The American Theater Wing handed out the 72nd Tony Awards on Sunday night and the big winners were “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” and “The Band’s Visit” taking Best Play and Best Musical respectively. “Angels in America” and, in a surprise, “Once On This Island” took Best Revival of a Play and Best Revival of a Musical.
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In a ceremony hosted by Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” won six honors including Best Direction, Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Sound Design and Best Costumes in a Play. “The Band’s Visit” was an even bigger triumph than expected taking 10 Tonys including Direction, Best Original Score, Best Book, Best Leading Actor (Tony Shaloub, his first win for his fourth nod) and Best Leading Actress (Katrina Lenk) in a Musical.
In somewhat of a surprise two Hollywood inspired Musicals, “Frozen” and “Mean Girls” were completely shut out by “The Band’s Visit’s” domination. Many had expected that “Mean Girls,” at worst, would find Tina Fey taking Best Book of a Musical, but that didn’t come to pass. The remaining Best Musical nominee, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical,” took one honor, Best Scenic Design for a Musical.
A number of familiar names took home acting prizes including Andrew Garfield (“Angels in America”) for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, Nathan Lane (“Angels in America”) for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (this is Lane’s third Tony Award), Laurie Metcalf (“Three Tall Women”) for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play (her second Tony win in two years) and two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson earned her second Tony in the Best Performance for a Lead Actress in a Play, also for “Three Tall Women” (Jackson earned her first nomination in 1965).
Denzel Washington, Mark Rylance, Michael Cera, Amy Schumer and Lauren Ambrose were other notable names nominated this year who didn’t take home a trophy
This complete list of this year’s winners and nominees is as follows:
Best Musical
“The Band’s Visit” – WINNER
“Frozen”
“Mean Girls”
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical”
Best Play
“The Children”
“Farinelli and the King”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – WINNER
“Junk”
“Latin History for Morons”
Best Revival of a Musical
“Carousel”
“My Fair Lady”
“Once on This Island” – WINNER
Best Revival of a Play
“Angels in America” – WINNER
“Lobby Hero”
“Three Tall Women”
“The Iceman Cometh”
“Travesties”
Best Book of a Musical
“The Band’s Visit,” Itamar Moses – WINNER
“Frozen,” Jennifer Lee
“Mean Girls,” Tina Fey
“SpongeBob SquarePants,” Kyle Jarrow
Best Original Score
“Angels in America,” Adrian Sutton
“The Band’s Visit,” Music and Lyrics: David Yazbek – WINNER
“Frozen,” Music and Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“Mean Girls,” Music: Jeff Richmond; Lyrics: Nell Benjamin
“SpongeBob SquarePants,” Various contributors
Best Leading Actor in a Play
Andrew Garfield, “Angels in America” – WINNER
Tom Hollander, “Travesties”
Jamie Parker, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Mark Rylance, “Farinelli and the King”
Denzel Washington, “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Leading Actress in a Play
Glenda Jackson, “Three Tall Women” – WINNER
Condola Rashad, “Saint Joan”
Lauren Ridloff, “Children of a Lesser God”
Amy Schumer, “Meteor Shower”
Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Harry Hadden-Paton, “My Fair Lady”
Joshua Henry, “Carousel”
Ethan Slater, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Tony Shalhoub, “The Band’s Visit” – WINNER
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Lauren Ambrose, “My Fair Lady”
Hailey Kilgore, “Once on This Island”
LaChanze, “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”
Katrina Lenk, “The Band’s Visit” – WINNER
Taylor Louderman, “Mean Girls”
Jessie Mueller, “Carousel”
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Anthony Boyle, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Michael Cera, “Lobby Hero”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Lobby Hero”
Nathan Lane, “Angels in America” – WINNER
David Morse, “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Susan Brown, “Angels in America”
Noma Dumezweni, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Deborah Findlay, “The Children”
Denise Gough, “Angels in America”
Laurie Metcalf, “Three Tall Women” – WINNER
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, “My Fair Lady”
Alexander Gemignani, “Carousel”
Grey Henson, “Mean Girls”
Gavin Lee, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Ari’el Stachel, “The Band’s Visit” – WINNER
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Ariana DeBose, “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”
Renée Fleming, “Carousel”
Lindsay Mendez, “Carousel” – WINNER
Ashley Park, “Mean Girls”
Diana Rigg, “My Fair Lady”
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether, “Three Tall Women”
Jonathan Fensom, “Farinelli and the King”
Santo Loquasto, “The Iceman Cometh”
Christine Jones, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – WINNER
Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce, “Angels in America”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Dane Laffrey, “Once on this Island”
Scott Pask, “The Band’s Visit”
Scott Pask, Finn Ross and Adam Young, “Mean Girls”
Michael Yeargan, “My Fair Lady”
David Zinn, “SpongeBob SquarePants” – WINNER
Best Costume Design of a Play
Jonathan Fensom, “Farinelli and the King”
Nicky Gillibrand, “Angels in America”
Katrina Lindsay, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – WINNER
Ann Roth, “Three Tall Women”
Ann Roth, “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, “Mean Girls”
Clint Ramos, “Once on This Island”
Ann Roth, “Carousel”
David Zinn, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Catherine Zuber, “My Fair Lady” – WINNER
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – WINNER
Paule Constable, “Angels in America”
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, “The Iceman Cometh”
Paul Russell, “Farinelli and the King”
Ben Stanton, “Junk”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, “Once on This Island”
Donald Holder, “My Fair Lady”
Brian MacDevitt, “Carousel”
Tyler Micoleau, “The Band’s Visit” – WINNER
Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliott, “Angels in America”
Joe Mantello, “Three Tall Women”
Patrick Marber, “Travesties”
John Tiffany, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – WINNER
George C. Wolfe, “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden, “Once on This Island”
David Cromer, “The Band’s Visit” – WINNER
Tina Landau, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Casey Nicholaw, “Mean Girls”
Bartlett Sher, “My Fair Lady”
Best Choreography
Christopher Gattelli, “My Fair Lady”
Christopher Gattelli, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Steven Hoggett, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Casey Nicholaw, “Mean Girls”
Justin Peck, “Carousel” – WINNER
Best Orchestrations
John Clancy, “Mean Girls”
Tom Kitt, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
AnnMarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin, “Once on This Island”
Jamshied Sharifi, “The Band’s Visit” – WINNER
Jonathan Tunick, “Carousel”
Sound Design in a Play
Adam Cork, “Travesties”
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, “Angels in America”
Gareth Fry, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” – WINNER
Tom Gibbons, “1984”
Dan Moses Schreier, “The Iceman Cometh”
Sound Design in a Musical
Kai Harada, “The Band’s Visit” – WINNER
Peter Hylenski, “Once on This Island”
Scott Lehrer, “Carousel”
Brian Ronan, “Mean Girls”
Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson, “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater
Chita Rivera
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Special Tony Award
John Leguizamo
Bruce Springsteen
Regional Theater Tony Award
La MaMa E.T.C.
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Nick Scandalios
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater
Sara Krulwich
Bessie Nelson
Ernest Winzer Cleaners