Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose hosted THE 77TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® for the third time, from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on Sunday, June 16 on CBS.
DeBose hosted the 76TH and 75TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, the latter for which she earned an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Variety Special. DeBose also serves as producer and choreograph the opening number for this year’s show.
Best Musical
The Outsiders (WINNER)
Best Play
Stereophonic, Author: David Adjmi
Best Revival of a Play
Appropriate, Author: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Best Revival of a Musical
Merrily We Roll Along
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Jeremy Strong, An Enemy of the People
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Sarah Paulson, Appropriate
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Will Brill, Stereophonic
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Kecia Lewis, Hell’s Kitchen
Best Direction of a Play
Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic
Best Direction of a Musical
Danya Taymor, The Outsiders
Best Book of a Musical
Suffs, Shaina Taub
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Suffs, Music & Lyrics: Shaina Taub
Best Choreography
Justin Peck, Illinoise
Best Orchestrations
Jonathan Tunick, Merrily We Roll Along