2019 Tony Awards was the 73rd edition of Tony Awards held on June 9, 2019, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2018–19 season. It was held in Radio City Music Hall, New York City.It was hosted by James Corden.
Highlights:
- Hadestown, a musical about a young couple’s dark trip to the Underworld, was the most winning production of the season by winning eight awards, including Best Musical.
- The Ferryman won four awards, including Best Play. Original musicals The Cher Show and Tootsie, the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, and the new play Ink each won two awards.
- 31-year-old actress Ali Stroker, won best featured actress for her outstanding role as Ado Annie in Rogers and Hammerstein’s ‘Oklahoma!’ and made history by becoming the first actor in a wheelchair to win a Tony Award.
List of winners:
| Categories | Winner |
| Best play | “The Ferryman” by Jez Butterworth |
| Best revival of a musical | Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma! |
| Best musical | “Hadestown” |
| Best revival of a play | “The Boys in the Band” by Mart Crowley |
| Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical | Santino Fontana, “Tootsie” |
| Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical | Stephanie J. Block, “The Cher Show” |
| Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play | Bryan Cranston, “Network” |
| Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play | Elaine May, “The Waverly Gallery” |
| Best book of a musical | “Tootsie,” Robert Horn |
| Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater | “Hadestown,” Anaïs Mitchell |
| Best direction of a musical | Rachel Chavkin, “Hadestown” |
| Best Direction of a Play | Sam Mendes, “The Ferryman” |
| Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical | André De Shields, “Hadestown” |
| Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical | Ali Stroker, “Oklahoma!” |
| Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play | Bertie Carvel, “Ink” |
| Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play | Celia Keenan-Bolger, “To Kill a Mockingbird” |
| Best choreography | Sergio Trujillo, “Ain’t Too Proud” |
| Best orchestrations | Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, “Hadestown” |
| Best scenic design of a musical | Rachel Hauck, “Hadestown” |
| Best scenic design of a play | Rob Howell, “The Ferryman” |
| Best costume design of a musical | Bob Mackie, “The Cher Show” |
| Best costume design of a play | Rob Howell, “The Ferryman” |
| Best sound design of a musical | Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, “Hadestown” |
| Best sound design of a play | Fitz Patton, “Choir Boy” |
| Best lighting design of a musical | Bradley King, “Hadestown” |
| Best lighting design of a play | Neil Austin, “Ink” |
About Tony Awards:
- First awarded – April 6, 1947
- It was formed by a committee of the American Theatre Wing headed by Brock Pemberton.
- The award is named after Antoinette Perry, nicknamed Tony .
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