The 2023 Tony Awards simply honored a recent group of unbelievable skills. Trophies had been handed out on the United Palace Theater in NYC on June 11. This 12 months’s massive winners embrace “Killing Eve” star Jodie Comer for her function in “Prima Facie,” the play “Leopoldstadt,” and the musical “Kimberly Akimbo.”
“Shucked” star Alex Newell and “Some Like It Sizzling” star J. Harrison Ghee additionally made historical past as they grew to become the award present’s first overtly nonbinary appearing winners. The Tony Awards shouldn’t have gender-neutral appearing classes. Newell, an alum of “The Glee Challenge,” took residence the award for featured actor in a musical. Ghee additionally gained of their class, greatest actor in a musical.
The annual theater award ceremony was hosted by Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, who’s emceeing and not using a script amid the 2023 writers strike.
Forward, these are the 2023 Tony winners.
BEST MUSICAL
“& Juliet”
WINNER: “Kimberly Akimbo”
“New York, New York”
“Shucked”
“Some Prefer it Sizzling”
BEST PLAY
“Ain’t No Mo'”
“Between Riverside and Loopy”
“Price of Dwelling”
“Fats Ham
WINNER: “Leopoldstadt”
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
“Into the Woods”
“Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot”
WINNER: “Parade”
“Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue”
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
“August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson”
“A Doll’s Home”
“The Check in Sidney Brustein’s Window”
WINNER: “Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog”
Corey Hawkins, “Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog”
WINNER: Sean Hayes, “Good Evening, Oscar”
Stephen McKinley Henderson, “Between Riverside and Loopy”
Wendell Pierce, “Arthur Miller’s Loss of life of a Salesman”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Jessica Chastain, “A Doll’s Home”
WINNER: Jodie Comer, “Prima Facie”
Jessica Hecht, “Summer time, 1976”
Audra McDonald, “Ohio State Murders”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Christian Borle, “Some Like It Sizzling”
WINNER: J. Harrison Ghee, “Some Like It Sizzling”
Josh Groban, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue”
Brian d’Arcy James, “Into the Woods”
Ben Platt, “Parade”
Colton Ryan, “New York, New York”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Annaleigh Ashford, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue”
Sara Bareilles, “Into the Woods”
WINNER: Victoria Clark, “Kimberly Akimbo”
Lorna Courtney, “& Juliet”
Micaela Diamond, “Parade”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Jordan E. Cooper, “Ain’t No Mo'”
Samuel L. Jackson, “August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson”
Arian Moayed, “A Doll’s Home”
WINNER: Brandon Uranowitz, “Leopoldstadt”
David Zayas, “Price of Dwelling”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Nikki Crawford, “Fats Ham”
Crystal Lucas-Perry, “Ain’t No Mo'”
WINNER: Miriam Silverman, “The Check in Sidney Brustein’s Window”
Katy Sullivan, “Price of Dwelling”
Kara Younger, “Price of Dwelling”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Kevin Cahoon, “Shucked”
Justin Cooley, “Kimberly Akimbo”
Kevin Del Aguila, “Some Like It Sizzling”
Jordan Donica, “Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot”
WINNER: Alex Newell, “Shucked”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Julia Lester, “Into the Woods”
Ruthie Ann Miles, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue”
WINNER: Bonnie Milligan, “Kimberly Akimbo”
NaTasha Yvette Williams, “Some Like It Sizzling”
Betsy Wolfe, “& Juliet”
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
“& Juliet” by David West Learn
WINNER: “Kimberly Akimbo” by David Lindsay-Abaire
“New York, New York” by David Thompson and Sharon Washington
“Shucked” by Robert Horn
“Some Like It Sizzling” by Matthew López and Amber Ruffin
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE
“Nearly Well-known,” Music by Tom Kitt, lyrics by Cameron Crowe & Tom Kitt
WINNER: “Kimberly Akimbo,” Music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
“KPOP,” Music and lyrics by Helen Park & Max Vernon
“Shucked,” Music and lyrics by Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally
“Some Like It Sizzling,” Music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Miriam Buether, “Prima Facie”
WINNER: Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding, “Lifetime of Pi”
Rachel Hauck, “Good Evening, Oscar”
Richard Hudson, “Leopoldstadt”
Dane Laffrey and Lucy Mackinnon, “A Christmas Carol”
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
WINNER: Beowulf Boritt, “New York, New York”
Mimi Lien, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue”
Michael Yeargan & 59 Productions, “Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot”
Scott Pask, “Shucked”
Scott Pask, “Some Like It Sizzling”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell, “Lifetime of Pi”
Dominique Fawn Hill, “Fats Ham”
WINNER: Brigitte Reiffenstuel, “Leopoldstadt”
Emilio Sosa, “Ain’t No Mo'”
Emilio Sosa, “Good Evening, Oscar”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
WINNER: Gregg Barnes, “Some Like It Sizzling”
Susan Hilferty, “Parade”
Jennifer Moeller, “Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot”
Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi, “KPOP”
Paloma Younger, “& Juliet”
Donna Zakowska, “New York, New York”
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Neil Austin, “Leopoldstadt”
Natasha Chivers, “Prima Facie”
Jon Clark, “A Doll’s Home”
Bradley King, “Fats Ham”
WINNER: Tim Lutkin, “Lifetime of Pi”
Jen Schriever, “Arthur Miller’s Loss of life of a Salesman”
Ben Stanton, “A Christmas Carol”
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Ken Billington, “New York, New York”
Lap Chi Chu, “Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot”
Heather Gilbert, “Parade”
Howard Hudson, “& Juliet”
Natasha Katz, “Some Like It Sizzling”
WINNER: Natasha Katz, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue”
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Jonathan Deans and Taylor Williams, “Ain’t No Mo'”
WINNER: Carolyn Downing, “Lifetime of Pi”
Joshua D. Reid, “A Christmas Carol”
Ben and Max Ringham, “A Doll’s Home”
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”
WINNER: Nevin Steinberg, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue”
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Saheem Ali, “Fats Ham”
Jo Bonney, “Price of Dwelling”
Jamie Lloyd, “A Doll’s Home”
WINNER: Patrick Marber, “Leopoldstadt”
Stevie Walker-Webb, “Ain’t No Mo'”
Max Webster, “Lifetime of Pi”
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
WINNER: Michael Arden, “Parade”
Lear deBessonet, “Into the Woods”
Casey Nicholaw, “Some Like It Sizzling”
Jack O’Brien, “Shucked”
Jessica Stone, “Kimberly Akimbo”
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Steven Hoggett, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue”
WINNER: Casey Nicholaw, “Some Like It Sizzling”
Susan Stroman, “New York, New York”
Jennifer Weber, “& Juliet”
Jennifer Weber, “KPOP”
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Invoice Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro, “& Juliet”
John Clancy, “Kimberly Akimbo”
Jason Howland, “Shucked”
WINNER: Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, “Some Like It Sizzling”
Daryl Waters and Sam Davis, “New York, New York”
