While there might be no small roles in theater, as the saying goes, there were some big winners at the 72nd
Tony Awards.
Stars of stage and screen descended on
Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday for Broadway’s biggest night. Hosted by
Sara Bareilles and
Josh Groban, the awards show celebrated a tremendous year in theater ― the best-attended in Broadway history ― and honored actress Chita Rivera and composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber with Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.
Blockbuster musicals “Mean Girls” and “SpongeBob SquarePants,” led the nominations, with 12 nods each, and revivals “Angels in America” and “Carousel” each had 11 nominations. The buzzy “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” wasn’t far behind and nabbed 10 nominations.
But it was “The Band’s Visit,” an adaptation of the film of the same name about an Egyptian band that gets lost while traveling through Israel, that was the big winner of the night. The musical walked away with 10 awards, nearly sweeping the musical acting categories, as well as scoring trophies for Best Musical, Best Direction, Best Score, and Best Book, among many others.
Check out the complete list of winners below. (Winners are in bold.)
Best Play“The Children”
“Farinelli and The King”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”“Junk”
“Latin History for Morons”
Best Musical“The Band’s Visit”“Frozen”
“Mean Girls”
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Best Revival of a Play“Angels in America”“Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
“Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh”
“Lobby Hero”
“Travesties”
Best Revival of a Musical“My Fair Lady”
“Once On This Island”“Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Best Leading Actor in a PlayAndrew Garfield, “Angels in America”Tom Hollander, “Travesties”
Jamie Parker, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Mark Rylance, “Farinelli and the King”
Denzel Washington, “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Leading Actress in a PlayGlenda Jackson, “Three Tall Women”Condola Rashad, “Saint Joan”
Lauren Ridloff, “Children of a Lesser God”
Amy Schumer, “Meteor Shower”
Best Leading Actor in a MusicalHarry Hadden-Paton, “My Fair Lady”
Joshua Henry, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Tony Shalhoub, “The Band’s Visit”Ethan Slater, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Best Leading Actress in a MusicalLauren Ambrose, “My Fair Lady”
Hailey Kilgore, “Once On This Island”
LaChanze, “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”
Katrina Lenk, “The Band’s Visit”Taylor Louderman, “Mean Girls”
Jessie Mueller, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Best Featured Actor in a PlayAnthony Boyle, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Michael Cera, “Lobby Hero”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Lobby Hero”
Nathan Lane, “Angels in America”David Morse, “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Featured Actress in a PlaySusan Brown, “Angels in America”
Noma Dumezweni, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Deborah Findlay, “The Children”
Denise Gough, “Angels in America”
Laurie Metcalf, “Three Tall Women”
Best Featured Actor in a MusicalNorbert Leo Butz, “My Fair Lady”
Alexander Gemignani, “Carousel”
Grey Henson, “Mean Girls”
Gavin Lee, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Ari’el Stachel, “The Band’s Visit” Best Featured Actress in a MusicalAriana DeBose, “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”
Renée Fleming, “Carousel”
Lindsay Mendez, “Carousel”Ashley Park, “Mean Girls”
Diana Rigg, “My Fair Lady”
Best Direction of a PlayMarianne Elliott, “Angels in America”
Joe Mantello, “Three Tall Women”
Patrick Marber, “Travesties”
John Tiffany, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”George C. Wolfe, “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Direction of a MusicalMichael Arden, “Once on This Island”
David Cromer, “The Band’s Visit”Tina Landau, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Casey Nicholaw, “Mean Girls”
Bartlett Sher, “My Fair Lady”
Best Book of a Musical“The Band’s Visit,” Itamar Moses“Frozen,” Jennifer Lee
“Mean Girls,” Tina Fey
“SpongeBob SquarePants,” Kyle Jarrow
Best Original Score“Angels in America”
“The Band’s Visit” “Frozen”
“Mean Girls”
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Best ChoreographyChristopher Gattelli, “My Fair Lady”
Christopher Gattelli, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Steven Hoggett, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Casey Nicholaw, “Mean Girls”
Justin Peck, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel” Best Costume Design of a PlayJonathan Fensom, “Farinelli and the King”
Nicky Gillibrand, “Angels in America”
Katrina Lindsay, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”Ann Roth, “Three Tall Women”
Ann Roth, “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Costume Design of a MusicalGregg Barnes, “Mean Girls”
Clint Ramos, “Once on This Island”
Ann Roth, “Carousel”
David Zinn, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Catherine Zuber, “My Fair Lady” Best Sound Design of a PlayAdam Cork, “Travesties”
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, “Angels in America”
Gareth Fry, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two” Tom Gibbons, “1984”
Dan Moses Schreier, “Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh”
Best Sound Design of a MusicalKai Harada, “The Band’s Visit”Peter Hylenski, “Once On This Island”
Scott Lehrer, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Brian Ronan, “Mean Girls”
Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Best Lighting Design of a PlayNeil Austin, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two” Paule Constable, “Angels in America”
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, “Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh”
Paul Russell, “Farinelli and The King”
Ben Stanton, “Junk”
Best Lighting Design of a MusicalKevin Adams, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, “Once On This Island”
Donald Holder, “My Fair Lady”
Brian MacDevitt, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Tyler Micoleau, “The Band’s Visit” Best Scenic Design of a Play:Miriam Buether, “Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
Jonathan Fensom, “Farinelli and The King”
Christine Jones, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”Santo Loquasto, “Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh”
Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce, “Angels in America”
Best Scenic Design of a MusicalDane Laffrey, “Once On This Island”
Scott Pask, “The Band’s Visit”
Scott Pask, Finn Ross & Adam Young, “Mean Girls”
Michael Yeargan, “My Fair Lady”
David Zinn, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical” Best OrchestrationsJohn Clancy, “Mean Girls”
Tom Kitt, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Annmarie Milazzo & Michael Starobin, “Once On This Island”
Jamshied Sharifi, “The Band’s Visit” Jonathan Tunick, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”