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Here Are Your 2019 Tony Award Winners

Tony Winners

Everyone who won an award on Broadway's biggest night. 

Broadway's biggest night was Sunday night as the 73rd annual Tony Awards took place at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. As such, we're happy to say the queers and queer-friendly did a pretty good job. It is the Super Bowl of Theater, after all.

Below is a list of the night's big winners:

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play

WINNER: Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery

Annette Bening, Arthur Miller's All My Sons

Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman

Janet McTeer, Bernhardt/Hamlet

Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton

Heidi Schreck, What the Constitution Means to Me

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play

WINNER: Bertie Carvel, Ink

Robin De Jesus, The Boys in the Band

Gideon Glick, To Kill a Mockingbird

Brandon Uranowitz, Burn This

Benjamin Walker, Arthur Miller's All My Sons

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play

WINNER: Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird

Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman

Kristine Nielsen, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Julie White, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Ruth Wilson,King Lear

Best costume design of a play

WINNER: Rob Howell, The Ferryman

Toni-Leslie James, Bernhardt/Hamlet

Clint Ramos, Torch Song

Ann Roth, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Ann Roth, To Kill a Mockingbird

Best costume design of a musical

WINNER: Bob Mackie, The Cher Show

Michael Krass, Hadestown

William Ivey Long, Beetlejuice

William Ivey Long, Tootsie

Best sound design of a play

WINNER: Fitz Patton, Choir Boy

Adam Cork, Ink

Scott Lehrer, To Kill a Mockingbird

Nick Powell, The Ferryman

Eric Sleichim, Network

Best scenic design of a play

WINNER: Rob Howell, The Ferryman

Miriam Buether, To Kill a Mockingbird

Bunny Christie, Ink

Santo Loquasto, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Jan Versweyveld, Network

Best scenic design of a musical

WINNER: Rachel Hauck, Hadestown

Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Peter England, King Kong

Laura Jellinek, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

David Korins, Beetlejuice

Best sound design of a musical

WINNER: Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown

Peter Hylenski, Beetlejuice

Peter Hylenski, King Kong

Steve Canyon Kennedy, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Drew Levy, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Best lighting design of a play

Neil Austin, Ink

Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Peter Mumford, The Ferryman

Jennifer Tipton, To Kill a Mockingbird

Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden, Network

Best lighting design of a musical

WINNER: Bradley King, Hadestown

Kevin Adams, The Cher Show

Howell Binkley, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Peter Mumford, King Kong

Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini, Beetlejuice

Best orchestrations

WINNER: Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, Hadestown

Simon Hale, Tootsie

Larry Hochman, Kiss Me, Kate

Daniel Kluger, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Harold Wheeler, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Best choreography

WINNER: Sergio Trujillo, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Camille A. Brown, Choir Boy

Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate

Denis Jones, Tootsie

David Neumann, Hadestown

Best book of a musical

WINNER: Tootsie, Robert Horn

Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations, Dominique Morisseau

Beetlejuice, Scott Brown & Anthony King

Hadestown, Anais Mitchell

The Prom, Bob Martin & Chad Beguelin

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical

WINNER: Andre De Shields, Hadestown

Andy Grotelueschen, Tootsie

Patrick Page, Hadestown

Jeremy Pope, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Ephraim Sykes, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Best direction of a musical

WINNER: Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown

Scott Ellis, Tootsie

Daniel Fish, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Des McAnuff, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Casey Nicholaw, The Prom

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical

WINNER: Ali Stroker, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Lilli Cooper, Tootsie

Amber Gray, Hadestown

Sarah Stiles, Tootsie

Mary Testa, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Best revival of a play

WINNER: The Boys in the Band

Arthur Miller's All My Sons

Burn This

Torch Song

The Waverly Gallery

Best direction of a play

WINNER: Sam Mendes, The Ferryman

Rupert Goold, Ink

Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird

Ivo van Hove, Network

George C. Wolfe, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre

WINNER: Hadestown, Music & Lyrics: Anais Mitchell

Be More Chill, Music & Lyrics: Joe Iconis

Beetlejuice, Music & Lyrics: Eddie Perfect

The Prom, Music: Matthew Sklar, Lyrics: Chad Beguelin

To Kill a Mockingbird, Music: Adam Guettel

Tootsie, Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek

Best revival of a musical

WINNER: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Kiss Me, Kate

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play

WINNER: Bryan Cranston, Network

Paddy Considine, The Ferryman

Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird

Adam Driver, Burn This

Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy

Best play

WINNER: The Ferryman

Choir Boy

Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Ink

What the Constitution Means to Me

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical

WINNER: Santino Fontana, Tootsie

Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom

Derrick Baskin, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice

Damon Daunno, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical

WINNER: Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show

Caitlin Kinnunen, The Prom

Beth Leavel, The Prom

Eva Noblezada, Hadestown

Kelli O'Hara, Kiss Me, Kate

Best musical

WINNER: Hadestown

Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Beetlejuice

The Prom

Tootsie

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