71st Annual Tony Award Wrap-Up

New York’s annual celebration of Broadway theater has once again come and gone. The 71st annual Tony Awards, hosted by Kevin Spacey, showcased the best Broadway has to offer in theater, awarding the past calendar year’s best productions and performers. Dear Evan Hansen (6), and Hello Dolly!(4), took home the most awards at the 71st ceremony.

71st Tony Award winners and nominees:

Best Musical:
Winner: Dear Evan Hansen
Come From Away
Groundhog Day The Musical
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Winner: Bette Midler, Hello Dolly
Christine Ebersole, War Paint
Patti LuPone, War Paint
Denee Benton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Winner: Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
Josh Groban, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Andy Karl, Groundhog Day The Musical
David Hyde Pierce, Hello, Dolly!
Christian Borle, Falsettos

Best Revival of a Musical:
Winner: Hello Dolly!
Falsettos
Miss Saigon

Best Play:
Winner: Oslo
Indecent
A Doll’s House Part 2
Sweat

Best Revival of a Play:
Winner: August Wilson’s Jitney
John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation
Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Present Laughter

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Winner: Rachael Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen
Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos
Jenn Colella, Come From Away
Kate Baldwin, Hello Dolly!
Mary Beth Pell, Anastasia

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:
Winner: Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House Part 2
Jennifer Ehle, Oslo
Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie
Laura Linney, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Cate Blanchett, The Present

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
Winner: Kevin Kline, Present Laughter
Chris Cooper, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Corey Hawkins, John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation
Denis Arndt, Heisenberg
Jefferson Mays, Oslo

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Winner: Cynthia Nixon, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Jayne Houdyshell, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Johanna Day, Sweat
Condola Rasha, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Michelle Wilson, Sweat

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Winner: Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!
Mike Faist, Dear Evan Hansen
Andrew Rannells, Falsettos
Lucas Steele, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Brandon Uranowitz, Falsettos

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
Winner: Michael Aronov, Oslo
Danny DeVito, Arthur Miller’s The Price
Nathan Lane, The Front Page
Richard Thomas, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
John Douglas Thompson, August Wilson’s Jitney

Best Book of a Musical:
Winner: Dear Evan Hansen, Steven Levenson
Come From Away, Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Dave Malloy
Groundhog Day The Musical, Danny Rubin

Best Original Score:
Winner: Dear Evan Hansen, Music & Lyrics: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Come From Away, Music & Lyrics: Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Groundhog Day The Musical, Music & Lyrics: Tim Minchin
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Music & Lyrics: Dave Malloy

Best Direction of a Play:
Winner: Rebecca Taichman Indecent
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson’s Jitney
Bartlett Sher, Oslo
Daniel Sullivan, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Sam Gold, A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best Direction of a Musical
Winner: Christopher Ashley, Come From Away
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Michael Greif, Dear Evan Hansen
Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day The Musical
Jerry Zaks, Hello, Dolly!

Best Choreography:
Winner: Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand
Peter Darling & Ellen Kane, Groundhog Day The Musical
Kelly Devine, Come From Away
Denis Jones, Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical
Sam Pinkleton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Orchestrations:
Winner: Alex Lacamoire, Dear Evan Hansen
Larry Hochman, Hello, Dolly!
Bill Elliott & Greg Anthony Rassen, Bandstand
Dave Malloy, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Scenic Design of a Play:
Winner: Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong
David Gallo, August Wilson’s Jitney
Douglas W. Schmidt, The Front Page
Michael Yeargan, Oslo

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Winner: Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
David Korins, War Paint
Rob Howell, Groundhog Day The Musical
Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly!

Best Costume Design of a Play:
Winner: Jane Greenwood, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter
Toni-Leslie James, August Wilson’s Jitney
David Zinn, A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Winner: Santo Loquasto, Hello Dolly!
Linda Cho, Anastacia
Paloma Young, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Catherine Zuber, War Paint

Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Winner: Christopher Akerlind, Indecent
Jane Cox, August Wilson’s Jitney
Donald Holder,Oslo
Jennifer Tipton, A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Winner: Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Natasha Katz, Hello, Dolly!
Howell Binkley, Come From Away
Japhy Weideman, Dear Evan Hansen

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