The 74th Tony Awards finally happened after COVID-19 shut down all Broadway shows for over a year and consequently freezing the awards. The ceremony originally scheduled last June 2020 took place on September 26, 2021 streamed on Paramount+. Hosted by six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, the 2021 Tony Awards winners were at last announced. See below for the complete list of winners.
Best Play
- “The Inheritance” – Matthew Lopez — Winner
- “Grand Horizons” – Bess Wohl
- “Sea Wall/A Life” – Simon Stephens and Nick Payne
- “Slave Play” – Jeremy O. Harris
- “The Sound Inside” – Adam Rapp
Best Musical
- “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- “Jagged Little Pill”
- “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Revival of a Play
- “A Soldier’s Play” — Winner
- “Betrayal”
- “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune”
Best Book of a Musical
- Diablo Cody – “Jagged Little Pill” — Winner
- John Logan – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
- Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, and Kees Prins – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
- Andrew Burnap – “The Inheritance” — Winner
- Ian Barford – “Linda Vista”
- Jake Gyllenhaal – “Sea Wall/A Life”
- Tom Hiddleston – “Betrayal”
- Tom Sturridge – “Sea Wall/A Life”
- Blair Underwood – “A Soldier’s Play”
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Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
- Mary-Louise Parker – “The Sound Inside” — Winner
- Joaquina Kalukango – “Slave Play”
- Laura Linney – “My Name Is Lucy Barton”
- Audra McDonald – “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune”
Congrats to Mary-Louise Parker for her #TonyAwards win for Best Leading Actress in a Play! @SoundInsideBwy ❤️🎭 pic.twitter.com/j7yiHYzYm6
— Paramount+ (@paramountplus) September 27, 2021
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
- Aaron Tveit – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
Honestly, we're SO obsessed with @AaronTveit and everything about his #TonyAwards win for Best Leading Actor in a Musical! 😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/40HNOYTVGj
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Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
- Adrienne Warren – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” — Winner
- Karen Olivo – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
- Elizabeth Stanley – “Jagged Little Pill”
We've got nothing but love for @adriennelwarren accepting her award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical at the #TonyAwards! ❤️😍🎭 pic.twitter.com/RVVTAQUsxK
— Paramount+ (@paramountplus) September 27, 2021
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
- David Alan Grier – “A Soldier’s Play” — Winner
- Ato Blankson-Wood – “Slave Play”
- James Cusati-Moyer – “Slave Play”
- John Benjamin Hickey – “The Inheritance”
- Paul Hilton – “The Inheritance”
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
- Lois Smith – “The Inheritance” — Winner
- Jane Alexander – “Grand Horizons”
- Chalia La Tour – “Slave Play”
- Annie McNamara – “Slave Play”
- Cora Vander Broek – “Linda Vista”
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
- Danny Burstein – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Derek Klena – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Sean Allan Krill – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Sahr Ngaujah – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
- Daniel J. Watts – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
- Lauren Patten – “Jagged Little Pill” — Winner
- Kathryn Gallagher – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Celia Rose Gooding – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Robyn Hurder – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
- Myra Lucretia Taylor – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Direction of a Play
- Stephen Daldry – “The Inheritance” — Winner
- David Cromer – “The Sound Inside”
- Kenny Leon – “A Soldier’s Play”
- Jamie Lloyd – “Betrayal”
- Robert O’Hara – “Slave Play”
Best Direction of a Musical
- Alex Timbers – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Phyllida Lloyd – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
- Diane Paulus – “Jagged Little Pill”
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics Written for the Theatre)
- Christopher Nightingale (music) – “A Christmas Carol” — Winner
- Paul Englishby (music) – “The Inheritance”
- Fitz Patton and Jason Michael Webb (music) – “The Rose Tattoo”
- Lindsay Jones (music) – “Slave Play”
- Daniel Kluger (music) – “The Sound Inside”
Best Choreography
- Sonya Tayeh – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Anthony Van Laast – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Scenic Design of a Play
- Rob Howell – “A Christmas Carol” — Winner
- Bob Crowley – “The Inheritance”
- Soutra Gilmour – “Betrayal”
- Derek McLane – “A Soldier’s Play”
- Clint Ramos – “Slave Play”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
- Derek McLane – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Riccardo Hernández and Lucy MacKinnon – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Costume Design of a Play
- Rob Howell – “A Christmas Carol” — Winner
- Dede Ayite – “Slave Play”
- Dede Ayite – “A Soldier’s Play”
- Bob Crowley – “The Inheritance”
- Clint Ramos – “The Rose Tattoo”
Best Costume Design in a Musical
- Catherine Zuber – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Emily Rebholz – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Mark Thompson – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Lighting Design of a Play
- Hugh Vanstone – “A Christmas Carol” — Winner
- Jiyoun Chang – “Slave Play”
- Jon Clark – “The Inheritance”
- Heather Gilbert – “The Sound Inside”
- Allen Lee Hughes – “A Soldier’s Play”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
- Justin Townsend – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Bruno Poet – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
- Justin Townsend – “Jagged Little Pill”
Best Sound Design of a Play
- Simon Baker – “A Christmas Carol” — Winner
- Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid – “The Inheritance”
- Lindsay Jones – “Slave Play”
- Daniel Kluger – “Sea Wall/A Life”
- Daniel Kluger – “The Sound Inside”
Best Sound Design of a Musical
- Peter Hylenski – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Jonathan Deans – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Nevin Steinberg – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Best Orchestration
- Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stine and Justin Levine – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner
- Tom Kitt – “Jagged Little Pill”
- Ethan Popp – “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
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