The 78th Tony Awards were held on June8, 2025, to recognize excellence in Broadway productions during the 2024–25 season. The ceremony took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and was broadcast on CBS, with streaming available on Paramount+ and Pluto TV. The show was hosted by Cynthia Erivo.
The musicals Death Becomes Her, Buena Vista Social Club, and Maybe Happy Ending led the field with ten nominations each. Maybe Happy Ending emerged as the night's most-awarded production, winning six Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for Darren Criss. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play Purpose won Best Play.
Other top acting honors went to Nicole Scherzinger (Best Actress in a Musical), Cole Escola (Best Actor in a Play), and Sarah Snook (Best Actress in a Play).
Ceremony information Pluto TV streamed the pre-ceremony broadcast The Tony Awards: Act One, hosted by Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry. Brian Stokes Mitchell served as the announcer.
Cynthia Erivo served as host. Following the ceremony, NPR praised her comedy, the Associated Press described her as an "amiable host", and Deadline called her "absolutely flawless". Vulture praised her opening number, noting she had "a really smart strategy...: joking to a minimum (not her strong suit), vocals on max (there’s no one better)".
The ceremony opened with a brief sketch of Erivo walking from her dressing room to the stage, while various people advise her on what she should do for the opening number, before Oprah Winfrey advises her to be herself. Upon reaching the stage, Erivo sang "Sometimes All You Need Is a Song", an original piece written by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul which referenced various nominees. She was joined by the Broadway Inspirational Voices choir partway through the number.
Erivo and Sara Bareilles performed a duet of "Tomorrow" for the In Memoriam section of the ceremony. The original cast of Hamilton also performed a medley of eight songs from the show in honor of the musical's 10th anniversary, choosing to wear all-black rather than their original costumes. The closing number was an adapted version of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," with lyrics changed to reference events of the night.
Eligibility The Tony Awards eligibility dates for the 2024–2025 Broadway season were April 29, 2024, through April 27, 2025. Productions were also required to meet all other eligibility criteria as set forth by the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League. There are 41 legitimate Broadway-eligible theaters in which a production must be performed in to attain eligibility for award consideration. Nominations for the 2025 Tony Awards were announced on May 1, 2025.
Original plays All In: Comedy About Love Cult of Love English Good Night, and Good Luck The Hills of California Job John Proctor Is the Villain Left on Tenth McNeal Oh, Mary! The Picture of Dorian Gray Purpose The Roommate Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Original musicals A Wonderful World Boop! The Musical Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Just in Time Maybe Happy Ending Operation Mincemeat Real Women Have Curves Redwood Smash Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends Swept Away Tammy Faye
Play revivals Eureka Day Glengarry Glen Ross Home Othello Thornton Wilder's Our Town Romeo + Juliet Yellow Face
Musical revivals Elf Floyd Collins Gypsy The Last Five Years Once Upon a Mattress Pirates! The Penzance Musical Sunset Boulevard
Winners and nominees The nominees for the 78th Tony Awards were announced on May 1, 2025, at 8:30am EDT by Wendell Pierce and Sarah Paulson. The winners were announced on June 8, 2025. The ceremony was hosted by Cynthia Erivo. The awards were largely spread out across various shows, with no one show "sweeping" the awards. Vulture criticized the choice to exclude some awards from the main ceremony, including Best Book, Best Score and Harvey Fierstein's acceptance of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Purpose, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, won Best Play. Jacobs-Jenkins had received Best Revival of a Play for his play Appropriate at the 77th Tony Awards. Maybe Happy Ending received six awards including Best Musical, while its director Michael Arden won Best Direction of a Musical and Darren Criss won Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Oliver, the first Asian-American man to do so. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard won Best Revival of a Musical with Nicole Scherzinger winning Leading Actress in a Musical, the second Asian-American woman to do so. Paul Tazewell won Best Costume Design in a Musical for his work in Death Becomes Her. Actors who won on their Broadway debut included Sarah Snook who won Best Actress in a Play for her 26 roles in The Picture of Dorian Gray, most notably Dorian Gray, and Jak Malone, who won Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in Operation Mincemeat as Hester Leggatt.
Other winners included Cole Escola who won Best Actor in a Play for their role in Oh, Mary! as Mary Todd Lincoln and Kara Young who won Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Purpose as Aziza Houston. Escola was the first non-binary actor to win the category, while Young became the first Black actor to win a Tony Award in two consecutive years. Francis Jue won Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his role in Yellow Face, and said in his acceptance speech that 20 years prior, "he was gifted his tuxedo from another Asian actor who wanted him to wear it to the Tonys". Jue was the second Asian-American man to win the category, the first being B.D. Wong for M. Butterfly in 1988.
In an upset to some critics, the revival of Gypsy, headed by Audra McDonald, who is the most awarded performer in Tony history, did not win a single award. Additionally, Death Becomes Her, which tied for most nominated with ten nominations, won only a single award for costuming.
