2017 Tony Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 71st annual Tony Awards were announced June 11 at Radio City Music Hall. Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 dominated the design categories for a musical, with Mimi Lien taking home the award for scenery and Bradley King for lighting; their work famously turns the entire Imperial Theatre into a playing space for the musical, based on a section of the novel War and Peace. Santo Loquasto took the costume design award for Hello, Dolly!

In the play categories Nigel Hook took an award for his gag-filled, deconstructing set for the farce The Play That Goes Wrong,. In what may have been the most popular choice of the night, perpetual Tony bridesmaid Jane Greenwood took the costme design nod for the Manhattan Theatre Club production of The Little Foxes. Christopher Akerlind won for the lighting design of Indecent,, about the long and tumultuous history for the Yiddish-language drama God of Vengeance.

There were no sound design categories this year, although Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin received a special award for their work on the solo drama The Encounter. The sound design category will be restored next year.

Below is the complete list of Tony Award winners:

Best Musical
Dear Evan Hansen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Revival of a Musical
Hello, Dolly!

Best Play
Oslo

Best Revival of a Play
Jitney

Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand

Best Direction of a Musical
Christopher Ashley, Come From Away

Best Direction of a Play
Rebecca Taichman, Indecent

Best Performance by an Actress in Featured Role a Musical
Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Laurie Metcalf, A Doll's House, Part 2

Best Orchestrations
Alex Lacamoire, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Kevin Kline, Present Laughter

Best Book of a Musical
Steven Levenson, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Score
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Cynthia Nixon, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Michael Aronov, Oslo

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Christopher Akerlind, Indecent

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly!

Best Costume Design of a Play
Jane Greenwood, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes

The 2018 Tony Awards will see the reinstatement of the Sound Design Categories.

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