The 75th Tony Awards were held on June 12, 2022, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2021–22 season. The ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, with Ariana DeBose serving as host of the main ceremony, and Darren Criss and Julianne Hough co-hosting a streaming pre-show.
The most-awarded productions of the season were the new play The Lehman Trilogy, which won five awards, including Best Play, and the revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company, which also won five awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop was the most-nominated show of the season, with 11 nominations, and won Best Musical, becoming the first Best Musical winner to win only two awards total since 42nd Street (1981).
With her nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in A Strange Loop, L Morgan Lee became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Tony. Additionally, with her win as a lead producer of A Strange Loop, Jennifer Hudson became the 17th person to win the EGOT in their entertainment career.
Ceremony information
Returning to its usual June scheduling, the ceremony's telecast was split between Paramount+ and CBS. Paramount+ streamed an hour-long pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One, which was hosted by Darren Criss and Julianne Hough and featured "special performances" and the presentation of selected awards. It was followed by the main ceremony telecast on CBS and Paramount+, which was hosted by Ariana DeBose. For the first time, the ceremony was televised live nationally.
Eligibility The Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date for the 2021–22 season was May 4, 2022 for all Broadway productions which meet all other eligibility requirements. Nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards were announced by Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry on May 9, 2022. They were initially going to be announced on May 3, but were extended a week to accommodate possible COVID-19 outbreaks. A revival of West Side Story that opened on February 20, 2020 was considered ineligible for the 74th Tony Awards because too few nominators and voters had seen it before Broadway shut down on March 12, 2020 due to the pandemic, and it did not resume when Broadway reopened in September 2021.
34 shows were eligible. All eligible shows are below.
Original plays Birthday Candles Chicken & Biscuits Clyde's Dana H. Hangmen Is This a Room Pass Over POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive Skeleton Crew The Lehman Trilogy The Minutes Thoughts of a Colored Man
Original musicals A Strange Loop Diana Flying Over Sunset Girl from the North Country MJ Mr. Saturday Night Mrs. Doubtfire Paradise Square Six
Play revivals American Buffalo for colored girls who have consideredsuicide / when the rainbow is enuf How I Learned to Drive Lackawanna Blues Macbeth Plaza Suite Take Me Out The Skin of Our Teeth Trouble in Mind
Musical revivals Caroline, or Change Company Funny Girl The Music Man
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, and are highlighted in boldface: Best Play ‡Best Musical ‡ The Lehman Trilogy Clyde's Hangmen Skeleton Crew The Minutes A Strange Loop Girl from the North Country MJ Mr. Saturday Night Paradise Square Six Best Revival of a Play ‡Best Revival of a Musical ‡Take Me Out American Buffalo For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf How I Learned to Drive Trouble in MindCompany Caroline, or Change The Music ManBest Actor in a PlayBest Actress in a PlaySimon Russell Beale – The Lehman Trilogy as Henry Lehman Adam Godley – The Lehman Trilogy as Mayer Lehman Adrian Lester – The Lehman Trilogy as Emanuel Lehman David Morse – How I Learned to Drive as Uncle Peck Sam Rockwell – American Buffalo as Teach Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Lackawanna Blues as Various David Threlfall – Hangmen as Harry WadeDeirdre O'Connell – Dana H. as Dana H. Gabby Beans – The Skin of Our Teeth as Sabina LaChanze – Trouble in Mind as Wiletta Mayer Ruth Negga – Macbeth as Lady Macbeth Mary-Louise Parker – How I Learned to Drive as Li'l BitBest Actor in a MusicalBest Actress in a MusicalMyles Frost – MJ as MJ Billy Crystal – Mr. Saturday Night as Buddy Young Jr. Hugh Jackman – The Music Man as Harold Hill Rob McClure – Mrs. Doubtfire as Daniel Hillard / Euphegenia Doubtfire Jaquel Spivey – A Strange Loop as UsherJoaquina Kalukango – Paradise Square as Nelly O'Brien Sharon D. Clarke – Caroline, or Change as Caroline Thibodeaux Carmen Cusack – Flying Over Sunset as Clare Boothe Luce Sutton Foster – The Music Man as Marian Paroo Mare Winningham – Girl from the North Country as Elizabeth LaineBest Featured Actor in a PlayBest Featured Actress in a PlayJesse Tyler Ferguson – Take Me Out as Mason Marzac Alfie Allen – Hangmen as Mooney Chuck Cooper – Trouble in Mind as Sheldon Forrester Ron Cephas Jones – Clyde's as Montrellous Michael Oberholtzer – Take Me Out as Shane Mungitt Jesse Williams – Take Me Out as Darren LemmingPhylicia Rashad – Skeleton Crew as Faye Uzo Aduba – Clyde's as Clyde Rachel Dratch – POTUS as Stephanie Kenita R. Miller – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf as Lady in Red Julie White – POTUS as Harriet Kara Young – Clyde's as LetitiaBest Featured Actor in a MusicalBest Featured Actress in a MusicalMatt Doyle – Company as Jamie Sidney DuPont – Paradise Square as Washington Henry Jared Grimes – Funny Girl as Eddie Ryan John-Andrew Morrison – A