2022 Tony Awards results (75th) Winners & nominees

The Tony Awards are the highest honors in American theatre. This page lists all winners and nominees from the 75th Tony Awards, held on June 12, 2022, at Radio City Music Hall. While masking and occasional cast changes continued as pandemic aftereffects, Broadway celebrated a vibrant comeback. The Tony Award for Best musical went to A Strange Loop, a bold work centered on a Black, queer, plus-sized protagonist navigating contemporary America.

Below is the complete list of winners and nominees for the 75th Tony Awards, held on June 12, 2022. The Tony Award for Best musical was awarded to A Strange Loop.

Best musical

Winner:

• A Strange Loop

Nominees:

• Girl from the North Country
• MJ
• Mr. Saturday Night
• Paradise Square
• SIX: The Musical

Best play

Winner:

• The Lehman Trilogy

Nominees:

• Clyde’s
• Hangmen
• The Minutes
• Skeleton Crew

Best book of a musical

Winner:

• Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop)

Nominees:

• Conor McPherson (Girl from the North Country)
• Lynn Nottage (MJ)
• Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Mr. Saturday Night)
• Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas and Larry Kirwan (Paradise Square)

Best original score

Winner:

• Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (SIX: The Musical)

Nominees:

• Tom Kitt and Michael Korie (Flying Over Sunset)
• Jason Robert Brown and Amanda Green (Mr. Saturday Night)
• Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare (Paradise Square)
• Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop)

Best revival of a play

Winner:

• Take Me Out

Nominees:

• American Buffalo
• for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
• How I Learned to Drive
• Trouble in Mind

Best revival of a musical

Winner:

• Company

Nominees:

• Caroline, or Change
• The Music Man

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

Winner:

• Simon Russell Beale (The Lehman Trilogy)

Nominees:

• Adam Godley (The Lehman Trilogy)
• Adrian Lester (The Lehman Trilogy)
• David Morse (How I Learned to Drive)
• Sam Rockwell (American Buffalo)
• Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Lackawanna Blues)
• David Threlfall (Hangmen)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

Winner:

• Deirdre O’Connell (Dana H.)

Nominees:

• Gabby Beans (The Skin of Our Teeth)
• LaChanze (Trouble in Mind)
• Ruth Negga (Macbeth)
• Mary-Louise Parker (How I Learned to Drive)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

Winner:

• Myles Frost (MJ)

Nominees:

• Billy Crystal (Mr. Saturday Night)
• Hugh Jackman (The Music Man)
• Rob McClure (Mrs. Doubtfire)
• Jaquel Spivey (A Strange Loop)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

Winner:

• Joaquina Kalukango (Paradise Square)

Nominees:

• Sharon D Clarke (Caroline, or Change)
• Carmen Cusack (Flying Over Sunset)
• Sutton Foster (The Music Man)
• Mare Winningham (Girl from the North Country)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

Winner:

• Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Take Me Out)

Nominees:

• Alfie Allen (Hangmen)
• Chuck Cooper (Trouble in Mind)
• Ron Cephas Jones (Clyde’s)
• Michael Oberholtzer (Take Me Out)
• Jesse Williams (Take Me Out)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

Winner:

• Phylicia Rashad (Skeleton Crew)

Nominees:

• Uzo Aduba (Clyde’s)
• Rachel Dratch (POTUS)
• Kenita R. Miller (for colored girls…)
• Julie White (POTUS)
• Kara Young (Clyde’s)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

Winner:

• Matt Doyle (Company)

Nominees:

• Sidney DuPont (Paradise Square)
• Jared Grimes (Funny Girl)
• John-Andrew Morrison (A Strange Loop)
• A.J. Shively (Paradise Square)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

Winner:

• Patti LuPone (Company)

Nominees:

• Jeannette Bayardelle (Girl from the North Country)
• Shoshana Bean (Mr. Saturday Night)
• Jayne Houdyshell (The Music Man)
• L Morgan Lee (A Strange Loop)
• Jennifer Simard (Company)

Best scenic design of a play

Winner:

• Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy)

Nominees:

• Beowulf Boritt (POTUS)
• Anna Fleischle (Hangmen)
• Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong (Skeleton Crew)
• Scott Pask (American Buffalo)
• Adam Rigg (The Skin of Our Teeth)

Best scenic design of a musical

Winner:

• Bunny Christie (Company)

Nominees:

• Arnulfo Maldonado (A Strange Loop)
• Allen Moyer (Paradise Square)
• Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini (MJ)
• Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions (Flying Over Sunset)

Best costume design of a play

Winner:

• Montana Levi Blanco (The Skin of Our Teeth)

Nominees:

• Sarafina Bush (for colored girls…)
• Jane Greenwood (Plaza Suite)
• Jennifer Moeller (Clyde’s)
• Emilio Sosa (Trouble in Mind)

Best costume design of a musical

Winner:

• Gabriella Slade (SIX: The Musical)

Nominees:

• Fly Davis (Caroline, or Change)
• Toni-Leslie James (Paradise Square)
• William Ivey Long (Diana)
• Santo Loquasto (The Music Man)
• Paul Tazewell (MJ)

Best lighting design of a play

Winner:

• Jon Clark (The Lehman Trilogy)

Nominees:

• Joshua Carr (Hangmen)
• Jiyoun Chang (for colored girls…)
• Jane Cox (Macbeth)
• Yi Zhao (The Skin of Our Teeth)

Best lighting design of a musical

Winner:

• Natasha Katz (MJ)

Nominees:

• Neil Austin (Company)
• Tim Deiling (SIX: The Musical)
• Donald Holder (Paradise Square)
• Bradley King (Flying Over Sunset)
• Jen Schriever (A Strange Loop)

Best sound design of a play

Winner:

• Mikhail Fiksel (Dana H.)

Nominees:

• Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey (The Lehman Trilogy)
• Justin Ellington (for colored girls…)
• Palmer Hefferan (The Skin of Our Teeth)
• Mikaal Sulaiman (Macbeth)

Best sound design of a musical

Winner:

• Gareth Owen (MJ)

Nominees:

• Ian Dickinson for Autograph (Company)
• Simon Baker (Girl from the North Country)
• Paul Gatehouse (SIX: The Musical)
• Drew Levy (A Strange Loop)

Best direction of a play

Winner:

• Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy)

Nominees:

• Lileana Blain-Cruz (The Skin of Our Teeth)
• Camille A. Brown (for colored girls…)
• Neil Pepe (American Buffalo)
• Les Waters (Dana H.)

Best direction of a musical

Winner:

• Marianne Elliott (Company)

Nominees:

• Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage (SIX: The Musical)
• Stephen Brackett (A Strange Loop)
• Conor McPherson (Girl from the North Country)
• Christopher Wheeldon (MJ)

Best choreography

Winner:

• Christopher Wheeldon (MJ)

Nominees:

• Camille A. Brown (for colored girls…)
• Warren Carlyle (The Music Man)
• Carrie-Anne Ingrouille (SIX: The Musical)
• Bill T. Jones (Paradise Square)

Best orchestrations

Winner:

• Simon Hale (Girl from the North Country)

Nominees:

• David Cullen (Company)
• Tom Curran (SIX: The Musical)
• Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg (MJ)
• Charlie Rosen (A Strange Loop)

Regional theatre Tony Award

• Court Theatre

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

• Robert E. Wankel

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre for lifetime achievement

• Angela Lansbury

Tony honors for excellence in the theatre

• Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC)
• Broadway For All
• Feinstein’s/54 Below
• Emily Grishman
• United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre

• James C. Nicola

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