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‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Takes 6 Tony Awards, Including Best Musical

Nicole Scherzinger edges out stiff competition to win Lead Actress in a Musical for 'Sunset Boulevard'

Joey Moser by Joey Moser
June 9, 2025
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‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Takes 6 Tony Awards, Including Best Musical

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Best Musical
Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Best Play
English
The Hills of California
John Proctor Is the Villain
Oh, Mary!
Purpose

Best Revival of a Musical
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Sunset Blvd.

Best Revival of a Play
Eureka Day
Romeo + Juliet
Our Town
Yellow Face

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Darren Criss — Maybe Happy Ending
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 a Leading Actress in a Musical
Megan Hilty — Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald — Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers — Boop! The Musical
Nicole Scherzinger — Sunset Blvd.
Jennifer Simard — Death Becomes Her

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
George Clooney — Good Night, and Good Luck.
Cole Escola — Oh, Mary! (HAPPY PRIDE!)
Jon Michael Hill — Purpose
Daniel Dae Kim — Yellow Face
Harry Lennix — Purpose
Louis McCartney — Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Performance by a Leading 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
Sarah Snook — The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Brooks Ashmanskas — Smash
Jeb Brown — Dead Outlaw
Danny Burstein — Gypsy
Jak Malone — Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Taylor Trensch — Floyd Collins

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
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 Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Glenn Davis — Purpose
Gabriel Ebert — John Proctor Is the Villain
Francis Jue — Yellow Face
Bob Odenkirk — Glengarry Glen Ross
Conrad Ricamora — Oh, Mary!

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Tala Ashe — English
Jessica Hecht — Eureka Day
Marjan Neshat — English
Fina Strazza — John Proctor Is the Villain
Kara Young — Purpose

Best Direction of a Musical
Saheem Ali — Buena Vista Social Club
Michael Arden — Maybe Happy Ending
David Cromer — Dead Outlaw
Christopher Gattelli — Death Becomes Her
Jamie Lloyd — Sunset Blvd.

Best Direction of a Play
Knud Adams — English
Sam Mendes — The Hills of California
Sam Pinkleton — Oh, Mary!
Danya Taymor — John Proctor Is the Villain
Kip Williams — The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Book of a Musical
Buena Vista Social Club — Marco Ramirez
Dead Outlaw — Itamar Moses
Death Becomes Her — Marco Pennette
Maybe Happy Ending — Will Aronson and Hue Park
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical — David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts

Best Original Score
Dead Outlaw — David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
Death Becomes Her — Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
Maybe Happy Ending — Will Aronson and Hue Park
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical — David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical — Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez

Best Orchestrations
Just in Time — Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber
Maybe Happy Ending — Will Aronson
Floyd Collins — Bruce Coughlin
Buena Vista Social Club — Marco Paguia
Sunset Blvd. — David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber

Best Choreography
Smash — Joshua Bergasse
Gypsy — Camille A. Brown
Death Becomes Her — Christopher Gattelli
Boop! The Musical — Jerry Mitchell
Buena Vista Social Club — Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck

Best Scenic Design in a Musical
Swept Away — Rachel Hauck
Maybe Happy Ending — Dane Laffrey and George Reeve
Buena Vista Social Club — Arnulfo Maldonado
Death Becomes Her — Derek McLane
Just in Time — Derek McLane

Best Costume Design in a Musical
Buena Vista Social Club — Dede Ayite
Boop! The Musical — Gregg Barnes
Maybe Happy Ending — Clint Ramos
Death Becomes Her — Paul Tazewell
Just in Time — Catherine Zuber

Best Lighting Design in a Musical
Sunset Blvd. — Jack Knowles
Buena Vista Social Club — Tyler Micoleau
Floyd Collins — Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun
Maybe Happy Ending — Ben Stanton
Death Becomes Her — Justin Townsend

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Buena Vista Social Club — Jonathan Deans
Sunset Blvd. — Adam Fisher
Just in Time — Peter Hylenski
Maybe Happy Ending — Peter Hylenski
Floyd Collins — Dan Moses Schreier

Best Scenic Design in a Play
English — Marsha Ginsberg
The Hills of California — Rob Howell
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Marg Horwell and David Bergman
Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Miriam Buether and 59 Productions
Good Night, and Good Luck. — Scott Pask

Best Costume Design in a Play
Good Night, and Good Luck. — Brenda Abbandandolo
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Marg Horwell
The Hills of California — Rob Howell
Oh, Mary! — Holly Pierson
Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Brigitte Reiffenstuel

Best Lighting Design in a Play
The Hills of California — Natasha Chivers
Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Jon Clark
Good Night, and Good Luck. — Heather Gilbert and David Bengali
John Proctor Is the Villain — Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Nick Schlieper

Best Sound Design of a Play
Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Paul Arditti
John Proctor Is the Villain — Palmer Hefferan
Good Night, and Good Luck. — Daniel Kluger
The Hills of California — Nick Powell
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Clemence Williams

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Joey Moser

Joey Moser

Joey is a co-founder of The Contending currently living in Columbus, OH. He is a proud member of GALECA and Critics Choice. Since he is short himself, Joey has a natural draw towards short film filmmaking. He is a Rotten Tomatoes approved critic, and he has also appeared in Xtra Magazine. If you would like to talk to Joey about cheese, corgis, or Julianne Moore, follow him on Twitter or Instagram.

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