The winners of the 2022 Tony Awards are finally out, and the new Michael Jackson musical leads the pack!
Hosted by Broadway ensemble-turned Academy Award-winning Actress Ariana DeBose, the 2022 Tony Awards was the perfect show to cap off the 75 years of the award-giving show in the industry.
2022 Tony Awards List of Winners
"A Strange Loop" went in last night with an astonishing number of eleven nominations - but has only managed to win only two awards (but the biggest) - Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical. This win delivered Jennifer Hudson her Tony as a producer - achieving her EGOT status.
"MJ: The Musical" wins big with four awards. Debuting at the Tony stage this year, Myles Frost bagged his first Tony award for playing Pop King Michael Jackson with Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He is the third person in four years to win a Tony for a role for their performance of a pop icon. Stephanie Block played Cher in "The Cher Show" in 2018, while Adrienne Warren portrayed Tina Turner in "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical."
This year, Stephen Sondheim's 1970s classic "Company" gets a gender-flip adaptation. The show won Best Revival of a Musical for the second time as it did in 2007. Broadway legend Patti Lupone wins Best Featured Actress in a Musical, with Matt Doyle winning Best Featured Actor in a Musical in the same show.
"Paradise Square," with nine nominations, managed to bag only one - Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Joaquina Kalukango, beating Sutton Foster for her return to "The Music Man" with Hugh Jackman. He lost to Myles Frost for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
Over to the play categories, "The Lehman Trilogy" won Best New Play with Simon Russell Beale as Best Leading Actor in a Play and Es Devlin as Best Scenic Design of a Play. The show bagged two more awards.
"Take Me Out" takes home the Best Revival of a Play, with Jesse Tyler Ferguson bagging Best Featured Actor in a Play, beating Broadway newbie and co-star Jesse Williams.
Deirdre O'Connell won Best Leading Actress in a Play for "Dana. H," with Mikhail Fiksel winning Best Sound Design of a Play for the same show.
See the complete list of winners of the 2022 Tony Awards here.
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