“Dear Evan Hansen” won the award for best musical at the 2017 Tony Awards, while “Oslo” was named best play.
All early signs pointed to “Dear Evan Hanson” winning the big musical prize of the night as it swept earlier categories including book, original score and orchestration. Star Ben Platt won for lead actor in a musical, while Rachel Bay Jones won for featured actress in a play.
The big surprises of the night came in the directing categories, with Rebecca Taichman and Christopher Ashley winning for play and musical, respectively.
Bette Midler and “Hello, Dolly!” were also among the night’s winners. “Jitney” won for revival of a play.
The complete list of winners and nominees is below.
FULL COVERAGE: Tony Awards 2017 »
Best musical
“Come From Away” | Review | Critic’s Notebook | Interview
WINNER: “Dear Evan Hansen” | Feature | Interview
“Groundhog Day the Musical” | Review | Feature
“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” | Interview
Best play
“A Doll’s House, Part 2,” Lucas Hnath | SoCal review | Broadway review
“Indecent,” Paula Vogel
WINNER: “Oslo,” J.T. Rogers
“Sweat,” Lynn Nottage | Interview | Critic’s Notebook | News
Producer Stacey Mindich, at the mike, and the cast of “Dear Evan Hansen” accept the award for best musical at the conclusion of the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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Josh Groban and the cast of “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" perform at the 71st Tony Awards.
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Tina Fey, presenting at the Tony Awards
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Stephen Colbert speaks during the 2017 Tony Awards.
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The cast of “Bandstand” performs during the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall.
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Kevin Spacey, left, Michael Kelly and Robin Wright appear as their characters from “House of Cards” as they present Lin-Manuel Miranda with the envelope for best musical.
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The cast of “Bandstand” performs at the 71st Tony Awards.
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Jill Biden introduces a performance by the cast of “Bandstand.”
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The cast of “Bandstand” performs at the 71st Tony Awards in New York.
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Ben Platt, an L.A. native, accepts the award for lead actor in a musical for “Dear Evan Hansen.”
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The mix of performers, presenters and winners backstage. From left, Josh Groban, Allison Janney, Rachel Bloom, Christopher Jackson and “Come From Away’s” Tony-winning director, Christopher Ashley.
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“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, last year’s big Tony winner, announces the best musical prize the 2017 awards.
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Josh Gad presents the educators awards at the 71st Tony Awards.
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Rebecca Taichman accepts the award for direction of a play for “Indecent.”
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Andy Karl and the cast of “Groundhog Day The Musical” perform at the 71st Tony Awards.
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Christopher Ashley accepts the award for direction of a musical for “Come From Away.”
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Mimi Lien accepts the award for scenic design of a musical for “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.”
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The Rockettes perform “New York, New York” at the 71st Tony Awards.
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Rachel Bay Jones accepts the featured actress in a musical award for “Dear Evan Hansen.”
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Bette Midler presents the award for performance by a leading actress in a play.
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Patti LuPone, left, and Christine Ebersole perform from the musical “War Paint” during the 2017 Tony Awards.
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Andy Blankenbuehler accpets the award for choreography for “Bandstand.”
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Uma Thurman at the 2017 Tony Awards.
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David Hyde Pierce performs the song “Penny in My Pocket” from the Broadway revival of “Hello, Dolly!”
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Choreographer-director Tommy Tune at Radio City Music Hall.
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Patina Miller, left, and Sara Bareilles speak during the 2017 Tony Awards.
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Host Kevin Spacey impersonates Johnny Carson.
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Kevin Kline accepts the award for his lead performance in the play “Present Laughter.”
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Christopher Akerlind accepts the award for lighting design for the play “Indecent.”
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Alex Lacamoire accepts the award for the “Dear Evan Hansen” orchestrations.
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Ben Platt, who portrays the title character in “Dear Evan Hansen,” performs the song “Waving Through a Window” during the Tony telecast.
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Betsy Wolfe, left, and Tracie Thoms perform with the cast of “Falsettos.”
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Gareth Fry, left, and Pete Malkin, receive a special Tony Award for their sound design for “The Encounter.”
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Cynthia Nixon, left, accepts the Tony Award for featured actress in a play for “Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes.” The handoff is by presenters Olivia Wilde and Tom Sturridge.
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Scarlett Johansson presents the award for featured performance by an actor in a play.
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Jenn Colella of “Come From Away” links arms with Rockettes during a production number at the 71st Tony Awards.
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Justin Paul, left, and Benj Pasek accept the original score award for “Dear Evan Hansen.”
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James Earl Jones accepts the special Tony award for lifetime achievement in the theater at the 71st Tony Awards.
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The cast of “Come From Away” performs onstage during the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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The cast of “Miss Saigon” performs onstage during the 2017 Tony Awards.
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Whoopi Goldberg and host Kevin Spacey perform onstage during the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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Stephen Colbert and host Kevin Spacey perform onstage during the 2017 Tony Awards.
