic to award show banter.

There won't be any musical numbers until the CBS broadcast, if that helps.

 

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Lighting Design of a Play: "Stranger Things, the First Shadow"

 

[Wyliefan]

There won't be any musical numbers until the CBS broadcast, if that helps.

The movie comes on at the same time as the CBS broadcast. Oh well!

 

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Lighting Design of a Musical: "Sunset Blvd"

 

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Excellence in Theater Education: Edwin Robinson "Boys and Girls High School"

 

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Best Scenic Design of a Play: "Stranger Things, the First Shadow"

 

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Best Scenic Design of a Musical: "Maybe Happy Ending"

 

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Best Costume Design of a Play: "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

 

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Best Costume Design of a Musical: "Death Becomes Her"

 

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Original Score of a Musical: "Maybe Happy Ending"

 

[ilovepaydays]

I’m not sure what I think of the top and back of Erivo’s dress for this opening number.

Maybe it’s the tailoring………

 

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I’m not sure what I think of the top and back of Erivo’s dress for this opening number.

Maybe it’s the tailoring………

Her wardrobe choices are always eyesore to me. But that VOICE(!!!) makes me forgive her.

 

[my little pony]

im so sat, ive seen almost everything and have strong opinions and snacks!

 

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Best Best By a Leading Actress in a Play: Sarah Snook "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

 

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"For the Gaze" is probably the most apropos opening musical number for the Tony's in... forever.

 

[Jay42]

Best Best By a Leading Actress in a Play: Sarah Snook "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

I'm not super savvy on Broadway mostly because of how far away I live but I know enough to know that this makes perfect sense. I've been seeing tons of people talking about her in this since it started.

 

[my little pony]

Katie Holmes looks like she just grabbed things in a fire

 

[ilovepaydays]

WAIT. What was Katie Holmes in on Broadway? ?

 

[my little pony]

if yellow face is still on PBS watch it
im so excited he could win in a closed show

 

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Dear God, wtf is Kate Holmes wearing?

Featured Actor in a Play: Francis Jue "Yellowface"

 

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WAIT. What was Katie Holmes in on Broadway? ?

Our Town revival

 

[ilovepaydays]

Our Town revival

Good. Maybe it will help her career.

It’s crazy the differences between where hers and Michelle Williams’ careers have gone since Dawson Creek…….