The 77th Tony Awards® Awards Megathread

Relive the action on The Tony Awards Youtube channel.

• Act One started at 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT (on Pluto.tv) and has now concluded.
• Act Two started at 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT (on CBS and Paramount Plus) and has now concluded.

 

Who's up for a Tony Award tonight? Here's a handy list:

 

Best Play

• Jaja's African Hair Braiding
• Mary Jane
• Mother Play
• Prayer for the French Republic
• ⭐ Stereophonic

 

Best Musical

• Hell's Kitchen
• Illinoise
• ⭐ The Outsiders
• Suffs
• Water for Elephants

 

Best Revival of a Play

• ⭐ Appropriate
• An Enemy of the People
• Purlie Victorious

 

Best Revival of a Musical

• Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
• Gutenberg! The Musical
• ⭐ Merrily We Roll Along
• The Who's Tommy

 

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• William Jackson Harper, “Uncle Vanya”
• Leslie Odom Jr., “Purlie Victorious”
• Liev Schreiber, “Doubt”
• ⭐ Jeremy Strong, “An Enemy of the People”
• Michael Stuhlbarg, “Patriots”

 

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Betsy Aidem, “Prayer for the French Republic”
• Jessica Lange, “Mother Play”
• Rachel McAdams, “Mary Jane”
• ⭐ Sarah Paulson, “Appropriate”
• Amy Ryan, “Doubt”

 

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Brody Grant, “The Outsiders”
• ⭐ Jonathan Groff, “Merrily We Roll Along”
• Dorian Harewood, “The Notebook”
• Brian d’Arcy James, “Days of Wine and Roses”
• Eddie Redmayne, “Cabaret”

 

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Eden Espinosa, “Lempicka”
• ⭐ Maleah Joi Moon, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Maryann Plunkett, “The Notebook”
• Kelli O’Hara, “Days of Wine and Roses”
• Gayle Rankin, “Cabaret”

 

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• ⭐ Will Brill, “Stereophonic”
• Eli Gelb, “Stereophonic”
• Jim Parsons, “Mother Play”
• Tom Pecinka, “Stereophonic”
• Corey Stoll, “Appropriate”

 

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Quincy Tyler Bernstine, “Doubt”
• Juliana Canfield, “Stereophonic”
• Celia Keenan-Bolger, “Mother Play”
• Sarah Pidgeon, “Stereophonic”
• ⭐ Kara Young, “Purlie Victorious”

 

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Roger Bart, “Back to the Future”
• Joshua Boone, “The Outsiders”
• Brandon Victor Dixon, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Sky Lakota-Lynch, “The Outsiders”
• ⭐ Daniel Radcliffe, “Merrily We Roll Along”
• Steven Skybell, “Cabaret”

 

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Shoshana Bean, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Amber Iman, “Lempicka”
• Nikki M. James, “Suffs”
• Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, “Spamalot”
• ⭐ Kecia Lewis, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Lindsay Mendez, “Merrily We Roll Along”
• Bebe Neuwirth, “Cabaret”

 

Best Direction of a Play

• ⭐ Daniel Aukin, “Stereophonic”
• Anne Kauffman, “Mary Jane”
• Kenny Leon, “Purlie Victorious”
• Lila Neugebauer, “Appropriate”
• Whitney White, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”

 

Best Direction of a Musical

• Maria Friedman, “Merrily We Roll Along”
• Michael Greif, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Leigh Silverman, “Suffs”
• Jessica Stone, “Water for Elephants”
• ⭐ Danya Taymor, “The Outsiders”

 

Best Book of a Musical

• Bekah Brunstetter, “The Notebook”
• Kristoffer Diaz, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Rick Elice, “Water for Elephants”
• Adam Rapp and Justin Levine, “The Outsiders”
• ⭐Shaina Taub, “Suffs”

 

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

• Will Butler, “Stereophonic”
• Adam Guettel, “Days of Wine and Roses”
• Jamestown Revival and Justin Levine, “The Outsiders”
• David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, “Here Lies Love”
• ⭐ Shaina Taub, “Suffs”

 

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• dots, “An Enemy of the People”
• dots, “Appropriate”
• Derek McLane, “Purlie Victorious”
• David Zinn, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
• ⭐ David Zinn, “Stereophonic”

 

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian, “The Outsiders”
• Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Tim Hatley and Finn Ross, “Back to the Future”
• Riccardo Hernández and Peter Nigrini, “Lempicka”
• Takeshi Kata, “Water for Elephants”
• David Korins, “Here Lies Love”
• ⭐ Tom Scutt, “Cabaret”

 

Best Costume Design of a Play

• Dede Ayite, “Appropriate”
• ⭐ Dede Ayite, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
• Enver Chakartash, “Stereophonic”
• Emilio Sosa, “Purlie Victorious”
• David Zinn, “An Enemy of the People”

 

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• Dede Ayite, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• ⭐ Linda Cho, “The Great Gatsby”
• David Israel Reynoso, “Water for Elephants”
• Tom Scutt, “Cabaret”
• Paul Tazewell, “Suffs”

 

Best Lighting Design of a Play

• Isabella Byrd, “Enemy of the People”
• Amith Chandrashaker, “Prayer for the French Republic”
• Jiyoun Chang, “Stereophonic”
• ⭐ Jane Cox, “Appropriate”
• Natasha Katz, “Grey House”

 

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• Brandon Stirling Baker, “Illinoise”
• Isabella Byrd, “Cabaret”
• Natasha Katz, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Bradley King and David Bengali, “Water for Elephants”
• ⭐ Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim, “The Outsiders”

 

Best Sound Design of a Play

• Justin Ellington and Stefania Bulbarella, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
• Leah Gelpe, “Mary Jane”
• Tom Gibbons, “Grey House”
• Bray Poor and Will Pickens, “Appropriate”
• ⭐ Ryan Rumery, “Stereophonic”

 

Best Sound Design of a Musical

• M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, “Here Lies Love”
• Kai Harada, “Merrily We Roll Along”
• Nick Lidster, “Cabaret”
• Gareth Owen, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• ⭐ Cody Spencer, “The Outsiders”

 

Best Choreography

• Camille A. Brown, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Shana Carroll and Jesse Robb, “Water for Elephants”
• Rick and Jeff Kuperman, “The Outsiders”
• Annie-B Parson, “Here Lies Love”
• ⭐ Justin Peck, “Illinoise”

 

Best Orchestrations

• Timo Andres, “Illinoise”
• Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone, “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Will Butler and Justin Craig, “Stereophonic”
• Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival, “The Outsiders”
• ⭐ Jonathan Tunick, “Merrily We Roll Along”

 

Lifetime Achievement

• Jack O'Brien
• George C. Wolfe

 

Special Tony Award®

• Abe Jacob
• Alex Edelman
• Nikiya Mathis

 

Tony Nominations & Wins