At the 78th Tony Awards, Broadway’s biggest stars like Nicole Scherzinger and George Clooney were among the nominees. See every Tonys winner at the June 8 ceremony.
It is curtain call on Broadway’s biggest night.
As the 78th Annual Tony Awards kicks off at Radio City Music Hall in New York June 8, it’s time to wish a broken leg upon your favorite performers of the 2024-2025 Broadway season.
Indeed, tonight’s event, hosted by Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo—who nabbed a Tony win herself in 2016 for The Color Purple—has some of the world’s best stage talent gathered into the same categories.
After all, this Broadway season has been highest grossing on record, earning a whopping $1.83 billion in ticket sales for shows like George Clooney’s Good Night and Good Luck and Sadie Sink’s John Proctor Is the Villain And yes, both of those screen-turned-stage actors are nominated in the acting categories this evening.
As for other shows that add to the evening’s competitive edge? Cole Escola’s Oh Mary! earned a whopping five nominations including Best Leading Actor for the show’s star, as well as Best New Play, Best Direction, Best Costume Design and a Best Featured Actor nomination for Conrad Ricamora, who portrays Mary Todd Lincoln’s husband Abraham Lincoln.
Escola’s 80-minute one act show has been lauded by critics as one of the funniest plays on Broadway in years. And while their inner Mary Todd of course wouldn’t turn down an award, the process of Oh Mary! Becoming a hit has been a win enough for Cole.
As they told NPR last month, “I can’t believe that my big break came from doing what I wanted to do, like not compromising.”
Meanwhile, Pussycat Dolls alum Nicole Scherzinger and Broadway breakout Tom Francis both earned nominations for their performances in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard. Despite the show dating back to the 1990s—and its source material being a 1950 film—the revival breathed new life into the story.
Similarly to Escola, Scherzinger has found the experience of playing Norma Desmond more rewarding than anything else.
“I have worked many, many years to build up to this moment, and it’s changed my life,” she told People in May. “I’ve never been more happy, I think, because I always had so much inside of me that I felt like people didn’t see or understand. It just feels good now to be able to share that with the world.”
In the theatre, everyone’s a winner—but keep reading to see who is walking away with some Tony Awards hardware after the 78th ceremony…
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. (WINNER)
Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her
Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending(WINNER)
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd.
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins
Best New Musical
Maybe Happy Ending (WINNER)
Buena Vista
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Operation Mincemeat
Best New Play
Purpose (WINNER)
English
The Hills of California
John Proctor is the Villain
Oh Mary!
Best Musical Revival
Sunset Boulevard(WINNER)
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Best Play Revival
Eureka Day (WINNER)
Our Town
Romeo + Juliet
Yellow Face
Best Actor in a Play
Cole Escola, Oh Mary! (WINNER)
George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck
Jon Michael Hill, Purpose
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
Henry Lennix, Purpose
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Actress in a Play
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray (WINNER)
Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
La Tanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose
Best Direction in a Musical
Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending (WINNER)
Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club
David Cromer, Dead Outlaw
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Boulevard
Best Direction of a Play
Sam Pinkleton, Oh Mary! (WINNER)
Knud Adams, English
Sam Mendes, The Hills of California
Danya Taymor, John Proctor Is the Villain
Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Kara Young, Purpose (WINNER)
Tala Ashe, English
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
Marjan Neshat, English
Fina Strazza, John Proctor Is the Villain
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Francis Jue, Yellow Face (WINNER)
Glenn Davis, Purpose
Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor Is the Villain
Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
Conrad Ricamora, Oh Mary!
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club (WINNER)
Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw
Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time
Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves
Joy Woods, Gypsy
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat (WINNER)
Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins
Best Book of a Musical
Maybe Happy Ending (WINNER)
Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Operation Mincemeat
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow (WINNER)
Marsha Ginsberg, English
Rob Howell, The Hills of California
Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Scott Pask, Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club (WINNER)
Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw
Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time
Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves
Joy Woods, Gypsy
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat (WINNER)
Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins
Best Book of a Musical
Maybe Happy Ending (WINNER)
Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Operation Mincemeat
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow (WINNER)
Marsha Ginsberg, English
Rob Howell, The Hills of California
Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Scott Pask, Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Orchestrations
Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club (WINNER)
Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time
Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending
Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins
David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Boulevard
Best Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow (WINNER)
Palmer Heferan, John Proctor Is the Villain
Daniel Kluger, Good Night and Good Luck
Nick Powell, The Hills of California
Clemence Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Original Score
Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park (WINNER)
Dead Outlaw, David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
Death Becomes Her, Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
Operation Mincemeat, David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts
Real Women Have Curves, Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her (WINNER)
Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club
Gregg Barnes, Boop
Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending
Catherine Zuber, Just in Time
