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”

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”

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

  • Aaron Tveit – “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” — Winner

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”

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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