Tony Awards 2023: Full list of winners
‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ were among the big 2023 Tony Awards winners of the night
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Your support makes all the difference.The 76th Tony Awards have drawn to a close after a lively ceremony at which Liverpool’s Jodie Comer was among the major winners of the night.
The biggest night in Broadway took place on Sunday night (11 June) at the United Palace in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighbourhood.
Hosted by Academy Award-winner Ariana Debose, this year’s ceremony was noticeably different to its past iterations due to the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike.
The strike was referenced both playfully and then in detail by DeBose in her opening segment, in which the actor showed support for her “siblings” at the Writers Guild of America.
The West Side Story star explained to viewers that as a result of the strikes, neither herself nor anyone on stage would be reading from a script, since the scripts are typically written by members of the WGA.
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Find a full list of the Tony 2023 award-winners below:
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 Leading Actor 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 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 Featured Actress 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 Featured Actor in a Musical
Kevin Cahoon – Shucked
Justin Cooley – Kimberly Akimbo
Kevin Del Aguila – Some Like It Hot
Jordan Donica – Camelot
Alex Newell – Shucked (WINNER)
Best Featured Actress 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 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 Book of a Musical
David West Read – & Juliet
David Lindsay-Abaire – Kimberly Akimbo (WINNER)
Robert Horn – Shucked
Matthew López and Amber Ruffin – Some Like It Hot
David Thompson and Sharon Washington – New York, New York
Best Original Score
Almost Famous – music by Tom Kitt; lyrics by Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt
Kimberly Akimbo – music by Jeanine Tesori; lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire (WINNER)
KPOP – music and lyrics: Helen Park and Max Vernon
Shucked – music and lyrics: Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark
“Some Like It Hot,” music and lyrics: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
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
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 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 – Death of a Salesman
Ben Stanton – A Christmas Carol
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington – New York, New York
Lap Chi Chu – 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 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
Into the Woods
Lerner & Loew’s Camelot
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