The awards recognise excellence in live Broadway theatre - theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres in each with 500 or more seats located in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban on Sunday co-hosted the 2018 event. The duo kicked things off with a piano duet in which they poked fun at the fact that neither of them has won any Tony or Grammy Awards. “Neither one of us has ever won anything. So this is for the people who lose,” the hosts sang.
The Band’s Visit won 10 of the 11 categories in which it was nominated, while Mean Girls got shut out despite 12 nods. Productions that opened during the 2017-2018 Broadway season on or before April 26 were eligible for nominations.
Below is the list of winners.
1.Best Play
The Children
Farinelli and The King
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two (WINNER)
Junk
Latin History for Morons
2. Best Musical
The Band’s Visit (WINNER)
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
3. Best Revival of a Play
Angels in America (WINNER)
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Lobby Hero
Travesties
4. Best Revival of a Musical
My Fair Lady
Once On This Island (WINNER)
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
5. Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliott, Angels in America
Joe Mantello, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Patrick Marber, Travesties
John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two (WINNER)
George C. Wolfe, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
6. Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden, Once On This Island
David Cromer, The Band’s Visit (WINNER)
Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls
Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady
7. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America (WINNER)
Tom Hollander, Travesties
Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Mark Rylance, Farinelli and the King
Denzel Washington, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
8. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women (WINNER)
Condola Rashad, Saint Joan
Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God
Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower
9. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady
Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit (WINNER)
Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
10. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady
Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island
LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit (WINNER)
Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls
Jessie Mueller, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
11. Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Michael Cera, Lobby Hero
Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero
Nathan Lane, Angels in America (WINNER)
David Morse, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
12. Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Susan Brown, Angels in America
Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Deborah Findlay, The Children
Denise Gough, Angels in America
Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women (WINNER)
13. Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady
Alexander Gemignani, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Grey Henson, Mean Girls
Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit (WINNER)
14. Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ariana DeBose, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Renée Fleming, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Lindsay Mendez, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel (WINNER)
Ashley Park, Mean Girls
Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady
15. Best Book of a Musical
The Band’s Visit, Itamar Moses (WINNER)
Frozen, Jennifer Lee
Mean Girls, Tina Fey
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Kyle Jarrow
