
The cast of Come From Away performing “Welcome to the Rock” at the 2017 Tony Awards.
Here are the 2017 Tony Award Winners. In a surprise upset, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 received only two wins in design categories (best sound and best lighting design).
- Best Play:
Oslo (Book: J.T. Rogers) - Best Musical:
Dear Evan Hansen (Book: Steven Levenson; Music & Lyrics: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul) - Best Revival of a Play:
August Wilson’s Jitney - Best Revival of a Musical:
Hello, Dolly! - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
Kevin Kline, “Present Laughter” - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:
Laurie Metcalf, “A Doll’s House, Part 2” - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Ben Platt, “Dear Evan Hansen” - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Bette Midler, “Hello, Dolly!” - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
Michael Aronov, “Oslo” - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Cynthia Nixon, “Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes” - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Gavin Creel, “Hello, Dolly!” - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Rachel Bay Jones, “Dear Evan Hansen” - Best Scenic Design of a Play:
Nigel Hook, “The Play That Goes Wrong” - Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Mimi Lien, “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812” - Best Costume Design of a Play:
Jane Greenwood, “Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes” - Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Santo Loquasto, “Hello, Dolly!” - Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Christopher Akerlind, “Indecent” - Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Bradley King, “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812” - Best Direction of a Play:
Rebecca Taichman, “Indecent” - Best Direction of a Musical:
Christopher Ashley, “Come From Away” - Best Choreography:
Andy Blankenbuehler, “Bandstand” - Best Orchestrations:
Alex Lacamoire, “Dear Evan Hansen” - Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre:
James Earl Jones - Special Tony Award:
Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin, sound designers for “The Encounter” - Regional Theatre Tony Award:
Dallas Theater Center in Dallas, Texas - Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award:
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