Awards Best Play ‡Best Musical ‡ Purpose English The Hills of California John Proctor Is the Villain Oh, Mary!Maybe Happy Ending Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Operation MincemeatBest Revival of a Play ‡Best Revival of a Musical ‡Eureka Day Thornton Wilder's Our Town Romeo + Juliet Yellow FaceSunset Boulevard Floyd Collins Gypsy Pirates! The Penzance MusicalBest Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a PlayCole Escola – Oh, Mary! as Mary Todd Lincoln George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck as Edward R. Murrow Jon Michael Hill – Purpose as Nazareth "Naz" Jasper Daniel Dae Kim – Yellow Face as DHH Harry Lennix – Purpose as Solomon "Sonny" Jasper Louis McCartney – Stranger Things: The First Shadow as Henry CreelSarah Snook – The Picture of Dorian Gray as Dorian Gray, et al. Laura Donnelly – The Hills of California as Veronica / Joan Mia Farrow – The Roommate as Sharon LaTanya Richardson Jackson – Purpose as Claudine Jasper Sadie Sink – John Proctor Is the Villain as Shelby HolcombBest Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a MusicalDarren Criss – Maybe Happy Ending as Oliver Andrew Durand – Dead Outlaw as Elmer McCurdy Tom Francis – Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis Jonathan Groff – Just in Time as Bobby Darin James Monroe Iglehart – A Wonderful World as Louis Armstrong Jeremy Jordan – Floyd Collins as Floyd CollinsNicole Scherzinger – Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond Megan Hilty – Death Becomes Her as Madeline Ashton Audra McDonald – Gypsy as Rose Jasmine Amy Rogers – Boop! The Musical as Betty Boop Jennifer Simard – Death Becomes Her as Helen SharpBest Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a PlayFrancis Jue – Yellow Face as HYH, et al. Glenn Davis – Purpose as Solomon "Junior" Jasper Gabriel Ebert – John Proctor Is the Villain as Mr. Carter Smith Bob Odenkirk – Glengarry Glen Ross as Shelly Levene Conrad Ricamora – Oh, Mary! as Mary's HusbandKara Young – Purpose as Aziza Houston Tala Ashe – English as Elham Jessica Hecht – Eureka Day as Suzanne Marjan Neshat – English as Marjan Fina Strazza – John Proctor Is the Villain as Beth PowellBest Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Jak Malone – Operation Mincemeat as Hester Leggatt and others Brooks Ashmanskas – Smash as Nigel Davies Jeb Brown – Dead Outlaw as Bandleader / Walter Jarrett Danny Burstein – Gypsy as Herbie Taylor Trensch – Floyd Collins as Skeets MillerNatalie Venetia Belcon – Buena Vista Social Club as Omara Portuondo (adult) Julia Knitel – Dead Outlaw as Helen McCurdy / Maggie Johnson / Millicent Esper Gracie Lawrence – Just in Time as Connie Francis Justina Machado – Real Women Have Curves as Carmen Garcia Joy Woods – Gypsy as LouiseBest Direction of a PlayBest Direction of a MusicalSam Pinkleton – Oh, Mary! Knud Adams – English Sam Mendes – The Hills of California Danya Taymor – John Proctor Is the Villain Kip Williams – The Picture of Dorian GrayMichael Arden – Maybe Happy Ending Saheem Ali – Buena Vista Social Club David Cromer – Dead Outlaw Christopher Gattelli – Death Becomes Her Jamie Lloyd – Sunset BoulevardBest Book of a MusicalBest Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreWill Aronson and Hue Park – Maybe Happy Ending David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts – Operation Mincemeat Itamar Moses – Dead Outlaw Marco Pennette – Death Becomes Her Marco Ramirez – Buena Vista Social ClubMaybe Happy Ending – Will Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (lyrics) Dead Outlaw – Erik Della Penna and David Yazbek (music and lyrics) Death Becomes Her – Noel Carey and Julia Mattison (music and lyrics) Operation Mincemeat – David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts (music and lyrics) Real Women Have Curves – Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez (music and lyrics)Best Scenic Design of a PlayBest Scenic Design of a MusicalMiriam Buether and 59 Productions – Stranger Things: The First Shadow David Bergman and Marg Horwell – The Picture of Dorian Gray Marsha Ginsberg – English Rob Howell – The Hills of California Scott Pask – Good Night, and Good LuckDane Laffrey and George Reeve – Maybe Happy Ending Rachel Hauck – Swept Away Arnulfo Maldonado – Buena Vista Social Club Derek McLane – Death Becomes Her Derek McLane – Just in TimeBest Costume Design of a PlayBest Costume Design of a MusicalMarg Horwell – The Picture of Dorian Gray Brenda Abbandandolo – Good Night, and Good Luck Rob Howell – The Hills of California Holly Pierson – Oh, Mary! Brigitte Reiffenstuel – Stranger Things: The First ShadowPaul Tazewell – Death Becomes Her Dede Ayite – Buena Vista Social Club Gregg Barnes – Boop! The Musical Clint Ramos – Maybe Happy Ending Catherine Zuber – Just in TimeBest Lighting Design of a PlayBest Lighting Design of a MusicalJon Clark – Stranger Things: The First Shadow David Bengali and Heather Gilbert – Good Night, and Good Luck Natasha Chivers – The Hills of California Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski – John Proctor Is the Villain Nick Schlieper – The Picture of Dorian GrayJack Knowles – Sunset Boulevard Tyler Micoleau – Buena Vista Social Club Ben Stanton – Maybe Happy Ending Ruey Horng Sun and Scott Zielinski – Floyd Collins Justin Townsend – Death Becomes HerBest Sound Design of a PlayBest Sound Design of a MusicalPaul Arditti – Stranger Things: The First Shadow Palmer Hefferan – John Proctor Is the Villain Daniel Kluger – Good Night, and Good Luck Nick Powell – The Hills of California Clemence Williams – The Picture of Dorian GrayJonathan Deans – Buena Vista Social Club Adam Fisher – Sunset Boulevard Peter Hylenski – Just in Time Peter Hylenski – Maybe Happy Ending Dan Moses Schreier – Floyd CollinsBest ChoreographyBest OrchestrationsPatricia Delgado and Justin Peck – Buena Vista Social Club Joshua Bergasse – Smash Camille A. Brown – Gypsy Christopher Gattelli – Death Becomes Her