78th Tony Awards
June 8, 2025 on CBS & Paramount+
Location: Radio City Music Hall
​Host: TBD
Nominations: May 1, 2025 by TBD
Act One: Hosted by TBD on PlutoTV

Best Musical (Winners from 2024)

Best Play

Best Revival of a Musical

Best Revival of a Play

The Rest of the Nominations

Bold= Winner

Best Book of a Musical
Bekah Brunstetter, The Notebook
Kristoffer Diaz, Hell's Kitchen
Rick Elice, ​Water for Elephants
Justin Levine & Adam Rapp, The Outsiders
Shaina Taub, Suffs

Best Original Score for the Theatre
Days of Wine and Roses (Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel)
Here Lies Love (Music by David Byrne & Fatboy Slim, Lyrics by David Byrne)
The Outsiders (Music & Lyrics by Jamestown Revival)
Stereophonic (Music & Lyrics by Will Butler)
Suffs ​(Music & Lyrics by Shaina Taub)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
William Jackson Harper, Uncle Vanya
Leslie Odom Jr., Purlie Victorious
Liev Schreiber, Doubt
Jeremy Strong, An Enemy of the People
Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Brody Grant, The Outsiders
Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along
Dorian Harewood, The Notebook
Brian d'Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses
Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret​

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic
Jessica Lange, Mother Play
Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane
Sarah Paulson, Appropriate
Amy Ryan, Doubt

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Eden Espinosa, Lempicka
Maleah Joi Moon, Hell's Kitchen
Kelli O'Hara, Days of Wine and Roses
Maryanne Plunkett, The Notebook
Gayle Rankin, Cabaret

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Will Brill, Stereophonic
Eli Gleb, Stereophonic
Jim Parsons, Mother Play
Tom Pecinka, Stereophonic
Corey Stoll, Appropriate

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Doubt
Juliana Canfield, Stereophonic
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play
​Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic
Kara Young, Purlie Victorious

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Roger Bart, Back to the Future
Joshua Boone, The Outsiders
Brandon Victor Dixon, Hell’s Kitchen
Sky Lakota-Lynch, The Outsiders
Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along
Steven Skybell, Cabaret

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Shoshana Bean, Hell’s Kitchen
Amber Iman, Lempicka
Nikki M. James, Suffs
Leslie Kritzer, Spamalot
Kecia Lewis, Hell’s Kitchen
Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along
Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret

Best Direction of a Play
Dan Aukin, Stereophonic
Anne Kauffman, Mary Jane
Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious
Lila Neugebauer, Appropriate
Whitney White, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Best Direction of a Musical
​Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along
Michael Greif, Hell’s Kitchen
Leigh Silverman, Suffs
Jessica Stone, Water for Elephants
Danya Taymor, The Outsiders

Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown, Hell’s Kitchen
Shana Carroll & Jesse Robb, Water for Elephants
Jeff Kuperman & Rick Kuperman, The Outsiders
Annie-B Parson, Here Lies Love
Justin Peck, Illinoise

Best Orchestrations
Timo Andres, Illinoise
Adam Blackstone & Tom Kitt, Hell’s Kitchen
Will Butler & Justin Craig, Stereophonic
Jamestown Revival, The Outsiders
Jonathan Tunick, Merrily We Roll Along

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Dots, Appropriate
Dots, An Enemy of the People
Derek McLane, Purlie Victorious
David Zinn, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
David Zinn, Stereophonic

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
AMP, The Outsiders
Robert Brill & Peter Nigrini, Hell’s Kitchen
Tim Hatley & Finn Ross, Back to the Future
Riccardo Hernandez & Peter Nigrini, Lempicka
​Takeshi Kata, Water for Elephants
David Korins, Here Lies Love
Tom Scutt, Cabaret

Best Costume Design of a Play
Dede Ayite, Appropriate
Dede Ayite, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Enver Chakartash, Stereophonic
Emilio Sosa, Purlie Victorious
David Zinn, An Enemy of the People

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Dede Ayite, Hell’s Kitchen
Linda Cho, The Great Gatsby
David Israel Reynoso, Water for Elephants
Tom Scutt, Cabaret
Paul Tazewell, Suffs
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Best Lighting Design of a Play
Isabella Byrd, An Enemy of the People
Amith Chandrashaker, Prayer for the French Republic
Jiyoun Chang, Stereophonic
Jane Cox, Appropriate
Natasha Katz, Grey House

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Brandon Stirling Baker, Illinoise
​David Bengali & Bradley King, Water for Elephants
Isabella Byrd, Cabaret
Natasha Katz, Hell’s Kitchen
Hana S. Kim & Brian MacDevitt, The Outsiders

