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Tonys 2017: all of the winners at the 71st annual awards

2017 Tony Awards - Show
2017 Tony Awards - Show
Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions
Constance Grady
Constance Grady is a senior correspondent on the Culture team for Vox, where since 2016 she has covered books, publishing, gender, celebrity analysis, and theater.

The 71st annual Tony Awards, honoring the best and brightest of Broadway for the 2016-‘17 season, handed out 24 golden statuettes on Sunday night. Actor and former Tony winner Kevin Spacey hosted, in a ceremony that had fewer big-band song-and-dance numbers than past Tonys telecasts, and a lot more impressions of various men who were relevant in 1993.

As expected, the runaway favorites in the musical acting categories took away the top prizes: Broadway legend Bette Midler picked up the prize for Best Actress in a Musical for her turn in Hello, Dolly!, and Pitch Perfect’s Ben Platt took away the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in Dear Evan Hansen.

Dear Evan Hansen was the big winner of the night. In addition to Platt’s Tony, it also won in the categories for featured actress, book, score, and orchestrations, as well as getting crowned Best Musical. It was the crowning achievement in a very good year for Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the songwriting team behind both Dear Evan Hansen and La La Land.

Here are all of the winners at the 71st annual Tony Awards.

The 2017 Tony Award winners

2017 Tony Awards - Show
Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions

Best Musical

Dear Evan Hansen

Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!

Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Revival of a Musical

Hello, Dolly!

Best Play

Oslo

Best Revival of a Play

August Wilson’s Jitney

2017 Tony Awards - Show
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Best Direction of a Musical

Christopher Ashley, Come From Away

Best Direction of a Play

Rebecca Taichman, Indecent

Best Choreography

Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand

Best Orchestrations

Alex Lacamoire, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Kevin Kline, Present Laughter

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Best Book of a Musical

Steven Levenson, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Original Score Written for a Musical

Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Cynthia Nixon, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes

Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!

Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Michael Aronov, Oslo

2017 Tony Awards - Show
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Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Mimi Lien for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly!

Best Costume Design of a Play

Jane Greenwood, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Christopher Akerlind, Indecent

2017 Tony Awards - Show
Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions

Non-competitive awards

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

James Earl Jones

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

Baayork Lee

Regional Theatre Tony Award

Dallas Theater Center

Special Tony Award

Gareth Fry & Pete Malkin, Sound Designers for The Encounter

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

Nina Lannan & Alan Wasser

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