This year's historic Tony Awards saw significant wins despite almost being postponed due to the ongoing writers’ strike.
The night also witnessed history with two non-binary Tony Award winners. J Harrison Ghee won best actor in leading role in a musical for Some Like It Hot, while Alex Newell earned the award for best featured actor for their part in Shucked.
Jodie Comer once again impressed judges with her acting skills, this time for her one-woman Broadway show Prime Facie.
This year's ceremony was almost postponed, but a deal on May 15 ensured that the night would not be picketed as long as it was unscripted.
Despite the deal, the Writers Guild of America reportedly continued to ask nominated members not to attend.
The strike prevented Lin-Manuel Miranda from continuing to create the song he had been commissioned to write for the event, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Broadway’s biggest night of the year was hosted by Ariana DeBose, who opened the show referencing the strike with a performance where she flipped through empty pages in a binder labelled “script” in a dressing room.
“We don’t have a script you guys. I am live and unscripted. You’re welcome.”
Winners - full list
Best musical
& Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo
New York, New York
Shucked, Some Like It Hot
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog
Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy
Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Lorna Courtney, & Juliet
Micaela Diamond, Parade
Best play
Ain’t No Mo’ by Jordan E Cooper
Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Cost of Living by Martyna Majok
Fat Ham by James Ijames
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Christian Borle, Some Like It Hot
J Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Brian d’Arcy James, Into the Woods
Ben Platt, Parade
Colton Ryan, New York, New York
Best revival of a musical
Into the Woods
Camelot
Parade
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best book of a musical
& Juliet – David West Read
Kimberly Akimbo – David Lindsay-Abaire
New York, New York – David Thompson and Sharon Washington
Shucked – Robert Horn
Some Like It Hot – Matthew López and Amber Ruffin
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Kevin Cahoon, Shucked
Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo
Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like It Hot
Jordan Donica, Camelot
Alex Newell, Shucked
Best revival of a play
The Piano Lesson
A Doll’s House
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Topdog/Underdog
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Nikki Crawford, Fat Ham
Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo’
Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living
Kara Young, Cost of Living
Best direction of a musical
Michael Arden, Parade
Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Jack O’Brien, Shucked
Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo
Best direction of a play
Saheem Ali, Fat Ham
Jo Bonney, Cost of Living
Jamie Lloyd, A Doll’s House
Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt
Stevie Walker-Webb, Ain’t No Mo’
Max Webster, Life of Pi
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Julia Lester, Into the Woods
Ruthie Ann Miles, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo
Natasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot
Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet
