Tony Awards 2023: Full list of winners
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Last updated 12th Jun 2023
Broadway's biggest night was back last night as the 76th annual Tony Awards took place at New York's United Palace.
Just like the Olivers in the UK, the Tony Awards celebrate the brilliant shows that have been running in New York over the past year.
Kimberly Akimbo was the biggest winner with 5 wins including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score with the revival of Sweeney Todd taking home some of the technical awards and Parade winning Best Revival.
For plays it was a big night for the British imports with Leopoldstadt making big wins including Best Play and Best Direction for Patrick Marber and Life of Pi picking up wins for the technical awards. The night also saw Jodie Comer win a Tony for Prima Facie - having won for the same role at this year's Olivier Awards in April.
Tony Awards 2023: Full list of nominees
Best Play
Ain't No Mo'
Between Riverside and Crazy
Cost of Living
Fat Ham
Leopoldstadt (WINNER)
Best Musical
& Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo (WINNER)
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot
Best Book of a Musical
David West Read - & Juliet
David Lindsay-Abaire - Kimberly Akimbo (WINNER)
David Thompson and Sharon Washington - New York, New York
Robert Horn - Shucked
Matthew López and Amber Ruffin - Some Like It Hot
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written For The Theatre
Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe - Almost Famous
David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori - Kimberly Akimbo (WINNER)
Helen Park and Max Vernon - KPOP
Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally - Shuked
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman - Some Like It Hot
Best Revival of a Play
A Doll's House
August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog (WINNER)
Best Revival of a Musical
Into the Woods
Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Parade (WINNER)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Corey Hawkins - Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes - Good Night, Oscar (WINNER)
Stephen McKinley Henderson - Between Riverside and Crazy
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog
Wendell Pierce - Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Jessica Chastain - A Doll's House
Jodie Comer - Prima Facie (WINNER)
Jessica Hecht - Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald - Ohio State Murders
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Christian Borle - Some Like It Hot
J. Harrison Ghee - Some Like It Hot (WINNER)
Josh Groban - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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 Street
Sara Bareilles - Into the Woods
Victoria Clark - Kimberly Akimbo (WINNER)
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 House
Brandon Uranowitz - Leopoldstadt (WINNER)
David Zayas - Cost of Living
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Nikki Crawford - Fat Ham
Crystal Lucas-Perry - Ain't No Mo'
Miriam Silverman - The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (WINNER)
Katy Sullivan - Cost of Living
Kara Young - Cost of Living
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Kevin Del Aguila - Some Like It Hot
Kevin Cahoon - Shucked
Justin Cooley - Kimberly Akimbo
Jordan Donica - Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Alex Newell - Shucked (WINNER)
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 Street
Bonnie Milligan - Kimberly Akimbo (WINNER)
NaTasha Yvette Williams - Some Like It Hot
Betsy Wolfe - & Juliet
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 - Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Best Costume Design of a Play
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell - Life of Pi
Dominique Fawn Hill - Fat Ham
Brigitte Reiffenstuel - 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)
Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi - KPOP
Susan Hilferty - Parade
Jennifer Moeller - Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Paloma Young - & 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 House
Bradley King - Fat Ham
Tim Lutkin - Life of Pi (WINNER)
Jen Schriever - Arthur Miller’s Death 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 Hot
Natasha Katz - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (WINNER)
Best Sound Design of a Play
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
Jonathan Deans and Taylor Williams - Ain't No Mo'
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada - New York, New York
Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann - Into the Woods
Gareth Owen - & Juliet
John Shivers - Shuked
Nevin Steinberg - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (WINNER)
Best Direction of a Play
Saheem Ali - Fat Ham
Jo Bonney - Cost of Living
Jamie Lloyd - A Doll's House
Patrick Marber - Leopoldstadt (WINNER)
Stevie Walker-Webb - Ain't No Mo'
Max Webster - Life of Pi
Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden - Parade (WINNER)
Lear deBessonet - Into the Woods
Casey Nicholaw - Some Like It Hot
Jack O'Brien - Shucked
Jessica Stone - Kimberly Akimbo
Best Choreography
Steven Hoggett - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Casey Nicholaw - Some Like It Hot (WINNER)
Susan Stroman - New York, New York
Jennifer Weber - & Juliet
Jennifer Weber - KPOP
Best Orchestrations
Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter - Some Like It Hot (WINNER)
John Clancy - Kimberly Akimbo
Daryl Waters and Sam Davis - New York, New York
Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro - & Juliet
Jason Howland - Shucked
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Joel Grey
John Kander
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Jerry Mitchell
Regional Theatre Tony Award
Pasadena Playhouse
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
Victoria Bailey
Lisa Dawn Cave
Robert Fried
When are the 2023 Tony Awards?
The Tony Awards take place on the evening of Sunday 11th June 2023
Watch the 2023 Tony Awards nominations
Every winner for Best Musical Revival at the Olivier Awards
1991 - Show Boat
The first ever winner in this category was the Opera North and Royal Shakespeare Company's co-production of Show Boat which ran at the London Palladium in 1990.
1992 - The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys From Syracuse is a Rogers and Hart musical based on Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. This production ran at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in the summer of 1991 and was directed by none other than Dame Judi Dench.
1993 - Carousel
The National Theatre's first win in this category was their revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel which enjoyed a sellout limited run from December 1992 to March 1993. The revival then re-opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in September of that year.
1994 - Sweeney Todd
Alun Armstrong and Julia McKenzie starred in the first London revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd. The production ran at the Cottesloe Theatre (now named the Dorfman) from June 1993 before transferring to the Lyttleton Theatre December of that year.
