Here is the complete list of winners list at the 72nd annual Tony Awards, which were handed out Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan:
Best Musical
The Band’s Visit
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit
Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit
Best Revival of a Musical
Once on This Island
Best Revival of a Play
Angels in America
Best Play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Best Original Score
The Band’s Visit, Music and Lyrics: David Yazbek
Best Direction of a Play
John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Best Direction of a Musical
David Cromer, The Band’s Visit
Best Sound Design in a Play
Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Best Sound Design in a Musical
Kai Harada, The Band’s Visit
Best Leading Actress in a Play
Glenda Jackson, Three Tall Women
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Nathan Lane, Angels in America
Best Book of a Musical
The Band’s Visit, Itamar Moses
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Lindsay Mendez, Carousel
Best Choreography
Justin Peck, Carousel
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Laurie Metcalf, Three Tall Women
Best Orchestrations
Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit
Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Play
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America
Best Costume Design of a Play
Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Tyler Micoleau, The Band’s Visit
Regional Theatre Tony Award
La MaMa E.T.C.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child starts off strong, winning Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design and Best Costumes for a play.
Going to be hard to top this line from Chita Rivera’s acceptance of her lifetime achievement Tony. Laughed the 85-year-old dance legend: “There’s still a lot of salt left in this shaker!”
The wins by Harry Potter (and one for costumes by My Fair Lady) were part of the creative arts awards handed out before the show.
Co-hosts Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban kick off the show with a winning, rousing duet “to the people who lose” (an elaborate and self-effacing wink at their own awards futility)
Hearty cheers (even some here in the press room) for the opening number.
WINNER:
Best Performance by a Lead
Actor in a Play
Andrew Garfield,
Angels in America
Great choice. Garfield was one of the standouts is a truly standout production. He re-created the role of Pryor Walter when it had long belonged to Stephen Spinella. Well deserved
Andrew Garfield, a winner for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Play for Angels in America. salutes “the countless LGBTQ people who have fought and died … for the right to live and love.” Citing the Supreme Court decision, he adds: “Let’s just bake a cake for anybody who wants a cake to be baked.”
“Mean Girls'” Tina Fey notes that four shows based on movies are up for Tony Awards tonight — “but only one of these movies paid for my boat.”
has to be said, as good as Garfield is in this role, could easily have gone to Tom Hollander or Mark Rylance – worthy rivals
WINNER:
Best Orchestrations
Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit
Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban have some fun spoofing their airbrushed images as musical artists. They say viewers may know their work from “Starbucks … or a hotel lobby … or your mom’s Rav-4 … or summer camp slide shows … or that mix-tape you labeled ‘Emotional.'”
WINNER:
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Laurie Metcalf, Three Tall Women
Metcalf keeps it basic and brief. Class all the way.
Laurie Metcalf was the expected winner here, and rightly so. She is brilliant and goes toe to toe with the transcendent Glenda Jackson. If this doesn’t make up for a lot of the Roseanne nastiness of recent weeks, nothing well. Congrats Laurie!
Amy Schumer presenting a musical number from “My Fair Lady” — calls Henry Higgins a “mansplaining expert” and says the show makes a great case for “equal rights for women … because we don’t have that!”
Schumer makes a good point here, and gets to what has been one of the overriding themes of this broadway – the re-appraisal of older works from a new viewpoint. My Fair Lady is a prime example – Lauren Ambrose’s Eliza is fierce
WINNER:
Best Choreography
Justin Peck, Carousel
I’m hoping this won’t be the last award for Carousel. Peck’s choreography was lovely, and mixing classic musical theater with some modern flashes. Though I have to say I had a soft spot for SpongeBob in this category, no pun intended
Billy Joel is introducing his “good friend,” Bruce Springsteen, who will receive a special Tony Award
Loud chorus of “Bruuuuuuuuuce” and a standing O for Springsteen. He carries a printed-out speech, but no guitar, onstage.
After a plain-Jane, 45-second acceptance speech, an on-screen graphic teases a performance from Springsteen later in tonight’s show.
WINNER:
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Lindsay Mendez, Carousel
Another solid winner. Mendez all but steals every scene she’s in, no small feat when she shares most of the Joshua Henry and Jessie Mueller.
Gavin Lee’s I’m Not A Loser number is truly one of the big, splasy, old-fashioned Broadway numbers of the season, a tremendous crowd pleaser.
This could be the start of a big night for The Band’s Visit, is the various Bway prognosticators are on point. It could be the little musical that could, a truly lovely, smart, adult musical, the opposite of the big budget, splashy rivals like Frozen, Mean Girls and SpongeBob. I think it found its niche.
