Maybe Happy Ending took 6 wins at the 2025 Tony Awards. It won Best Musical, Best Musical Actor (Darren Criss), Best Musical Director, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Scenic Design for a Musical. His acceptance speech was dynamic and very gracious that touted many others. Producer Jeffrey Richards gave the speech when it won and was gracious is acknowledging others. They thanked those who came out to see Broadway this year and to all their family members who support them as they live out their dreams of bring on Broadway.
Best Performance by an actress in a Leading role in a Musical went to Nicole Scherzinger for Sunset Boulevard. She beat mega Broadway star and who was favored to win due to surveys of Tony voters – favorite Audra McDonald for Mama Rose in Gypsy.
Best Play went to Purpose surprisingly beat Oh, Mary!
Three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Eric Erivo, hosted with an opening of a powerful performance of “Sometimes All You Need Is a Song” and a great closing too with her memorable voice.
Best Director of a Play went to Sam Pinkleton for Oh, Mary! which Cole Escola also won Best Actor in a Play for their funny roles of Mary Todd Lincoln as a cabaret performer. Cole accepted the award in full gown, nails and hair.
Playing 26 different characters, Sarah Snook tookBest Actress in a Play for her first Broadway role in The Picture of Dorian Gray, the play that also won Best Costume Design.
Featured Actor winners were Francis Jue, who won for Yellow Face, and Jak Malone, who won for Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical.
Best Featured Actress in a Play was won by Kara Young for Purpose. Best Featured Actress in a Musical was won by first time nominee Natalie Venetia Belcon for Buena Vista Social Club.
The big names this year: Buena Vista Social Club, Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, Floyd Collins, Gypsy, Maybe Happy Ending, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Sunset Boulevard, Just in Time, and Real Women Have Curves.
The winners:
BEST MUSICAL
Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
(WINNER) — Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
(WINNER) — Sunset Boulevard
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical
(WINNER) — Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
(WINNER) — Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
Tom Francis, Sunset Boulevard
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
(WINNER) — Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw
Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time
Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
Joy Woods, Gypsy
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
(WINNER) — Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club
(WINNER) — Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
David Cromer, Dead Outlaw
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Boulevard
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dead Outlaw, Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
Death Becomes Her, Music & Lyrics: Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
(WINNER) — Maybe Happy Ending, Music: Will Aronson; Lyrics: Will Aronson and Hue Park
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, Music & Lyrics: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, Music & Lyrics: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Marco Ramirez, Buena Vista Social Club
Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw
Marco Pennette, Death Becomes Her
(WINNER) — Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending
David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Joshua Bergasse, Smash
Camille A. Brown, Gypsy
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Jerry Mitchell, Boop! The Musical
(WINNER) — Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time
Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending
Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins
(WINNER) — Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club
David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Boulevard
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club
Gregg Barnes, Boop! The Musical
Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending
(WINNER) — Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her
Catherine Zuber, Just in Time
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
(WINNER) — Jack Knowles, Sunset Boulevard
Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club
Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd Collins
Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending
Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Rachel Hauck, Swept Away
(WINNER) — Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending
Arnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social Club
Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her
Derek McLane, Just in Time
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
(WINNER) — Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club
Adam Fisher, Sunset Boulevard
Peter Hylenski, Just in Time
Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending
Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins
BEST PLAY
English
The Hills of California
John Proctor Is the Villain
Oh, Mary!
(WINNER) — Purpose
BEST PLAY REVIVAL
(WINNER) — Eureka Day
Romeo + Juliet
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town
Yellow Face
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose
Sadie Sink, John Proctor Is the Villain
(WINNER) — Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
(WINNER) — Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
Jon Michael Hill, Purpose
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
Harry Lennix, Purpose
Louise McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Tala Ashe, English
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
Marjan Neshat, English
Fina Strazza, John Proctor Is the Villain
(WINNER) — Kara Young, Purpose
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Glenn Davis, Purpose
Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor Is the Villain
(WINNER) — Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Knud Adams, English
Sam Mendes, The Hills of California
(WINNER) — Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!
Danya Taymor, John Proctor Is the Villain
Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck
(WINNER) — Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Rob Howell, The Hills of California
Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary!
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Natasha Chivers, The Hills of California
(WINNER) — Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
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 SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Marsha Ginsberg, English
Rob Howell, The Hills of California
Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray
(WINNER) — Miriam Buether and 59 Studio, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Scott Pask, Good Night, and Good Luck
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
(WINNER) — Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Palmer Hefferan, John Proctor Is the Villain
Daniel Kluger, Good Night, and Good Luck
Nick Powell, The Hills of California
Clemence Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray
