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Recap the 2022 Tony Awards!

Another Tonys has come and gone The American Theatre Wing’s 75th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Ariana DeBose, aired live from Radio City Music Hall last night, honoring theatre professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway and wrapping up the 2021-22 awards season.

Company and The Lehman Trilogy Led Tony Night, But No Show Swept the Awards

Tony Awards Company and The Lehman Trilogy Led Tony Night, But No Show Swept the Awards

With several shows winning one or two trophies, “Broadway’s Biggest Night” didn’t have a biggest winner this year.

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Last season, Moulin Rouge! ended the 74th Annual Tony Awards with 10 awards to its name. In recent years, Hamilton has claimed 11 top honors, The Band’s Visit went home with 10 Tonys, and Hadestown eight. The 2021–2022 season played out a little differently at the 75th Annual Tony Awards, held June 12 at Radio City Music Hall. While there were a quite a few shut-outs at Broadway’s Biggest Night, there wasn’t a singular big winner sweeping the awards. For that matter, there weren’t even any mini-sweeps that are often seen in the design, creative, or performance categories. 

A Strange Loop entered the race Sunday night with the most nominations at 11, followed by Paradise Square and MJ each boasting 10, Company with nine, and The Lehman Trilogy and SIX each with eight. Twenty-three other shows received 1–7 nominations, but the bulk of winners came from that first group, with the West End transfers Company and The Lehman Trilogy
leading the trophy tally with five awards each. 

The Tonys often see a hot new musical taking Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score in a single evening. This year, only A Strange Loop, Paradise Square, and Mr. Saturday Night
were nominated in all three categories. A Strange Loop took Best Musical, and Best Book went to its writer Michael R. Jackson. Best Score ended up in the hands of SIX writers Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, who were also nominated for Best Musical, but not for book. Best Musical, Best Play, and both Revival categories often also see nods for direction and choreography. That was true this year, with the Best Musical Revival winner Company also garnering a win for its director Marianne Elliott, but Best Choreography went to Christopher Wheeldon for MJ.

It’s also not uncommon to see a single play or musical take home all four design awards: Best Costume, Sound, Lighting, and Scenic Design. That was not at all true this year, with awards in those eight categories going all over the place. For musicals, MJ took two (sound and lighting), with SIX winning for costume and Company for scenic design. In the play categories, The Skin of Our Teeth won its sole award of the night for costume design, Dana H. won for sound design, and The Lehman Trilogy took Best Lighting and Scenic Design.

It is far more rare to sweep all four performance categories (Best Lead and Best Featured Actor and Actress). In fact, it’s actually only happened once, with South Pacific in 1950. However, there certainly have been shows where three performers from a single show went home Tony winners (Hamilton, Hairspray, and The Producers for example), but this year didn’t see any show dominating. To the contrary, only Company even won more than one performance award, with Best Featured Actor and Actress going to Matt Doyle and Patti LuPone, respectively.

For a full list of Tony winners, click here.

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It’s Broadway’s Biggest Night of the Year! The 75th Annual Tony Awards Presented June 12

It was a Broadway season like no other. Following the pandemic-related shutdown, the 2021-2022 season saw marquees once again shine brightly up and down the Main Stem as curtains rose to houses filled with enthusiastic (but masked) theatregoers, eager to once again enjoy the thrill that only a live performance can bring—and did Broadway performers bring it!

With a more diverse slate of productions than ever before, Broadway demonstrated once again that no one tells a story like Broadway playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists, and no one brings these stories to full life better than the skilled designers and the multitalented artists who delve deep into their souls eight times a week. And, in a season where a virus and its variants hid around every corner, no one may have been more important than the understudies and standbys who helped production after production keep its doors open and audiences entertained.

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TV watchers around the world celebrate the remarkable season June 12 during the two-part, four-hour 75th Annual Tony Awards. The Tony Awards: Act One—hosted by Emmy winners Darren Criss and Julianne Hough—kicks off the evening at 7 PM ET with an hour of exclusive content streaming live on Paramount+ that features performances and the presentation of several honors. The three-hour The 75th Annual Tony Awards—hosted by Oscar winner Ariana DeBose—will follow at 8 PM ET on CBS, also streaming live (for premium-level subscribers) and on demand on Paramount+, making this year’s ceremony the first in Tony Awards history to be available live nationwide.

READ: How to Watch the 75th Annual Tony Awards

Darren Criss, Julianne Hough, and Ariana DeBose

Live-updating coverage about all things Tony Awards will be available throughout the evening on Playbill. Check in tonight for the latest in Tony wins, live coverage from the Tony red carpet on Instagram, a live blog of commentary from both the broadcast and backstage, and more. Find all of our Tony Awards coverage at Playbill.com/Tonys.

The season celebrated its first opening August 22, 2021, with Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s Pass Over, which marked the playwright’s Broadway debut and concerned two young Black men who dream of an existence beyond their street corner. Nearly 40 other productions followed, with critics penning their final review of the season for the Sam Gold-directed revival of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, co-starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga.

Nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards were announced May 9 by Broadway favorites Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry with A Strange Loop becoming the most-nominated production of the season, earning 11 nominations including Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Book of a Musical. Also leading the pack of nominees: MJ The Musical and Paradise Square, each with 10 nominations. The most nominated play of the season is the recent limited engagement of The Lehman Trilogy. (Scroll down to view the complete list of nominees.)

L Morgan Lee, Toby Marlow, and Camille A. Brown

This year’s ceremony has the chance to make LGBTQIA+ Tony history should SIX‘s Toby Marlow (the first openly Non-binary composer Tony-nominated), A Strange Loop‘s L Morgan Lee (the first openly Trans artist nominated), or The Skin of Our Teeth‘s Adam Rigg (the first openly agender artist to be nominated) win in their respective categories of Best Original Score Written for the Theatre, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, or Best Scenic Design of a Play. In terms of BIPOC representation, should Camille A. Brown win the Best Choreography Tony for her work on the acclaimed revival of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, she would become the first Black woman to win the prize. Brown, it should be noted, is also nominated for Best Direction of a Play for Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem. A win for Brown or The Skin of Our Teeth‘s Lileana Blain-Cruz in that category would mark the first time a Black female director has nabbed the prize.

Bernadette Peters and Billy Porter

Viewers can expect special performances from Tony winners Bernadette Peters and Billy Porter as well as The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus and original cast members from Broadway’s Spring Awakening. The ceremony will also feature performances from Tony-nominated productions A Strange Loop, Company, Girl From the North Country, MJ, Mr. Saturday Night, The Music Man, Paradise Square, and SIX: The Musical.

Also set to make appearances during the ceremony are Utkarsh Ambudkar, Skylar Astin, Zach Braff, Danielle Brooks, Danny Burstein, Len Cariou, RuPaul Charles, Jessica Chastain, Lilli Cooper, Bryan Cranston, Wilson Cruz, Colman Domingo, Anthony Edwards, Cynthia Erivo, Raúl Esparza, Laurence Fishburne, Andrew Garfield, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Tony Goldwyn, David Alan Grier, Marcia Gay Harden, Vanessa Hudgens, Jennifer Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Nathan Lane, Telly Leung, Judith Light, Josh Lucas, Gaten Matarazzo, Ruthie Ann Miles, Patina Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O’Hara, Sarah Paulson, Jeremy Pope, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Chita Rivera, Tony Shalhoub, Phillipa Soo, Sarah Silverman, George Takei, Aaron Tveit, Adrienne Warren, Patrick Wilson, and Bowen Yang.

Angela Lansbury in Mame, Blithe Spirit, and Sweeney Todd

2022 Tony honorees include Angela Lansbury, who will receive the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre; Robert E. Wankel, receiving the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award; James C. Nicola, receiving a Special Tony Award; Chicago’s Court Theatre, receiving the Regional Theatre Tony Award; and Asian American Performers Action Coalition, Broadway For All, Emily Grishman, Feinstein’s/54 Below, and United Scenic Artists Local 829, each receiving a Tony Honor.

The complete list of nominees for the 75th Annual Tony Awards follows:

Best Play
Clyde’s, by Lynn Nottage
Hangmen, by Martin McDonagh
The Lehman Trilogy, by Stefano Massini and Ben Power
The Minutes, by Tracy Letts
Skeleton Crew, by Dominique Morisseau

Best Musical
Girl From The North Country
MJ
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
SIX: The Musical
A Strange Loop

Best Revival of a Play
American Buffalo
for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
How I Learned to Drive, by Paula Vogel
Take Me Out
Trouble in Mind, by Alice Childress

Best Revival of a Musical
Caroline, or Change
Company
The Music Man

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night
Myles Frost, MJ
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Mare Winningham, Girl From The North Country

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Matt Doyle, Company
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop
A.J. Shively, Paradise Square

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy
David Morse, How I Learned to Drive
Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
David Threlfall, Hangmen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
Ruth Negga, Macbeth
Deirdre O’Connell, Dana H.
Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Jeannette Bayardelle, Girl From The North Country
Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night
Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man
L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
Patti LuPone, Company
Jennifer Simard, Company

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Alfie Allen, Hangmen
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s
Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out
Jesse Williams, Take Me Out

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s
Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew
Julie White, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kara Young, Clyde’s

Best Book of a Musical
Girl From The North Country, Conor McPherson
MJ, Lynn Nottage
Mr. Saturday Night, Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel
Paradise Square, Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan
A Strange Loop, Michael R. Jackson

