Hadestown was the biggest winner at Sunday’s Tony Awards, taking home eight trophies including one for Best Musical. Inspired by the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Hadestown also won Best Direction of a Musical for director Rachel Chavkin. Chavkin was the only woman to direct a musical during this outgoing Broadway season and she lamented that fact in her speech, calling for more inclusion towards women and people of color in the theater.
The disability community was also represented during the telecast, when Ali Stroker became the first wheelchair-using actor, male or female to be nominated and win a Tony. The Oklahoma! co-star dedicated her win to children with disabilities who are seeing themselves represented for the first time on such a massive awards stage.
Other notable wins from the James Corden-hosted show included 87-year-old Elaine May winning her first Tony for her leading performance in The Waverly Gallery, six decades after making her Broadway debut. The most awarded play of the night was the 1980s Irish-set The Ferryman, taking home four awards, including Best Play.
Below is the full list of Tony winners:
Best Musical – Hadestown
Best Revival of a Musical – Oklahoma!
Best Play – The Ferryman
Best Revival of a Play – The Boys in the Band
Best Lead Actress in a Musical – Stephanie J. Block for The Cher Show
Best Featured Actress in a Musical – Ali Stroker for Oklahoma!
Best Lead Actor in a Musical – Santino Fontana for Tootsie
Best Featured Actor in a Musical – André De Shields for Hadestown
Best Lead Actress in a Play – Elaine May for The Waverly Gallery
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Celia Keenan-Bolger for To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Lead Actor in a Play – Bryan Cranston for Network
Best Featured Actor in a Play – Bertie Carvel for Ink
Best Book of a Musical – Tootsie by Robert Horn
Best Direction of a Musical – Rachel Chavkin for Hadestown
Best Direction of a Play – Sam Mendes for The Ferryman
Best Costume Design of a Musical – The Cher Show
Best Costume Design of a Play – The Ferryman
Best Scenic Design of a Musical – Hadestown
Best Scenic Design of a Play – The Ferryman
Best Lighting Design of a Musical – Hadestown
Best Lighting Design of a Play – Ink
Best Sound Design of a Musical – Hadestown
Best Sound Design of a Play – Choir Boy
Best Original Score – Hadestown
Best Orchestrations – Hadestown
Best Choreography – Ain’t Too Proud
Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre – Rosemary Harris, Terrence McNally, and Harold Wheeler
Honors for Excellence in Theatre – Broadway Inspirational Voices, Peter Entin, FDNY Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9, and Joseph Blakely Forbes
Regional Theatre Award – TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Excellence in Theatre Education – Madeline Michel from Monticello High School in Charlottesville, Virginia
Isabelle Stevenson Award – Judith Light
Special Tony Award – Marin Mazzie, Jason Michael Webb, and Sonny Tilders
