Following Broadway’s return to a full season of performances, there was much to celebrate at the 2023 Tony Awards. The ceremony, held June 11, took place in Washington Heights at the United Palace.
In an industry known for both its serious and playful elements, Broadway looked to history: Parade, based on an early 1900s incident, won best revival of a musical; Leopoldstadt, which follows a Jewish family in the first half of the 20th century, took home best play; and John Kander and Joey Grey were honored for their long careers. As well, Alex Newell, for Shucked, and Some Like It Hot's J. Harrison Ghee became the first openly nonbinary actors to earn top honors. While not every show gets its start Off-Broadway, Kimberly Akimbo (which did) followed its awards at last year’s Lucille Lortel ceremony with a slew of prizes at this year’s Tonys. Read on for the winners (and nominees) in the main categories.
Shows that are not linked and bolded have finished their Broadway runs.
Kimberly Akimbo. Photo: Joan Marcus
Best New Musical
Winner: Kimberly Akimbo
Leopoldstadt. Photo: Joan Margret
Best New Play
Winner: Leopoldstadt
Ain’t No Mo’
Between Riverside and Crazy
Cost of Living
Best Revival of a Musical
Winner: Parade
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Topdog/Underdog. Photo: Marc J Franklin
Best Revival of a Play
Winner: Topdog/Underdog
The Piano Lesson
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Topdog/Underdog
Kimberly Akimbo. Photo Joan Marcus
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Winner: Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Lorna Courtney, & Juliet
Micaela Diamond, Parade
Some Like It Hot. Photo: Matthew Murphy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Winner: J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Christian Borle, Some Like It Hot
J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Brian D’Arcy James, Into The Woods
Ben Platt, Parade
Colton Ryan, New York, New York
Prima Facie. Photo: Helen Murray
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Winner: Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders
Good Night, Oscar. Photo: Joan Marcus
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Winner: Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog
Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy
Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman
For the complete list of this year’s winners (and nominees), visit tonyawards.com.
