The atmospheric and ethereal The Band’s Visit led the 2018 Tony Awards with 10 wins, including Best Musical, Best Director and Best Leading Actor and Actress in a Musical and Best Score for Composer and David Yazbek (although TV viewers didn’t get to see his acceptance speech).
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 and 2, a drama of five hours that must be seen in two sittings, took home the award for Best Play, one of its six awards.
Once on This Island, with its immersive staging – highlighted by several chickens and a goat onstage – earned the award for Best Revival of a Musical, and Justin Peck took home the statue for Best Choreography for Carousel.
Angels in America took home three awards, including Best Revival of Play.
Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban co-hosted the event, starting the evening off with a song they penned (along with composer Shaina Taub) to cheekily remind the audience that most of them would go home emptyhanded. “This is for the people who lose, ’cause most of us have been in your shoes…”
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Chita Rivera were awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards.
But perhaps the most poignant moment of the evening was the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Drama Club’s rendition of “Seasons of Love.”
Complete List of Winners:
Best Musical
The Band’s Visit
Best Play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 and 2
Best Revival of a Musical
Once On This Island
Best Revival of a Play
Angels in America
Leading Actor in a Musical
Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit
Leading Actress in a Musical
Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit
Leading Actress in a Play
Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Leading Actor in a Play
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America
Featured Actress in a Play
Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Featured Actor in a Play
Nathan Lane, Angels in America
Featured Actress in a Musical
Lindsay Mendez, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Featured Actor in a Musical
Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit
Director of a Musical
David Cromer, The Band’s Visit
Director of a Play
John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 and 2
Score
David Yazbek, The Band’s Visit
Book of a Musical
Itamar Moses, The Band’s Visit
Choreography
Justin Peck, Carousel
Costume Design of a Play
Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 and 2
Costume Design of a Musical
Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady
Set Design of a Play
Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 and 2
Set Design of a Musical
David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants
Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 and 2
Lighting Design of a Musical
Tyler Micoleau, The Band’s Visit
Orchestrations
Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit
Sound Design of a Play
Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 and 2
Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada, The Band’s Visit
The 2018 Tony Awards were broadcast on CBS on Sunday, June 10th 2018.
