It is curtain call on Broadway’s biggest night. 

As the 78th Annual Tony Awards kicks off at Radio City Music Hall in New York June 8, it’s time to wish a broken leg upon your favorite performers of the 2024-2025 Broadway season. 

Indeed, tonight’s event, hosted by Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo—who nabbed a Tony win herself in 2016 for The Color Purple—has some of the world’s best stage talent gathered into the same categories. 

After all, this Broadway season has been highest grossing on record, earning a whopping $1.83 billion in ticket sales for shows like George Clooney’s Good Night and Good Luck and Sadie Sink’s John Proctor Is the Villain And yes, both of those screen-turned-stage actors are nominated in the acting categories this evening.

As for other shows that add to the evening’s competitive edge? Cole Escola’s Oh Mary! earned a whopping five nominations including Best Leading Actor for the show’s star, as well as Best New Play, Best Direction, Best Costume Design and a Best Featured Actor nomination for Conrad Ricamora, who portrays Mary Todd Lincoln’s husband Abraham Lincoln. 

Escola’s 80-minute one act show has been lauded by critics as one of the funniest plays on Broadway in years. And while their inner Mary Todd of course wouldn’t turn down an award, the process of Oh Mary! Becoming a hit has been a win enough for Cole. 

As they told NPR last month, “I can't believe that my big break came from doing what I wanted to do, like not compromising.”

Meanwhile, Pussycat Dolls alum Nicole Scherzinger and Broadway breakout Tom Francis both earned nominations for their performances in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard. Despite the show dating back to the 1990s—and its source material being a 1950 film—the revival breathed new life into the story. 

Similarly to Escola, Scherzinger has found the experience of playing Norma Desmond more rewarding than anything else. 

“I have worked many, many years to build up to this moment, and it's changed my life,” she told Peoplein May. “I’ve never been more happy, I think, because I always had so much inside of me that I felt like people didn't see or understand. It just feels good now to be able to share that with the world.” 

In the theatre, everyone’s a winner—but keep reading to see who is walking away with some Tony Awards hardware after the 78th ceremony...

Best New Musical

Buena Vista 

Dead Outlaw

Death Becomes Her

Maybe Happy Ending 

Operation Mincemeat

Best New Play

Purpose (WINNER)

English

The Hills of California 

John Proctor is the Villain 

Oh Mary! 

Best Musical Revival

Floyd Collins 

Gypsy 

Pirates! The Penzance Musical 

Sunset Boulevard

Best Play Revival

Eureka Day (WINNER)

Our Town 

Romeo + Juliet 

Yellow Face

Best Direction in a Musical

Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club

Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending 

David Cromer, Dead Outlaw

Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her

Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Boulevard 

Best Direction of a Play

Knud Adams, English

Sam Mendes, The Hills of California 

Sam Pinkleton, Oh Mary! 

Danya Taymor, John Proctor Is the Villain 

Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

Kara Young, Purpose (WINNER)

Tala Ashe, English 

Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day

Marjan Neshat, English 

Fina Strazza, John Proctor Is the Villain 

Best Featured Actor in a Play

Francis Jue, Yellow Face (WINNER)

Glenn Davis, Purpose

Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor Is the Villain 

Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross

Conrad Ricamora, Oh Mary!

Best Direction in a Musical

Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club

Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending 

David Cromer, Dead Outlaw

Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her

Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Boulevard 

Best Direction of a Play

Knud Adams, English

Sam Mendes, The Hills of California 

Sam Pinkleton, Oh Mary! 

Danya Taymor, John Proctor Is the Villain 

Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

Kara Young, Purpose (WINNER)

Tala Ashe, English 

Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day

Marjan Neshat, English 

Fina Strazza, John Proctor Is the Villain 

Best Featured Actor in a Play

Francis Jue, Yellow Face (WINNER)

Glenn Davis, Purpose

Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor Is the Villain 

Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross

Conrad Ricamora, Oh Mary!

Best Featured Actress in a Musical 

Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club (WINNER)

Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw 

Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time 

Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves

Joy Woods, Gypsy 

Best Featured Actor in a Musical 

Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat (WINNER)

Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash 

Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw 

Danny Burstein, Gypsy

Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins 

Best Book of a Musical

Buena Vista Social Club 

Dead Outlaw

Death Becomes Her

Maybe Happy Ending 

Operation Mincemeat 

Best Scenic Design of a Play 

Marsha Ginsberg, English 

Rob Howell, The Hills of California 

Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray 

Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow 

Scott Pask, Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Scenic Design of a Musical 

Rachel Hauck, Swept Away

Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending 

Arnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social Club 

Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her 

Derek McLane, Just in Time 

Best Lighting Design of a Play 

Natasha Chivers, The Hills of California 

Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow 

Heather Gilbert and David Bengali, Good Night, and Good Luck 

Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski, John Proctor is the Villain 

Nick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray 

Best Costume Design of a Play 

Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck 

Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Rob Howell, The Hills of California 

Holly Pierson, Oh Mary!

Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow 

Best Choreography

Joshua Bergasse, Smash 

Camille A. Brown, Gypsy  

Christopher Gatelli, Death Becomes Her 

Jerry Mitchell, Boop 

Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club 

Best Orchestrations

Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time 

Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending 

Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins 

Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club 

David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Boulevard 

Best Sound Design of a Play 

Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow 

Palmer Heferan, John Proctor Is the Villain 

Daniel Kluger, Good Night and Good Luck 

Nick Powell, The Hills of California 

Clemence Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray 

Best Original Score

Dead Outlaw, David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna 

Death Becomes Her, Julia Mattison and Noel Carey

Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park 

Operation Mincemeat, David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts

Real Women Have Curves, Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez 

Best Costume Design of a Musical 

Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club 

Gregg Barnes, Boop 

Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending

Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her 

Catherine Zuber, Just in Time 

Best Lighting Design of a Musical 

Jack Knowles, Sunset Boulevard

Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club 

Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd Collins 

Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending 

Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her 

Best Sound Design of a Musical 

Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club 

Adam Fisher, Sunset Boulevard 

Peter Hylenski, Just in Time 

Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending 

Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins 

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