2026 Tony Awards results (79th) – Winners & nominees

Introducing the winners of the 2026 Tony Awards, the most prestigious honor in American theatre.

2026 Tony Awards winners
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This page lists the winners of the 79th Tony Awards, held on June 7, 2026. This year’s ceremony took place at Radio City Music Hall. Best Musical was awarded to Schmigadoon!, a stage adaptation of the Apple Original series and a love letter to Broadway’s Golden Age, following two New York doctors who stumble into a magical town where life unfolds like a classic musical.

Best musical

Winner:

Schmigadoon!

Nominees:

The Lost Boys
Titaníque
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best play

Winner:

Liberation

Nominees:

The Balusters
Giant
Little Bear Ridge Road

Best book of a musical

Winner:

Cinco Paul (Schmigadoon!)

Nominees:

David Hornsby & Chris Hoch (The Lost Boys)
Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli & Tye Blue (Titaníque)
Jim Barne & Kit Buchan (Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York))

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

Winner:

Cinco Paul (Schmigadoon!)

Nominees:

Caroline Shaw (Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman)
Steve Bargonetti (August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone)
The Rescues (The Lost Boys)
Jim Barne & Kit Buchan (Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York))

Best revival of a play

Winner:

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

Nominees:

Becky Shaw
Every Brilliant Thing
Fallen Angels
Oedipus

Best revival of a musical

Winner:

Ragtime

Nominees:

Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

Winner:

John Lithgow (Giant)

Nominees:

Will Harrison (Punch)
Nathan Lane (Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman)
Daniel Radcliffe (Every Brilliant Thing)
Mark Strong (Oedipus)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

Winner:

Lesley Manville (Oedipus)

Nominees:

Rose Byrne (Fallen Angels)
Carrie Coon (Bug)
Susannah Flood (Liberation)
Kelli O’Hara (Fallen Angels)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

Winner:

Joshua Henry (Ragtime)

Nominees:

Nicholas Christopher (Chess)
Luke Evans (Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show)
Sam Tutty (Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York))
Brandon Uranowitz (Ragtime)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

Winner:

Caissie Levy (Ragtime)

Nominees:

Sara Chase (Schmigadoon!)
Stephanie Hsu (Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show)
Marla Mindelle (Titaníque)
Christiani Pitts (Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York))

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

Winner:

Alden Ehrenreich (Becky Shaw)

Nominees:

Christopher Abbott (Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman)
Danny Burstein (Marjorie Prime)
Brandon J. Dirden (Waiting for Godot)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson (August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone)
Richard Thomas (The Balusters)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

Winner:

Laurie Metcalf (Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman)

Nominees:

Betsy Aidem (Liberation)
Marylouise Burke (The Balusters)
Aya Cash (Giant)
June Squibb (Marjorie Prime)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

Winner:

Ali Louis Bourzgui (The Lost Boys)

Nominees:

André De Shields (Cats: The Jellicle Ball)
Bryce Pinkham (Chess)
Ben Levi Ross (Ragtime)
Layton Williams (Titaníque)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

Winner:

Shoshana Bean (The Lost Boys)

Nominees:

Hannah Cruz (Chess)
Rachel Dratch (Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show)
Ana Gasteyer (Schmigadoon!)
Nichelle Lewis (Ragtime)

Best scenic design of a play

Winner:

Chloe Lamford (Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman)

Nominees:

Hildegard Bechtler (Oedipus)
Takeshi Kata (Bug)
David Korins (Dog Day Afternoon)
David Rockwell (Fallen Angels)

Best scenic design of a musical

Winner:

Dane Laffrey (The Lost Boys)

Nominees:

dots (Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show)
Soutra Gilmour (Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York))
Rachel Hauck (Cats: The Jellicle Ball)
Scott Pask (Schmigadoon!)

Best costume design of a play

Winner:

Jeff Mahshie (Fallen Angels)

Nominees:

Brenda Abbandandolo (Dog Day Afternoon)
Qween Jean (Liberation)
Emilio Sosa (The Balusters)
Paul Tazewell (August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone)

Best costume design of a musical

Winner:

Qween Jean (Cats: The Jellicle Ball)

Nominees:

Linda Cho (Ragtime)
Linda Cho (Schmigadoon!)
Ryan Park (The Lost Boys)
David I. Reynoso (Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show)

Best lighting design of a play

Winner:

Jack Knowles (Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman)

Nominees:

Isabella Byrd (Dog Day Afternoon)
Natasha Chivers (Oedipus)
Stacey Derosier (August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone)
Heather Gilbert (Bug)
Heather Gilbert (The Fear of 13)

Best lighting design of a musical

Winner:

Jen Schriever & Michael Arden (The Lost Boys)

Nominees:

Kevin Adams (Chess)
Jane Cox (Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show)
Adam Honoré & Donald Holder (Lighting Design) and 59 Studio (Projection Design) (Ragtime)
Donald Holder (Schmigadoon!)
Adam Honoré (Cats: The Jellicle Ball)

Best sound design of a play

Winner:

Mikaal Sulaiman (Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman)

Nominees:

Justin Ellington (August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone)
Tom Gibbons (Oedipus)
Lee Kinney (The Fear of 13)
Josh Schmidt (Bug)

Best sound design of a musical

Winner:

Kai Harada (Ragtime)

Nominees:

Adam Fisher (The Lost Boys)
Kai Harada (Cats: The Jellicle Ball)
Brian Ronan (Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show)
Walter Trarbach (Schmigadoon!)

Best direction of a play

Winner:

Joe Mantello (Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman)

Nominees:

Nicholas Hytner (Giant)
Robert Icke (Oedipus)
Kenny Leon (The Balusters)
Whitney White (Liberation)

Best direction of a musical

Winner:

Zhailon Levingston & Bill Rauch (Cats: The Jellicle Ball)

Nominees:

Michael Arden (The Lost Boys)
Lear deBessonet (Ragtime)
Christopher Gattelli (Schmigadoon!)
Tim Jackson (Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York))

Best choreography

Winner:

Omari Wiles & Arturo Lyons (Cats: The Jellicle Ball)

Nominees:

Christopher Gattelli (Schmigadoon!)
Lauren Yalango-Grant & Christopher Cree Grant (The Lost Boys)
Ellenore Scott (Ragtime)
Ani Taj (Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show)

Best orchestrations

Winner:

Doug Besterman & Mike Morris (Schmigadoon!)

Nominees:

Ethan Popp, Adrianne “AG” Gonzalez, Gabriel Mann & Kyler England (The Lost Boys)
Lux Pyramid (Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York))
Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Wilson, Trevor Holder & Doug Schadt (Cats: The Jellicle Ball)
Brian Usifer (Chess)