Last Sunday, 11 June, Broadway’s United Palace Theatre hosted the 76th annual Tony Awards, which traditionally recognise excellence in the theatre industry. A host of celebrity guests gathered on the carpet of the event, including Hollywood stars regularly involved in Broadway productions. Michelle Williams and her husband Thomas Cale, Jessica Chastain, Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Evans, “American Horror Story” star Lily Rabe, as well as the editor-in-chief of American Vogue, Anna Wintour, and many other celebrities attended the ceremony.
Tony awards 2023: full list of winners
Best musical – Kimberly
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play – Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical – Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Best play – Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play – Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical – J Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Best revival of a musical – Parade
Best book of a musical – Kimberly Akimbo – David Lindsay-Abaire
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical – Alex Newell, Shucked
Best revival of a play – Topdog/Underdog
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play – Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Best direction of a musical – Michael Arden, Parade
Best direction of a play – Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical – Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play – Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
Best scenic design of a play – Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
Best scenic design of a musical – Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
Best orchestrations – Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, Some Like It Hot
Best costume design of a musical – Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Hot
Best costume design of a play – Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt
Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre – Kimberly Akimbo – music: Jeanine Tesori, lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire
Best choreography – Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Best lighting design of a play – Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi
Best lighting design of a musical – Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best sound design of a play – Carolyn Downing, Life of Pi
Best sound design of a musical – Nevin Steinberg, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
