The annual Tony Awards celebrates the best of the best in Broadway theatre. Held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, here's a roundup of the 69th annual Tony Award nominees and winners for all play categories.
It was a tight race for the Best Play category. "Disgraced," "Hand to God," and "Wolf Hall Parts One & Two" were among the nominees. But the award went to "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."
"Skylight," "The Elephant Man," "This Is Our Youth," and "You Can't Take It With You" were the four nominees for Best Revival Of A Play. However, Scott Rudin, alongside the "Skylight" cast went up on stage to receive the award.
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" received another award during the night, but this time it was for Alex Sharp's acting chops. He won the Best Leading Actor in a Play against Steven Boyer for "Hand to God," Bradley Cooper for "The Elephant Man," Ben Miles for "Wolf Hall Parts One & Two," and Bill Nighy for "Skylight."
Geneva Carr for "Hand to God," Elisabeth Moss for "The Heidi Chronicles," Carey Mulligan for "Skylight," and Ruth Wilson for "Constellations" were among the nominees for Best Leading Actress in a Play. But it isn't much of a surprise that "The Audience" actress Helen Mirren prevailed with the award.
Best Featured Actor in a Play also had several nominees. The roster had Matthew Beard for "Skylight," K. Todd Freeman for "Airline Highway," Alessandro Nivola for "The Elephant Man," Nathaniel Parker for "Wolf Hall Parts One & Two," Micah Stock for "It's Only a Play," and the award winner for the category, Richard McCabe for "The Audience."
Annaleigh Ashford won the award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in "You Can't Take It With You." Nominees for the same award are Patricia Clarkson for "The Elephant Man," Lydia Leonard for "Wolf Hall Parts One & Two," Sarah Stiles for "Hand to God," and Julie White for "Airline Highway."
Stephen Daldry for "Skylight," Scott Ellis for "You Can't Take It With You," Jeremy Herrin for "Wolf Hall Parts One & Two," and Moritz von Stuelpnagel for "Hand to God" were among the nominees for Best Director of a Play. But Marianne Elliott hailed as winner for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" was accredited with another win. Bunny Christie and Finn Ross beat Bob Crowley for "Skylight," Christopher Oram for "Wolf Hall Parts One & Two," and David Rockwell for "You Can't Take It With You" for the Best Scenic Design of A Play.
Bob Crowley for "The Audience," Jane Greenwood for "You Can't Take It With You," and David Zinn for "Airline Highway" were up for the Best Costume Design of a Play category, but Christopher Oram took the Tony home for "Wolf Hall Parts One & Two."
The Best Lighting Design of a Play award went to Paule Constable for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." Constable was also nominated for the same category with David Plater for "Wolf Hall Parts One & Two," alongside Japhy Weideman for "Airline Highway" and Natasha Katz for "Skylight."