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Host Kevin Spacey, center, performs the intro to the 2017 Tony Awards.
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Host Kevin Spacey during the intro to the 2017 Tony Awards.
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Host Kevin Spacey arrives at the 71st Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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Anna Kendrick
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Sutton Foster
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Uma Thurman
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Presenter Scarlett Johansson arrives at the 71st Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall.
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Glenn Close, who’s on Broadway in a revival of “Sunset Boulevard,” arrives at the 71st Tony Awards.
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Olivia Wilde attends the 2017 Tony Awards.
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Bette Midler, nominated in the musical-lead-actress category, arrives at the 71st Tony Awards.
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Jason Sudekis
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John Legend and Chrissy Teigen
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Nominee Cynthia Nixon and presenter Orlando Bloom arrive at the 2017 Tony Awards.
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It’s a selfie moment for actors, from left, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney and Darren Criss on the red carpet at the 2017 Tony Awards.
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Actor Jonathan Groff
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Eva Noblezada, nominated in the lead actress category for the revival of the musical “Miss Saigon.”
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Tina Fey
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Josh Groban, nominated in the lead actor category for the musical “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.”
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Actress Sally Field
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Actress Cynthia Erivo
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L.A. native and lead actor nominee for the musical “Dear Evan Hansen” Ben Platt arrives at the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall.
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Laurie Metcalf, lead actress nominee for the play “A Doll’s House, Part 2"
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John Lithgow.
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Christine Ebersole, left, Baayork Lee and Courtney Reed.
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Jenn Colella.
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Mark Hamill.
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Actors John Mulaney, left, and Nick Kroll.
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Patina Miller, left, Steven Levenson and Cobie Smulders.
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Christian Borle.
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Andrew Rannells.
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Andy Karl, a musical-lead-actor Tony nominee for “Groundhog Day,” arrives at the awards with his actress-singer wife, Orfeh.
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The red carpet at the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall, from left: Canadian TV presenter Keltie Knight, dancers from the Rockettes and stage, TV and film actor Erich Bergen.
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Jordan Roth, president of the Jujamcyn Theaters on Broadway, attends the 2017 Tony Awards.
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Denis Arndt, a leading actor nominee for the play “Heisenberg,” at the Tonys. He’s headed to L.A. this month to perform the play at the Mark Taper Forum.
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Members of the Radio City Rockettes.
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The entrance to the 2017 Tony Awards’ red carpet at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
(Angela Weiss / AFP/Getty Images)Best book of a musical
“Come From Away,” Irene Sankoff and David Hein | Review | Critic’s Notebook | Interview
WINNER: “Dear Evan Hansen,” Steven Levenson | Feature | Interview
“Groundhog Day the Musical,” Danny Rubin | Review | Feature
“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,” Dave Malloy | Interview
Original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater
“Come From Away,” music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein | Review | Critic’s Notebook | Interview
WINNER: “Dear Evan Hansen,” music and lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | Feature | Interview
“Groundhog Day the Musical,” music and lyrics by Tim Minchin | Review | Feature
“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,” music and lyrics by Dave Malloy | Interview
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Revival of a play
WINNER: “August Wilson’s Jitney”
“Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes”
“Present Laughter”
“Six Degrees of Separation”
Revival of a musical
“Falsettos” | Critic’s Notebook
WINNER: “Hello, Dolly!” | Review
“Miss Saigon”
Actor in a leading role in a play
Denis Arndt, “Heisenberg” | Feature
Chris Cooper, “A Doll’s House, Part 2” | SoCal review | Broadway review
Corey Hawkins, “Six Degrees of Separation”
WINNER: Kevin Kline, “Present Laughter”
