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Your 2023 Tony Award winners are here!

Author KittyKitty, June 20th, 2023

Big wins for Kimberly Akimbo, Some Like It Hot, Parade, Prima Facie and more!

Last night's glittering Tony Awards saw big wins for musical frontrunners Kimberly Akimbo and Some Like It Hot, with less than predicted gains for fan favorites Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods, and New York, New York. On the play side, Suza-Lori Parks' Topdog/underdog was the Best Play Revival. Tom Stoppard's deeply personal family drama Leopoldstadt took home the Best New Play award alongside Best Featured Actor in a Play for Brandon Uranowitz. Jodie Comer repeated her Olivier success with the gong for Best Actress in a Play for Prima Facie and history was made when non-binary actors J. Harrison Gee and Alex Newell scooped the big musical acting prizes for Some Like it Hot and Shucked respectively!

Full list of winners:

Best Musical
& Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo WINNER!
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog
Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar WINNER!
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy
Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo WINNER!
Lorna Courtney, & Juliet
Micaela Diamond, Parade

Best play
Ain't No Mo' by Jordan E Cooper
Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Cost of Living by Martyna Majok
Fat Ham by James Ijames
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard WINNER!

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll's House
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie WINNER!
Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Christian Borle, Some Like It Hot
J Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot WINNER!
Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Brian d'Arcy James, Into the Woods
Ben Platt, Parade
Colton Ryan, New York, New York

Best revival of a musical
Into the Woods
Camelot
Parade WINNER!
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best book of a musical
& Juliet David West Read
Kimberly Akimbo David Lindsay-Abaire WINNER!
New York, New York David Thompson and Sharon Washington
Shucked Robert Horn
Some Like It Hot Matthew Lopez and Amber Ruffin

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Kevin Cahoon, Shucked
Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo
Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like It Hot
Jordan Donica, Camelot
Alex Newell, Shucked WINNER!

Best revival of a play
The Piano Lesson
A Doll's House
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Topdog/Underdog WINNER!

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Nikki Crawford, Fat Ham
Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain't No Mo'
Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window WINNER!
Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living
Kara Young, Cost of Living

Best direction of a musical
Michael Arden, Parade WINNER!

Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Jack O'Brien, Shucked
Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo

Best direction of a play
Saheem Ali, Fat Ham
Jo Bonney, Cost of Living
Jamie Lloyd, A Doll's House
Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt WINNER!
Stevie Walker-Webb, Ain't No Mo'
Max Webster, Life of Pi

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Julia Lester, Into the Woods
Ruthie Ann Miles, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo WINNER!
NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot
Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Jordan E Cooper, Ain't No Mo'
Samuel L Jackson, The Piano Lesson
Arian Moayed, A Doll's House
Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt WINNER!
David Zayas, Cost of Living

Best scenic design of a play
Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi WINNER!
Rachel Hauck, Good Night, Oscar
Richard Hudson, Leopoldstadt
Dane Laffrey and Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol

Best scenic design of a musical
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York WINNER!

Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Michael Yeargan and 59 Productions, Camelot
Scott Pask, Shucked
Scott Pask, Some Like It Hot

Best orchestrations
Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro, & Juliet
John Clancy, Kimberly Akimbo
Jason Howland, Shucked
Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, Some Like It Hot WINNER!
Daryl Waters and Sam Davis, New York, New York

Best costume design of a musical
Gregg Barnes,
Some Like It Hot WINNER!
Susan Hilferty, Parade
Jennifer Moeller, Camelot
Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi, KPOP
Paloma Young, & Juliet
Donna Zakowska, New York, New York

Best costume design of a play
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, Life of Pi
Dominique Fawn Hill, Fat Ham
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt WINNER!
Emilio Sosa, Ain't No Mo'
Emilio Sosa, Good Night, Oscar

Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre
Almost Famous music: Tom Kitt, lyrics: Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt
Kimberly Akimbo music: Jeanine Tesori, lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire WINNER!
KPOP music and lyrics: Helen Park and Max Vernon
Shucked music and lyrics: Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark
Some Like It Hot music and lyrics: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman

Best choreography
Steven Hoggett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot WINNER!
Susan Stroman, New York, New York
Jennifer Weber, & Juliet
Jennifer Weber, KPOP

Best lighting design of a play
Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt
Natasha Chivers, Prima Facie
Jon Clark, A Doll's House
Bradley King, Fat Ham
Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi WINNER!
Jen Schriever, Death of a Salesman
Ben Stanton, A Christmas Carol

Best lighting design of a musical
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Lap Chi Chu, Camelot
Heather Gilbert, Parade
Howard Hudson, & Juliet
Natasha Katz, Some Like It Hot
Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street WINNER!

Best sound design of a play
Jonathan Deans and Taylor Williams, Ain't No Mo'
Carolyn Downing, Life of Pi WINNER!
Joshua D Reid, A Christmas Carol
Ben and Max Ringham, A Doll's House
Ben and Max Ringham, Prima Facie

Best sound design of a musical
Kai Harada, New York, New York
John Shivers, Shucked
Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann, Into the Woods
Gareth Owen, & Juliet
Nevin Steinberg, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street WINNER!

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