“The Outsiders” took home the award for Best Musical and “Stereophonic” earned the coveted Best Play award at the 2024 Tony Awards, when the best of Broadway was honored Sunday night.
“Hell’s Kitchen,” the jukebox musical featuring songs by and inspired by the life of Alicia Keys, and “Stereophonic,” a play that, while not a musical, does feature several original songs by Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, both earned the most nominations with 13 each heading into the night. While “Hell’s Kitchen” missed out on best musical, Maleah Joi Moon, the show’s star, won best lead actress in a musical for her first-ever Tony Award win.
Several film and TV stars were also nominated for Tony Awards for their performances this year, including Jessica Lange, Rachel McAdams, Sarah Paulson – who won Best Lead Actress in a Play – and Daniel Radcliffe— who won best actor in a musical for his role in the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll along.”
Ariana DeBose returned as host the main program for the third year in a row. Before the TV broadcast began, several awards were presented during “The Tony Awards: Act One,” hosted by Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar.
The show featured performances from all the top musical nominees, including a surprise appearance from Alicia Keys and Jay-Z, and also featured a musical number from “Stereophonic.”
Below is a full list of winners and nominees:
Best musical
- “The Outsiders” – Winner
- “The Kitchen of Hell”
- “Illinoise”
- “Sufft”
- “Water for Elephants”
Best game
- “Stereophone” – Winner
- “Jaja’s African Hair Braids”
- “Mary Jane”
- “Playing Mother”
- “Prayer for the French Republic”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Maleah Joi Moon, “Hell’s Kitchen” – Winner
- Eden Espinosa, “Lempicka”
- Kelli O’Hara, “Days of Wine and Roses”
- Maryann Plunkett, “The Notebook”
- Gayle Rankin, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”‘
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Jonathan Groff, “Merrily We Roll along” — Winner
- Brody Grant, ‘The Outsiders’
- Dorian Harewood, “The Notebook”
- Brian d’Arcy James, “Days of Wine and Roses”
- Eddie Redmayne, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
- Sarah Paulson, “Appropriate” – Winner
- Betsy Aidem, ‘Prayer for the French Republic’
- Jessica Lange, “Mother’s Play”
- Rachel McAdams, “Mary Jane”
- Amy Ryan, “Doubt: A Parable”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
- Jeremy Strong, “An Enemy of the People” – Winner
- William Jackson Harper, ‘Uncle Vanya’
- Leslie Odom Jr., “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
- Liev Schreiber, “Doubt: A Parable”
- Michael Stuhlbarg, ‘Patriots’
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
- Will Brill, “Stereophone” – Winner
- Eli Gelb, “Stereophone”
- Jim Parsons, “Mother’s Play”
- Tom Pecinka, “Stereophone”
- Corey Stoll, “Appropriate”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
- Kara Young, “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch” – Winner
- Quincy Tyler Bernstine, “Doubt: A Parable”
- Juliana Canfield, “Stereophone”
- Celia Keenan-Bolger, “Mother’s Play”
- Sarah Pidgeon, “Stereophone”
Best Direction of a Play
- Daniel Aukin, “Stereophone” – Winner
- Anne Kauffman, “Mary Jane”
- Kenny Leon, “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
- Lila Neugebauer, “Applicable”
- Whitney White, “Jaja’s African Hair Braids”
Best Direction of a Musical
- Danya Taymor, “The Outsiders” — Winner
- Maria Friedman, “Merrily We Roll Along”
- Michael Greif, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
- Leigh Silverman, “Sufft”
- Jessica Stone, ‘Water for Elephants’
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Daniel Radcliffe, “Merrily We Roll along” — Winner
- Roger Bart, “Back to the Future: the Musical”
- Joshua Boone, ‘The Outsiders’
- Brandon Victor Dixon, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
- Sky Lakota-Lynch, ‘The Outsiders’
- Steven Skybell, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Kecia Lewis, “Hell’s Kitchen” – Winner
- Shoshana Bean, “Hell’s Kitchen”
- Amber Iman, “Lempicka”
- Nikki M. James, “Sufft”
- Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, “Monty Python’s Spamalot”
- Lindsay Mendez, ‘Merrily we roll along’
- Bebe Neuwirth, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
Best original score (music and/or text) written for the theatre
- “Suft” – Winner
- “Days of Wine and Roses”
- “Here Lies Love”
- “Stereophone”
- “The Outsiders”
Best revival of a play
- “Appropriate” — Winner
- “An Enemy of the People”
- “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
Best revival of a musical
- “Merrily We Roll along” – Winner
- “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
- “Gutenberg! The Musical!”
- “The Who’s Tommy”
Best book of a musical
- “Suft” – Winner
- “The Kitchen of Hell”
- “The Notebook”
- “The Outsiders”
- “Water for Elephants”
Best Costume Design of a Play
- “Jaja’s African Hair Braids” – Winner
- “Appropriate”
- “An Enemy of the People”
- “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
- “Stereophone”
Best Costume Design of a Musical
- “The Great Gatsby” – Winner
- “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
- “The Kitchen of Hell”
- “Sufft”
- “Water for Elephants”
Best orchestrations
- “Merrily We Roll along” – Winner
- “The Kitchen of Hell”
- “Illinoise”
- “The Outsiders”
- “Stereophone”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
- “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club” – Winner
- “Back to the Future: The Musical”
- “The Kitchen of Hell”
- “Here Lies Love”
- “Lempicka”
- “The Outsiders”
- “Water for Elephants”
Best Stage Design of a Play
- “Stereophone” – Winner
- “Appropriate”
- “An Enemy of the People”
- “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
- “Jaja’s African Hair Braids”
Best choreography
- “Illinoise” – Winner
- “The Kitchen of Hell”
- “Here Lies Love”
- “The Outsiders”
- “Water for Elephants”
Best lighting design of a musical
- “The Outsiders” – Winner
- “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
- “The Kitchen of Hell”
- “Illinoise”
- “Water for Elephants”
Best Lighting Design of a Play
- “Appropriate” — Winner
- “An Enemy of the People”
- “Grey House”
- “Prayer for the French Republic”
- “Stereophone”
Best Sound Design of a Play
- “Stereophone” – Winner
- “Appropriate”
- “Grey House”
- “Jaja’s African Hair Braids”
- “Mary Jane”
Best Sound Design of a Musical
- “The Outsiders” – Winner
- “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club”
- “The Kitchen of Hell”
- “Here Lies Love”
- “Merrily we roll along”
