The American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League have announced the winners of the 76th Annual Tony Awards 2023.
It was a big night for British theatre talent and West End theatre, with Jodie Comer taking home Best Actress for her performance in the West End-to-Broadway transfer of Prima Facie.
Another transfer, Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt, took home Best Play, plus best director for Patrick Marber, best actor in a featured role for Brandon Uranowitz, and best costume design for Brigitte Reiffenstuel. The show was the best performing play of the night.
This was Tom Stoppard’s fifth Tony Award – no other playwright has ever won more than two Best Play awards.
Also scooping awards was the UK production of Life of Pi, which started life in Sheffield, and had played the Wyndham’s Theatre for an extended run. It took home best scenic design for Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding, Tim Lutkin for best lighting, and Carolyn Downing for best sound.
Musical Kimberly Akimbo took home the most Tonys, with five, including Best Musical and best actress for Victoria Clark; followed by Some Like It Hot, with four wins, including a best actor win for J Harrison Ghee.
Musical revivals Parade and Sweeney Todd both scooped two wins each.
Hosted by Ariana DeBose, the awards ceremony took place for the first time at the United Palace, a former Washington Heights cinema in New York City.
In terms of lifetime achievement awards, Lin-Manuel Miranda presented legendary composer John Kander (Cabaret), by far the longest working composer in Broadway history, with the Lifetime Achievement Award; and actress Jennifer Grey presented her father Joel Grey with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Performances on the night included the Broadway production of & Juliet, Lea Michele singing from Funny Girl, the cast of Some Like It Hot, and the cast of Camelot. Watch these performances on CBS’s website.
In total for this year’s Tony Awards nominations, 38 Broadway shows were eligible for awards, including 17 original plays and six revivals, and nine new musicals and six musical revivals.
Tony Awards 2023 – Winners
Best musical
& Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo – WINNER
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog
Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar – WINNER
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy
Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo – WINNER
Lorna Courtney, & Juliet
Micaela Diamond, Parade
Best play
Ain’t No Mo’ by Jordan E Cooper
Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Cost of Living by Martyna Majok
Fat Ham by James Ijames
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard – WINNER
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie – WINNER
Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Christian Borle, Some Like It Hot
J Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot – WINNER
Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Brian d’Arcy James, Into the Woods
Ben Platt, Parade
Colton Ryan, New York, New York
Best revival of a musical
Into the Woods
Camelot
Parade – WINNER
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best book of a musical
& Juliet – David West Read
Kimberly Akimbo – David Lindsay-Abaire – WINNER
New York, New York – David Thompson and Sharon Washington
Shucked – Robert Horn
Some Like It Hot – Matthew López and Amber Ruffin
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Kevin Cahoon, Shucked
Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo
Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like It Hot
Jordan Donica, Camelot
Alex Newell, Shucked – WINNER
Best revival of a play
The Piano Lesson
A Doll’s House
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Topdog/Underdog – WINNER
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Nikki Crawford, Fat Ham
Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo’
Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window – WINNER
Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living
Kara Young, Cost of Living
Best direction of a musical
Michael Arden, Parade – WINNER
Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Jack O’Brien, Shucked
Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo
Best direction of a play
Saheem Ali, Fat Ham
Jo Bonney, Cost of Living
Jamie Lloyd, A Doll’s House
Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt – WINNER
Stevie Walker-Webb, Ain’t No Mo’
Max Webster, Life of Pi
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Julia Lester, Into the Woods
Ruthie Ann Miles, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo – WINNER
NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot
Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Jordan E Cooper, Ain’t No Mo’
Samuel L Jackson, The Piano Lesson
Arian Moayed, A Doll’s House
Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt – WINNER
David Zayas, Cost of Living
Best scenic design of a play
Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi – WINNER
Rachel Hauck, Good Night, Oscar
Richard Hudson, Leopoldstadt
Dane Laffrey and Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol
Best scenic design of a musical
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York – WINNER
Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Michael Yeargan and 59 Productions, Camelot
Scott Pask, Shucked
Scott Pask, Some Like It Hot
Best orchestrations
Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro, & Juliet
John Clancy, Kimberly Akimbo
Jason Howland, Shucked
Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, Some Like It Hot – WINNER
Daryl Waters and Sam Davis, New York, New York
Best costume design of a musical
Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Hot – WINNER
Susan Hilferty, Parade
Jennifer Moeller, Camelot
Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi, KPOP
Paloma Young, & Juliet
Donna Zakowska, New York, New York
Best costume design of a play
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, Life of Pi
Dominique Fawn Hill, Fat Ham
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt – WINNER
Emilio Sosa, Ain’t No Mo’
Emilio Sosa, Good Night, Oscar
Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre
Almost Famous – music: Tom Kitt, lyrics: Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt
Kimberly Akimbo – music: Jeanine Tesori, lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire – WINNER
KPOP – music and lyrics: Helen Park and Max Vernon
Shucked – music and lyrics: Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark
Some Like It Hot – music and lyrics: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
Best choreography
Steven Hoggett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot – WINNER
Susan Stroman, New York, New York
Jennifer Weber, & Juliet
Jennifer Weber, KPOP
Best lighting design of a play
Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt
Natasha Chivers, Prima Facie
Jon Clark, A Doll’s House
Bradley King, Fat Ham
Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi – WINNER
Jen Schriever, Death of a Salesman
Ben Stanton, A Christmas Carol
Best lighting design of a musical
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Lap Chi Chu, Camelot
Heather Gilbert, Parade
Howard Hudson, & Juliet
Natasha Katz, Some Like It Hot
Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – WINNER
Best sound design of a play
Jonathan Deans and Taylor Williams, Ain’t No Mo’
Carolyn Downing, Life of Pi – WINNER
Joshua D Reid, A Christmas Carol
Ben and Max Ringham, A Doll’s House
Ben and Max Ringham, Prima Facie
Best sound design of a musical
Kai Harada, New York, New York
John Shivers, Shucked
Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann, Into the Woods
Gareth Owen, & Juliet
Nevin Steinberg, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – WINNER
Lifetime Achievement Awards
John Kander – WINNER
Joel Grey – WINNER
2023 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Jerry Mitchell
2023 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
Lisa Dawn Cave
Victoria Bailey
Robert Fried
Tony Awards 2023 – Winners by Numbers
Kimberley Akimbo – 5
Leopoldstadt – 4
Some Like It Hot – 4
Life of Pi – 3
Parade – 2
Sweeney Todd – 2
Good Night, Oscar – 1
New York, New York – 1
Prima Facie – 1
Shucked – 1
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window – 1
Topdog / Underdog – 1
