The 79th Annual Musical Tony Awards rewarded the greatest achievements on Broadway with “Maybe Happy Ending” and “Purpose” coming out on top. Music theatre innovations were the focus, as “Maybe Happy Ending” won the Best Musical award and added directing and writing honors. The Best Play award went to “Purpose,” while there were wins for “Sunset Boulevard” and “Eureka Day” in the play revival and drama categories. International stars Nicole Scherzinger and Sarah Snook triumphed in the Leading Actress category, and Cole Escola was recognized for “Oh, Mary!”. They were praised by critics. During the show, Broadway exemplified how creative and diverse it is in all of its productions.
Musical Tony Awards 2025 Complete Winners List
Best Production Categories
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Musical
Buena Vista Social Club, Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Maybe Happy Ending
Best Play
English, The Hills of California, John Proctor is the Villain, Oh, Mary!
Purpose
Best Revival of a Musical
Floyd Collins, Gypsy, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Sunset Boulevard
Best Revival of a Play
Romeo + Juliet, Our Town, Yellow Face
Eureka Day
Best Performance – Leading Roles in Musical
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Megan Hilty (Death Becomes Her), Audra McDonald (Gypsy), Jasmine Amy Rogers (BOOP! The Musical), Jennifer Simard (Death Becomes Her)
Nicole Scherzinger (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw), Tom Francis (Sunset Boulevard), Jonathan Groff (Just in Time), James Monroe Iglehart (A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical), Jeremy Jordan (Floyd Collins)
Darren Criss (Maybe Happy Ending)
Best Performance – Leading Roles in Play
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Laura Donnelly (The Hills of California), Mia Farrow (The Roommate), LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Purpose), Sadie Sink (John Proctor is the Villain)
Sarah Snook (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
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)
Cole Escola (Oh, Mary!)
Best Performance – Featured Roles in Musical
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw), Gracie Lawrence (Just in Time), Justina Machado (Real Women Have Curves: The Musical), Joy Woods (Gypsy)
Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club)
Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Brooks Ashmanskas (Smash), Jeb Brown (Dead Outlaw), Danny Burstein (Gypsy), Taylor Trensch (Floyd Collins)
Jak Malone (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
Best Performance – Featured Roles in Play
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Tala Ashe (English), Jessica Hecht (Eureka Day), Marjan Neshat (English), Fina Strazza (John Proctor is the Villain)
Kara Young (Purpose)
Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Glenn Davis (Purpose), Gabriel Ebert (John Proctor is the Villain), Bob Odenkirk (Glengarry Glen Ross), Conrad Ricamora (Oh, Mary!)
Francis Jue (Yellow Face)
Creative Team Awards – Direction
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Direction of a Musical
Saheem Ali (Buena Vista Social Club), David Cromer (Dead Outlaw), Christopher Gattelli (Death Becomes Her), Jamie Lloyd (Sunset Boulevard)
Michael Arden (Maybe Happy Ending)
Best Direction of a Play
Knud Adams (English), Sam Mendes (The Hills of California), Danya Taymor (John Proctor is the Villain), Kip Williams (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Sam Pinkleton (Oh, Mary!)
Creative Team Awards – Writing
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Book of a Musical
Marco Ramirez (Buena Vista Social Club), Itamar Moses (Dead Outlaw), Marco Pennette (Death Becomes Her), David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
Will Aronson and Hue Park (Maybe Happy Ending)
Best Original Score
David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna (Dead Outlaw), Julia Mattison and Noel Carey (Death Becomes Her), David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical), Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez (Real Women Have Curves: The Musical)
Will Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (lyrics) (Maybe Happy Ending)
Technical Achievement Awards – Design
Scenic Design
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Rachel Hauck (Swept Away), Arnulfo Maldonado (Buena Vista Social Club), Derek McLane (Death Becomes Her), Derek McLane (Just in Time)
Dane Laffrey and George Reeve (Maybe Happy Ending)
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Marsha Ginsberg (English), Rob Howell (The Hills of California), Marg Horwell and David Bergman (The Picture of Dorian Gray), Scott Pask (Good Night, and Good Luck)
Miriam Buether and 59 (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
Costume Design
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Dede Ayite (Buena Vista Social Club), Gregg Barnes (BOOP! The Musical), Clint Ramos (Maybe Happy Ending), Catherine Zuber (Just in Time)
Paul Tazewell (Death Becomes Her)
Best Costume Design of a Play
Brenda Abbandandolo (Good Night, and Good Luck), Rob Howell (The Hills of California), Holly Pierson (Oh, Mary!), Brigitte Reiffenstuel (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
Marg Horwell (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Lighting Design
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Tyler Micoleau (Buena Vista Social Club), Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun (Floyd Collins), Ben Stanton (Maybe Happy Ending), Justin Townsend (Death Becomes Her)
Jack Knowles (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Natasha Chivers (The Hills of California), Heather Gilbert and David Bengali (Good Night, and Good Luck), Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski (John Proctor is the Villain), Nick Schlieper (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Jon Clark (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
Technical Achievement Awards – Audio & Movement
Sound Design
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Adam Fisher (Sunset Boulevard), Peter Hylenski (Just in Time), Peter Hylenski (Maybe Happy Ending), Dan Moses Schreier (Floyd Collins)
Jonathan Deans (Buena Vista Social Club)
Best Sound Design of a Play
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)
Paul Arditti (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
Music & Movement
Category
Nominees
WINNER
Best Orchestrations
Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber (Just in Time), Will Aronson (Maybe Happy Ending), Bruce Coughlin (Floyd Collins), David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber (Sunset Boulevard)
Marco Paguia (Buena Vista Social Club)
Best Choreography
Joshua Bergasse (Smash), Camille A. Brown (Gypsy), Christopher Gattelli (Death Becomes Her), Jerry Mitchell (BOOP! The Musical)
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck (Buena Vista Social Club)