Tony Awards 2018 winners: The Band's Visit earns 10 awards with Tony Shalhoub scooping Best Actor
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Your support makes all the difference.The 2018 Tony Award winners have been announced with The Band's Visit taking home the majority of accolades.
The musical, which tells the story of an Egyptian band that ends up stranded in the Israeli desert, took home 10 out of the 11 awards it was nominated for this year.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child picked up six awards during the night including Best Play.
Actors Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane both notably took home wins for their roles in Angels in America.
Despite receiving 12 nominations, SpongeBob Squarepants: The Musical only took home one prize, while Mean Girls didn't take home any awards.
Bruce Springsteen received a special Tony Award for his hit show Springsteen on Broadway.
The casts of Mean Girls and Summer: The Donna Summer Musical delivered memorable performances alongside students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas who sang a survival anthem from Rent.
This year's Tony Awards ceremony took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and was hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban.
See the full list of winners below.
Best Play:
The Children
Farinelli and The King
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two -- WINNER
Junk
Latin History for Morons
Best Musical:
The Band’s Visit -- WINNER
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Revival of a Play:
Angels in America -- WINNER
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Lobby Hero
Travesties
Best Revival of a Musical:
My Fair Lady
Once On This Island -- WINNER
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Best Book of a Musical:
The Band’s Visit -- WINNER
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
Angels in America
The Band’s Visit -- WINNER
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America -- WINNER
Tom Hollander, Travesties
Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Mark Rylance, Farinelli and The King
Denzel Washington, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:
Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women -- WINNER
Condola Rashad, Saint Joan
Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God
Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady
Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit -- WINNER
Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady
Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island
LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit -- WINNER
Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls
Jessie Mueller, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Michael Cera, Lobby Hero
Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero
Nathan Lane, Angels in America -- WINNER
David Morse, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Susan Brown, Angels in America
Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Deborah Findlay, The Children
Denise Gough, Angels in America
Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women -- WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady
Alexander Gemignani, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Grey Henson, Mean Girls
Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit -- WINNER
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Ariana DeBose, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Renée Fleming, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Lindsay Mendez, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel -- WINNER
Ashley Park, Mean Girls
Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady
Best Scenic Design of a Play:
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Farinelli and The King
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two -- WINNER
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Angels in America
Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Once On This Island
The Band’s Visit
Mean Girls
My Fair Lady -- WINNER
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Costume Design of a Play:
Farinelli and The King
Angels in America
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two -- WINNER
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Mean Girls
Once On This Island
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
My Fair Lady -- WINNER
Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two -- WINNER
Angels in America
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Farinelli and The King
Junk
Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Once On This Island
My Fair Lady
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
The Band’s Visit -- WINNER
Best Sound Design of a Play:
Travesties
Angels in America
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two -- WINNER
1984
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Sound Design of a Musical:
The Band’s Visit -- WINNER
Once On This Island
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Direction of a Play:
Angels in America
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Travesties
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two -- WINNER
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Direction of a Musical:
Once On This Island
The Band’s Visit -- WINNER
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Mean Girls
My Fair Lady
Best Choreography:
My Fair Lady
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Mean Girls
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel -- WINNER
Best Orchestrations:
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Once On This Island
The Band’s Visit - WINNER
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Recipients of Awards and Honours in Non-competitive Categories
Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre:
Chita Rivera
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Special Tony Awards:
John Leguizamo
Bruce Springsteen
Regional Theatre Tony Award:
La MaMa E.T.C., New York City
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award:
Nick Scandalios
Tony Honours for Excellence in the Theatre:
Sara Krulwich
Bessie Nelson
Ernest Winzer Cleaners
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