The 64th annual Tony Awards was held last night, with the big winner of the night being new musical ‘Kinky Boots.’
The musical walked away with awards for best musical, best original score, best sound design, and best performance by an actor in a leading role.
Cyndi Lauper somposed the songs and Harvey Feinstein produced the musical that’s based off the true story of a young businessman and a drag queen join forces to save a struggling shoe factory in England.
Other big winners of the night include ‘Matilda,’ ‘Pippin,’ and ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.’
Women also dominated the list of award winners, with Cyndi Lauper, Cicely Tyson, Diane Paulus, and Pam MacKinnon taking home awards, the latter two for directing.
With Neil Patrick Harris hosting for the fourth time, the awards show was a delight, both funny and smart; a treat that no one should’ve missed.
List of winners:
Best Play: “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
Best Musical: “Kinky Boots”
Best Book of a Musical: ”Matilda the Musical”
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: “Kinky Boots”
Best Revival of a Play: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Best Revival of a Musical: “Pippin”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Tracy Letts, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Cicely Tyson, “The Trip to Bountiful”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Billy Porter, “Kinky Boots”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Patina Miller, “Pippin”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Courtney B. Vance, “Lucky Guy”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Judith Light, “The Assembled Parties”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Gabriel Ebert, “Matilda The Musical”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Andrea Martin, “Pippin”
Best Direction of a Play: Pam MacKinnon, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Best Direction of a Musical: Diane Paulus, “Pippin”
Best Choreography: Jerry Mitchell, “Kinky Boots”
Best Orchestrations: Stephen Oremus, “Kinky Boots”
Best Scenic Design of a Play: John Lee Beatty, “The Nance”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Rob Howell, “Matilda the Musical”
Best Costume Design of a Play: Ann Roth, “The Nance”
Best Costume Design of a Musical: William Ivey Long, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella”
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, “Lucky Guy”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Hugh Vanstone, “Matilda the Musical”
Best Sound Design of a Play: Leon Rothenberg, “The Nance”
Best Sound Design of a Musical: John Shivers, “Kinky Boots”
