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Benjamin Lee

Tony awards 2023: full list of winners

Suzan-Lori Parks accepts the award for best revival of a play
Suzan-Lori Parks accepts the award for best revival of a play Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Best musical
& Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo – WINNER!
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 – WINNER!
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 – WINNER!
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 – WINNER!

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie – WINNER!
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 – WINNER!
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 – WINNER!
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best book of a musical
& Juliet – David West Read
Kimberly Akimbo – David Lindsay-Abaire – WINNER!
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 – WINNER!

Best revival of a play
The Piano Lesson
A Doll’s House
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Topdog/Underdog – WINNER!

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 – WINNER!
Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living
Kara Young, Cost of Living

Best direction of a musical
Michael Arden, Parade – WINNER!

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 – WINNER!
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 – WINNER!
NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot
Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet

Brandon Uranowitz
Brandon Uranowitz Photograph: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Jordan E Cooper, Ain’t No Mo’
Samuel L Jackson, The Piano Lesson
Arian Moayed, A Doll’s House
Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt – WINNER!
David Zayas, Cost of Living

Best scenic design of a play
Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi – WINNER!
Rachel Hauck, Good Night, Oscar
Richard Hudson, Leopoldstadt
Dane Laffrey and Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol

Best scenic design of a musical
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York – WINNER!

Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Michael Yeargan and 59 Productions, Camelot
Scott Pask, Shucked
Scott Pask, Some Like It Hot

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

Best costume design of a musical
Gregg Barnes,
Some Like It Hot – WINNER!
Susan Hilferty, Parade
Jennifer Moeller, Camelot
Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi, KPOP
Paloma Young, & Juliet
Donna Zakowska, New York, New York

Best costume design of a play
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, Life of Pi
Dominique Fawn Hill, Fat Ham
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt – WINNER!
Emilio Sosa, Ain’t No Mo’
Emilio Sosa, Good Night, Oscar

Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre
Almost Famous – music: Tom Kitt, lyrics: Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt
Kimberly Akimbo – music: Jeanine Tesori, lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire – WINNER!
KPOP – music and lyrics: Helen Park and Max Vernon
Shucked – music and lyrics: Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark
Some Like It Hot – music and lyrics: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman

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

Best lighting design of a play
Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt
Natasha Chivers, Prima Facie
Jon Clark, A Doll’s House
Bradley King, Fat Ham
Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi – WINNER!
Jen Schriever, Death of a Salesman
Ben Stanton, A Christmas Carol

Best lighting design of a musical
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Lap Chi Chu, Camelot
Heather Gilbert, Parade
Howard Hudson, & Juliet
Natasha Katz, Some Like It Hot
Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – WINNER!

Best sound design of a play
Jonathan Deans and Taylor Williams, Ain’t No Mo’
Carolyn Downing, Life of Pi – WINNER!
Joshua D Reid, A Christmas Carol
Ben and Max Ringham, A Doll’s House
Ben and Max Ringham, Prima Facie

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

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