Technical awards will be presented during the pre-show ceremony, hosted by Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar, which will run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. ET on Pluto TV. The 77th Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET. They will also be streamed live on Paramount+ and CBS.com.
For the first time in the history of the Tony Awards, this year the Tonys will be held at Lincoln Center in New York City. The telecast will take place in the David H. Koch Theater, the home of the New York City Ballet. The Tonys had historically been held at Radio City Music Hall until last year, when they moved uptown to the United Palace in Washington Heights. For the third year in a row, Ariana DeBose will host the prime-time ceremony.
The show will feature performances from the casts of Stereophonic, Cabaret, Hell’s Kitchen, Illinoise, Merrily We Roll Along, Suffs, The Outsiders, The Who’s Tommy, and Water for Elephants. Presenters at the ceremony include Cynthia Erivo, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sean Hayes, Jennifer Hudson, Angelina Jolie, Nick Jonas, Idina Menzel, Ben Platt, Anthony Ramos, Pete Townshend, Tamara Tunie, Adrienne Warren, and Jeffrey Wright.
nominations/winners for musicals [Spoiler (click to open)]
best musical
Hell’s Kitchen
Illinoise
WINNER: The Outsiders
Suffs
Water for Elephants
best revival of a musical
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Gutenberg! The Musical
WINNER: Merrily We Roll Along
The Who’s Tommy
direction of a musical
Maria Friedman – Merrily We Roll Along
Michael Grief – Hell’s Kitchen
Leigh Silverman – Suffs
Jessica Stone – Water for Elephants
WINNER: Danya Taymor – The Outsiders
lead actor in a musical
Brody Grant – The Outsiders
WINNER: Jonathan Groff – Merrily We Roll Along
Dorian Harewood – The Notebook
Brian d’Arcy James – Days of Wine and Roses
Eddie Redmayne – Cabaret
lead actress in a musical
Eden Espinosa – Lempicka
WINNER: Maleah Joi Moon – Hell’s Kitchen
Kelli O’Hara – Days of Wine and Roses
Maryann Plunkett – The Notebook
Gayle Rankin – Cabaret
featured actor in a musical
Roger Bart – Back to the Future
Joshua Boone – The Outsiders
Brandon Victor Dixon – Hell’s Kitchen
Sky Lakota-Lynch – The Outsiders
WINNER: Daniel Radcliffe – Merrily We Roll Along
Steven Skybell – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
featured actress in a musical
Shoshana Bean – Hell’s Kitchen
Amber Iman – Lempicka
Nikki M. James – Suffs
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer – Spamalot
WINNER: Kecia Lewis-Evans – Hell’s Kitchen
Lindsay Mendez – Merrily We Roll Along
Bebe Neuwirth – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
book for a musical
Kristoffer Diaz – Hell’s Kitchen
Bekah Brunstetter – The Notebook
Justin Levine and Adam Rapp – The Outsiders
WINNER: Shaina Taub – Suffs
Rick Elice – Water for Elephants
choreography
Camilla A. Brown – Hell’s Kitchen
Annie-B Parson – Here Lies Love
Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman – The Outsiders
WINNER: Justin Peck – Illinoise
Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll – Water for Elephants
original score
Adam Guettel – Days of Wine and Roses
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim – Here Lies Love
Will Butler – Stereophonic
WINNER: Shaina Taub – Suffs
Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance, Justin Levine – The Outsiders
orchestrations
Timo Andres – Illinoise
Will Butler and Justin Craig – Stereophonic
Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley, Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance – The Outsiders
Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone – Hell’s Kitchen
WINNER: Jonathan Tunick – Merrily We Roll Along
scenic design for a musical
Amp featuring Tatiana Kahvegian – The Outsiders
Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini – Hell’s Kitchen
Takeshi Kata – Water for Elephants
David Korins – Here Lies Love
Riccardo Hernandez and Peter Negrini – Lempicka
Tim Hatley and Finn Ross – Back to the Future
WINNER: Tim Scutt – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
costume design for a musical
Dede Ayite – Hell’s Kitchen
WINNER: Linda Cho – The Great Gatsby
David Israel Reynoso – Water for Elephants
Tom Scutt – Cabaret at the Kit Cat Club
Paul Tazewell – Suffs
lighting design for a musical
Brandon Stirling Baker – Illinoise
