Broadway’s Biggest Night: 2024 Tony Awards Recap and Winners
Alright, the 77th Annual Tony Awards just went down last night at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, and let me tell you – it was quite the evening on Broadway!
Our host with the most, Ariana DeBose, was back for her third year running to emcee the whole shebang honoring the best plays, musicals, and performances from this season on the Great White Way.
Coming into the ceremony, everybody had their eyes on the new musicals “Hell’s Kitchen” and the play “Stereophonic” since they were leading the pack with a whopping 13 nominations each. That “Outsiders” musical adaptation was right up there too with 12 nods.
So who ended up taking home those coveted Tonys? Well, the revival of the family drama “Appropriate” scored Best Revival of a Play. Over in the Best Musical category, Shaina Taub’s “Suffs” about the women’s suffrage movement was the one that nabbed it. Taub also won for Best Book and Best Original Score, so she cleaned up nicely.
That critically-acclaimed “Merrily We Roll Along” revival snagged Best Revival of a Musical, and fan favorite Daniel Radcliffe won Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance. His co-star Lindsay Mendez must’ve had a touch of the Potters since she missed out on Featured Actress though.
The play “Stereophonic” low-key slayed, with David Adjmi winning Best Direction of a Play along with it scoring Best Scenic Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Play. Will Brill from the cast also got Best Featured Actor in a Play.
For them leading performers, Jeremy Strong took home Best Actor in a Play for “An Enemy of the People” while Maleah Joi Moon was named Best Actress in a Musical for “Hell’s Kitchen” – get it, girl!
Some other key wins: The sexy “Cabaret” revival got Best Scenic Design of a Musical, “The Great Gatsby” scored Best Costume Design of a Musical, and the choreography in “Illinoise” by Justin Peck was deemed the best.
Of course, they had musical performances from most of the big nominated shows like “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Outsiders,” “Suffs,” “Illinoise,” “Water for Elephants,” “Tommy,” the two revivals of “Cabaret” and “Merrily We Roll Along,” and even “Stereophonic” got to represent too.
So that’s a wrap on the 2024 Tonys! Definitely some surprising wins, snubs, and memorable moments as always when you get that much talent together. Broadway, baby!
Best play
“Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
“Mary Jane”
“Mother Play”
“Prayer for the French Republic”
“Stereophonic”
Best musical
“Hell’s Kitchen”
“Illinoise”
“The Outsiders”
“Suffs”
“Water for Elephants”
Best revival of a play
“Appropriate” *WINNER
“An Enemy of the People”
“Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
Best revival of a musical
“Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
“Gutenberg! The Musical!”
“Merrily We Roll Along”
“The Who’s Tommy”
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
William Jackson Harper, “Uncle Vanya”
Leslie Odom, Jr., “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
Liev Schreiber, “Doubt: A Parable”
Jeremy Strong, “An Enemy of the People” *WINNER
Michael Stuhlbarg, “Patriots”
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Betsy Aidem, “Prayer for the French Republic”
Jessica Lange, “Mother Play”
Rachel McAdams, “Mary Jane”
Sarah Paulson, “Appropriate”
Amy Ryan, “Doubt: A Parable”
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Brody Grant, “The Outsiders”
Jonathan Groff, “Merrily We Roll Along”
Dorian Harewood, “The Notebook”
Brian d’Arcy James, “Days of Wine and Roses”
Eddie Redmayne, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Eden Espinosa, “Lempicka”
Maleah Joi Moon, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Kelli O’Hara, “Days of Wine and Roses”
Maryann Plunkett, “The Notebook”
Gayle Rankin, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Will Brill, “Stereophonic” *WINNER
Eli Gelb, “Stereophonic”
Jim Parsons, “Mother Play”
Tom Pecinka, “Stereophonic”
Corey Stoll, “Appropriate”
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, “Doubt: A Parable”
Juliana Canfield, “Stereophonic”
Celia Keenan-Bolger, “Mother Play”
Sarah Pidgeon, “Stereophonic”
Kara Young, “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch” *WINNER
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Roger Bart, “Back To The Future: The Musical”
Joshua Boone, “The Outsiders”
