The Tony Awards, Broadway’s biggest night, were announced on June 11 following a joyful event. The 76th Tony Awards were held in the United Palace in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. The evening was hosted by Ariana Debose, with significantly fewer individuals in attendance due to the ongoing WGA strike that has shaken Hollywood for months. In her opening statement at the awards presentation, the host also mentioned the writers’ strike, expressing her sympathy for her “siblings” at the Writers Guild of America. She joked that because of the strikes, neither she nor anyone else would be reading from a screenplay because they were all written by WGA members. Tony Awards 2023 is special as Alex Newell and J Harrison Ghee made history as they became the first openly non-binary actors to win Tony awards. Jodie Comer won big as she won Best Leading Actress in a Play for Prima Facie.
Here’s the full list of Tony Awards winners -2023
Best New Play
- Ain’t No Mo’
- Between Riverside and Crazy
- Cost of Living
- Fat Ham
- Leopoldstadt (WINNER)
Best New Musical
- & Juliet
- Kimberly Akimbo (WINNER)
- New York, New York
- Shucked
- Some Like It Hot
Best Leading Actress in a Play
- Jessica Chastain – A Doll’s House
- Jodie Comer – Prima Facie (WINNER)
- Jessica Hecht – Summer, 1976
- Audra McDonald – Ohio State Murders
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
- Annaleigh Ashford – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Sara Bareilles – Into the Woods
- Victoria Clark – Kimberly Akimbo (WINNER)
- Lorna Courtney – & Juliet
- Micaela Diamond – Parade
Best Leading Actor in a Play
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II –Topdog/Underdog
- Corey Hawkins –Topdog/Underdog
- Sean Hayes – Good Night, Oscar (WINNER)
- Stephen McKinley Henderson – Between Riverside and CrazyWendell Pierce – Death of a Salesman
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Jordan E Cooper – Ain’t No Mo’
- Samuel L Jackson– The Piano Lesson
- Arian Moayed – A Doll’s House
- Brandon Uranowitz – Leopoldstadt (WINNER)
- David Zayas – Cost of Living
Best Orchestrations
- Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro – & Juliet
- John Clancy – Kimberly Akimbo
- Jason Howland – Shucked
- Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter – Some Like It Hot (WINNER)
- Daryl Waters and Sam Davis – New York, New York
Best Scenic Design of a Play
- Miriam Buether – Prima Facie
- Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding – Life of Pi (WINNER)
- Rachel Hauck – Good Night, Oscar
- Richard Hudson – Leopoldstadt
- Dane Laffrey and Lucy Mackinnon, “A Christmas Carol”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
- Beowulf Boritt – New York, New York (WINNER)
- Mimi Lien – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street=
- Scott Pask – Shucked
- Scott Pask – Some Like It Hot
- Michael Yeargan and 59 Productions – Camelot
Best Costume Design of a Play
- Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell – Life of Pi
- Dominique Fawn Hill – Fat Ham
- Brigitte Reiffensutel – Leopoldstadt (WINNER)
- Emilio Sosa – Ain’t No Mo’
- Emilio Sosa – Good Night, Oscar
Best Costume Design of a Musical
- Gregg Barnes – Some Like It Hot (WINNER)
- Susan Hilferty – Parade
- Jennifer Moeller – Camelot
- Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi – KPOP
- Paloma Young – & Juliet
- Donna Zakowska – New York, New York
Best Sound Design of a Play
- Jonathan Deans and Taylor Williams – Ain’t No Mo’
- Carolyn Downing – Life of Pi (WINNER)
- Joshua D Reid – A Christmas Carol
- Ben and Max Ringham – A Doll’s House
- Ben and Max Ringham – Prima Facie
Best Sound Design of a Musical
- Kai Harada – New York, New York
- John Shivers – Shucked
- Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann – Into the Woods
- Gareth Owen – & Juliet
- Nevin Steinberg – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (WINNER)
Best Revival of a Play
- Amy Herzog – A Doll’s House
- August Wilson’s The Piano Lessons
- The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
- Suzan-Lori Parks – Topdog/Underdog (WINNER)
Best Revival of a Musical
- Parade (WINNER)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street