Tony Awards 2026: John Lithgow and Laurie Metcalf take home first acting awards

The 2026 Tony Awards are upon us, celebrating the best of Broadway plays and musicals from the last year.

This year’s ceremony returns to New York City’s Radio City Music Hall where a host of nominees and famous faces have assembled to celebrate the 2025-2026 season. The first part of the ceremony, The Tony Awards: Act One, revealed a slew of winners in the technical and creative categories. The national broadcast — hosted for the first time by Grammy-winning singer Pink — is live on CBS with streaming on Paramount+.

Heading into the national broadcast, the new musical Schmigadoon! leads with three wins, while the Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf-led revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman has won the most of any play so far with three trophies. John Lithgow took home the first acting trophy of the evening for his role as Roald Dahl in Giant, followed shortly after by Metcalf.

The national broadcast is expected to include tributes to a handful of Broadway shows celebrating milestone anniversaries, including The Book of Mormon, Chicago, A Chorus Line, and Rent.

To be eligible, productions had to have opened between April 28, 2025, and April 26, 2026.

Find the full list of 2025 Tony winners below. This story is being updated live.

Best Play

The Balusters

Giant

Liberation (WINNER)

Little Bear Ridge Road

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Shoshana Bean — The Lost Boys (WINNER)

Hannah Cruz — Chess

Rachel Dratch — Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Ana Gasteyer — Schmigadoon!

Nichelle Lewis — Ragtime

Best Direction of a Play

Nicholas Hytner — Giant

Robert Icke — Oedipus

Kenny Leon — The Balusters

Joe Mantello — Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (WINNER)

Whitney White — Liberation

Best Direction of a Musical

Michael Arden — The Lost Boys

Lear deBessonet — Ragtime

Christopher Gattelli — Schmigadoon!

Tim Jackson — Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch — Cats: The Jellicle Ball (WINNER)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Betsy Aidem — Liberation

Marylouise Burke — The Balusters

Aya Cash — Giant

Laurie Metcalf — Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (WINNER)

June Squibb — Marjorie Prime

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Will Harrison — Punch

Nathan Lane — Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

John Lithgow — Giant (WINNER)

Daniel Radcliffe — Every Brilliant Thing

Mark Strong — Oedipus

Best Choreography

Christopher Gattelli — Schmigadoon!

Ellenore Scott — Ragtime

Ani Taj — Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons — Cats: The Jellicle Ball (WINNER)

Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant — The Lost Boys

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

dots — Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Soutra Gilmour — Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Rachel Huack — Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Dane Laffrey — The Lost Boys (WINNER)

Scott Pask — Schmigadoon!

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Hildegard Bechtler — Oedipus

Takeshi Kata — Bug

Chloe Lamford — Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (WINNER)

David Korins — Dog Day Afternoon

David Rockwell — Fallen Angels

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kevin Adams — Chess

Jane Cox — Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Donald Holder — Schmigadoon!

Adam Honoré — Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Adam Honoré and Donald Holder — Ragtime

Jen Schriever and Michael Arden — The Lost Boys (WINNER)

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Isabella Byrd — Dog Day Afternoon

Natasha Chivers — Oedipus

Stacey Derosier — August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

Heather Gilbert — Bug

Heather Gilbert — The Fear of 13

Jack Knowles — Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (WINNER)

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman — Music by Caroline Shaw

August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone — Music by Steve Bargonetti

The Lost Boys — Music & Lyrics by The Rescues

Schmigadoon! — Music & Lyrics by Cinco Paul (WINNER)

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) — Music & Lyrics by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Kai Harada — Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Kai Harada — Ragtime (WINNER)

Adam Fisher — The Lost Boys

Brian Ronan — Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Walter Trarbach — Schmigadoon!

Best Sound Design of a Play

Justin Ellington — August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

Tom Gibbons — Oedipus

Lee Kinney — The Fear of 13

Josh Schmidt — Bug

Mikaal Sulaiman — Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (WINNER)

Best Orchestrations

Doug Besterman and Mike Morris — Schmigadoon! (WINNER)

Ethan Popp, Kyler England, Adrianne “AG” Gonzalez and Gabriel Mann — The Lost Boys

Lux Pyramid — Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Brian Usifer — Chess

Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Wilson, Trevor Holder and Doug Schadt — Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Linda Cho — Ragtime

Linda Cho — Schmigadoon!

Qween Jean — Cats: The Jellicle Ball (WINNER)

Ryan Park — The Lost Boys

David I. Reynoso — Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Best Costume Design of a Play

Brenda Abbandandolo — Dog Day Afternoon

Qween Jean — Liberation

Jeff Mahshie — Fallen Angels (WINNER)

Emilio Sosa — The Balusters

Paul Tazewell — August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

Best Book of a Musical

David Hornsby and Chris Hoch — The Lost Boys

Cinco Paul — Schmigadoon! (WINNER)

Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue — Titaníque

Jim Barne and Kit Buchan — Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Special Tony Awards: