Maybe Happy Ending, Purpose, Sunset Blvd. and Eureka Day took the top prizes at the 2025 Tony Awards, winning best musical, best play (in a surprise), best musical revival and best play revival, respectively.
The Cynthia Erivo-hosted ceremony also saw The Picture of Dorian Gray‘s Sarah Snook; Oh, Mary!‘s Cole Escola; Maybe Happy Ending‘s Darren Criss and Sunset Blvd.‘s Nicole Scherzinger win the lead acting awards for plays (Snook and Escola) and musicals (Criss and Scherzinger).
Maybe Happy Ending won a total of six awards after going into the night tied with Buena Vista Social Club and Death Becomes Her for the most nominations with 10 apiece. Buena Vista Social Club won four awards, while Death Becomes Her only took home one trophy, for Paul Tazewell’s costume design, which was presented in the Tony Awards‘ Act One preshow.
The Tony Awards featured performances from the above nominated musicals as well as Dead Outlaw, Floyd Collins, Gypsy, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Just in Time and Real Women Have Curves. There was also a special appearance by 2019 Tony honor recipient Broadway Inspirational Voices.
Presenters this year included Goldsberry, Aaron Tveit, Adam Lambert, Alex Winter, Allison Janney, Ariana DeBose, Ben Stiller, Bryan Cranston, Carrie Preston, Charli D’Amelio, Danielle Brooks, Jean Smart, Jesse Eisenberg, Katie Holmes, Keanu Reeves, Kelli O’Hara, Kristin Chenoweth, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Lea Michele, Lea Salonga, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Williams, Oprah, Rachel Bay Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Sara Bareilles and Sarah Paulson.
Harvey Fierstein received a lifetime achievement award, and Celia Keenan-Bolger accepted the 2025 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for advocacy work through the arts, both of which were presented during the preshow.
The 2025 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre were given to Great Performances, Michael Price, New 42 and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
(Excerpt) For More & List of Winners: The Hollywood Reporter