Tony Awards 2025: Complete List of Winners and Highlights from Broadway’s Biggest Night

The 78th Annual Tony Awards celebrated the brightest talents and productions from the 2024–2025 Broadway season on June 8, 2025. Held at the iconic Radio City Music Hall, this year’s ceremony was hosted by Cynthia Erivo, a Tony Award-winner herself and soon-to-be Elphaba in Wicked. It was a year defined by bold new musicals, thought-provoking plays, and star-studded revivals. Among the top contenders, Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending, and Buena Vista Social Club led the nominations with ten each—and they didn’t go home empty-handed.

Roll out the carpet: here come the Tony Awards 2025 winners!

Best musical

Maybe Happy Ending
A sci-fi tinged romance about two outdated helper robots discovering love in a Seoul apartment, this genre-bending Korean import charmed voters and audiences alike.

Best play

John Proctor Is the Villain
Kimberly Belflower’s powerful and timely play reframes The Crucible through a modern lens, set in a high school classroom grappling with injustice, gossip, and growing awareness.

Best revival of a musical

Gypsy
Audra McDonald led a triumphant revival of the Sondheim-Styne classic, delivering a performance for the ages as Mama Rose. The show also picked up wins for choreography and acting.

Best revival of a play

Romeo + Juliet
A daring, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s tragedy that used immersive staging and multimedia to appeal to modern audiences, securing it top revival honors.

Acting awards in musicals

• Actress in a leading role in a musical: Audra McDonald, Gypsy
• Actor in a leading role in a musical: Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
• Actress in a featured role in a musical: Joy Woods, Gypsy
• Actor in a featured role in a musical: Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
  
  

Acting awards in plays

• Actress in a leading role in a play: Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Actor in a  leading role in a play: George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
• Actress in a featured role in a play: Kara Young, Purpose
• Actor in a featured role in a play: Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
  

Creative categories

• Best book of a musical: Marco Ramirez, Buena Vista Social Club
• Best original score: David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw
• Best direction of a musical: Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
• Best direction of a play: Sam Mendes, The Hills of California
• Best choreography: Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club
• Best orchestrations: Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending
  
  

Design awards – musicals

• Scenic design: Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending
• Costume design: Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her
• Lighting design: Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her
• Sound design: Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending

Design awards – plays

• Scenic design: Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• Costume design: Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• Lighting design: Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• Sound design: Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
  
  

Spotlight on standouts

 Maybe Happy Ending emerged as the night’s biggest winner, taking home awards for Best Musical, Direction, Lighting, Sound, and more. Meanwhile, Audra McDonald’s performance in Gypsy earned universal acclaim, reinforcing her legacy as one of Broadway’s greatest performers. Stranger Things: The First Shadow also swept the technical categories, validating its cinematic flair and genre-bending production.

With a blend of Hollywood power (George Clooney, Bob Odenkirk), up-and-coming stars (Sadie Sink, Cole Escola), and Broadway royalty (McDonald, Groff, Mendes), the 2025 Tony Awards showcased a Broadway season that balanced innovation with reverence for tradition.