Tony Awards 2025 Full and Final Winners List

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 ‘Purpose’ wins champion  caller   play; Branden Jacobs-Jenkins makes history

At the 2025 Tony Awards held connected Sunday night, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose took location the prestigious Best New Play trophy, capping disconnected a landmark twelvemonth for the acclaimed playwright.

The drawing-room play astir a palmy Black household confronting buried truths during a snowed-in gathering has already won the Pulitzer Prize, and its triumph astatine the Tonys marks a uncommon treble honour.Jacobs-Jenkins made past arsenic the archetypal Black playwright to triumph Best New Play astatine the Tonys since August Wilson’s Fences successful 1987. Just a twelvemonth ago, Jacobs-Jenkins won the Tony for Best Revival of a Play for Appropriate.

In his acceptance speech, helium urged audiences and the manufacture to enactment determination theatre, noting that Purpose was developed successful Chicago.Another milestone infinitesimal came for Kara Young, who became the archetypal Black performer to triumph 2 Tony Awards successful consecutive years. She earned the Featured Actress successful a Play grant for her relation successful Purpose, making it her 4th consecutive Tony nomination. Young gave acknowledgment to her parents, Jacobs-Jenkins, her chap formed members, and manager Phylicia Rashad.

Australian histrion Sarah Snook won Leading Actress successful a Play for her demanding show successful The Picture of Dorian Gray, wherever she plays each 26 characters. “I don’t consciousness unsocial immoderate nighttime that I bash this show,” she said, crediting her squad connected and disconnected stage.In the Best Actor successful a Play category, downtown cabaret prima Cole Escola bushed retired Hollywood names including George Clooney and Daniel Dae Kim for their outrageous portrayal of Mary Todd Lincoln successful Oh, Mary!.

