The Tony Awards took place in New York last night where the best of the stage was celebrated. Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles hosted the ceremony, which aired live on CBS. The duo providing plenty of entertainment and laughs for the night. Their opening number featured double pianos for a Bareilles penned number about sitting in the audience after losing the award.
“The Band’s Visit” took home the most trophies of the night with 10 total, including Best Musical and Tonys for its leads Tony Shalhoub, Katrina Lenk and Ari’el Stachel.
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two” won Best Play.” Once on This Island” took home Best Revival of a Musical, while “Angels in America” was named Best Revival of a Play.
Bruce Springsteen won a special Tony Award for his sold-out Broadway show, “Springsteen on Broadway.” Andrew Lloyd Webber and Broadway star, Chita Rivera both received lifetime achievement awards.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Book of a Musical
“The Band’s Visit *WINNER
“Frozen”
“Mean Girls”
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
“Angels in America”
“The Band’s Visit” *WINNER
“Frozen”
“Mean Girls”
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Andrew Garfield, “Angels in America” *WINNER
Tom Hollander, “Travesties”
Jamie Parker, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Mark Rylance, “Farinelli and The King”
Denzel Washington, “Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Glenda Jackson, “Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women” *WINNER
Condola Rashad, “Saint Joan”
Lauren Ridloff, “Children of a Lesser God”
Amy Schumer, “Meteor Shower”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Harry Hadden-Paton, “My Fair Lady”
Joshua Henry, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Tony Shalhoub, “The Band’s Visit” *WINNER
Ethan Slater, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Lauren Ambrose, “My Fair Lady”
Hailey Kilgore, “Once On This Island”
LaChanze, Summer: “The Donna Summer Musical”
Katrina Lenk, “The Band’s Visit” *WINNER
Taylor Louderman, “Mean Girls”
Jessie Mueller, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Anthony Boyle, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Michael Cera, “Lobby Hero”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Lobby Hero”
Nathan Lane, “Angels in America” *WINNER
David Morse, Eugene O’Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Susan Brown, “Angels in America”
Noma Dumezweni, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Deborah Findlay, “The Children”
Denise Gough, “Angels in America”
Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women” *WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, “My Fair Lady”
Alexander Gemignani, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Grey Henson, “Mean Girls”
Gavin Lee, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Ari’el Stachel, “The Band’s Visit” *WINNER
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ariana DeBose, “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”
Renée Fleming, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Lindsay Mendez, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel” *WINNER
Ashley Park, “Mean Girls
Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady”
Best Direction of a Play
Angels in America
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Travesties
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two *WINNER
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Direction of a Musical
Once On This Island
The Band’s Visit *WINNER
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Mean Girls
My Fair Lady
Best Play
“The Children”
“Farinelli and The King”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two” *WINNER
“Junk”
“Latin History for Morons”
Best Revival of a Play
“Angels in America” *WINNER
Edward Albee’s, “Three Tall Women”
Eugene O’Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh”
“Lobby Hero”
“Travesties”
Best Musical
“The Band’s Visit” *WINNER
“Frozen”
“Mean Girls”
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
