2018 Tony awards results (72nd) – winners & nominees

This page lists the winners of the 72nd Tony Awards, held on June 10, 2018. The 2018 Tony Award for Best Musical went to The Band’s Visit.

Best musical

Winner:

• The Band’s Visit

Nominees:

• Frozen
• Mean Girls
• SpongeBob SquarePants

Best play

Winner:

• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Nominees:

• The Children
• Farinelli and the King
• Junk
• Latin History for Morons

Best book of a musical

Winner:

• Itamar Moses, The Band’s Visit

Nominees:

• Jennifer Lee, Frozen
• Tina Fey, Mean Girls
• Kyle Jarrow, SpongeBob SquarePants

Best original score

Winner:

• David Yazbek, The Band’s Visit

Nominees:

• Adrian Sutton, Angels in America
• Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen
• Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin, Mean Girls
• The composers of SpongeBob SquarePants

Best revival of a play

Winner:

• Angels in America

Nominees:

• The Iceman Cometh
• Lobby Hero
• Three Tall Women
• Travesties

Best revival of a musical

Winner:

• Once on This Island

Nominees:

• Carousel
• My Fair Lady

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

Winner:

• Andrew Garfield, Angels in America

Nominees:

• Tom Hollander, Travesties
• Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Mark Rylance, Farinelli and the King
• Denzel Washington, The Iceman Cometh

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

Winner:

• Glenda Jackson, Three Tall Women

Nominees:

• Condola Rashad, Saint Joan
• Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God
• Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

Winner:

• Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit

Nominees:

• Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady
• Joshua Henry, Carousel
• Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

Winner:

• Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit

Nominees:

• Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady
• Hailey Kilgore, Once on This Island
• LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
• Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls
• Jessie Mueller, Carousel

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

Winner:

• Nathan Lane, Angels in America

Nominees:

• Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Michael Cera, Lobby Hero
• Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero
• David Morse, The Iceman Cometh

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

Winner:

• Laurie Metcalf, Three Tall Women

Nominees:

• Susan Brown, Angels in America
• Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Deborah Findlay, The Children
• Denise Gough, Angels in America

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

Winner:

• Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit

Nominees:

• Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady
• Alexander Gemignani, Carousel
• Grey Henson, Mean Girls
• Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

Winner:

• Lindsay Mendez, Carousel

Nominees:

• Ariana DeBose, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
• Renée Fleming, Carousel
• Ashley Park, Mean Girls
• Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady

Best scenic design in a play

Winner:

• Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Nominees:

• Miriam Buether, Three Tall Women
• Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and the King
• Santo Loquasto, The Iceman Cometh
• Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce, Angels in America

Best scenic design in a musical

Winner:

• David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Nominees:

• Dane Laffrey, Once on This Island
• Scott Pask, The Band’s Visit
• Scott Pask, Finn Ross & Adam Young, Mean Girls
• Michael Yeargan, My Fair Lady

Best costume design in a play

Winner:

• Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Nominees:

• Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and the King
• Nicky Gillibrand, Angels in America
• Ann Roth, Three Tall Women
• Ann Roth, The Iceman Cometh

Best costume design in a musical

Winner:

• Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady

Nominees:

• Gregg Barnes, Mean Girls
• Clint Ramos, Once on This Island
• Ann Roth, Carousel
• David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Best lighting design in a play

Winner:

• Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Nominees:

• Paule Constable, Angels in America
• Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, The Iceman Cometh
• Paul Russell, Farinelli and the King
• Ben Stanton, Junk

Best lighting design in a musical

Winner:

• Tyler Micoleau, The Band’s Visit

Nominees:

• Kevin Adams, SpongeBob SquarePants
• Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, Once on This Island
• Donald Holder, My Fair Lady
• Brian MacDevitt, Carousel

Best direction of a play

Winner:

• John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Nominees:

• Marianne Elliott, Angels in America
• Joe Mantello, Three Tall Women
• Patrick Marber, Travesties
• George C. Wolfe, The Iceman Cometh

Best direction of a musical

Winner:

• David Cromer, The Band’s Visit

Nominees:

• Michael Arden, Once on This Island
• Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants
• Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls
• Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady

Best choreography

Winner:

• Justin Peck, Carousel

Nominees:

• Christopher Gattelli, My Fair Lady
• Christopher Gattelli, SpongeBob SquarePants
• Steven Hoggett, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls

Best orchestrations

Winner:

• Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit

Nominees:

• John Clancy, Mean Girls
• Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants
• AnnMarie Milazzo & Michael Starobin, Once on This Island
• Jonathan Tunick, Carousel

Regional theatre Tony Award

• La MaMa E.T.C., NY

Isabelle Stevenson award

• Nick Scandalios

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre

• Chita Rivera
• Andrew Lloyd Webber

Tony honors for excellence in theatre

• Sara Krulwich
• Bessie Nelson
• Ernest Winzer Cleaners

Special Tony Award

• John Leguizamo
• Bruce Springsteen

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