Tony Awards 2025 full list of winners: Rom-com musical ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ wins big

While ‘Buena Vista Social Club’, ‘Death Becomes Her’ and ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ led the nomination with 10 nods, ‘Maybe Happy Ending’, a Seoul-based rom-com, took home the most medallions

tony-awards - 1 'Maybe Happy Ending' at the 78th Annual Tony Awards in New York City | REUTERS

The 78th Tony Awards, held on Sunday night, boasted big victories and even bigger performances. Held at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, the evening was swiftly triumphed by Hue Park and Will Aronson’s Maybe Happy Ending, a love story set in Seoul. With ten nominations, the musical clinched six awards, including Best Musical.

Certain on-screen performers, like George Clooney and Mia Farrow, who were eyeing a Tony last night, missed out on the coveted medallion. The night, hosted by theatre veteran Cynthia Erivo, featured performances by the nominees and included a special act by the original Broadway cast of Hamilton, led by Lin-Manuel Miranda, marking ten years since its debut.

Here’s the full list of winners from the 78th Tony Awards:

Best Musical

  • Maybe Happy Ending — Winner

  • The Buena Vista Social Club

  • Dead Outlaw

  • Death Becomes Her

  • Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Best Play

  • Purpose — Winner

  • English

  • The Hills of California

  • John Proctor is the Villain

  • Oh, Mary!

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

  • Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. — Winner

  • Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her

  • Audra McDonald, Gypsy

  • Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical

  • Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

  • Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending — Winner

  • Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw

  • Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd.

  • Jonathan Groff, Just In Time

  • James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical

  • Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

  • Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray — Winner

  • Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California

  • Mia Farrow, The Roommate

  • LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose

  • Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

  • Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! — Winner

  • George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck

  • Jon Michael Hill, Purpose

  • Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face

  • Henry Lennix, Purpose

  • Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

  • Francis Jue, Yellow Face — Winner

  • Glenn Davis, Purpose

  • Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain

  • Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glenn Ross

  • Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

  • Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical — Winner

  • Brooks Ashmankas, Smash

  • Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw

  • Danny Burstein, Gypsy

  • Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

  • Kara Young, Purpose — Winner

  • Talia Ashe, English

  • Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day

  • Marjan Neshat, English

  • Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

  • Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club — Winner

  • Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw

  • Gracie Lawrence, Just In Time

  • Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

  • Joy Woods, Gypsy

Best Revival of a Musical

  • Sunset Blvd. — Winner

  • Floyd Collins

  • Gypsy

  • Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Best Revival of a Play

  • Eureka Day — Winner

  • Romeo + Juliet

  • Thornton Wilder's Our Town

  • Yellow Face

Best Direction of a Play

  • Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! — Winner

  • Knud Adams, English

  • Sam Mendes, The Hills of California

  • Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain

  • Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Direction of a Musical

  • Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending — Winner

  • Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club

  • David Cromer, Dead Outlaw

  • Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her

  • Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Blvd.

Best Choreography

  • Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club — Winner

  • Joshua Bergasse, Smash

  • Camille A. Brown, Gypsy

  • Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her

  • Jerry Mitchell, Boop! The Musical

Best Book of a Musical

  • Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending — Winner

  • Marco Ramirez, Buena Vista Social Club

  • Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw

  • Marco Pennette, Death Becomes Her

  • David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Best Original Score

  • Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending — Winner

  • David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw

  • Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, Death Becomes Her

  • David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

  • Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Best Scenic Design in a Play

  • Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Winner

  • Marsha Ginsberg, English

  • Rob Howell, The Hills of California

  • Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Scott Park, Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Scenic Design in a Musical

  • Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending — Winner

  • Rachel Hauck, Swept Away

  • Arnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social Club

  • Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her

  • Derek McLane, Just In Time

Best Costume Design in a Play

  • Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray — Winner

  • Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck

  • Rob Howell, The Hills of California

  • Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary!

  • Brigitte Reiffenstul, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Costume Design in a Musical

  • Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her — Winner

  • Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club

  • Gregg Barnes, Boop! The Musical

  • Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending

  • Catherine Zuber, Just in Time

Best Lighting Design in a Play

  • Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Winner

  • Natasha Chivers, The Hills of California

  • Heather Gilbert and David Bengali, Good Night, and Good Luck

  • Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski, John Proctor is the Villain

  • Nick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Lighting Design in a Musical

  • Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd. — Winner

  • Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club

  • Scott Zielinski and Ruby Horng Sun, Floyd Collins

  • Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending

  • Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her

Best Sound Design of a Musical

  • Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club — Winner

  • Adam Fisher, Sunset Blvd.

  • Peter Hylenski, Just In Time

  • Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending

  • Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins

Best Sound Design of a Play

  • Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Winner

  • Palmer Hefferan, John Proctor is the Villain

  • Daniel Kruger, Good Night, and Good Luck

  • Nick Powell, The Hills of California

  • Clemence Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Orchestrations

  • Margo Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club — Winner

  • Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just In Time

  • Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending

  • Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins

  • David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Blvd.

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