Kimberly Akimbo won the 2023 Tony Award for best musical, beating out ‘Some Like It Hot,’ ‘Shucked,’ ‘New York, New York’ and ‘& Juliet.’ (Joan Marcus/Kimberly Akimbo)
The 76th Tony Awards wrapped up at the United Palace Sunday night. Below is the list of major 2023 Tony Award nominees with winners marked in bold. The complete list of winners is here.
Suzan-Lori Parks accepts the award for Best Revival of a Play for ‘Topdog/Underdog’ onstage during The 76th Annual Tony Awards at United Palace Theater on June 11, 2023 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976 Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders
Best Leading Actor of a Musical
Winner: J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
J. Harrison Ghee accepts the award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for ‘Some Like It Hot.’ They are the second nonbinary actor to win. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman
Brandon Uranowitz accepts the award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for ‘Leopoldstadt’ onstage during The 76th Annual Tony Awards. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Jordan E. Cooper, Ain’t No Mo’ Samuel L. Jackson, The Piano Lesson Arian Moayed, A Doll’s House David Zayas, Cost of Living
Best Direction of a Musical
Winner:Michael Arden, Parade
Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot Jack O’Brien, Shucked Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo
David West Read, & Juliet Robert Horn, Shucked Matthew López and Amber Ruffin, Some Like It Hot David Thompson and Sharon Washington, New York, New York
Best Original Score
Winner: Kimberly Akimbo,music by Jeanine Tesori; lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
Almost Famous, music by Tom Kitt; lyrics by Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt KPOP, music and lyrics: Helen Park and Max Vernon Shucked, music and lyrics: Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally Some Like It Hot, music: Marc Shaiman; lyrics: Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
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