The 79th Tony Awards were held on June 7, 2026, to recognize excellence in Broadway productions during the 2025–26 season. The ceremony took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and was broadcast on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.
Ceremony information Pluto TV streamed the pre-ceremony broadcast The Tony Awards: Act One, hosted by Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess.
Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall, and Jack Sussman produced the ceremony, replacing Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss at White Cherry Entertainment who produced from 2004 to 2025. Pop singer Pink, whose Broadway-adjacent credits include having her songs featured in & Juliet and Moulin Rouge!, served as host.
The musical adaptation of the television series Schmigadoon! won Best Musical and three others including two for the show's co-creator Cinco Paul, while the play Liberation won its sole Tony for Best Play.
The revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman won the most awards at the ceremony with six in total.
Eligibility The Tony Awards eligibility dates for the 2025–2026 Broadway season were April 28, 2025, through April 26, 2026. Productions were also required to meet all other eligibility criteria as previously set forth by the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League. There are 41 legitimate Broadway-eligible theaters in which a production must be performed to attain eligibility for award consideration. Nominations for the 2026 Tony Awards were announced on May 5, 2026.
Original plays The Balusters Call Me Izzy Dog Day Afternoon The Fear of 13 Giant Liberation Little Bear Ridge Road Punch
Original musicals Beaches The Lost Boys The Queen of Versailles Schmigadoon! Titanique Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Play revivals Art Becky Shaw Bug Death of a Salesman Every Brilliant Thing Fallen Angels Joe Turner's Come and Gone Marjorie Prime Oedipus Proof Waiting for Godot
Musical revivals Cats: The Jellicle Ball Chess Mamma Mia! Ragtime Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show
Winners and nominees Competitive awards Best Play Best Musical Liberation The Balusters Giant Little Bear Ridge RoadSchmigadoon! The Lost Boys Titaníque Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)Best Revival of a Play Best Revival of a Musical Death of a Salesman Becky Shaw Every Brilliant Thing Fallen Angels OedipusRagtime Cats: The Jellicle Ball Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror ShowBest Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a PlayJohn Lithgow as Roald Dahl – Giant Will Harrison as Jacob Dunne – Punch Nathan Lane as Willy Loman – Death of a Salesman Daniel Radcliffe as Narrator – Every Brilliant Thing Mark Strong as Oedipus – OedipusLesley Manville as Jocasta – Oedipus Rose Byrne as Jane Banbury – Fallen Angels Carrie Coon as Agnes White – Bug Susannah Flood as Lizzie – Liberation Kelli O'Hara as Julia Sterroll – Fallen AngelsBest Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a MusicalJoshua Henry as Coalhouse Walker Jr. – Ragtime Nicholas Christopher as Anatoly Sergievsky – Chess Luke Evans as Frank-N-Furter – Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show Sam Tutty as Dougal Todd – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Brandon Uranowitz as Tateh – RagtimeCaissie Levy as Mother – Ragtime Sara Chase as Melissa Gimble – Schmigadoon! Stephanie Hsu as Janet Weiss – Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show Marla Mindelle as Celine Dion – Titaníque Christiani Pitts as Robin Rainey – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a PlayAlden Ehrenreich as Max Garrett – Becky Shaw Christopher Abbott as Biff Loman – Death of a Salesman Danny Burstein as Jon – Marjorie Prime Brandon J. Dirden as Pozzo – Waiting for Godot Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Bynum Walker – Joe Turner's Come and Gone Richard Thomas as Elliott Emerson – The BalustersLaurie Metcalf as Linda Loman – Death of a Salesman Betsy Aidem as Margie – Liberation Marylouise Burke as Penny Buell – The Balusters Aya Cash as Jessie Stone – Giant June Squibb as Marjorie – Marjorie PrimeBest Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a MusicalAli Louis Bourzgui as David – The Lost Boys André De Shields as Old Deuteronomy – Cats: The Jellicle Ball Bryce Pinkham as The Arbiter – Chess Ben Levi Ross as Mother's Younger Brother – Ragtime Layton Williams as Iceberg/The Seaman – TitaníqueShoshana Bean as Lucy Emerson – The Lost Boys Hannah Cruz as Svetlana – Chess Rachel Dratch as The Narrator – Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show Ana Gasteyer as Mildred Layton – Schmigadoon! Nichelle Lewis as Sarah – RagtimeBest Direction of a PlayBest Direction of a MusicalJoe Mantello – Death of a Salesman Nicholas Hytner – Giant Robert Icke – Oedipus Kenny Leon – The Balusters Whitney White – LiberationZhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch – Cats: The Jellicle Ball Michael Arden – The Lost Boys Lear deBessonet – Ragtime Christopher Gattelli – Schmigadoon! Tim Jackson – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)Best Book of a MusicalBest Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreCinco Paul – Schmigadoon! Jim Barne and Kit Buchan – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, and Constantine Rousouli – Titaníque Chris Hoch and David Hornsby – The Lost BoysCinco Paul (music and lyrics) – Schmigadoon! Steve Bargonetti (music) – Joe Turner's