Nathan was as close to a shoo-in as this night had. He transforms himself on that stage – starts out as Nathan Lane and ends up Roy Cohn. It’s a remarkable performance.
WINNER:
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Nathan Lane, Angels in America
WINNER:
Best Book for a Musical
The Band’s Visit, Itamar Moses
With Lane such a powerhouse though, his rivals bear mention: Anthony Boyle, is a young talent who’ll be back on this Tony stage, mark my words. And Michael Cera and Brian Tyree Henry, better knwon for their TV and film work, proved they were stage actors throgh and through with truly compelling performances. And my personal favorite in this category, David Morse, was, to me, the best thing in Iceman.
WINNER:
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Tyler Micoleau, The Band’s Visit
Again, I think we might be seeing a Band’s Visit sweep, although I’m wondering if it can pull off the major awards.
WINNER:
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
The win for lighting design for “A Band’s Visit” is its third of the night to lead all shows. I do agree with you, Greg — will be interesting to see if it can hang in for the meatier categories
Well deserved Potter win for Lighting design for a play. It’s not an exaggeration to note that this play wouldn’t work without some very cool, very mysterious lighting. Characters transform before our very eyes, Dementors fly over the audience lit in such a spooky way that audience members gasp
WINNER:
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit
So far, I can’t argue with a single win. Ari’el gives one of the sweetest, most heartfelt performances of the season as a member of an Egyptian band obsessed with Chet Baker
That said, both Butz and Gemignani had stand-out moments in their shows, Gavin Lee and Grey Henson could easily have found themselves winning in a less competitive year. But yeah, this was Ari’s year
Check out my interview with him by clicking on the carousel item at the top of this page…
He also delivered an incredibly emotional speech. He called the show “a courageous story about Arabs and Israelis getting along, when we need that more than ever.” Also tearfully confessed to trying to downplay/conceal his Egyptian identity as an actor in NY after 9/11 and missing opportunities to be with his family. CBS showed his parents beaming (and also with eyes moist with tears). Wow.
OH MAN. the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Drama department singing “Seasons of Love” has me shook.
That’s right dade. He spoke to me about his high school days as well, very eloquently. After 9/11, he was too ashamed to admit his heritage to his classmates, and passed as other ethnicities all through high school Really took a toll on him
I think one of the best “honor” decisions the Tony board made this year was to honor Melody Herzfeld the teacher of the MSD high school for her bravery through the horrendous weeks that followed the tragedy. She really helped those kids get through – and, no doubt, they did the same for her
I bet you the young lady who did the iconic solo from “Seasons of Love” will be on Broadway this time next year.
WINNER:
Best Scenic Design for a Musical
David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants
Ah, SpongeBob for scenic design. When you enter the theater, it’s like stepping into Bikini Bottom, with all these Rube Goldberg contraptions against the wall, make-shift volcanos, pirates wandering from stage to aisle. Even if you hate audience partication, you get sucked right in. It’s delightful
The Tonys would be nothing without Queen Patti Lupone…
WINNER:
Best Leading Actress in a Play
Glenda Jackson, Three Tall Women
Glenda Jackson wins after a 30 YEAR hiatus! It’s like she just woke up and said, “I think I’ll win a Tony this year.”
Even more than Nathan Lane, Glenda Jackson was the one sure bet of the night. She is magnificent in the role of Albee’s mother-stand-in. Condola Rashad will be back , and both Lauren Ridloss and Amy Schumer were fine, but none stood a chance tonight.
Sven from Broadway’s “Frozen” is going to be my Halloween costume this year.
I am kind of happy they decided to go with “First Time in Forever” for the Frozen performance instead of “Let it Go”…
Oh wait…spoke too soon.
I liked this show more than most critics, I think, and especially Patti Murin as Anna, who I think got robbed of a nomination
SIDE NOTE: I spy Anna Wintour in the audience.
Rachel Bloom returning as the backstage correspondent is fun…and so is the #TonyDreaming hashtag invading Twitter.
WINNER:
Best Sound Design in a Musical
Kai Harada, The Band’s Visit
WINNER:
Best Sound Design in a Play
Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Worth mentioning that the sound design for Band’s Visit was crucial in its shadings of quiet and loud. And the sound design of Potter could be as spooky as this play about evil-doers needed
Just as I was going to whine about the Lifetime Achievement awards to Chita and Sir Andrew presented off camera, depriving us of so many great clips, here they are…
The Band’s Visit is CLEANING UP!
WINNER:
Best Direction of a Musical
David Cromer, The Band’s Visit
Guess I have to go watch The Band’s Visit when I make my annual Broadway pilgrimage.