Brandon Victor Dixon, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Sky Lakota-Lynch, “The Outsiders”
Daniel Radcliffe, “Merrily We Roll Along” *WINNER
Steven Skybell, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Shoshana Bean, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Amber Iman, “Lempicka”
Nikki M. James, “Suffs”
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, “Monty Python’s Spamalot”
Kecia Lewis, “Hell’s Kitchen” *WINNER
Lindsay Mendez, “Merrily We Roll Along”
Bebe Neuwirth, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
Best book of a musical
“Hell’s Kitchen,” Kristoffer Diaz
“The Notebook,” Bekah Brunstetter
“The Outsiders,” Adam Rapp and Justin Levine
“Suffs,” Shaina Taub *WINNER
“Water for Elephants,” Rick Elice
Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre
“Days of Wine and Roses,” Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel
“Here Lies Love,” Music: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Lyrics: David Byrne
“The Outsiders,” Music & Lyrics: Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine
“Stereophonic,” Music & Lyrics: Will Butler
“Suffs,” Music & Lyrics: Shaina Taub *WINNER
Best scenic design of a play
dots, “Appropriate”
dots, “An Enemy of the People”
Derek McLane, “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
David Zinn, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
David Zinn, “Stereophonic” *WINNER
Best scenic design of a musical
AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian, “The Outsiders”
Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Takeshi Kata, “Water for Elephants”
David Korins, “Here Lies Love”
Riccardo Hernández and Peter Nigrini, “Lempicka”
Tim Hatley and Finn Ross, “Back To The Future: The Musical”
Tom Scutt, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club” *WINNER
Best costume design of a play
Dede Ayite, “Appropriate”
Dede Ayite, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” *WINNER
Enver Chakartash, “Stereophonic”
Emilio Sosa, “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
David Zinn, “An Enemy of the People”
Best costume design of a musical
Dede Ayite, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Linda Cho, “The Great Gatsby” *WINNER
David Israel Reynoso, “Water for Elephants”
Tom Scutt, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
Paul Tazewell, “Suffs”
Best lighting design of a play
Isabella Byrd, “An Enemy of the People”
Amith Chandrashaker, “Prayer for the French Republic”
Jiyoun Chang, “Stereophonic”
Jane Cox, “Appropriate” *WINNER
Natasha Katz, “Grey House”
Best lighting design of a musical
Brandon Stirling Baker, “Illinoise”
Isabella Byrd, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
Natasha Katz, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Bradley King and David Bengali, “Water for Elephants”
Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim, “The Outsiders” *WINNER
Best sound design of a play
Justin Ellington and Stefania Bulbarella, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
Leah Gelpe, “Mary Jane”
Tom Gibbons, “Grey House”
Bray Poor and Will Pickens, “Appropriate”
Ryan Rumery, “Stereophonic” *WINNER
Best sound design of a musical
M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, “Here Lies Love”
Kai Harada, “Merrily We Roll Along”
Nick Lidster for Autograph, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
Gareth Owen, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Cody Spencer, “The Outsiders” *WINNER
Best direction of a play
Daniel Aukin, “Stereophonic” *WINNER
Anne Kauffman, “Mary Jane”
Kenny Leon, “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
Lila Neugebauer, “Appropriate”
Whitney White, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
Best direction of a musical
Maria Friedman, “Merrily We Roll Along”
Michael Greif, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Leigh Silverman, “Suffs”
Jessica Stone, “Water for Elephants”
Danya Taymor, “The Outsiders” *WINNER
Best choreography
Annie-B Parson, “Here Lies Love”
Camille A. Brown, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, “The Outsiders”
Justin Peck, “Illinoise” *WINNER
Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, “Water for Elephants”
Best orchestrations
Timo Andres, “Illinoise”
Will Butler and Justin Craig, “Stereophonic”
Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance), “The Outsiders”
Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Jonathan Tunick, “Merrily We Roll Along” *WINNER