Come and Gone Jim Barne (music) and Kit Buchan (lyrics) – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) The Rescues (music and lyrics) – The Lost Boys Caroline Shaw (music) – Death of a SalesmanBest Scenic Design of a PlayBest Scenic Design of a MusicalChloe Lamford – Death of a Salesman Hildegard Bechtler – Oedipus Takeshi Kata – Bug David Korins – Dog Day Afternoon David Rockwell – Fallen AngelsDane Laffrey – The Lost Boys dots – Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show Soutra Gilmour – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Rachel Hauck – Cats: The Jellicle Ball Scott Pask – Schmigadoon!Best Costume Design of a PlayBest Costume Design of a MusicalJeff Mahshie – Fallen Angels Brenda Abbandandolo – Dog Day Afternoon Qween Jean – Liberation Emilio Sosa – The Balusters Paul Tazewell – Joe Turner's Come and GoneQween Jean – Cats: The Jellicle Ball Linda Cho – Ragtime Linda Cho – Schmigadoon! Ryan Park – The Lost Boys David Reynoso – Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror ShowBest Lighting Design of a PlayBest Lighting Design of a MusicalJack Knowles – Death of a Salesman Isabella Byrd – Dog Day Afternoon Natasha Chivers – Oedipus Stacey Derosier – Joe Turner's Come and Gone Heather Gilbert – Bug Heather Gilbert – The Fear of 13Michael Arden and Jen Schriever – The Lost Boys Kevin Adams – Chess Jane Cox – Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show Donald Holder – Schmigadoon! Donald Holder and Adam Honoré (lighting design) and 59 Studio (projection design) – Ragtime Adam Honoré – Cats: The Jellicle BallBest Sound Design of a PlayBest Sound Design of a MusicalMikaal Sulaiman – Death of a Salesman Justin Ellington – Joe Turner's Come and Gone Tom Gibbons – Oedipus Lee Kinney – The Fear of 13 Josh Schmidt – BugKai Harada – Ragtime Kai Harada – Cats: The Jellicle Ball Adam Fisher – The Lost Boys Brian Ronan – Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show Walter Trarbach – Schmigadoon!Best ChoreographyBest OrchestrationsArturo Lyons and Omari Wiles – Cats: The Jellicle Ball Christopher Gattelli – Schmigadoon! Christopher Cree Grant and Lauren Yalango-Grant – The Lost Boys Ellenore Scott – Ragtime Ani Taj – Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror ShowDoug Besterman and Mike Morris – Schmigadoon! Kyler England, Adrianne Gonzalez, Ethan Popp, and Gabriel Mann – The Lost Boys Trevor Holder, Doug Schadt, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and David Wilson – Cats: The Jellicle Ball Lux Pyramid – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Brian Usifer – Chess
Non-competitive awards AccoladeAwardee(s)Lifetime Achievement in the TheatreAndré BishopJules FisherJames LapineIsabelle Stevenson AwardMary-Mitchell CampbellSpecial Tony AwardLeague of Resident TheatresTony Honors for Excellence in Theatre1/52 ProjectJake BellKenn LubinLoren PlotkinRegional Theatre Tony AwardAmerican Players TheatreExcellence in Theatre Education AwardFreddie Hendricks from Utopian Academy for the Arts
Multiple nominations and awards
Productions with multiple nominations and awards NominationsAwardsProduction124The Lost BoysSchmigadoon!11Ragtime93Cats: The Jellicle Ball6Death of a Salesman0Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show8Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)71Oedipus50The BalustersChess1Fallen Angels0Joe Turner's Come and Gone1Liberation40Bug1Giant0Titanique3Dog Day Afternoon21Becky Shaw0Every Brilliant ThingThe Fear of 13Marjorie Prime
Individuals with multiple nominations and awards NominationsAwardsIndividual21010102
Presenters and performers Presenters + Names Notes Kelli O'Hara Presented the Lifetime Achievement in Theatre to André Bishop Carrie Coon Presented Excellence in Theatre Education Award to Freddie Hendricks Kristin Chenoweth Presented the Isabelle Stevenson Award to Mary-Mitchell Campbell Brian Stokes Mitchell Presented the Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre to Jules Fisher Bernadette Peters Presented the Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre to James Lapine and Best Musical Maya Rudolph and Cole Escola Presented Best Actor in a Play Sarah Paulson Presented Best Featured Actress in a Play Adrien Brody Introduced the cast of Ragtime Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt Presented Best Director of a Musical and Best Direction of a Play Bowen Yang Introduced the cast of Titaníque Megan Thee Stallion Presented Best Featured Actress in a Musical Lena Waithe, Law Roach, and Jeremy Pope Introduced the cast of Cats: The Jellicle Ball Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lily Rabe Presented Best Play Kara Young and Jack O'Brien Appeared in the American Theater Wing segment John Leguizamo Introduced the cast of Two Strangers Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess Presented Best Featured Actor in a Musical Queen Latifah Introduced Chicago performance Annette Bening Presented Best Actress in a Play Sting Presented Best Revival of Musical Patrick Wilson Announced Excellence in Theatre Education Award Paul Rudd Presented Best Featured Actor in a Play Billy Crystal Presented Best Revival of a Play Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez Introduced the original Broadway cast of The Book of Mormon Julianne Hough Introduced Rachel Zegler's tribute to A Chorus Line Darren Criss and Nicole Scherzinger Presented Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Ariana DeBose and Neil Patrick Harris Performed comedy segments during the show
Performances