Tony Awards 2025 Winners List: Nicole Scherzinger, Maybe Happy Ending and More Take Top Prizes

The Tony Awards spotlighted the best Broadway has to offer.

Cynthia Erivo hosted the 78th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The ceremony was broadcast on the CBS Television Network and Paramount+.

The nominations across 26 competitive categories were announced on May 1, with three productions leading the pack with 10 nods each: Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending.

Maybe Happy Ending won Best Musical, while Purpose took home Best Play, and Sunset Blvd.’s Nicole Scherzinger claimed the competitive Best Actress in a Musical category.

Read on for the complete list of winners and nominees.

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Best Play

English
The Hills of California
John Proctor is the Villain
Oh, Mary!
Purpose – WINNER

Best Musical

Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Best Revival of a Play

Eureka Day – WINNER
Romeo + Juliet
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town
Yellow Face

Best Revival of a Musical

Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Sunset Blvd. – WINNER

Best Book of a Musical

Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

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

Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! – WINNER
Jon Michael Hill, Purpose
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
Harry Lennix, Purpose
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Performance by an 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 – WINNER

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd.
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. – WINNER
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Glenn Davis, Purpose
Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain
Francis Jue, Yellow Face – WINNER
Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!

Best Performance by an 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 – WINNER

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Brooks Ashmanskas, SMASH
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical – WINNER
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER
Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw
Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time
Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
Joy Woods, Gypsy

Best Scenic Design of a Play

English
The Hills of California
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Stranger Things: The First Shadow – WINNER
Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Swept Away
Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER
Buena Vista Social Club
Death Becomes Her
Just in Time

Best Costume Design of a Play

Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck
Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray – WINNER
Rob Howell, The Hills of California
Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary!
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club
Gregg Barnes, BOOP! The Musical
Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending
Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her – WINNER
Catherine Zuber, Just in Time

Best Lighting Design of a Play

The Hills of California
Stranger Things: The First Shadow – WINNER
Good Night, and Good Luck
John Proctor is the Villain
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Sunset Blvd. – WINNER
Buena Vista Social Club
Floyd Collins
Maybe Happy Ending
Death Becomes Her

Best Sound Design of a Play

Stranger Things: The First Shadow – WINNER
John Proctor is the Villain
Good Night, and Good Luck
The Hills of California
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER
Sunset Blvd.
Just in Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Floyd Collins

Best Direction of a Play

Knud Adams, English
Sam Mendes, The Hills of California
Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! – WINNER
Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain
Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Direction of a Musical

Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club
Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending – WINNER
David Cromer, Dead Outlaw
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Blvd.

Best Choreography

SMASH
Gypsy
Death Becomes Her
BOOP! The Musical
Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER

Best Orchestrations

Just in Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Floyd Collins
Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER
Sunset Blvd.