Tony Awards 2018: Complete list of winners
The 2018 Tony Awards celebrated the best of theater in New York City. This year’s winners may not be on the tip of your tongue but they left an impression.
The 2018 Tony Awards brought together the New York theater community. With Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles hosting this year’s award ceremony, the upbeat, well-run production didn’t have too many hiccups. While many big name, popular productions were nominated, the poignant, more impactful pieces of theater won the awards.
While not necessarily a surprise, but somewhat telling of today’s violate atmosphere, the most winning production wasn’t the biggest show on Broadway. The shows with the star power, name recognition and panache didn’t walk away with the statues. Instead, the musical with the story that maybe the home television had never heard of, was all over the award show broadcast.
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 10: (L-R) Tony Kushner, Jordan Roth, Rowan Ian Seamus Magee, Susan Brown, Rufus Norris and Lisa Burger, of “Angels in America,” pose in the 72nd Annual Tony Awards Media Room at 3 West Club on June 10, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Below is a complete list of this year’s Tony Awards winners, with winners in bold.
Best Musical
The Band’s Visit (Winner)
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical
Best Play
The Children
Farinelli and The King
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two (Winner)
Junk
Latin History for Morons
Best Revival of a Musical
My Fair Lady
Once On This Island (Winner)
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Best Revival of a Play
Angels in America (Winner)
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Lobby Hero
Travesties
Best Actress in a Musical
Lauren Ambrose – My Fair Lady
Hailey Kilgore – Once On This Island
LaChanze – Summer
Katrina Lenk – The Band’s Visit (Winner)
Taylor Louderman – Mean Girls
Jessie Mueller – Carousel
Best Actor in a Musical
Harry Hadden-Paton – My Fair Lady
Joshua Henry – Carousel
Tony Shalhoub – The Band’s Visit (Winner)
Ethan Slater – SpongeBob SquarePants
Best Actress in a Play
Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women (Winner)
Condola Rashad – Saint Joan
Lauren Ridloff – Children of a Lesser God
Amy Schumer – Meteor Shower
Best Actor in a Play
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America (Winner)
Tom Hollander – Travesties
Jamie Parker – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Mark Rylance – Farinelli and the King
Denzel Washington – Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Book of a Musical
Jennifer Lee – Frozen
Tina Fey – Mean Girls
Kyle Jarrow – SpongeBob SquarePants
Itamar Moses – The Band’s Visit (Winner)
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for Theatre
Angels in America
The Band’s Visit (Winner)
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ariana DeBose – Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Renée Fleming – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Lindsay Mendez – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel (Winner)
Ashley Park – Mean Girls
Diana Rigg – My Fair Lady
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz – My Fair Lady
Alexander Gemignani – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Grey Henson – Mean Girls
Gavin Lee – SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Ari’el Stachel – The Band’s Visit (Winner)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Susan Brown – Angels in America
Noma Dumezweni – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Deborah Findlay – The Children
Denise Gough – Angels in America
Laurie Metcalf – Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women (Winner)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Anthony Boyle – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Michael Cera – Lobby Hero
Brian Tyree Henry – Lobby Hero
Nathan Lane – Angels in America (Winner)
David Morse – Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce – Angels in America
Santo Loquasto – Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
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 (Winner)
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Scott Pask – The Band’s Visit
Scott Pask, Finn Ross, and Adam Young, Mean Girls
Michael Yeargan – My Fair Lady
Dane Laffrey – Once On This Island
David Zinn – SpongeBob SquarePants (Winner)
Best Costume Design of a Play
Jonathan Fensom – Fanellli and the Kind
Nicky Gillibran – Angels in America
Kathrina Lindsay – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two (Winner)
Ann Roth – Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Ann Roth – Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Green Barnes – Mean Girls
Clint Ramos – Once Upon This Island
Ann Roth – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
David Zinn – SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Catherine Zuber – My Fair Lady (Winner)
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two (Winner)
Paule Constable – Angels in America
Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer – Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Paul Russell – Farinelli and The King
Ben Stanton – Junk
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams – SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer – Once On This Island
Donald Holder – My Fair Lady
Brian MacDevitt – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
Tyler Micoleau – The Band’s Visit (Winner)
Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliot – Angels in America
Joe Mantello – Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Patrick Marber – Travesties
John Tiffany – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two (Winner)
George C. Wolfe – Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden – Once On This Island
David Cromer – The Band’s Visit (Winner)
Tina Landau – SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Casey Nicholaw – Mean Girls
Bartlett Sher – My Fair Lady
Best Choreography
Christopher Gattelli – My Fair Lady
Christopher Gattelli – SpongeBob SquarePants
Steven Hoggett – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Casey Nicholaw – Mean Girls
Justin Peck – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel (Winner)
Best Orchestrations
John Clancy – Mean Girls
AnnMarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin – Once On This Island
Jonathan Tunick – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Tom Kitt – SpongeBob SquarePants
Jamshied Sharifi – The Band’s Visit (Winner)
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What was your favorite big win from this year’s Tony Awards?