NEW YORK – The 73rd Tony Awards, held June 9 at Radio City Music Hall and hosted by James Cordon, honored Hadestown with eight awards, including Best Musical and nods for Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Bradley King), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Rachel Hauck) and Best Direction of a Musical (Rachel Chavkin).
Other designers winning this year included Neil Austin (Ink), for Best Lighting Design of a Play and Rob Howell (The Ferryman), for Best Scenic Design of a Play. Howell also won a Tony for Best Costume Design, while Bob Mackie won the Tony for Best Costume Design of a Musical for The Cher Show.
This year’s ceremony also included a Special Tony Award lauding the design of the giant ape puppet in King Kong created by Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company.
On the audio side, Hadestown’s Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz won for Best Sound Design of a Musical and Fitz Patton (Choir Boy) took home the Tony for Best Sound Design of a Play.
Here is the full list of 2019 Tony Award Winners:
- Best Musical: Hadestown
- Best Play: The Ferryman
- Best Revival of a Musical: Oklahoma!
- Best Revival of a Play: The Boys in the Band
- Best Book of a Musical: Tootsie, Robert Horn
- Best Original Score: Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell
- Best Director/Musical: Rachel Chavkin/Hadestown
- Best Director/Play: Sam Mendes/The Ferryman
- Best Leading Actor/Musical: Santino Fontana/Tootsie
- Best Leading Actress/Musical: Stephanie J. Block/The Cher Show
- Best Leading Actor/Play: Bryan Cranston/Network
- Best Leading Actress/Play: Elaine May/The Waverly Gallery
- Best Featured Actor/Musical: André De Shields/Hadestown
- Best Featured Actress/Musical: Ali Stroker/Oklahoma!
- Best Featured Actor/Play: Bertie Carvel/Ink
- Best Featured Actress/Play: Celia Keenan-Bolger/To Kill a Mockingbird
- Best Scenic Design/Musical: Rachel Hauck/Hadestown
- Best Scenic Design/Play: Rob Howell/The Ferryman
- Best Costume Design of a Play: Rob Howell/The Ferryman
- Best Costume Design of a Musical: Bob Mackie/The Cher Show
- Best Lighting Design of a Play: Neil Austin/Ink
- Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Bradley King/Hadestown
- Best Sound Design of a Play: Fitz Patton/Choir Boy
- Best Sound Design of a Musical: Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz/Hadestown
- Best Choreography: Sergio Trujillo/Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
- Best Orchestrations: Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose/Hadestown
- Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater: Rosemary Harris, Terrence McNally, Harold Wheeler
- Isabelle Stevenson Award: Judith Light
- Regional Theater Tony Award: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
- Special Tony Awards: Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company (for King Kong’s puppet), Jason Michael Webb (vocal arrangements, Choir Boy) and the late Marin Mazzie (advocacy within the theater community).
- Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater: Broadway Inspirational Voices — Michael McElroy, Founder, Peter Entin, FDNY Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9, Joseph Blakely Forbes
