2023 Tony Awards results (76th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners of the 76th Tony Awards, held on June 11, 2023. The ceremony took place at the historic United Palace in Washington Heights. Best Musical was awarded to Kimberly Akimbo, the story of a high school girl with a rare condition that causes accelerated aging.

Best musical

Winner:

• Kimberly Akimbo

Nominees:

• & Juliet
• New York, New York
• Shucked
• Some Like It Hot

Best play

Winner:

• Leopoldstadt

Nominees:

• Ain’t No Mo’
• Between Riverside and Crazy
• Cost of Living
• Fat Ham

Best book of a musical

Winner:

• David Lindsay-Abaire (Kimberly Akimbo)

Nominees:

• David West Read (& Juliet)
• Robert Horn (Shucked)
• Matthew Lopez and Amber Ruffin (Some Like It Hot)
• David Thompson (New York, New York)

Best original score

Winner:

• Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire (Kimberly Akimbo)

Nominees:

• Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous)
• Helen Park and Max Vernon (KPOP)
• Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally (Shucked)
• Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Some Like It Hot)

Best revival of a play

Winner:

• Topdog/Underdog

Nominees:

• A Doll’s House
• The Piano Lesson
• The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window

Best revival of a musical

Winner:

• Parade

Nominees:

• Camelot
• Into the Woods
• Sweeney Todd

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

Winner:

• Sean Hayes (Good Night, Oscar)

Nominees:

• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Topdog/Underdog)
• Corey Hawkins (Topdog/Underdog)
• Stephen McKinley Henderson (Between Riverside and Crazy)
• Wendell Pierce (Death of a Salesman)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

Winner:

• Jodie Comer (Prima Facie)

Nominees:

• Jessica Chastain (A Doll’s House)
• Jessica Hecht (Summer, 1976)
• Audra McDonald (Ohio State Murders)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

Winner:

• J. Harrison Ghee (Some Like It Hot)

Nominees:

• Christian Borle (Some Like It Hot)
• Josh Groban (Sweeney Todd)
• Brian d’Arcy James (Into the Woods)
• Ben Platt (Parade)
• Colton Ryan (New York, New York)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

Winner:

• Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo)

Nominees:

• Annaleigh Ashford (Sweeney Todd)
• Sara Bareilles (Into the Woods)
• Lorna Courtney (& Juliet)
• Micaela Diamond (Parade)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

Winner:

• Brandon Uranowitz (Leopoldstadt)

Nominees:

• Jordan E. Cooper (Ain’t No Mo’)
• Samuel L. Jackson (The Piano Lesson)
• Arian Moayed (A Doll’s House)
• David Zayas (Cost of Living)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

Winner:

• Miriam Silverman (The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window)

Nominees:

• Nikki Crawford (Fat Ham)
• Crystal Lucas-Perry (Ain’t No Mo’)
• Katy Sullivan (Cost of Living)
• Kara Young (Cost of Living)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

Winner:

• Alex Newell (Shucked)

Nominees:

• Kevin Cahoon (Shucked)
• Justin Cooley (Kimberly Akimbo)
• Kevin Del Aguila (Some Like It Hot)
• Jordan Donica (Camelot)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

Winner:

• Bonnie Milligan (Kimberly Akimbo)

Nominees:

• Julia Lester (Into the Woods)
• Ruthie Ann Miles (Sweeney Todd)
• NaTasha Yvette Williams (Some Like It Hot)
• Betsy Wolfe (& Juliet)

Best scenic design of a play

Winner:

• Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding (Life of Pi)

Nominees:

• Miriam Buether (Prima Facie)
• Rachel Hauck (Good Night, Oscar)
• Richard Hudson (Leopoldstadt)
• Dane Laffrey and Lucy Mackinnon (A Christmas Carol)

Best scenic design of a musical

Winner:

• Beowulf Boritt (New York, New York)

Nominees:

• Mimi Lien (Sweeney Todd)
• Michael Yeargan and 59 Productions (Camelot)
• Scott Pask (Shucked)
• Scott Pask (Some Like It Hot)

Best costume design of a play

Winner:

• Brigitte Reiffenstuel (Leopoldstadt)

Nominees:

• Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell (Life of Pi)
• Dominique Fawn Hill (Fat Ham)
• Emilio Sosa (Ain’t No Mo’)
• Emilio Sosa (Good Night, Oscar)

Best costume design of a musical

Winner:

• Gregg Barnes (Some Like It Hot)

Nominees:

• Susan Hilferty (Parade)
• Jennifer Moeller (Camelot)
• Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi (KPOP)
• Paloma Young (& Juliet)
• Donna Zakowska (New York, New York)

Best lighting design of a play

Winner:

• Tim Lutkin (Life of Pi)

Nominees:

• Neil Austin (Leopoldstadt)
• Natasha Chivers (Prima Facie)
• Jon Clark (A Doll’s House)
• Bradley King (Fat Ham)
• Jen Schriever (Death of a Salesman)
• Ben Stanton (A Christmas Carol)

Best lighting design of a musical

Winner:

• Natasha Katz (Sweeney Todd)

Nominees:

• Ken Billington (New York, New York)
• Lap Chi Chu (Camelot)
• Heather Gilbert (Parade)
• Howard Hudson (& Juliet)
• Natasha Katz (Some Like It Hot)

Best sound design of a play

Winner:

• Carolyn Downing (Life of Pi)

Nominees:

• Jonathan Deans and Taylor Williams (Ain’t No Mo’)
• Joshua D. Reid (A Christmas Carol)
• Ben and Max Ringham (A Doll’s House)
• Ben and Max Ringham (Prima Facie)

Best sound design of a musical

Winner:

• Nevin Steinberg (Sweeney Todd)

Nominees:

• Kai Harada (New York, New York)
• John Shivers (Shucked)
• Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann (Into the Woods)
• Gareth Owen (& Juliet)

Best direction of a play

Winner:

• Patrick Marber (Leopoldstadt)

Nominees:

• Saheem Ali (Fat Ham)
• Jo Bonney (Cost of Living)
• Jamie Lloyd (A Doll’s House)
• Stevie Walker-Webb (Ain’t No Mo’)
• Max Webster (Life of Pi)

Best direction of a musical

Winner:

• Michael Arden (Parade)

Nominees:

• Lear deBessonet (Into the Woods)
• Casey Nicholaw (Some Like It Hot)
• Jack O’Brien (Shucked)
• Jessica Stone (Kimberly Akimbo)

Best choreography

Winner:

• Casey Nicholaw (Some Like It Hot)

Nominees:

• Steven Hoggett (Sweeney Todd)
• Susan Stroman (New York, New York)
• Jennifer Weber (KPOP)
• Jennifer Weber (& Juliet)

Best orchestrations

Winner:

• Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter (Some Like It Hot)

Nominees:

• Dominic Fallacaro and Bill Sherman (& Juliet)
• John Clancy (Kimberly Akimbo)
• Jason Howland (Shucked)
• Daryl Waters and Sam Davis (New York, New York)

Regional Theatre Tony Award

• Pasadena Playhouse

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

• Jerry Mitchell

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

• Joel Grey
• John Kander

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

• Jason Zembuch Young

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