The new musical “Hadestown” emerged as the hellishly big winner at Sunday’s Tony Awards, picking up eight prizes, including for director Rachel Chavkin, composer Anaïs Mitchell and featured actor André De Shields.
Meanwhile, Jez Butterworth’s Irish-set drama “The Ferryman” earned four awards, including Best Play as well as one for director Sam Mendes.
“Glee” alum Ali Stroker made history as the first actor in a wheelchair to win the Tony Award, for her turn as the flirty Ado Annie in the Best Musical Revival winner “Oklahoma!” “This award is for every kid who has a disability, a limitation or a challenge who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena,” she said just minutes after belting out “I Cain’t Say No” from the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic.
At 87, Elaine May won her first acting Tony for her lead performance in the Kenneth Lonergan revival “The Waverly Gallery,” while Bryan Cranston pulled off an upset for his role as newscaster Howard Beale in “Network.” (Many had expected Jeff Daniels to win his first Tony for playing Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.)
Tony-winning CBS late-night host James Corden hosted Sunday’s ceremony, broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The American Theatre Wing previously announced special Tony Awards for musical director and arranger Jason Michael Webb; the late actress and advocate Marin Mazzie; and Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company, the creators of the giant Kong puppet in the new “King Kong” musical.
Here’s the complete list of winners (in bold):
Best Musical
“Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations”
“Beetlejuice”
“Hadestown”** WINNER
“The Prom”
“Tootsie”
Best Play
“Choir Boy” — Tarell Alvin McCraney
“The Ferryman” — Jez Butterworth** WINNER
“Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus” — Taylor Mac
“Ink” — James Graham
“What the Constitution Means to Me” — Heidi Schreck
Best Play Revival
“All My Sons”
“The Boys in the Band”** WINNER
“Burn This”
“Torch Song”
“The Waverly Gallery”
Best Musical Revival
“Kiss Me, Kate”
“Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!”** WINNER
Best Actor (Play)
Jeff Daniels, “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Paddy Considine, “The Ferryman”
Bryan Cranston, “Network”** WINNER
Adam Driver, “Burn This”
Jeremy Pope, “Choir Boy”
Best Actress (Play)
Annette Bening, “All My Sons”
Laura Donnelly, “The Ferryman”
Elaine May, “The Waverly Gallery”** WINNER
Janet McTeer, “Bernhardt/Hamlet”
Laurie Metcalf, “Hillary and Clinton”
Heidi Schreck, “What the Constitution Means to Me”
Best Actress (Musical)
Stephanie J. Block, “The Cher Show”** WINNER
Caitlin Kinnunen, “The Prom”
Beth Leavel, “The Prom”
Eva Noblezada, “Hadestown”
Kelli O’Hara, “Kiss Me Kate”
Best Actor (Musical)
Brooks Ashmanskas, “The Prom”
Derrick Baskin, “Ain’t Too Proud”
Alex Brightman, “Beetlejuice”
Damon Daunno, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!”
Santino Fontana, “Tootsie”** WINNER
Best Direction of a Play
Rupert Goold, “Ink”
Sam Mendes, “The Ferryman”** WINNER
Bartlett Sher, “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Ivo van Hove, “Network”
George C. Wolfe, “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”
Best Direction of a Musical
Rachel Chavkin, “Hadestown”** WINNER
Scott Ellis, “Tootsie”
Daniel Fish, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!”
Des McAnuff, “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations”
Casey Nicholaw, “The Prom”
Best Book of a Musical
“Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations” — Dominique Morisseau
“Beetlejuice” — Scott Brown & Anthony King
“Hadestown” — Anaïs Mitchell
“The Prom” — Bob Martin & Chad Beguelin
“Tootsie” — Robert Horn** WINNER
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
“Be More Chill” — Music & Lyrics: Joe Iconis
“Beetlejuice” — Music & Lyrics: Eddie Perfect
“Hadestown” — Music & Lyrics: Anaïs Mitchell** WINNER
“The Prom” — Music: Matthew Sklar; Lyrics: Chad Beguelin
“To Kill a Mockingbird” — Music: Adam Guettel
“Tootsie” — Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Bertie Carvel, “Ink”** WINNER
Robin De Jesús, “The Boys in the Band”
Gideon Glick, “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Brandon Uranowitz, “Burn This”
Benjamin Walker, Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Fionnula Flanagan, “The Ferryman”
Celia Keenan-Bolger, “To Kill a Mockingbird”** WINNER
Kristine Nielsen, “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”
Julie White, “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”
Ruth Wilson, “King Lear”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
André De Shields, “Hadestown”** WINNER
Andy Grotelueschen, “Tootsie”
Patrick Page, “Hadestown”
Jeremy Pope, “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations”
Ephraim Sykes, “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Lilli Cooper, “Tootsie”
Amber Gray, “Hadestown”
Sarah Stiles, “Tootsie”
Ali Stroker, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!”** WINNER
Mary Testa, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!”
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether, “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Bunny Christie, “Ink”
Rob Howell, “The Ferryman”** WINNER
Santo Loquasto, “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”
Jan Versweyveld, “Network”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations”
Peter England, “King Kong”
Rachel Hauck, “Hadestown”** WINNER
Laura Jellinek, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!”
David Korins, “Beetlejuice”
Best Costume Design of a Play
Rob Howell, “The Ferryman”** WINNER
Toni-Leslie James, “Bernhardt/Hamlet”
Clint Ramos, “Torch Song”
Ann Roth, “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”
Ann Roth, “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Michael Krass, “Hadestown”
William Ivey Long, “Beetlejuice”
William Ivey Long, “Tootsie”
Bob Mackie, “The Cher Show”** WINNER
Paul Tazewell, “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations”
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, “Ink”**WINNER
Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”
Peter Mumford, “The Ferryman”
Jennifer Tipton, “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden, “Network”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams, “The Cher Show”
Howell Binkley, “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations”
Bradley King, “Hadestown”**WINNER
Peter Mumford, “King Kong”
Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini, “Beetlejuice”
Best Sound Design of a Play
Adam Cork, “Ink”
Scott Lehrer, “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Fitz Patton, “Choir Boy”** WINNER
Nick Powell, “The Ferryman”
Eric Sleichim, “Network”
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski, “Beetlejuice”
Peter Hylenski, “King Kong”
Steve Canyon Kennedy, “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations”
Drew Levy, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!”
Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, “Hadestown”** WINNER
Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown, “Choir Boy”
Warren Carlyle, “Kiss Me, Kate”
Denis Jones, “Tootsie”
David Neumann, “Hadestown”
Sergio Trujillo, “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations”** WINNER
Best Orchestrations
Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, “Hadestown”** WINNER
Simon Hale, “Tootsie”
Larry Hochman, “Kiss Me, Kate”
Daniel Kluger, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!”
Harold Wheeler, “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations”
Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories
Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Rosemary Harris
Terrence McNally
Harold Wheeler
Special Tony Awards
Marin Mazzie
Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company, “King Kong”
Jason Michael Webb
Regional Theatre Tony Award
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Palo Alto, Calif.
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Judith Light
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
Broadway Inspirational Voices – Michael McElroy, Founder
Peter Entin
FDNY Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9
Joseph Blakely Forbes