List: Winners at the 2025 Tony Awards

The annual Tony Awards, a celebrated tradition honoring excellence in live theater since 1947, recently rolled out the red carpet for its 2025 ceremony.

This year's event saw Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' "Purpose" take home the coveted award for Best Play, while "Maybe Happy Ending" was named Best Musical, also earning recognition for Best Book, Best Original Score, and Best Direction for Michael Arden.

In the revival categories, "Eureka Day," written by Jonathan Spector, won Best Revival of a Play, and "Sunset Blvd." was honored as Best Revival of a Musical. "Sunset Blvd." also secured the award for Best Lighting Design for Jack Knowles.

Individual acting honors in plays went to Cole Escola for his leading role in "Oh, Mary!" and Sarah Snook for her compelling performance in "The Picture of Dorian Gray." The featured role awards were presented to Francis Jue for "Yellow Face" and Kara Young for "Purpose."

For musical performances, Darren Criss received the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for "Maybe Happy Ending." Nicole Scherzinger won Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for "Sunset Blvd." Featured roles in musicals were awarded to Jak Malone for "Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical" and Natalie Venetia Belcon for "Buena Vista Social Club."

"Maybe Happy Ending" also received the award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical, credited to Dane Laffrey and George Reeve. For plays, Miriam Buether and 59 won Best Scenic Design for "Stranger Things: The First Shadow." Marg Horwell took home Best Costume Design of a Play for "The Picture of Dorian Gray." The award for Best Costume Design of a Musical went to Paul Tazewell for "Death Becomes Her."

The lighting design award for a play was given to Jon Clark for "Stranger Things: The First Shadow," which also won Best Sound Design of a Play for Paul Arditti and received a Special Tony Award for its Illusions & Technical Effects. Jonathan Deans won Best Sound Design of a Musical for "Buena Vista Social Club."

Best Direction of a Play was awarded to Sam Pinkleton for "Oh, Mary!" "Buena Vista Social Club" also swept the choreography and orchestrations categories, won by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck for Best Choreography, and Marco Paguia for Best Orchestrations. The band of "Buena Vista Social Club" was also recognized with a Special Tony Award.

Special recognition at the ceremony included a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre presented to Harvey Fierstein, and the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award given to Celia Keenan-Bolger. The Regional Theatre Tony Award was presented to The Muny. Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre were bestowed upon Great Performances, Michael Price, New 42, and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.