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Tony Awards Returns in a Split Coverage on CBS and Paramount+

Ariana DeBose opened the ceremony by saying, “Broadway’s back, baby. And she’s waiting for you.” 

This year’s Tony Awards will be broadcasted on Sunday night and celebrate the best of Broadway. After three years of delay, this event celebrates its 75th year at Radio City Music Hall. 

With DeBose as host, the awards show conducts the first-ever return to its original month and venue since before the pandemic. It also marks the first time in Tony Awards history that it broadcast live coast-to-coast. 

The ceremony was aired on CBS, and Paramount+ – coverage will be split. 

Six for Best Costume Design and Best Original Score of a Musical and MJ for Best Sound Design and Best Lighting Design of a Musical are featured on the Paramount+ hour. 

Meanwhile, the CBS hour opened with a performance by DeBose, who flaunted her skills in current and past musical numbers.

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Check out the winners of the 75th annual Tony Awards below: 

Best Play

The Lehman Trilogy

Best Musical

 A Strange Loop

Best Revival of a Play

 Take Me Out

Best Revival of a Musical

Company

Best Book of a Musical

Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six

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

Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy

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

Deirdre O’Connell, Dana H.

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

Myles Frost, MJ

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

Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square

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

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out

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

 Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew

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

Matt Doyle, Company

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

Patti LuPone, Company

Best Scenic Design of a Play 

Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy

Best Scenic Design of a Musical 

Bunny Christie, Company

Best Costume Design of a Play 

Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gabriella Slade, Six

Best Lighting Design of a Play 

Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, MJ

Best Sound Design of a Play 

Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.

Best Sound Design of a Musical 

Gareth Owen, MJ

Best Direction of a Play 

Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy

Best Direction of a Musical 

Marianne Elliott, Company

Best Choreography

Christopher Wheeldon, MJ

Best Orchestrations

Simon Hale, Girl from the North Country

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