Tony Awards 2019: ‘Hadestown’ wins Best Musical and leads the way with 8 wins
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards were presented Sunday to celebrate Broadway’s best performances of the year.
Best play
“Choir Boy” by Tarell Alvin McCraney“The Ferryman” by Jez Butterworth *WINNER“Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus” by Taylor Mac”Ink” by James Graham”What the Constitution Means to Me” by Heidi Schreck
Best revival of a musical
“Kiss Me, Kate”Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” *WINNER
Best musical
“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg””Beetlejuice”“Hadestown” *WINNER “The Prom””Tootsie”
Best revival of a play
Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”“The Boys in the Band” by Mart Crowley *WINNER“Burn This” by Lanford Wilson”Torch Song” by Harvey Fierstein”The Waverly Gallery” by Kenneth Lonergan
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Brooks Ashmanskas, “The Prom”Derrick Baskin, “Ain’t Too Proud”Alex Brightman, “Beetlejuice”Damon Daunno, “Oklahoma!”Santino Fontana, “Tootsie” *WINNER
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Stephanie J. Block, “The Cher Show” *WINNERCaitlin Kinnunen, “The Prom”Beth Leavel, “The Prom”Eva Noblezada, “Hadestown”Kelli O’Hara, “Kiss Me, Kate”
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Paddy Considine, “The Ferryman”Bryan Cranston, “Network” *WINNERJeff Daniels, “To Kill a Mockingbird”Adam Driver, “Burn This”Jeremy Pope, “Choir Boy”
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Annette Bening, “All My Sons”Laura Donnelly, “The Ferryman”Elaine May, “The Waverly Gallery” *WINNERJanet McTeer, “Bernhardt/Hamlet”Laurie Metcalf, “Hillary and Clinton”Heidi Schreck, “What the Constitution Means to Me”
Best book of a musical
“Ain’t Too Proud,” Dominique Morisseau”Beetlejuice,” Scott Brown and Anthony King”Hadestown,” Anaïs MitchellThe Prom,” Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin“Tootsie,” Robert Horn *WINNER
Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater
“Be More Chill,” Joe Iconis”Beetlejuice,” Eddie Perfect“Hadestown,” Anaïs Mitchell *WINNER“The Prom,” Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin”To Kill a Mockingbird,” Adam Guettel”Tootsie,” David Yazbek
Best direction of a musical
Rachel Chavkin, “Hadestown” *WINNERScott Ellis, “Tootsie”Daniel Fish, “Oklahoma!”Des McAnuff, “Ain’t Too Proud”Casey Nicholaw, “The Prom”
Best direction of a play
Rupert Goold, “Ink”Sam Mendes, “The Ferryman” *WINNERBartlett Sher, “To Kill a Mockingbird”Ivo van Hove, “Network”George C. Wolfe, “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
André De Shields, “Hadestown” *WINNERAndy Grotelueschen, “Tootsie”Patrick Page, “Hadestown”Jeremy Pope, “Ain’t Too Proud”Ephraim Sykes, “Ain’t Too Proud”
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Lilli Cooper, “Tootsie”Amber Gray, “Hadestown”Sarah Stiles, “Tootsie”Ali Stroker, “Oklahoma!” *WINNERMary Testa, “Oklahoma!”
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Bertie Carvel, “Ink” *WINNERRobin De Jesús, “The Boys in the Band”Gideon Glick, “To Kill a Mockingbird”Brandon Uranowitz, “Burn This”Benjamin Walker, “All My Sons”
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Fionnula Flanagan, “The Ferryman”Celia Keenan-Bolger, “To Kill a Mockingbird” *WINNERKristine Nielsen, “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”Julie White, “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”Ruth Wilson, “King Lear”
Best choreography
Camille A. Brown, “Choir Boy”Warren Carlyle, “Kiss Me, Kate”Denis Jones, “Tootsie”David Neumann, “Hadestown”Sergio Trujillo, “Ain’t Too Proud” *WINNER
