2021 Tony Awards results (74th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners of the 74th Tony Awards, held on September 26, 2021. The ceremony was originally scheduled for June 2020 but was postponed to September 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 Tony Award for Best Musical went to Moulin Rouge!

Best musical

Winner:

• Moulin Rouge!

Nominees:

• Jagged Little Pill
• Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best play

Winner:

• The Inheritance

Nominees:

• Grand Horizons
• Sea Wall/A Life
• Slave Play
• The Sound Inside

Best book of a musical

Winner:

• Jagged Little Pill

Nominees:

• Moulin Rouge!
• Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best original score

Winner:

• Christopher Nightingale, A Christmas Carol

Nominees:

• The Inheritance
• The Rose Tattoo
• Slave Play
• The Sound Inside

Best revival of a play

Winner:

• A Soldier’s Play

Nominees:

• Betrayal
• Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

Best revival of a musical

Winner:

• Not awarded

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

Winner:

• Andrew Burnap, The Inheritance

Nominees:

• Ian Barford, Linda Vista
• Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall/A Life
• Tom Hiddleston, Betrayal
• Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life
• Blair Underwood, A Soldier’s Play

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

Winner:

• Mary-Louise Parker, The Sound Inside

Nominees:

• Joaquina Kalukango, Slave Play
• Laura Linney, My Name Is Lucy Barton
• Audra McDonald, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

Winner:

• Aaron Tveit, Moulin Rouge!

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

Winner:

• Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Nominees:

• Karen Olivo, Moulin Rouge!
• Elizabeth Stanley, Jagged Little Pill

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

Winner:

• David Alan Grier, A Soldier’s Play

Nominees:

• Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play
• James Cusati-Moyer, Slave Play
• John Benjamin Hickey, The Inheritance
• Paul Hilton, The Inheritance

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

Winner:

• Lois Smith, The Inheritance

Nominees:

• Jane Alexander, Grand Horizons
• Chalia La Tour, Slave Play
• Annie McNamara, Slave Play
• Cora Vander Broek, Linda Vista

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

Winner:

• Danny Burstein, Moulin Rouge!

Nominees:

• Derek Klena, Jagged Little Pill
• Sean Allan Krill, Jagged Little Pill
• Sahr Ngaujah, Moulin Rouge!
• Daniel J. Watts, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

Winner:

• Lauren Patten, Jagged Little Pill

Nominees:

• Kathryn Gallagher, Jagged Little Pill
• Celia Rose Gooding, Jagged Little Pill
• Robyn Hurder, Moulin Rouge!
• Myra Lucretia Taylor, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best scenic design in a play

Winner:

• Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol

Nominees:

• Bob Crowley, The Inheritance
• Soutra Gilmour, Betrayal
• Derek McLane, A Soldier’s Play
• Clint Ramos, Slave Play

Best scenic design in a musical

Winner:

• Derek McLane, Moulin Rouge!

Nominees:

• Riccardo Hernandez and Lucy MacKinnon, Jagged Little Pill
• Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best costume design in a play

Winner:

• Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol

Nominees:

• Dede Ayite, Slave Play
• Dede Ayite, A Soldier’s Play
• Bob Crowley, The Inheritance
• Clint Ramos, The Rose Tattoo

Best costume design in a musical

Winner:

• Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge!

Nominees:

• Emily Rebholz, Jagged Little Pill
• Mark Thompson, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best lighting design in a play

Winner:

• Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol

Nominees:

• Jiyoun Chang, Slave Play
• Jon Clark, The Inheritance
• Heather Gilbert, The Sound Inside
• Allen Lee Hughes, A Soldier’s Play

Best lighting design in a musical

Winner:

• Justin Townsend, Moulin Rouge!

Nominees:

• Bruno Poet, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
• Justin Townsend, Jagged Little Pill

Best direction of a play

• Stephen Daldry, The Inheritance

Nominees:

• David Cromer, The Sound Inside
• Kenny Leon, A Soldier’s Play
• Jamie Lloyd, Betrayal
• Robert O’Hara, Slave Play

Best direction of a musical

• Alex Timbers, Moulin Rouge!

Nominees:

• Phyllida Lloyd, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
• Diane Paulus, Jagged Little Pill

Best choreography

• Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge!

Nominees:

• Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jagged Little Pill
• Anthony Van Laast, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Best orchestrations

• Peter Hylenski, Moulin Rouge!

Nominees:

• Jonathan Deans, Jagged Little Pill
• Nevin Steinberg, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Regional theatre Tony Award

• Not awarded

Isabelle Stevenson award

• Julie Halston

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre

• Graciela Daniele

Excellence in the Theatre

• Irene Gandy
• Fred Gallo
• Beverly Jenkins
• New Federal Theatre, Woodie King Jr., Founder

Special Tony Award

• The Broadway Advocacy Coalition
• David Byrne’s American Utopia
• Freestyle Love Supreme

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