The 78th annual Tony Awards was hosted by Cynthia Erivo on Sunday in New York City. Succession star Sarah Snook took home the Tony Award trophy for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her work in The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Kara Young became the first Black person to win two Tonys consecutively. The nominations across 26 competitive categories were announced on May 1.
Tony Awards 2025 – Key Winners List
Best Play
Winner: Purpose
Best Musical
Winner: Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Best Revival of a Play
Winner: Eureka Day
Best Revival of a Musical
Winner: Gypsy
Best Book of a Musical
Winner: Maybe Happy Ending
Best Original Score
Winner: Maybe Happy Ending
Lead Acting Awards
Best Actress in a Play
Sarah Snook – The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Actor in a Play
Cole Escola – Oh, Mary!
Best Actress in a Musical
Audra McDonald – Gypsy
Best Actor in a Musical
Jeremy Jordan – Floyd Collins
Featured Acting Awards
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Kara Young – Purpose
(First Black person to win back-to-back Tonys)
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Francis Jue – Yellow Face
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Natalie Venetia Belcon – Buena Vista Social Club
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Jak Malone – Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Design & Direction
Scenic Design (Play):
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Scenic Design (Musical):
Maybe Happy Ending
Costume Design (Play):
Marg Horwell – The Picture of Dorian Gray
Costume Design (Musical):
Paul Tazewell – Death Becomes Her
Lighting Design (Play):
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Lighting Design (Musical):
Sunset Blvd.
Sound Design (Play):
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Sound Design (Musical):
Buena Vista Social Club
Direction (Play):
Sam Pinkleton – Oh, Mary!
Direction (Musical):
Michael Arden – Maybe Happy Ending
Choreography:
Buena Vista Social Club
Orchestrations:
Buena Vista Social Club
