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Tony Awards 2019: winners in full
Broadway stars Brandon Victor Dixon and Bebe Neuwirth announce the 2019 Tony Award Nominees
Mark Wills — 01/05/2019
Tony Award host James Corden
The 73rd annual Tony Awards were announced last night in a spectacular event hosted by James Corden at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Hadestown was the big winner of the evening coming home with eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical for Rachel Chavkin, Best Original Score for Music & Lyrics for Anaïs Mitchell and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for André De Shields.
Jezz Butterworth's The Ferryman won four Tony Awards including Best Play, Best Direction of a Play for Same Mendes with Rob Howell winning both Best Scenic Design of a Play and Best Costume Design of a play.
There was disappointment for new musical Tootsie, nominated for 11 Tony's including Best Musical it only won Best Book of a Musical and Best Performance in a leading role in a musical for Santino Fontana.
Bryan Cranston won Best Actor in a Play for Network with 87 year-old Elaine May winning best Actress in a Play for The Waverly Gallery.
The Tony Awards 2019 winner and nominees
Best Play
Winner: The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth
Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus by Taylor Mac
Ink by James Graham
What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck
Winner: Hadestown
Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Best revival of a play
Winner: The Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley
All My Sons by Arthur Miller
Burn This by Lanford Wilson
Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein
The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan
Best revival of a musical
Winner: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
Best book of a musical
Winner: Tootsie by Robert Horn
Dominique Morisseau for Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Scott Brown and Anthony King for Beetlejuice
Anaïs Mitchell for Hadestown
Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin for The Prom
Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre
Winner: Anaïs Mitchell for Hadestown
Joe Iconis for Be More Chill
Eddie Perfect for Beetlejuice
Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin for The Prom
Adam Guettel for To Kill a Mockingbird
David Yazbek for Tootsie
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Winner: Bryan Cranston, Network
Paddy Considine, The Ferryman
Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird
Adam Driver, Burn This
Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Winner: Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery
Annette Bening, Arthur Miller's All My Sons
Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman
Janet McTeer, Bernhardt/Hamlet
Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton
Heidi Schreck, What the Constitution Means to Me
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Winner: Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom
Derrick Baskin, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice
Damon Daunno, Oklahoma!
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Winner: Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show
Caitlin Kinnunen, The Prom
Beth Leavel, The Prom
Eva Noblezada, Hadestown
Kelli O'Hara, Kiss Me, Kate
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Winner: Bertie Carvel, Ink
Robin De Jesús, The Boys in the Band
Gideon Glick, To Kill a Mockingbird
Brandon Uranowitz, Burn This
Benjamin Walker, All My Sons
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Winner: Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
Kristine Nielsen, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Julie White, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Ruth Wilson, King Lear
Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Winner: André De Shields, Hadestown
Andy Grotelueschen, Tootsie
Patrick Page, Hadestown
Jeremy Pope, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Ephraim Sykes, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Winner: Ali Stroker, Oklahoma!
Lilli Cooper, Tootsie
Amber Gray, Hadestown
Sarah Stiles, Tootsie
Mary Testa, Oklahoma!
Best scenic design of a play
Winner: Rob Howell, The Ferryman
Miriam Buether, To Kill a Mockingbird
Bunny Christie, Ink
Santo Loquasto, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Jan Versweyveld, Network
Best scenic design of a musical
Winner:Rachel Hauck, Hadestown
Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Peter England, King Kong
Laura Jellinek, Oklahoma!
David Korins, Beetlejuice
Best costume design of a play
Toni-Leslie James, Bernhardt/Hamlet
Clint Ramos, Torch Song
Ann Roth, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Ann Roth, To Kill a Mockingbird
Best costume design of a musical
Winner:Bob Mackie, The Cher Show
Michael Krass, Hadestown
William Ivey Long, Beetlejuice
William Ivey Long, Tootsie
Paul Tazewell, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Best lighting design of a play
Winner: Neil Austin, Ink
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Peter Mumford, The Ferryman
Jennifer Tipton, To Kill a Mockingbird
Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden, Network
Best lighting design of a musical
Winner: Bradley King, Hadestown
Kevin Adams, The Cher Show
Howell Binkley, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Peter Mumford, King Kong
Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini, Beetlejuice
Best direction of a play
Winner: Sam Mendes, The Ferryman
Rupert Goold, Ink
Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird
Ivo van Hove, Network
George C. Wolfe, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Best direction of a musical
Winner: Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
Scott Ellis, Tootsie
Daniel Fish, Oklahoma!
Des McAnuff, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Casey Nicholaw, The Prom
Best choreography
Winner: Sergio Trujillo, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Camille A. Brown, Choir Boy
Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate
Denis Jones, Tootsie
David Neumann, Hadestown
Best orchestrations
Winner: Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, Hadestown
Simon Hale, Tootsie
Larry Hochman, Kiss Me, Kate
Daniel Kluger, Oklahoma!
Harold Wheeler, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Best sound design of a play
Winner: Fitz Patton, Choir Boy
Adam Cork, Ink
Scott Lehrer, To Kill a Mockingbird
Nick Powell, The Ferryman
Eric Sleichim, Network
Best sound design of a musical
Winner: Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown
Peter Hylenski, Beetlejuice
Peter Hylenski, King Kong
Steve Canyon Kennedy, Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Drew Levy, Oklahoma!
Special award for lifetime achievement in theatre
Rosemary Harris
Harold Wheeler
Marin Mazzie
Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company
Jason Michael Webb
Regional theatre Tony award
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Isabelle Stevenson Tony award
Tony honors for excellence in the theatre
Broadway Inspirational Voices – Michael McElroy, Founder
Peter Entin
FDNY Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9
Joseph Blakely Forbes
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