The winners of the 2019 Tony Awards are here!
The 73rd annual awards show aired on CBS Sunday night with James Corden back as host.
Hadestownwas the big musical winner of the night, collecting best new musical and a slew of other awards, whileThe Ferrymanled the plays, winning the Tony for best new play among other honors.
The Glee Project‘s Ali Stroker made history as the first wheelchair-using performer to win a Tony. She netted best actress in a featured role in a musical forRodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!.
Other highlights included Elaine May winning her first major award for acting over the course of her career at 87. She won best leading actress in a play forThe Waverly Gallery. Bryan Cranston collected his second Tony for best leading actor in a play forNetwork. And Broadway veteran Stephanie J. Block took home her first Tony for playing Cher inThe Cher Show.
Here is the complete list of winners.
Best New MusicalAin’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of the TemptationsBeetlejuiceHadestownThe PromTootsie
Best New PlayChoir BoyGary: A Sequel to Titus AndronicusInkThe FerrymanWhat the Constitution Means To Me
Best Revival of a MusicalKiss Me, KateOklahoma!
Best Revival of a PlayAll My SonsBurn ThisThe Boys in the BandThe Waverly GalleryTorch Song
The Cher Show.Joan Marcus
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for “To Kill A Mockingbird”
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Be More ChillBeetlejuiceHadestownThe PromTo Kill a MockingbirdTootsie
Best Book of a Musical
Ain’t Too Proud, Dominique MorisseauBeetlejuice, Scott Brown and Anthony KingHadestown, Anaïs MitchellThe Prom, Bob Martin and Chad BeguelinTootsie, Robert Horn
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether,To Kill a MockingbirdBunny Christie,InkRob Howell,The FerrymanSanto Loquasto,Gary: A Sequel to Titus AndronicusJan Versweyveld,Network
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini,Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the TemptationsPeter England,King KongRachel Hauck,HadestownLaura Jellinek,Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!David Korins,Beetlejuice
Best Costume Design of a Play
Rob Howell,The FerrymanToni-Leslie James,Bernhardt/HamletClint Ramos,Torch SongAnn Roth,Gary: A Sequel to Titus AndronicusAnn Roth,To Kill a Mockingbird
Hadestown.
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Michael Krass,HadestownWilliam Ivey Long,BeetlejuiceWilliam Ivey Long,TootsieBob Mackie,The Cher ShowPaul Tazewell,Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin,InkJules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer,Gary: A Sequel to Titus AndronicusPeter Mumford,The FerrymanJennifer Tipton,To Kill a Mockingbird
Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden,Network
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams,The Cher ShowHowell Binkley,Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the TemptationsBradley King,HadestownPeter Mumford,King Kong
Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini,Beetlejuice
Best Sound Design of a Play
Adam Cork,InkScott Lehrer,To Kill a MockingbirdFitz Patton,Choir BoyNick Powell,The FerrymanEric Sleichim,Network
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski,BeetlejuicePeter Hylenski,King KongSteve Canyon Kennedy,Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the TemptationsDrew Levy,Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz,Hadestown
Best Direction of a Play
Rupert Goold,InkSam Mendes,The FerrymanBartlett Sher,To Kill a MockingbirdIvo van Hove,NetworkGeorge C. Wolfe,Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Best Direction of a Musical
Rachel Chavkin,HadestownScott Ellis,TootsieDaniel Fish,Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!Des McAnuff,Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the TemptationsCasey Nicholaw,The Prom
Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown,Choir BoyWarren Carlyle,Kiss Me, KateDenis Jones,TootsieDavid Neumann,HadestownSergio Trujillo,Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Best Orchestrations
Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose,HadestownSimon Hale,TootsieLarry Hochman,Kiss Me, KateDaniel Kluger,Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!Harold Wheeler,Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
source: people.com