Strange Loop as Thought 4 A. J. Shively – Paradise Square as Owen DuignanPatti LuPone – Company as Joanne Jeannette Bayardelle – Girl from the North Country as Mrs. Neilsen Shoshana Bean – Mr. Saturday Night as Susan Young Jayne Houdyshell – The Music Man as Eulalie McKechnie Shinn L Morgan Lee – A Strange Loop as Thought 1 Jennifer Simard – Company as SarahBest Direction of a PlayBest Direction of a MusicalSam Mendes – The Lehman Trilogy Lileana Blain-Cruz – The Skin of Our Teeth Camille A. Brown – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf Neil Pepe – American Buffalo Les Waters – Dana H.Marianne Elliott – Company Jamie Armitage and Lucy Moss – Six Stephen Brackett – A Strange Loop Conor McPherson – Girl from the North Country Christopher Wheeldon – MJBest Book of a MusicalBest Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreA Strange Loop – Michael R. JacksonGirl from the North Country – Conor McPherson MJ – Lynn Nottage Mr. Saturday Night – Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel Paradise Square – Christina Anderson, Larry Kirwan, and Craig Lucas |valign="top" |Six – Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (music and lyrics)A Strange Loop – Michael R. Jackson (music and lyrics) Flying Over Sunset – Tom Kitt (music) and Michael Korie (lyrics) Mr. Saturday Night – Jason Robert Brown (music) and Amanda Green (lyrics) Paradise Square – Masi Asare and Nathan Tysen (lyrics) and Jason Howland (music) |- !Best Scenic Design of a Play !Best Scenic Design of a Musical |- |valign="top" |Es Devlin – The Lehman Trilogy Beowulf Boritt – POTUS Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong – Skeleton Crew Anna Fleischle – Hangmen Scott Pask – American Buffalo Adam Rigg – The Skin of Our TeethBunny Christie – Company Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions – Flying Over Sunset Arnulfo Maldonado – A Strange Loop Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini – MJ Allen Moyer – Paradise SquareBest Costume Design of a PlayBest Costume Design of a MusicalMontana Levi Blanco – The Skin of Our Teeth Sarafina Bush – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf Emilio Sosa – Trouble in Mind Jane Greenwood – Plaza Suite Jennifer Moeller – Clyde'sGabriella Slade – Six Fly Davis – Caroline, or Change Toni-Leslie James – Paradise Square William Ivey Long – Diana Santo Loquasto – The Music Man Paul Tazewell – MJBest Lighting Design of a PlayBest Lighting Design of a MusicalJon Clark – The Lehman Trilogy Joshua Carr – Hangmen Jiyoun Chang – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf Jane Cox – Macbeth Yi Zhao – The Skin of Our TeethNatasha Katz – MJ Neil Austin – Company Tim Deiling – Six Donald Holder – Paradise Square Bradley King – Flying Over Sunset Jen Schriever – A Strange LoopBest Sound Design of a PlayBest Sound Design of a MusicalMikhail Fiksel – Dana H. Dominic Bilkey and Nick Powell – The Lehman Trilogy Justin Ellington – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf Palmer Hefferan – The Skin of Our Teeth Mikaal Sulaiman – MacbethGareth Owen – MJ Simon Baker – Girl from the North Country Paul Gatehouse – Six Ian Dickinson for Autograph – Company Drew Levy – A Strange LoopBest ChoreographyBest OrchestrationsChristopher Wheeldon – MJ Camille A. Brown – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf Warren Carlyle – The Music Man Carrie-Anne Ingrouille – Six Bill T. Jones – Paradise SquareSimon Hale – Girl from the North Country David Cullen – Company Tom Curran – Six David Holcenberg and Jason Michael Webb – MJ Charlie Rosen – A Strange Loop
‡ The award is presented to the producer(s) of the musical or play.
Productions with multiple nominations and awards
+ Productions with multiple nominations Nominations Production 11 A Strange Loop 10 MJ Paradise Square 9 Company 8 The Lehman Trilogy Six 7 for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf Girl from the North Country 6 The Music Man The Skin of Our Teeth 5 Clyde's Hangmen Mr. Saturday Night 4 American Buffalo Flying Over Sunset Take Me Out Trouble in Mind 3 Caroline, or Change Dana H. How I Learned to Drive Macbeth POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive Skeleton Crew
+ Productions with multiple wins Awards Production 5 Company The Lehman Trilogy 4 MJ 2 Dana H. Six A Strange Loop Take Me Out
Non-competitive awards Names Accolade Robert E. Wankel Isabelle Stevenson Award Angela Lansbury Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. Asian American Performers Action Coalition Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Broadway for All music copyist Emily Grishman Feinstein's/54 Below United Scenic Artists (Local USA 829, IATSE) Court Theatre The Regional Tony Award James C. Nicola, retiring artistic director of the NYTW Special Tony Award.
Presenters and performers Act One: + Presenters Names Notes Vanessa Hudgens presented Best Original Score Judith Light presented Best Costume Design in a Play and Best Costume Design in a Musical Wilson Cruz presented Best Scenic Design in a Play and Best Scenic Design in a Musical Jeremy Pope presented Best Lighting Design in a Play and Best Lighting Design in a Musical Len Cariou presented Special Tony Award to Angela Lansbury and introduced New York City Gay Men's Chorus George Takei presented Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical Gaten Matarazzo presented Best Orchestrations Bebe Neuwirth presented Best Choreography
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