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Competitive Tony Award winners
Plays, musicals and writing
- Best Play: Purpose — Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
- Best Musical: Maybe Happy Ending
- Best Book of a Musical: Maybe Happy Ending — Will Aronson and Hue Park
- Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Maybe Happy Ending — music and lyrics by Will Aronson and Hue Park
- Best Revival of a Play: Eureka Day — Jonathan Spector
- Best Revival of a Musical: Sunset Blvd.
Performances
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Francis Jue, Yellow Face
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Kara Young, Purpose
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
Design, direction and music
- Best Scenic Design of a Play: Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending
- Best Costume Design of a Play: Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Best Costume Design of a Musical: Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her
- Best Lighting Design of a Play: Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd.
- Best Sound Design of a Play: Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Best Sound Design of a Musical: Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club
- Best Direction of a Play: Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!
- Best Direction of a Musical: Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
- Best Choreography: Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club
- Best Orchestrations: Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club
Special Tony Awards and honors
- Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Harvey Fierstein
- Special Tony Awards: the musicians who make up the band of Buena Vista Social Club; the illusions and technical effects of Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Celia Keenan-Bolger
- Regional Theatre Tony Award: The Muny
- Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: Great Performances; Michael Price; New 42; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Which production led the 2025 winners?
The Associated Press reported that Maybe Happy Ending won six Tonys, including Best Musical. Its awards in the official archive were Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, leading actor for Darren Criss, Best Direction of a Musical for Michael Arden, and Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Dane Laffrey and George Reeve. The AP’s June 8, 2025 report provides the six-award total.
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How are Tony winners determined?
The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League’s 2024–2025 Tony Awards Rules and Regulations say that the winner in each category is the nominee receiving the highest number of votes. They also state that awards recognize the person, production or element voted best in the current season for its eligible category. Vote totals are not disclosed.
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