2025 Tony Awards results (78th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners of the 78th Tony Awards, held on June 8, 2025. This year’s ceremony took place at Radio City Music Hall. Best Musical was awarded to Maybe Happy Ending, set in futuristic Seoul and telling a poignant story of love and renewal between obsolete companion robots.

Best musical

Winner:

• Maybe Happy Ending

Nominees:

• Buena Vista Social Club
• Dead Outlaw
• Death Becomes Her
• Operation Mincemeat

Best play

Winner:

• Purpose

Nominees:

• English
• The Hills of California
• John Proctor Is the Villain
• Oh, Mary!

Best book of a musical

Winner:

• Will Aronson & Hue Park (Maybe Happy Ending)

Nominees:

• David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson & Zoe Roberts (Operation Mincemeat)
• Itamar Moses (Dead Outlaw)
• Marco Pennette (Death Becomes Her)
• Marco Ramirez (Buena Vista Social Club)

Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre

Winner:

• Will Aronson & Hue Park (Maybe Happy Ending)

Nominees:

• Erik Della Penna & David Yazbek (Dead Outlaw)
• Noel Carey & Julia Mattison (Death Becomes Her)
• David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson & Zoe Roberts (Operation Mincemeat)
• Joy Huerta & Benjamin Velez (Real Women Have Curves)

Best revival of a play

Winner:

• Eureka Day

Nominees:

• Thornton Wilder’s Our Town
• Romeo + Juliet
• Yellow Face

Best revival of a musical

Winner:

• Sunset Blvd.

Nominees:

• Floyd Collins
• Gypsy
• Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

Winner:

• Cole Escola (Oh, Mary!)

Nominees:

• 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 performance by a leading actress in a play

Winner:

• Sarah Snook (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Nominees:

• Laura Donnelly (The Hills of California)
• Mia Farrow (The Roommate)
• LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Purpose)
• Sadie Sink (John Proctor Is the Villain)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

Winner:

• Darren Criss (Maybe Happy Ending)

Nominees:

• Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw)
• Tom Francis (Sunset Blvd.)
• Jonathan Groff (Just In Time)
• James Monroe Iglehart (A Wonderful World)
• Jeremy Jordan (Floyd Collins)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

Winner:

• Nicole Scherzinger (Sunset Blvd.)

Nominees:

• Megan Hilty (Death Becomes Her)
• Audra McDonald (Gypsy)
• Jasmine Amy Rogers (BOOP! The Musical)
• Jennifer Simard (Death Becomes Her)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

Winner:

• Francis Jue (Yellow Face)

Nominees:

• Glenn Davis (Purpose)
• Gabriel Ebert (John Proctor Is the Villain)
• Bob Odenkirk (Glengarry Glen Ross)
• Conrad Ricamora (Oh, Mary!)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

Winner:

• Kara Young (Purpose)

Nominees:

• 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

Winner:

• Jak Malone (Operation Mincemeat)

Nominees:

• Brooks Ashmanskas (Smash)
• Jeb Brown (Dead Outlaw)
• Danny Burstein (Gypsy)
• Taylor Trensch (Floyd Collins)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

Winner:

• Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club)

Nominees:

• Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw)
• Gracie Lawrence (Just In Time)
• Justina Machado (Real Women Have Curves)
• Joy Woods (Gypsy)

Best scenic design of a play

Winner:

• Miriam Buether & 59 Productions (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)

Nominees:

• David Bergman & Marg Horwell (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
• Marsha Ginsberg (English)
• Rob Howell (The Hills of California)
• Scott Pask (Good Night, and Good Luck)

Best scenic design of a musical

Winner:

• Dane Laffrey & George Reeve (Maybe Happy Ending)

Nominees:

• 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

Winner:

• Marg Horwell (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Nominees:

• 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

Winner:

• Paul Tazewell (Death Becomes Her)

Nominees:

• Dede Ayite (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Gregg Barnes (BOOP! The Musical)
• Clint Ramos (Maybe Happy Ending)
• Catherine Zuber (Just In Time)

Best lighting design of a play

Winner:

• Jon Clark (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)

Nominees:

• David Bengali & Heather Gilbert (Good Night, and Good Luck)
• Natasha Chivers (The Hills of California)
• Natasha Katz & Hannah Wasileski (John Proctor Is the Villain)
• Nick Schlieper (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Best lighting design of a musical

Winner:

• Jack Knowles (Sunset Blvd.)

Nominees:

• Tyler Micoleau (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Ben Stanton (Maybe Happy Ending)
• Ruey Horng Sun & Scott Zielinski (Floyd Collins)
• Justin Townsend (Death Becomes Her)

Best sound design of a play

Winner:

• Paul Arditti (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)

Nominees:

• 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

Winner:

• Jonathan Deans (Buena Vista Social Club)

Nominees:

• Adam Fisher (Sunset Blvd.)
• Peter Hylenski (Just In Time)
• Peter Hylenski (Maybe Happy Ending)
• Dan Moses Schreier (Floyd Collins)

Best direction of a play

Winner:

• Sam Pinkleton (Oh, Mary!)

Nominees:

• Knud Adams (English)
• Sam Mendes (The Hills of California)
• Danya Taymor (John Proctor Is the Villain)
• Kip Williams (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Best direction of a musical

Winner:

• Michael Arden (Maybe Happy Ending)

Nominees:

• Saheem Ali (Buena Vista Social Club)
• David Cromer (Dead Outlaw)
• Christopher Gattelli (Death Becomes Her)
• Jamie Lloyd (Sunset Blvd.)

Best choreography

Winner:

• Patricia Delgado & Justin Peck (Buena Vista Social Club)

Nominees:

• Joshua Bergasse (Smash)
• Camille A. Brown (Gypsy)
• Christopher Gattelli (Death Becomes Her)
• Jerry Mitchell (BOOP! The Musical)

Best orchestrations

Winner:

• Marco Paguia (Buena Vista Social Club)

Nominees:

• Will Aronson (Maybe Happy Ending)
• Bruce Coughlin (Floyd Collins)
• David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber (Sunset Blvd.)
• Andrew Resnick & Michael Thurber (Just In Time)

Regional Theatre Tony Award

• The Muny

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

• Harvey Fierstein

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

• Great Performances (PBS)
• Michael Price
• New 42
• The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• The musicians of Buena Vista Social Club (band)
• The Illusions & Technical Effects team of Stranger Things: The First Shadow

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