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Flying Over Sunset; Music by Tom Kitt, Lyrics by Michael Korie
Mr. Saturday Night; Music by Jason Robert Brown, Lyrics by Amanda Green
Paradise Square; Music by Jason Howland, Lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare
SIX: The Musical, Music and Lyrics by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss
A Strange Loop, Music and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, Skeleton Crew
Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen
Scott Pask, American Buffalo
Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset
Bunny Christie, Company
Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, MJ
Allen Moyer, Paradise Square

Best Costume Design of a Play
Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth
Sarafina Bush, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind
Jane Greenwood, Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde’s

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Fly Davis, Caroline, or Change
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square
William Ivey Long, Diana, The Musical
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man
Gabriella Slade, SIX: The Musical
Paul Tazewell, MJ

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Joshua Carr, Hangmen
Jiyoun Chang, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy
Jane Cox, Macbeth
Yi Zhao, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Neil Austin, Company
Tim Deiling, SIX: The Musical
Donald Holder, Paradise Square
Natasha Katz, MJ
Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset
Jen Schriever, A Strange Loop

Best Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.
Palmer Hefferan, The Skin of Our Teeth
Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy
Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Simon Baker, Girl From The North Country
Paul Gatehouse, SIX: The Musical
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company
Drew Levy, A Strange Loop
Gareth Owen, MJ

Best Direction of a Play
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy
Neil Pepe, American Buffalo
Les Waters, Dana H.

Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
Marianne Elliott, Company
Conor McPherson, Girl From The North Country
Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage, SIX: The Musical
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ

Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, SIX: The Musical
Bill T. Jones, Paradise Square
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ

Best Orchestrations
David Cullen, Company
Tom Curran, SIX: The Musical
Simon Hale, Girl From The North Country
Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg, MJ
Charlie Rosen, A Strange Loop

The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss are executive producers for White Cherry Entertainment. Weiss will serve as director.

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Broadway’s top honors will be handed out June 12 at Radio City Music Hall.

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The 75th Annual Tony Awards are almost here! Broadway’s top honors will be handed out June 12 in a four-hour Radio City Music Hall ceremony that will be broadcast live via Paramount+ and CBS.

Playbill is here as always with a special printable ballot that will allow you to make your own picks if you’re playing from home. Download your official Playbill printable ballot here.

Following last year’s two-part broadcast shared by CBS and Paramount+, the 2022 Tony Awards will include an hour of exclusive programming streaming on Paramount+ from 7 PM ET, followed by the three-hour awards ceremony airing live on CBS and streaming simultaneously on Paramount+ (for premium-level subscribers only) from 8 PM ET, making this year’s ceremony the first in Tony Awards history to be available live nationwide. Oscar winner Ariana DeBose will host the awards ceremony, with the initial hour set to be hosted by POTUS‘ Julianne Hough and American Buffalo‘s Darren Criss.

Check Playbill throughout the evening for the latest in Tony Awards coverage, including a live feed from the red carpet on Instagram, an updating list of winners, a live blog with commentary from Playbill’s resident theatre experts, and more.

A Strange Loop is the most nominated production of the season with 11 nominations including Best Musical, Original Score, and Book of a Musical. Also leading the pack of nominees with 10 nominations each aree MJ The Musical and Paradise Square. The most nominated play of the season is The Lehman Trilogy with eight nods. See the full list of nominees here.

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Sydney Sweeney will lead the movie with stage actors Josh Hamilton and Marchánt Davis.

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Tina Satter’s Is This A Room is coming to the big screen! The recently-announced movie adaptation will star Euphoria and White Lotus’s Sydney Sweeney as whistleblower Reality Winner, according to Deadline.

The actor will be joined by stage and screen actor Josh Hamilton, who starred in Broadway’s Proof, The Coast of Utopia, and Dead Accounts, and TV’s The Walking Dead, along with Marchánt Davis, who starred in The Public Theatre’s Ain’t No Mo and The Lincoln Center’s The Great Society.

Is This A Room interprets the transcript of the FBI interrogation of former Air Force intelligence specialist and government whistleblower Winner, who leaked an intelligence report about Russian interface in the 2016 United States elections. The show opened on Broadway October 11 at the Lyceum Theatre following its premiere during Vineyard Theatre’s 2019 Off-Broadway season.

The creative team includes producers Riva Marker Noah Stahl, Brad Becker-Parton, Greg Nobile; executive producers Ellyn Daniels, Daniel Ginsberg, Bill Way, Elliott Whitton, Eva Maria Daniels, Andrew Beck, Philipp Englehorn, and Satter; and co-producers David Duque-Estrada and Rita Walsh. The movie will feature a script adapted by Satter and James Paul Dallas.