72nd Annual Tony Award Winners – The Complete List

‘The Band’s Visit’ (Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban, this year’s Tony Awards proved to be not quite as sleepy as we expected. The pair’s dry humor carried the patter between awards, along with plenty of wardrobe changes and expected musical interludes.

Perhaps the strangest moment of the evening was the mash-up of Lifetime Achievement Awards presented to Chita Rivera and Andrew Lloyd Webber, which edited their bodies of work into a disparate video montage that fell short. Of course, that doesn’t compare to Robert De Niro’s f-bombs that had CBS censors at the ready.  A moving tribute by the cast of Dear Evan Hansen honored those who passed during the past season, including Sam Shepard, Barbara Cook, Peter Hall, Rachel Rockwell, and others.

Here’s a list of this year’s winners:

Best Musical
The Band’s Visit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit

Once on This Island

Best Revival of a Musical
Once On This Island

Best Revival of a Play
Angels in America

Best Play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two, by Jack Thorne

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
The Band’s Visit, David Yazbek

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.’ (Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Best Direction of a Play
John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Best Direction of a Musical
David Cromer, The Band’s Visit

Best Sound Design of a Play
Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada, The Band’s Visit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical (Photo: Joan Marcus via The Broadway Blog)

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Tyler Micoleau, The Band’s Visit

Andrew Garfield in ‘Angels in America: Millennium Approaches.’ (Photo: Brinkhoff/Mögenburg)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Nathan Lane, Angels in America

Best Book of a Musical
The Band’s Visit, Itamar Moses

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Lindsay Mendez, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Best Choreography
Justin Peck, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

The company of ‘Carousel.’ (Photo: Julieta Cervantes)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

Best Orchestrations
Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

‘My Fair Lady’ (Photo: Joan Marcus)

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady

Best Costume Design of a Play
Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theater:
Chita Rivera, Andrew Lloyd Webber

Special Tony Award:
Bruce Springsteen, John Leguizamo

Regional Theater Tony Award:
La MaMa E.T.C.

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award:
Nick Scandalios

Tony Honors for excellence in the theater:
Sara Krulwich, Bessie Nelson, Ernest Winzer Cleaners

The winner of the 2018 Excellence in Theatre Education Award, presented by the Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University, was presented to Melody Herzfeld of Parkland, Florida. Ms. Herzfeld, a drama teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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