Not to be dramatic, but the 2025 Tony Awards, presented Sunday evening at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, really gave us something to sing about.
The ceremony where the honorees for Broadway’s best performances and productions of the year are saluted is a star-studded, sequin-spangled affair. Host Cynthia Erivo, herself a Tony winner and a costar of the two-part film adaptation of the hit musical Wicked, presided over the 78th annual presentation of New York theater’s most prestigious awards. Tonys were awarded this year to nominees across 26 competitive categories, with a handful of special awards given out as well.
Maybe Happy Ending was the big winner of the show, scooping up six awards throughout the night, including best new musical, best direction of a musical, and best lead actor in a musical, while Sunset Blvd. was the favorite musical revival of the evening.
Here’s a complete list of every winner at the 2025 Tonys.
Best Musical
Maybe Happy Ending
Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.
Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
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 Revival of a Musical
Sunset Blvd.
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Jon Michael Hill, Purpose
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
Harry Lennix, Purpose
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club
David Cromer, Dead Outlaw
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Blvd.
Best Direction of a Play
Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!
Knud Adams, English
Sam Mendes, The Hills of California
Danya Taymor, John Proctor Is the Villain
Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Revival of a Play
Eureka Day
Romeo + Juliet
Our Town
Yellow Face
Best Play
Purpose
English
The Hills of California
John Proctor Is the Villain
Oh, Mary!
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw
Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time
Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
Joy Woods, Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Kara Young, Purpose
Tala Ashe, English
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
Marjan Neshat, English
Fina Strazza, John Proctor Is the Villain
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Glenn Davis, Purpose
Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor Is the Villain
Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose
Sadie Sink, John Proctor Is the Villain
Best Choreography
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club
Joshua Bergasse, Smash
Camille A. Brown, Gypsy
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Jerry Mitchell, Boop! The Musical
Best Orchestrations
Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club
Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time
Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending
Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins
David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Blvd.
Best Book of a Musical
Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park
Buena Vista Social Club, Marco Ramirez
Dead Outlaw, Itamar Moses
Death Becomes Her, Marco Pennette
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts
Best Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Palmer Hefferan, 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 Sound Design of a Musical
Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club
Adam Fisher, Sunset Blvd.
Peter Hylenski, Just in Time
Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending
Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Natasha Chivers, The Hills of California
Heather Gilbert and David Bengali, Good Night, and Good Luck
Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski, John Proctor Is the Villain
Nick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd.
Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club
Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd Collins
Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending
Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
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 Scenic Design of a Musical
Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending
Rachel Hauck, Swept Away
Arnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social Club
Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her
Derek McLane, Just in Time
Best Costume Design of a Play
Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck
Rob Howell, The Hills of California
Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary!
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her
Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club
Gregg Barnes, Boop! The Musical
Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending
Catherine Zuber, Just in Time
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park
Dead Outlaw, David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
Death Becomes Her, Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez
Special Tony Awards
The musicians who make up the band of Buena Vista Social Club—Marco Paguia (music director, conductor/piano); David Oquendo (associate music director, guitar); Renesito Avich (tres); Gustavo Schartz (bass); Javier Días, Román Diaz, Mauricio Herrera (percussion); Jesus Ricardo (trumpet); Eddie Venegas (trombone); Hery Paz (woodwinds); Leonardo Reyna (piano)
The illusions & technical effects of Stranger Things: The First Shadow—Jamie Harrison, Chris Fisher, Gary Beestone, and Edward Pierce
Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Harvey Fierstein
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award Celia Keenan-Bolger
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre Great Performances; Michael Price; New 42; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
