78th Tony Awards

78th Tony Awards
Date	June 8, 2025
Venue	Radio City Music Hall
Hosted by	Cynthia Erivo
Most nominations	Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending (10)
Website	tonyawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS Paramount+
Produced by	Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss
Directed by	Glenn Weiss

The 78th Tony Awards will be held on June 8, 2025, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2024–25 season. The ceremony will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and airing on CBS. The ceremony will be hosted by Cynthia Erivo.

Eligibility

The Tony Awards eligibility dates for the 2024-2025 Broadway season are April 29, 2024, through April 27, 2025. Productions must meet all other eligibility requirements 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

Nominations

The nominees for the 78th Tony Awards were announced on May 1, 2025 at 8:30am EST by Wendell Pierce and Sarah Paulson.

Best Play ‡	Best Musical ‡
English The Hills of California John Proctor Is the Villain Oh, Mary! Purpose	Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Maybe Happy Ending Operation Mincemeat
Best Revival of a Play ‡	Best Revival of a Musical ‡
Eureka Day Thornton Wilder's Our Town Romeo + Juliet Yellow Face	Floyd Collins Gypsy Pirates! The Penzance Musical Sunset Boulevard
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck as Edward R. Murrow Cole Escola – Oh, Mary! as Mary Todd Lincoln 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 Creel	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 Holcomb Sarah Snook – The Picture of Dorian Gray as Dorian Gray, et al.
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Darren 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 Collins	Megan Hilty – Death Becomes Her as Madeline Ashton Audra McDonald – Gypsy as Rose Jasmine Amy Rogers – Boop! The Musical as Betty Boop Nicole Scherzinger – Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond Jennifer Simard – Death Becomes Her as Helen Sharp
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Glenn Davis – Purpose as Solomon "Junior" Jasper Gabriel Ebert – John Proctor Is the Villain as Mr. Carter Smith Francis Jue – Yellow Face as HYH, et al. Bob Odenkirk – Glengarry Glen Ross as Shelly Levene Conrad Ricamora – Oh, Mary! as Mary's Husband	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 Powell Kara Young – Purpose as Aziza Jasper
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Brooks Ashmanskas – Smash as Nigel Davies Jeb Brown – Dead Outlaw as Bandleader / Walter Jarrett Danny Burstein – Gypsy as Herbie Jak Malone – Operation Mincemeat as Hester Leggatt and Others Taylor Trensch – Floyd Collins as Skeets Miller	Natalie 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 Louise
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Knud Adams – English Sam Mendes – The Hills of California Sam Pinkleton – Oh, Mary! Danya Taymor – John Proctor Is the Villain Kip Williams – The Picture of Dorian Gray	Saheem Ali – Buena Vista Social Club Michael Arden – Maybe Happy Ending David Cromer – Dead Outlaw Christopher Gattelli – Death Becomes Her Jamie Lloyd – Sunset Boulevard
Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Will 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 Club	Dead Outlaw – Erik Della Penna and David Yazbek (music and lyrics) Death Becomes Her – Noel Carey and Julia Mattison (music and lyrics) Maybe Happy Ending – Will Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (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 Play	Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Bergman and Marg Horwell – The Picture of Dorian Gray Miriam Buether and 59 Productions – Stranger Things: The First Shadow Marsha Ginsberg – English Rob Howell – The Hills of California Scott Pask – Good Night, and Good Luck	Rachel Hauck – Swept Away Dane Laffrey and George Reeve – Maybe Happy Ending Arnulfo Maldonado – Buena Vista Social Club Derek McLane – Death Becomes Her Derek McLane – Just in Time
Best Costume Design of a Play	Best Costume Design of a Musical
Brenda Abbandandolo – Good Night, and Good Luck Marg Horwell – The Picture of Dorian Gray Rob Howell – The Hills of California Holly Pierson – Oh, Mary! Brigitte Reiffenstuel – Stranger Things: The First Shadow	Dede Ayite – Buena Vista Social Club Gregg Barnes – Boop! The Musical Clint Ramos – Maybe Happy Ending Paul Tazewell – Death Becomes Her Catherine Zuber – Just in Time
Best Lighting Design of a Play	Best Lighting Design of a Musical
David Bengali and Heather Gilbert – Good Night, and Good Luck Natasha Chivers – The Hills of California Jon Clark – Stranger Things: The First Shadow Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski – John Proctor Is the Villain Nick Schlieper – The Picture of Dorian Gray	Jack 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 Her
Best Sound Design of a Play	Best Sound Design of a Musical
Paul 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 Gray	Jonathan Deans – Buena Vista Social Club Adam Fisher – Sunset Boulevard Peter Hylenski – Just in Time Peter Hylenski – Maybe Happy Ending Dan Moses Schreier – Floyd Collins
Best Choreography	Best Orchestrations
Joshua Bergasse – Smash Camille A. Brown – Gypsy Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck – Buena Vista Social Club Christopher Gattelli – Death Becomes Her Jerry Mitchell – Boop! The Musical	Will Aronson – Maybe Happy Ending Bruce Coughlin – Floyd Collins David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber – Sunset Boulevard Marco Paguia – Buena Vista Social Club Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber – Just in Time

‡ The award is presented to the producer(s) of the musical or play.

Non-competitive awards

Those being recognized with non-competitive awards are below.

• Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
  • Harvey Fierstein
• Isabelle Stevenson Award
  • Celia Keenan-Bolger
• Special Tony Award
  • "The musicians who make up the band of Buena Vista Social Club – Marco Paguia (music director, conductor/piano); David Oquendo (associate music director, guitar); Renesito Avich (tres); Gustavo Schartz (bass); Javier Días, Román Diaz, Mauricio Herrera (percussion); Jesus Ricardo (trumpet); Eddie Venegas (trombone); Hery Paz (woodwinds); and Leonardo Reyna (piano)"
  • "The illusions and technical effects of Stranger Things: The First Shadow – Jamie Harrison, Chris Fisher, Gary Beestone, and Edward Pierce"
• Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre
  • Great Performances
  • New 42
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
  • Michael P. Price
• Regional Theatre Tony Award
  • The Muny
• Excellence in Theatre Education Award
  • TBD

Multiple nominations and awards

Productions with multiple nominations

Nominations	Production
10	Buena Vista Social Club
	Death Becomes Her
	Maybe Happy Ending
7	Dead Outlaw
	The Hills of California
	John Proctor Is the Villain
	Sunset Boulevard
6	Floyd Collins
	Just in Time
	The Picture of Dorian Gray
	Purpose
5	English
	Good Night, and Good Luck
	Gypsy
	Oh, Mary!
	Stranger Things: The First Shadow
4	Operation Mincemeat
3	Boop! The Musical
	Yellow Face
2	Eureka Day
	Real Women Have Curves
	Smash

Individuals with multiple nominations

Nominations	Individual
3	Will Aronson
2	David Cumming
	Cole Escola
	Christopher Gattelli
	Felix Hagan
	Natasha Hodgson
	Marg Horwell
	Rob Howell
	Peter Hylenski
	Derek McLane
	Hue Park
	Zoë Roberts

See also

• 2025 Laurence Olivier Awards
• Drama Desk Awards
• Outer Critics Circle Awards
• New York Drama Critics' Circle
• Theatre World Award
• Lucille Lortel Awards
• Obie Award
• Drama League Award
• Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography

External links

• Official website