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Tony Awards Winners 2026 (Updating Live)
Will a broken down salesman, vampire rockers, second-wave feminists or fierce feline ballroom dancers dominate the 79th Tony Awards?
It’s Broadway‘s biggest night and heading into the ceremony “The Lost Boys,” a punk-rock adaptation 1987 cult horror film featuring high-flying vampires, and “Schmigadoon!,” a comedic, fizzy ode to Golden Age musicals, have a leading 12 nominations each, followed closely by the revival of “Ragtime” with 11.
“The Lost Boys” and “Schmigaddon!” are vying for best musical alongside the off-Broadway transfer “Titaníque” and the West End export “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York).” In the musical revival category, “Ragtime” will compete against the ballroom-set “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” and “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show.”
“Death of a Salesman,” a reimagining of Arthur Miller’s critique of the American Dream, is the most nominated play with nine. It’s up for best revival of a play against the relationship comedy “Becky Shaw,” Noël Coward’s farce “Fallen Angels,” a modern re-telling of “Oedipus” and “Every Brilliant Thing,” a one-man show starring Daniel Radcliffe. In the best play category, there’s the pandemic-set “Little Bear Ridge Road,” neighborhood comedy “The Balusters,” “Liberation,” the story of a feminist reading group in the ’70s, and “Giant,” a blistering portrait of children’s author Roald Dahl.
Pink is hosting the Tony Awards for the first time. She’ll be playing to an audience at Radio City Music Hall that includes Hollywood stars, such as Radcliffe (“Every Brilliant Thing”), Rose Byrne (“Fallen Angels”), Broadway favorites like Danny Burstein (“Marjorie Prime”), André De Shields (“Cats: The Jellicle Ball”) and Lea Michele (“Chess”) as well as a few “Saturday Night Live” alum including Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer.
Here are this year’s winners (updating live):
Best Musical
“The Lost Boys”
“Schmigadoon!”
“Titaníque”
“Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Best Play
“The Balusters”
“Giant”
“Liberation”
“Little Bear Ridge Road”
Revival of a Musical
“Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
“Ragtime”
“Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Revival of a Play
“Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
“Becky Shaw”
“Every Brilliant Thing”
“Fallen Angels”
“Oedipus”
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Nicholas Christopher, “Chess”
Luke Evans, “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Joshua Henry, “Ragtime”
Sam Tutty, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Brandon Uranowitz, “Ragtime”
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Will Harrison, “Punch”
Nathan Lane, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
John Lithgow, “Giant”
Daniel Radcliffe, “Every Brilliant Thing”
Mark Strong, “Oedipus”
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sara Chase, “Schmigadoon!”
Stephanie Hsu, “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Caissie Levy, “Ragtime”
Marla Mindelle, “Titaníque”
Christiani Pitts, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Rose Byrne, “Fallen Angels”
Carrie Coon, “Bug”
Susannah Flood, “Liberation”
Lesley Manville, “Oedipus”
Kelli O’Hara, “Fallen Angels”
Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ali Louis Bourzgui, “The Lost Boys”
André De Shields, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Bryce Pinkham, “Chess”
Ben Levi Ross, “Ragtime”
Layton Williams, “Titaníque”
Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Christopher Abbott, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Danny Burstein, “Marjorie Prime”
Brandon J. Dirden, “Waiting for Godot”
Alden Ehrenreich, “Becky Shaw”
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, “August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Richard Thomas, “The Balusters”
Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Shoshana Bean, “The Lost Boys”
Hannah Cruz, “Chess”
Rachel Dratch, “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Ana Gasteyer, “Schmigadoon!”
Nichelle Lewis, “Ragtime”
Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Betsy Aidem, “Liberation”
Marylouise Burke, “The Balusters”
Aya Cash, “Giant”
Laurie Metcalf, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
June Squibb, “Marjorie Prime”
Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden, “The Lost Boys”
Lear deBessonet, “Ragtime”
Christopher Gattelli, “Schmigadoon!”
Tim Jackson, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Direction of a Play
Nicholas Hytner, “Giant”
Robert Icke, “Oedipus”
Kenny Leon, “The Balusters”
Joe Mantello, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Whitney White, “Liberation”
Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
“Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman” — Music by Caroline Shaw
“August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” — Music by Steve Bargonetti
“The Lost Boys” — Music & Lyrics by The Rescues
“Schmigadoon!” — Music & Lyrics by Cinco Paul
“Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” — Music & Lyrics by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
Book of a Musical
“The Lost Boys” — David Hornsby and Chris Hoch
“Schmigadoon!” — Cinco Paul (WINNER)
“Titaníque” — Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue
“Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” — Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
Choreography
Christopher Gattelli, “Schmigadoon!”
Ellenore Scott, “Ragtime”
Ani Taj, “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant, “The Lost Boys”
Orchestrations
Doug Besterman and Mike Morris, “Schmigadoon!” (WINNER)
Ethan Popp, Kyler England, Adrianne “AG” Gonzalez and Gabriel Mann, “The Lost Boys”
Lux Pyramid, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Brian Usifer, “Chess”
Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Wilson, Trevor Holder and Doug Schadt, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Scenic Design in a Musical
dots, “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Soutra Gilmour, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Rachel Hauck, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Dane Laffrey, “The Lost Boys”
Scott Pask, “Schmigadoon!”
Scenic Design in a Play
Hildegard Bechtler, “Oedipus”
Takeshi Kata, “Bug”
Chloe Lamford, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
David Korins, “Dog Day Afternoon”
David Rockwell, “Fallen Angels”
Costume Design in a Musical
Linda Cho, “Ragtime”
Linda Cho, “Schmigadoon!”
Qween Jean, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” (WINNER)
Ryan Park, “The Lost Boys”
David I. Reynoso, “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Costume Design in a Play
Brenda Abbandandolo, “Dog Day Afternoon”
Qween Jean, “Liberation”
Jeff Mahshie, “Fallen Angels” (WINNER)
Emilio Sosa, “The Balusters”
Paul Tazewell, “August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Lighting Design in a Musical
Kevin Adams, “Chess”
Jane Cox, “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Donald Holder, “Schmigadoon!”
Adam Honoré, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Adam Honoré and Donald Holder, “Ragtime”
Jen Schriever and Michael Arden, “The Lost Boys”
Lighting Design in a Play
Isabella Byrd, “Dog Day Afternoon”
Natasha Chivers, “Oedipus”
Stacey Derosier, “August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Heather Gilbert, “Bug”
Heather Gilbert, “The Fear of 13”
Jack Knowles, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Kai Harada, “Ragtime”
Adam Fisher, “The Lost Boys”
Brian Ronan, “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Walter Trarbach, “Schmigadoon!”
Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington, “August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Tom Gibbons, “Oedipus”
Lee Kinney, “The Fear of 13”
Josh Schmidt, “Bug”
Mikaal Sulaiman, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
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