Isabella Byrd – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Natasha Katz – Hell’s Kitchen
Bradley King and David Bengali – Water for Elephants
WINNER: Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim – The Outsiders
sound design for a musical
M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer – Here Lies Love
Kai Harada – Merrily We Roll Along
Nick Lidster for Autograph – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Gareth Owen – Hell’s Kitchen
WINNER: Cody Spencer – The Outsiders
nominations/winners for plays [Spoiler (click to open)]
best play
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Mary Jane
Mother Play
Prayer for the French Republic
WINNER: Stereophonic
best revival of a play
WINNER: Appropriate
An Enemy of the People
Purlie Victorious
direction of a play
WINNER: Daniel Aukin – Stereophonic
Anne Kauffman – Mary Jane
Kenny Leon – Purlie Victorious
Lila Neugebauer – Appropriate
Whitney White – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
lead actor in a play
William Jackson Harper – Uncle Vanya
Leslie Odom Jr. – Purlie Victorious
Liev Schreiber – Doubt
WINNER: Jeremy Strong – An Enemy of the People
Michael Stuhlbarg – Patriots
lead actress in a play
Betsy Aidem – Prayer for the French Republic
Jessica Lange – Mother Play
Rachel McAdams – Mary Jane
WINNER: Sarah Paulson – Appropriate
Amy Ryan – Doubt
featured actor in a play
WINNER: Will Brill – Stereophonic
Eli Gelb – Stereophonic
Jim Parsons – Mother Play
Tom Pecinka – Stereophonic
Corey Stoll – Appropriate
featured actress in a play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine – Doubt
Juliana Canfield – Stereophonic
Celia Keenan-Bolger – Mother Play
Sarah Pidgeon – Stereophonic
WINNER: Kara Young – Purlie Victorious
scenic design for a play
dots – Appropriate
dots – An Enemy of the People
Derek McLane – Purlie Victorious
David Zinn – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
WINNER: David Zinn – Stereophonic
costume design for a play
Dede Ayite – Appropriate
WINNER: Dede Ayite – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Enver Chakartash – Stereophonic
Emilio Sosa – Purlie Victorious
David Zinn – An Enemy of the People
lighting design for a play
Isabella Byrd – An Enemy of the People
Amith Chandrashaker – Prayer for the French Republic
Jiyoun Chang – Stereophonic
WINNER: Jane Cox – Appropriate
Natasha Katz – Grey House
sound design for a play
Justin Ellington and Stefania Bulbarella – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Leah Gelpe – Mary Jane
Tom Gibbons – Grey House
Bray Poor and Will Pickens – Appropriate
WINNER: Ryan Rumery – Stereophonic
non-competitive awards [Spoiler (click to open)]
special Tony
Alex Edelman (Just for Us)
Abe Jacob (modern sound design)
Nikiya Mathis (hair and wig design – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding)
excellence in theatre
Wendall K. Harrington (scenic projection design)
The Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack
Judith O. Rubin
Dramatists Guild Foundation
regional theatre award
Wilma Theater
Isabelle Stevenson award
Billy Porter
excellence in theatre education award
CJay Philip (Dance & BMore – Baltimore, MD)
lifetime achievement award
George C. Wolfe
Jack O’Brien
stats [Spoiler (click to open)]
# of wins/# of nominations per show
5/13 – Stereophonic
4/7 – Merrily We Roll Along
4/12 – The Outsiders
3/8 – Appropriate
2/6 – Suffs
2/13 – Hell’s Kitchen
1/1 – The Great Gatsby
1/4 – Illinoise
1/5 – An Enemy of the People
1/5 – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
1/6 – Purlie Victorious
1/9 – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
0/7 – Water for Elephants
0/4 – Here Lies Love
0/4 – Mary Jane
0/4 – Mother Play
0/3 – Days of Wine and Roses
0/3 – Doubt
0/3 – Lempicka
0/3 – The Notebook
0/3 – Prayer for the French Republic
0/2 – Back to the Future
0/2 – Gray House
0/1 – Gutenberg! The Musical
0/1 – Patriots
0/1 – Spamalot
0/1 – Uncle Vanya
0/1 – The Who’s Tommy
0/0 – The Cottage
0/0 – Harmony
0/0 – The Heart of Rock and Roll
0/0 – How to Dance in Ohio
0/0 – I Need That
0/0 – Once Upon a One More Time
0/0 – The Shark Is Broken
0/0 – The Wiz
I am submitting this early so that people can make their predictions for who will win, discuss red carpet looks, talk about their favorite shows from this season, and just generally nerd out over Broadway. The Tony Awards are our version of the Super Bowl so we should get to enjoy the pre-pre-pre-pre show all day too!
