2022 Tony Awards: Nominees and Winners

The 75th annual Tony Awards aired on June 12 and was hosted by Ariana DeBose!

There were exciting performances from a variety of shows, including A Strange Loop, The Music Man, MJ: The Musical, and more. Billy Crystal also provided some entertainment, getting the crowd involved when he shared his “Yiddish scat.”

A Strange Loop won Best Book for a Musical and Best Musical, making producer Jennifer Hudson an EGOT winner! Myles Frost of MJ won the award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, while Joaquina Kalukango of Paradise Square took home the Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. The award for Best Original Score went to Six: The Musical, and Company won Best Musical Revival.

Here are a few more winners from the night:

Best New Musical

Girl From the North Country
MJ: The Musical
Mr. Saturday Night
Six: The Musical
WINNER: A Strange Loop
Paradise Square

Best New Play

Clyde’s
Hangmen
WINNER: The Lehman Trilogy
The Minutes
Skeleton Crew

Best Musical Revival

Caroline, or Change
WINNER: Company
The Music Man

Best Book of a Musical

Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas, and Larry Kirwan – Paradise Square
Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babloo Mandel – Mr. Saturday Night
WINNER: Michael R. Jackson – A Strange Loop
Lynn Nottage – MJ
Conor McPherson – Girl From the North Country

Best Leading Actor in a Musical

Billy Crystal – Mr. Saturday Night
WINNER: Myles Frost – MJ
Hugh Jackman – The Music Man
Rob McClure – Mrs. Doubtfire
Jaquel Spivey – A Strange Loop

Best Leading Actress in a Musical

Sharon D Clarke – Caroline or Change
Carmen Cusack – Flying Over Sunset
Sutton Foster – The Music Man
WINNER: Joaquina Kalukango – Paradise Square
Mare Winningham – The Girl From the North Country

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

WINNER: Matt Doyle – Company
Jared Grimes – Funny Girl
Sidney DuPont – Paradise Square
A.J. Shively – Paradise Square
John-Andrew Morrison – A Strange Loop

Best Featured Actress in a Musical 

Jeannette Bayardelle – Girl From The North Country
Shoshana Bean – Mr. Saturday Night
Jayne Houdyshell – The Music Man
L Morgan Lee – A Strange Loop
WINNER: Patti LuPone – Company
Jennifer Simard – Company

Best Leading Actor in a Play

WINNER: Simon Russell Beale – The Lehman Trilogy
Adam Godley – The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester – The Lehman Trilogy
David Morse – How I Learned to Drive
Sam Rockwell – American Buffalo
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Lackawanna Blues
David Threlfall – Hangmen

Best Leading Actress in a Play

WINNER: Deirdre O’Connell – Dana H.
Gabby Beans – The Skin of Our Teeth
LaChanze – Trouble in Mind
Ruth Negga – Macbeth
Mary-Louise Parker – How I Learned to Drive

Best Featured Actor in a Play

WINNER: Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Take Me Out
Alfie Allen – Hangmen
Chuck Cooper – Trouble in Mind
Ron Cephas Jones – Clyde’s
Michael Oberholtzer – Take Me Out
Jesse Williams – Take Me Out

Best Featured Actress in a Play

WINNER: Phylicia Rashad – Skeleton Crew
Uzo Aduba – Clyde’s
Rachel Dratch – POTUS
Kenita R. Miller – For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Julie White – POTUS
Kara Young – Clyde’s

Best Original Score

Tom Kitt and Michael Korie – Flying Over Sunset
Jason Robert Brown and Amanda Green – Mr. Saturday Night
Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, and Masi Asare – Paradise Square
WINNER: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss – Six: The Musical
Michael R. Jackson – A Strange Loop

Best Orchestrations

David Cullen – Company
Tom Curran – Six: The Musical
WINNER: Simon Hale – Girl from the North Country
David Holcenberg and Jason Michael Webb – MJ
Charlie Rosen – A Strange Loop

Click here to see the full list of winners!

Published on June 13, 2022