Jefferson Mays, “Oslo”
Actress in a leading role in a play
Cate Blanchett, “The Present”
Jennifer Ehle, “Oslo”
Sally Field, “The Glass Menagerie”
Laura Linney, “Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes”
WINNER: Laurie Metcalf, “A Doll’s House, Part 2” | SoCal review | Broadway review
Actor in a leading role in a musical
Christian Borle, “Falsettos” | Critic’s Notebook
Josh Groban, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” | Interview
Andy Karl, “Groundhog Day the Musical” | Review | Feature
David Hyde Pierce, “Hello, Dolly!” | Review
WINNER: Ben Platt, “Dear Evan Hansen” | Feature | Interview
Actress in a leading role in a musical
Denée Benton, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” | Interview
Christine Ebersole, “War Paint”
Patti LuPone, “War Paint”
WINNER: Bette Midler, “Hello, Dolly!” | Review
Eva Noblezada, “Miss Saigon”
Actor in a featured role in a play
WINNER: Michael Aronov, “Oslo”
Danny DeVito, “Arthur Miller’s the Price”
Nathan Lane, “The Front Page” | Critic’s Notebook
Richard Thomas, “Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes”
John Douglas Thompson, “August Wilson’s Jitney”
Actress in a featured role in a play
Johanna Day, “Sweat” | Interview | Critic’s Notebook | News
Jayne Houdyshell, “A Doll’s House, Part 2” | SoCal review | Broadway review
WINNER: Cynthia Nixon, “Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes”
Condola Rashad, “A Doll’s House, Part 2” | SoCal review | Broadway review
Michelle Wilson, “Sweat” | Interview | Critic’s Notebook | News
Actor in a featured role in a musical
WINNER: Gavin Creel, “Hello, Dolly!” | Review
Mike Faist, “Dear Evan Hansen” | Feature | Interview
Andrew Rannells, “Falsettos” | Critic’s Notebook
Lucas Steele, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” | Interview
Brandon Uranowitz, “Falsettos” | Critic’s Notebook
Actress in a featured role in a musical
Kate Baldwin, “Hello, Dolly!” | Review
Stephanie J. Block, “Falsettos” | Critic’s Notebook
Jenn Colella, “Come From Away” | Review | Critic’s Notebook | Interview
WINNER: Rachel Bay Jones, “Dear Evan Hansen” | Feature | Interview
Mary Beth Peil, “Anastasia”
Direction of a play
Sam Gold, “A Doll’s House, Part 2” | SoCal review | Broadway review
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, “August Wilson’s Jitney”
Bartlett Sher, “Oslo”
Daniel Sullivan, “Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes”
WINNER: Rebecca Taichman, “Indecent”
Direction of a musical
WINNER: Christopher Ashley, “Come From Away” | Review | Critic’s Notebook | Interview
Rachel Chavkin, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” | Interview
Michael Greif, “Dear Evan Hansen” | Feature | Interview
Matthew Warchus, “Groundhog Day the Musical” | Review | Feature
Jerry Zaks, “Hello, Dolly!” | Review
Scenic design of a play
David Gallo, “August Wilson’s Jitney”
WINNER: Nigel Hook, “The Play That Goes Wrong”
Douglas W. Schmidt, “The Front Page” | Critic’s Notebook
Michael Yeargan, “Oslo”
Scenic design of a musical
Rob Howell, “Groundhog Day the Musical” | Review | Feature
David Korins, “War Paint”
WINNER: Mimi Lien, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” | Interview
Santo Loquasto, “Hello, Dolly!” | Review
Costume design of a play
WINNER: Jane Greenwood, “Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes”
Susan Hilferty, “Present Laughter”
Toni-Leslie James, “August Wilson’s Jitney”
David Zinn, “A Doll’s House, Part 2” | SoCal review | Broadway review
Costume design of a musical
Linda Cho, “Anastasia”
WINNER: Santo Loquasto, “Hello, Dolly!” | Review
Paloma Young, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” | Interview
Catherine Zuber, “War Paint”
Lighting design of a play
WINNER: Christopher Akerlind, “Indecent”
Jane Cox, “August Wilson’s Jitney”
Donald Holder, “Oslo”
Jennifer Tipton, “A Doll’s House, Part 2” | SoCal review | Broadway review
Lighting design of a musical
Howell Binkley, “Come From Away” | Review | Critic’s Notebook | Interview
Natasha Katz, “Hello, Dolly!” | Review
WINNER: Bradley King, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” | Interview
Japhy Weideman, “Dear Evan Hansen” | Feature | Interview
Choreography
WINNER: Andy Blankenbuehler, “Bandstand” | Interview
Peter Darling and Ellen Kane, “Groundhog Day the Musical” | Review | Feature
Kelly Devine, “Come From Away” | Review | Critic’s Notebook | Interview
Denis Jones, Holiday Inn, “The New Irving Berlin Musical”
Sam Pinkleton, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” | Interview
Orchestrations
Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen, “Bandstand” | Interview
Larry Hochman, “Hello, Dolly!” | Review
WINNER: Alex Lacamoire, “Dear Evan Hansen” | Feature | Interview
Dave Malloy, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” | Interview
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Tony nominations count by production
“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,” 12
“Hello, Dolly!” 10
“Dear Evan Hansen,” 9
“A Doll’s House, Part 2,” 8
“Come From Away,” 7
“Groundhog Day the Musical,” 7
“Oslo,” 7
“August Wilson’s Jitney,” 6
“Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes,” 6
“Falsettos,” 5
“War Paint,” 4
“Indecent,” 3
“Present Laughter,” 3
“Sweat,” 3
“Anastasia,” 2
“Bandstand,” 2
“The Front Page,” 2
“Miss Saigon,” 2
“Six Degrees of Separation,” 2
“Arthur Miller’s The Price,” 1
“The Glass Menagerie,” 1
“Heisenberg,” 1
“Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical,” 1
“The Play That Goes Wrong,” 1
“The Present,” 1
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