Best Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Leah Gelpe, Mary Jane
Tom Gibbons, Grey House
Will Pickens & Bray Poor, Appropriate
Ryan Rumey, Stereophonic
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Best Sound Design of a Musical
ML Dogg & Cody Spencer, Here Lies Love
Nick Lidster, Cabaret
Kai Harada, Merrily We Roll Along
Gareth Owen, Hell’s Kitchen
Cody Spencer, The Outsiders

Looking Ahead to 2024-25 season:
New Musicals:
Boop! the Betty Boop Musical (Book by Bob Martin, Music by David Foster, Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead) (Directed & Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell) 
Buena Vista Social Club (Book by Tina Landau, Music by Kate Diaz, Lyrics by Kate Diaz & Tina Landau) (Directed by Tina Landau, Choreographed by Melecio Estrella)
Death Becomes Her (Book by Marco Pennette, Music & Lyrics by Noel Carey & Julia Mattison) (Directed & Choreographed by Christopher Gattelli)
Floyd Collins (Book by Adam Guettel & Tina Landau, Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel) (Directed by Tina Landau, Choreographed by TBA)
Just in Time (Book by Warren Leight & Isaac Oliver, Music by Andrew Resnick, Lyrics by Bobby Darin) (Directed by Alex Timbers, Choreographed by Shannon Lewis)
The Last Five Years (Book, Music, Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown) (Directed by Whitney White)
Maybe Happy Ending (Book by Will Arnson & Hue Park, Music by Will Arnson, Lyrics by Hue Park) (Directed by Michael Arden, Choreographed by Deborah Abramson)
Old Friends (Book by Cameron Mackintosh, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) (Directed by Matthew Bourne, Choeographed by Stephen Mear)
Operation Mincemeat (Book, Music, Lyrics by SplitLip) (Directed by Robert Hastie, Choreographed by Jenny Arnold)
Real Women Have Curves (Book by Lisa Loomer, Music & Lyrics by Joy Huerta & Benjamin Velez) (Directed & Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo)
Redwood (Book by Tina Landau, Music by Kate Diaz, Lyrics by Kate Diaz & Tina Landau) (Directed by Tina Landau)
Smash (Book by Rick Elice & Bob Martin, Music & Lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman) (Direced by Susan Stroman, Choreographed by Joshua Bergasse)
Swept Away (Book by John Logan, Music & Lyrics by The Avett Brothers) (Directed by Michael Mayer, Choreographed by David Neumann)
Tammy Faye (Book by James Graham, Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Jake Shears) (Directed by Rupert Goold, Choreographed by Lynne Page)
A Wonderful World (Book by Aurin Squire, Music & Lyrics by Louis Armstrong) (Directed & Choreographed by Christopher Renshaw)

Musical Revivals:
Elf (Book by Bob Martin & Thomas Meehan, Music & Lyrics by Chad Beguelin & Matthew Sklar) (Directed by Philip Wm. McKinley, Choreographed by Liam Steel)
Gypsy (Book by Arthur Laurents, Music by Stephen Sondheim, Lyrics by Jule Styne) (Directed by George C. Wolfe, Choreographed by Camille A. Brown)
The Pirates of Penzance (Book by WS Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan, Music by Arthur Sullivan, Lyrics by WS Gilbert) (Directed by Scott Ellis, Choreographed by Warren Carlyle)
Once Upon a Mattress (Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, Marshall Barer, Music by Mary Rodgers, Lyrics by Marshall Barer) (Directed by Lear deBessonet, Choreographed by Lorin Latarro)
Sunset Boulevard (Book & Lyrics by Christopher Hampton & Don Black, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber) (Directed by Jamie Lloyd, Choreographed by Fabian Aloise)

New Plays:
All In by Simon Rich (Directed by Alex Timbers)
Cult of Love by Leslye Headland (Directed by Trip Cullman)
English by Sanaz Toossi (Directed by Knud Adams)
Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector (Directed by Anna D. Shapiro)
Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney & Grant Heslov (Directed by David Cromer)
The Hills of California ​by Jez Butterworth (Directed by Sam Mendes)
Job by Max Wolf Friedlich (Directed by Matthew Herwitz)
John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower (Directed by Danya Taymor)
Left on Tenth ​by Delia Ephron (Directed by Susan Stroman)
McNeal ​by Ayad Akhtar (Directed by Bartlett Sher)
Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola (Directed by Sam Pinkleton)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde & Kip Williams (Directed by Kip Williams)
Purpose by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Directed by Phylicia Rashad)
The Roommate by Leigh Silverman (Directed by Jack O'Brien)
Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry (Directed by Stephen Daldry & Justin Martin)
Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang (Directed by Leigh Silverman)
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Play Revivals: 
Home by Samm-Art Williams (Directed by Kenny Leon)
​Othello by William Shakespeare (Directed by Kenny Leon)
Our Town by Thornton Wilder (Directed by Kenny Leon)
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare (Directed by Sam Gold)