The play’s director, Sam Pinkleton, besides won Best Direction and thanked Escola for inspiring him to "do what you love, not what you deliberation radical privation to see."Francis Jue won Best Featured Actor successful a Play for Yellow Face, wearing a tuxedo talented by different Asian histrion successful solidarity. In an affectional speech, helium said, “I’m lone present due to the fact that of the encouragement and inspiration of generations of wonderful, deserving Asian artists who came earlier me,” adding, “To those who don’t consciousness seen—I spot you.”In the philharmonic categories, British histrion Jak Malone won Best Featured Actor successful a Musical for his gender-bending relation successful Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical. Malone, who plays a pistillate successful each performance, utilized his level to advocator for trans rights.Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day, a sharply written satire astir wide parents clashing implicit a school’s vaccine policy, won Best Revival of a Play. Originally staged off-Broadway successful 2019, the play recovered caller resonance successful today’s post-pandemic world.The nighttime besides included a show-stopping infinitesimal from the archetypal formed of Hamilton, who reunited for a peculiar medley to observe the musical’s 10th anniversary. Dressed successful each black, Lin-Manuel Miranda and his castmates performed instrumentality favourites similar “My Shot,” “The Schuyler Sisters,” and “The Room Where It Happens,” marking a decennary of taste interaction connected Broadway.Best playEnglishThe Hills of CaliforniaJohn Proctor is the VillainOh, Mary!Purpose – WINNERBest show by an histrion successful a starring relation successful a musicalMegan Hilty, Death Becomes HerAudra McDonald, GypsyJasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The MusicalNicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard – WINNER!Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes HerBest show by an histrion successful a starring relation successful a musicalDarren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER!Andrew Durand, Dead OutlawTom Francis, Sunset BoulevardJonathan Groff, Just successful TimeJames Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong MusicalJeremy Jordan, Floyd CollinsBest revival of a musicalFloyd CollinsGypsyPirates! The Penzance MusicalSunset Boulevard – WINNER!Best show by an histrion successful a starring relation successful a playGeorge Clooney, Good Night, and Good LuckCole Escola, Oh, Mary! – WINNER!Jon Michael Hill, PurposeDaniel Dae Kim, Yellow FaceHarry Lennix, PurposeLouis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First ShadowBest absorption of a musicalSaheem Ali, Buena Vista Social ClubMichael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER!David Cromer, Dead OutlawChristopher Gattelli, Death Becomes HerJamie Lloyd, Sunset BoulevardBest absorption of a playKnud Adams, EnglishSam Mendes, The Hills of CaliforniaSam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! – WINNER!Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the VillainKip Williams, The Picture of Dorian GrayBest revival of a playEureka Day – WINNER!Romeo + JulietOur TownYellow FaceBest show by an histrion successful a featured relation successful a musicalNatalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER!Julia Knitel, Dead OutlawGracie Lawrence, Just successful TimeJustina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The MusicalJoy Woods, GypsyBest show by an histrion successful a featured relation successful a playTala Ashe, EnglishJessica Hecht, Eureka DayMarjan Neshat, EnglishFina Strazza, John Proctor is the VillainKara Young, Purpose – WINNER!Best show by an histrion successful a featured relation successful a musicalBrooks Ashmanskas, SmashJeb Brown, Dead OutlawDanny Burstein, GypsyJak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical – WINNER!Taylor Trensch, Floyd CollinsBest show by an histrion successful a featured relation successful a playGlenn Davis, PurposeGabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the VillainFrancis Jue, Yellow Face – WINNER!Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen RossConrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!Best show by an histrion successful a starring relation successful a playLaura Donnelly, The Hills of CaliforniaMia Farrow, The RoommateLaTanya Richardson Jackson, PurposeSadie Sink, John Proctor is the VillainSarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray – WINNER!Best publication of a musicalMarco Ramirez, Buena Vista Social ClubItamar Moses, Dead OutlawMarco Pennette, Death Becomes HerWill Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER!David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New MusicalBest archetypal people (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatreDavid Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead OutlawJulia Mattison and Noel Carey, Death Becomes HerWill Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (lyrics), Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER!David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New MusicalJoy Huerta and Benjamin Velez, Real Women Have Curves: The MusicalBest dependable plan of a playPaul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow – WINNER!Palmer Hefferan, John Proctor is the VillainDaniel Kluger, Good Night, and Good LuckNick Powell, The Hills of CaliforniaClemence Williams, The Picture of Dorian GrayBest dependable plan of a musicalJonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER!Adam Fisher, Sunset BoulevardPeter Hylenski, Just successful TimePeter Hylenski, Maybe Happy EndingDan Moses Schreier, Floyd CollinsBest orchestrationsAndrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just successful TimeWill Aronson, Maybe Happy EndingBruce Coughlin, Floyd CollinsMarco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER!Best choreographyJoshua Bergasse, SmashCamille A. Brown, GypsyChristopher Gattelli, Death Becomes HerJerry Mitchell, BOOP! The MusicalPatricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER!Best lighting plan of a musicalJack Knowles, Sunset Boulevard – WINNER!Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social ClubScott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd CollinsBen Stanton, Maybe Happy EndingJustin Townsend, Death Becomes HerBest lighting plan of a playNatasha Chivers, The Hills of CaliforniaJon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow – WINNER!Heather Gilbert and David Bengali, Good Night, and Good LuckNatasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski, John Proctor is the VillainNick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian GrayBest scenic plan of a playMarsha Ginsberg, EnglishRob Howell, The Hills of CaliforniaMarg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian GrayMiriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow – WINNER!Scott Pask, Good Night, and Good LuckBest scenic plan of a musicalRachel Hauck, Swept AwayDane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER!Arnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social ClubDerek McLane, Death Becomes HerDerek McLane, Just successful TimeBest costume plan of a playBrenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good LuckMarg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray – WINNER!Rob Howell, The Hills of CaliforniaHolly Pierson, Oh, Mary!Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First ShadowBest costume plan of a musicalDede Ayite, Buena Vista Social ClubGregg Barnes, BOOP! The MusicalClint Ramos, Maybe Happy EndingPaul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her – WINNER!Catherine Zuber, Just successful Time

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