2023 Tony Awards winners and full list of this year’s Tony Award nominations

2023 Tony Award winners and nominations list

The 2023 Tony Award were this weekend – here’s a full list of the nominations and all the winners!

The 76th Annual Tony Award nominations were revealed in New York earlier this year by Lea Michele and Myles Frost.

The ceremony on Sunday night (11 June) celebrated the best musicals and plays from the 2022/2023 Broadway season.

Tony nominee and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose was back to host the awards for a second year, live from United Palace in Washington Heights.

Leading the nominations was Some Like It Hot with 13 nods while & Juliet, New York, New York and Shucked have nine each. Kimberly Akimbo and Sweeney Todd each picked up eight nominations while leading plays Ain’t No Mo, A Dolls House and Leopoldstadt each had six nominations.

See the full list of this year’s Tony Award nominations and all the winners below…

Tony Awards 2023 winners and nominations

Best New Musical

Kimberly Akimbo – WINNER
& Juliet
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot

 

Best New Play

Leopoldstadt – WINNER
Ain’t No Mo’
Between Riverside And Crazy
Cost Of Living
Fat Ham

 

Best Revival of a Play

Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog – WINNER
August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
A Doll’s House
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window

 

Best Revival of a Musical

Parade – WINNER
Into the Woods
Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Sean Hayes for Good Night, Oscar – WINNER
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II for Topdog/Underdog
Corey Hawkins for Topdog/Underdog
Stephen McKinley Henderson for Between Riverside and Crazy
Wendell Pierce for Death of a Salesman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Jodie Comer for Prima Facie – WINNER
Jessica Chastain for A Doll’s House
Jessica Hecht for Summer for 1976
Audra McDonald for Ohio State Murders

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

J. Harrison Ghee for Some Like It Hot – WINNER
Christian Borle for Some Like It Hot
Josh Groban for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Brian d’Arcy James for Into the Woods
Ben Platt for Parade
Colton Ryan for New York, New York

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Victoria Clark for Kimberly Akimbo – WINNER
Annaleigh Ashford for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Sara Bareilles for Into The Woods
Lorna Courtney for &Juliet
Micaela Diamond for Parade

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Brandon Uranowitz for Leopoldstadt – WINNER
Jordan E. Cooper for Ain’t No Mo’
Samuel L. Jackson for August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Arian Moayed for A Doll’s House
David Zayas for Cost of Living

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Miriam Silverman for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window – WINNER
Nikki Crawford for Fat Ham
Crystal Lucas-Perry for Ain’t No Mo’
Katy Sullivan for Cost of Living
Kara Young for Cost of Living

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Alex Newell for Shucked – WINNER
Kevin Cahoon for Shucked
Justin Cooley for Kimberly Akimbo
Kevin Del Aguila for Some Like It Hot
Jordan Donica for Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Bonnie Milligan for Kimberly Akimbo – WINNER
Julia Lester for Into the Woods
Ruthie Ann Miles for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
NaTasha Yvette Williams for Some Like It Hot
Betsy Wolfe for & Juliet

 

Best Direction of a Play

Patrick Marber for Leopoldstadt – WINNER
Saheem Ali for Fat Ham
Jo Bonney for Cost of Living
Jamie Lloyd for A Doll’s House
Stevie Walker-Webb for Ain’t No Mo’
Max Webster for Life of Pi

 

Best Direction of a Musical

Michael Arden for Parade – WINNER
Lear deBessonet for Into the Woods
Casey Nicholaw for Some Like It Hot
Jack O’Brien for Shucked
Jessica Stone for Kimberly Akimbo

 

Best Book of a Musical

Kimberly Akimbo – David Lindsay-Abaire – WINNER
& Juliet – David West Read
New York, New York – David Thompson & Sharon Washington
Shucked – Robert Horn
Some Like It Hot – Matthew López & Amber Ruffin

 

Best Original Score

Kimberly Akimbo – Jeanine Tesori & David Lindsay-Abaire – WINNER
Almost Famous – Tom Kitt & Cameron Crowe & Tom Kitt
KPOP – Helen Park & Max Vernon
Shucked – Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally
Some Like It Hot – Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman

 

Best Choreography

Casey Nicholaw for Some Like It Hot – WINNER
Steven Hoggett for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Susan Stroman for New York, New York
Jennifer Weber for & Juliet
Jennifer Weber for KPOP

 

Best Orchestrations

Charlie Rosen & Bryan Carter for Some Like It Hot – WINNER
Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro for & Juliet
John Clancy for Kimberly Akimbo
Jason Howland for Shucked
Daryl Waters & Sam Davis for New York, New York

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Beowulf Boritt for New York, New York – WINNER
Mimi Lien for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Michael Yeargan & 59 Productions for Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Scott Pask for Shucked
Scott Pask for Some Like It Hot

 

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Tim Hatley & Andrzej Goulding for Life of Pi – WINNER
Miriam Buether for Prima Facie
Rachel Hauck for Good Night, Oscar
Richard Hudson for Leopoldstadt
Dane Laffrey & Lucy Mackinnon for A Christmas Carol

 

Best Costume Design of a Play

Brigitte Reiffenstuel for Leopoldstadt – WINNER
Tim Hatley for Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell for Life of Pi
Dominique Fawn Hill for Fat Ham
Emilio Sosa for Ain’t No Mo’
Emilio Sosa for Good Night for Oscar

 

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes for Some Like It Hot – WINNER
Susan Hilferty for Parade
Jennifer Moeller for Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Clint Ramos & Sophia Choi for KPOP
Paloma Young for & Juliet
Donna Zakowska for New York, New York

 

Best Sound Design of a Play

Carolyn Downing for Life of Pi – WINNER
Jonathan Deans & Taylor Williams for Ain’t No Mo’
Joshua D. Reid for A Christmas Carol
Ben & Max Ringham for A Doll’s House
Ben & Max Ringham for Prima Facie

 

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Nevin Steinberg for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – WINNER
Kai Harada for New York, New York
John Shivers for Shucked
Scott Lehrer & Alex Neumann for Into the Woods
Gareth Owen for & Juliet

 

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Tim Lutkin for Life of Pi – WINNER
Neil Austin for Leopoldstadt
Natasha Chivers for Prima Facie
Jon Clark for A Doll’s House
Bradley King for Fat Ham
Jen Schriever for Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Ben Stanton for A Christmas Carol

 

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – WINNER
Ken Billington for New York, New York
Lap Chi Chu for Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Heather Gilbert for Parade
Howard Hudson for & Juliet
Natasha Katz for Some Like It Hot

About the author: Jessica White

Recent University graduate Jessica is the newest writer for Stageberry. She's over the moon to be sharing her theatre knowledge and passion for musicals with the online world.

 

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