So they’re certainly not just honoring Band’s Visit with the lower profile awards, are they?
The best thing about the so-far sweep of Bands Visit is hopefully it will expose this beautiful musical a wide audience
Big surprise! John Tiffany for best director of play – Harry Potter. I would have guessed Joe Mantello for 3 Tall Women or Marianne Elliott for Angels. But I have to agree, Tiffany brought something entirely modern and startling to the stage this year, that’s how good Potter is.
But Potter is a marvel, and its intricate moving parts wouldn’t function without John Tiffany
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY! John Tiffany, Harry Potter & Cursed Child
Big surprise! John Tiffany for best director of play – Harry Potter. I would have guessed Joe Mantello for 3 Tall Women or Marianne Elliott for Angels. But I have to agree, Tiffany brought something entirely modern and startling to the stage this year, that’s how good Potter is.
WINNER:
Best Original Score
The Band’s Visit, Music and Lyrics: David Yazbek
I wasn’t a fan of the Donna Summer Musical, to say the least, but the singing, especially by LaChanze, was terrific. You get a taste of it with that Tony performance.
I wonder if Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, and Matt Bomer coordinated their outfits.
WINNER:
Best Play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Nice plug for Boys in the Band, having the cast announce the best play – Boys in the Band opened after the Tony season closed, so is ineligible till next year…
TEN POINTS FOR GRYFFINOR! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child wins!
Harry Potter best play. No arguments from me. It feels like the freshest thing to hit Broadway in seasons
Has anyone seen Melissa Benoist (aka Supergirl) in Beautiful?
While watching the Once on this Island performance, pay special note to the costumes, and of course to the wonderful Hailey Kilgore, who plays Ti Moune (in the red dress). Her first Broadway performance, and a stunner
And that’s Alex Newell as the “mother earth” character in the yellow plastic skirt, just one of many examples of non-traditional casting that made this production such a delight
“My acting killed Strasberg,” says John Leguizamo. Maybe best quote of the night
WINNER:
Best Revival of a Play
Angels in America
“Angels in America” as best revival of a play. Absolutely and justly.
Tony Kushner’s speech was wonderfully short, sweet and relevant. Love how he wished Judy Garland a Happy Birthday.
Tony Kushner: 21 weeks to save our democracy and it’s june 10 happy birthday Judy Garland
And that’s why he’s a great writer
Rachel Brosnahan introducing the marvelous Bands Visit.
If background is needed for this tune: The Israeli woman is singing to the Egyptian military bandleader of her childhood love of watching old Omar Sharif movies on TV. It’s a moment of connection for these two disparate characters, and sets the tone for this utterly humane musical
WINNER:
Best Revival of a Musical
Once on This Island
Wow! That is amazing!
This one’s a surprise, but not undeserving. Once on This Island was loved by critics and totally unhampered by all the baggage of being a too-old musical
And its absolutely gorgeous from start to finish.
Once on This ISland, first performed on Broadway in 1990, was perhaps more relevant today than ever, with its reminder of the humanity of our neighbors in need
Just when you thought this ceremony wasn’t politically charged…De Niro comes out and says “F*ck Trump.”
Thanks for bleeping Robert De Niro, network TV. Seriously, in this day and age?
Robert De Niro throws DOWN: “I am only going to say one thing: F–k Trump!’ It’s no longer ‘down with Trump.’ It’s ‘f–k Trump”
Bleeped on TV, but luckily Dade heard it live backstage!
The fact that De Niro’s Jake LaMotta-level rage preceded a ruminative, soulful Bruce Springsteen performance is just so perfect.
Oh yes I did hear it live — even a roomful of cynical press types burst out laughing and gasping. Pretty amazing.
Let’s remember, though, RDN has been ringing this bell for a long long while — famously taciturn he has been on FIRE about our president. Sort of incredible that he would use a slot as a presenter to deliver the message.
Nice performance of My Hometown by the Boss. Wasn’t the barnburner that some were expecting or hoping for, but suited the night…right?
And for the record, I’m glad De Niro took on Trump – I mean, how could he introduce Bruce without stirring up a little trouble?
The very active official Tony Awards Twitter account failed to mention Robert De Niro at all.
Katrina Lenk was absolutely wonderful in Band’s Visit, powerful and sad and glorious by turns.
WINNER:
Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit
WINNER:
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit
That’s 11 Tonys for The Band’s Visit!
So ends a sleek – that is, surprisingly not overstuffed – awards show. Few surprises, few upsets, justifiable winners all…
Night all