1995 - She Loves Me
She Loves me was revived at the Savoy Theatre and was directed by Scott Ellis and choreographed by Rob Marshal, the pair had just done a Broadway revival of She Loves Me the year prior.
The West End revival starred John Gordon Sinclair and Ruthie Henshall with the pair both winning Best Actor and Actress in a Musical.
1997 - The Who's Tommy
This year the name of the award changed to Outstanding Musical Production, which lasted through until 2007.
This rock musical is based on the 1969 rock opera, Tommy by The Who.
1998 - Chicago
In 1997, the Broadway revival of Kander and Ebb's Chicago transferred to the West End with Ute Lemper as Velma Ruthie Henshall as Roxie. The West End revival ran until 2012 and the Broadway revival is still running to this day!
1999 - Oklahoma!
The National Theatre revived Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma in 1998 with a cast that included Hugh Jackman as Curly, Maureen Lipman as Aunt Eller, Josefina Gabrielle as Laurey and Shuler Hensley as Jud Fry.
2000 - Candide
A second win in a row for the National Theatre with their 1999 production of Candide which includes music by West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein.
2001 - Singin' in the Rain
The West Yorkshire Playhouse's production of Singin' in the Rain directed by Jude Kelly quickly got a West End transfer and ran at the National's Olivier Theatre for a month in 2000.
2002 - My Fair Lady
The National continued their winning streak with their production of My Fair Lady which starred Martine McCutcheon as Eliza and Jonathan Pryce as Higgins. The production then transferred to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane after four months.
2003 - Anything Goes
The National Theatre got their fifth win in a row with their production of Anything Goes which starred Sally Ann Triplett, John Barrowman and Yao Chin. Like My Fair Lady, the production then transferred to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
2004 - Pacific Overtures
The Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Pacific Overtures transferred to the Donmar Warehouse where it ran for a short period in 2003.
2005 - Grand Hotel
A second win a row for the Donmar Warehouse with their revival of Grand Hotel starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
2006 - Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls was revived at the Piccadilly Theatre running between 2005 and 2007. The cast of this production originally included Ewan McGregor as Sky, Jenna Russell as Sarah, Jane Krakowski as Adelaide and Douglas Hodge as Nathan Detroit.
2007 - Sunday in the Park with George
The Menier Chocolate Factory's production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park with George transferred to the West End at the Wyndham's Theatre in 2006. The West End production starred Daniel Evans as George and Jenna Russell as Dot, both of whom won Olivier Awards for their respective roles.
2008 - The Magic Flute
After a run in Cape Town and at the Young Vic, The Magic Flute transferred to the West End with a run at the Duke of York's Theatre.
2009 - La Cage Aux Folles
Following the success of the Menier Chocolate Factory's scaled down production of La Cage Aux Folles, it got a West End transfer at the Playhouse Theatre with Douglas Hodge as Albin.
The success of the revival saw it get a Broadway transfer with Douglas reprising his role.
2010 - Hello Dolly!
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre started a streak of wins in this category with their revival of Hello Dolly! which starred Samantha Spiro in the titular role.
2011 - Into the Woods
The second win in this streak was for their revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods - which was very fitting for an open air theatre!
2012 - Crazy For You
Ira and George Gershwin's Crazy For You was Regent's Park's third win in a row for this category. This production got an extended life when it transferred to the Novello Theatre in October 2011.
2013 - Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd broke an Olivier record this year when it became the first musical to win Best Musical Revival for a second time. This production began at the Chichester Festival Theatre and transferred to the Adelphi Theatre in the West End in 2012.
2014 - Merrily We Roll Along
Stephen Sondheim got a second win in a row for this category with the West End transfer of the Menier Chocolate Factory's production of Merrily We Roll Along which ran at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
2015 - City of Angels
Cy Coleman, David Zippel, and Larry Gelbart's City of Angels was revived at the Donmar Warehouse in 2014 directed by Josie Rourke.
2016 - Gypsy
Another win for Sondheim (as a lyricist at least) with the West End transfer of the Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Gypsy which starred Imelda Staunton in the iconic role of Mamma Rose.
2017 - Jesus Christ Superstar
The first Andrew Lloyd Webber revival to win this award was the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar. This production went on to get runs in the US as well as the Barbican Centre in London.
The production returned to Regent's Park as a socially distanced concert in the summer of 2020.
2018 - Follies
The winner in 2018 was the National Theatre's revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies which starred Peter Forbes as Buddy, Imelda Staunton as Sally, Janie Dee as Phyllis, Philip Quast as Ben and Tracie Bennett as Carlotta.
The production was filmed and screened in cinemas as well as making a return to the Olivier Theatre in 2019.
2019 - Company
A modern reimagining of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company saw the leading role gender-swapped and played by Rosalie Craig. Patti LuPone reprised the role of Joanne (which she played in the 2011 Broadway concert).
The production is now running on Broadway.
2020 - Fiddler on the Roof
The Menier Chocolate Factory's production of Fiddler on the Roof directed by Trevor Nunn got a West End transfer. The West End production opened at the Playhouse Theatre in March 2019.
2022 - Cabaret
London's Playhouse Theatre has been transformed into the Kit Kat Club for this brand new revival of Cabaret directed by Rebecca Frecknall. As well as winning Best Musical Revival the production won in all four acting categories and now joins Hamilton and Matilda as one of the most awarded musicals with a total of seven wins.
2023 - Oklahoma!
Following a Tony-winning run on Broadway, Daniel Fish's stripped down revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! transferred to the Young Vic in London. Since then it transferred to the West End at the Wyndham's Theatre.
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