US Edition2025 Tony Awards: Who will win, who should win in a year with few sure things
- The 78th annual Tony Awards will take place on June 8, 2025, at Radio City Music Hall in New York and be hosted by Cynthia Erivo.
- Tony voters are casting ballots amid a Broadway season featuring 14 new plays and 14 new musicals, with key contenders including Purpose and Maybe Happy Ending.
- Purpose, a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins about Jesse Jackson's dysfunctional family, is likely to win Best Play, while Maybe Happy Ending, about retired South Korean helperbots, leads musical nominations.
- Notable performances include Nicole Scherzinger's career-defining role in Sunset Boulevard and Sarah Snook's flawless work in The Picture of Dorian Gray, while Audra McDonald may extend her record six Tony wins.
- The event will mark the climax of the Broadway season, with outcomes potentially rewarding radially innovative works and rising talents across plays and musicals.
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The Morning Sun
2025 Tony Awards: Who will win — and who should win — in a year with few sure things
Will Nicole Scherzinger, sizzling in “Sunset Blvd.,” beat out Audra McDonald, who made Rose a metaphor for the tragic human condition? Could Jonathan Groff, a knockout Bobby Darin, win back-to-back kudos? Might Sadie Sink of “John Proctor Is the Villain” be sunk by the wild-eyed Laura Donnelly of “The Hills of California” or the ever-savvy Mia Farrow of “The Roommate,” even though all three women played equally terrifying characters? These and …
Audra McDonald Has Won More Tonys Than Any Other Performer. Here Are the Top Winners at Other EGOT-Level Shows
Audra McDonald has won six Tony Awards, more than any other performer, and she has a good chance to extend her record at the 2025 Tonys on Sunday (June 8). The Broadway legend is nominated for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical for her portrayal of Mama Rose in the latest revival of Gypsy. Angela Lansbury (1975), Tyne Daly (1990) and Patti LuPone (2008) all won in this category for their portrayals of Rose. (LuPone s…
Tony Awards 2025: Who Will Win and Who Should Win
Let’s begin with the biggest question mark of this year’s Tony Awards: Which playwright is going to win the prize for Best Play? On paper, before the 2024-25 season barely got started, it looked like it would be either Sanaz Toossi for her play “English,” which had won a 2023 Pulitzer Prize, or Jez Butterworth, who was returning to Broadway with his most recent West End hit, “The Hills of California.” Now, Toossi and Butterworth look the least l…
Chicago Tribune
2025 Tony Awards: Who will win, who should win in a year with few sure things
Will Nicole Scherzinger, sizzling in “Sunset Blvd.,” beat out Audra McDonald, who made Rose a metaphor for the tragic human condition? Could Jonathan Groff, a knockout Bobby Darin, win back-to-back kudos? Might Sadie Sink of “John Proctor Is the Villain” be sunk by the wild-eyed Laura Donnelly of “The Hills of California” or the ever-savvy Mia Farrow of “The Roommate,” even though all three women played equally terrifying characters? These and …
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