Tony Awards 2024

The Outsiders has taken out the Tony Award for Best Musical pipping SUFFS which took out Best Score and Best Book.

The result came despite The Outsiders receiving lukewarm reviews, described by The New York Times as a compelling if imperfect musical and The Guardian as competent but forgettable.

Suffs (about the women's suffragettes movement) produced by (amongst others) Hillary Clinton also received lukewarm reviews described by The New York Times as "insufficient. Its scenes often come off as educational skits."

Best Play was Stereophonic. The play follows an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album on the cusp of superstardom.

The late Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along took out four Tonys including Best revival of a Musical and Best Actor for Daniel Radcliffe. The musical which was a flop when it opened is now a Tony Award winner.

The full list of winners is below.

Best Play

• Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
• Mary Jane
• Mother Play
• Prayer for the French Republic
• Stereophonic WINNER

Best Musical

• Hell’s Kitchen
• Illinoise
• The Outsiders  WINNER
• Suffs
• Water for Elephants

Best Revival of a Play

• Appropriate WINNER
• An Enemy of the People
• Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch

Best Revival of a Musical

• Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
• Gutenberg! The Musical!
• Merrily We Roll Along WINNER
• The Who’s Tommy

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• William Jackson Harper – Uncle Vanya as Astrov
• Leslie Odom Jr. – Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch as Purlie Victorious Judson
• Liev Schreiber – Doubt: A Parable as Father Brendan Flynn
• Jeremy Strong – An Enemy of the People as Doctor Thomas Stockmann WINNER
• Michael Stuhlbarg – Patriots as Boris Berezovsky

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Betsy Aidem – Prayer for the French Republic as Marcelle Salomon Benhamou
• Jessica Lange – Mother Play as Phyllis
• Rachel McAdams – Mary Jane as Mary Jane
• Sarah Paulson – Appropriate as Antoinette “Toni” Lafayette WINNER
• Amy Ryan – Doubt: A Parable as Sister Aloysius Beauvier

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Brody Grant – The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis
• Jonathan Groff – Merrily We Roll Along as Franklin Shephard - WINNER
• Dorian Harewood – The Notebook as Noah Calhoun (older)
• Brian d’Arcy James – Days of Wine and Roses as Joseph “Joe” Clay
• Eddie Redmayne – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club as the Emcee

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Eden Espinosa – Lempicka as Tamara de Lempicka
• Maleah Joi Moon – Hell’s Kitchen as Ali  WINNER
• Kelli O’Hara – Days of Wine and Roses as Kirsten Arnesen-Clay
• Maryann Plunkett – The Notebook as Allison “Allie” Calhoun (older)
• Gayle Rankin – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club as Sally Bowles

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Will Brill – Stereophonic as Reg  WINNER
• Eli Gelb – Stereophonic as Grover
• Jim Parsons – Mother Play as Carl
• Tom Pecinka – Stereophonic as Peter
• Corey Stoll – Appropriate as Beauregard “Bo” Lafayette

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Quincy Tyler Bernstine – Doubt: A Parable as Mrs. Muller
• Juliana Canfield – Stereophonic as Holly
• Celia Keenan-Bolger – Mother Play as Martha
• Sarah Pidgeon – Stereophonic as Diana
• Kara Young – Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins WINNER

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Roger Bart – Back to the Future: The Musical as Doc Brown
• Joshua Boone – The Outsiders as Dallas Winston
• Brandon Victor Dixon – Hell’s Kitchen as Davis
• Sky Lakota-Lynch – The Outsiders as Johnny Cade
• Daniel Radcliffe – Merrily We Roll Along as Charley Kringas
• Steven Skybell – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club as Herr Schultz

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Shoshana Bean – Hell’s Kitchen as Jersey
• Amber Iman – Lempicka as Rafaela
• Nikki M. James – Suffs as Ida B. Wells
• Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer – Monty Python’s Spamalot as the Lady of the Lake
• Kecia Lewis – Hell’s Kitchen as Miss Liza Jane - WINNER
• Lindsay Mendez – Merrily We Roll Along as Mary Flynn
• Bebe Neuwirth – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club as Fraulein Schneider

Best Direction of a Play

• Daniel Aukin – Stereophonic  WINNER
• Anne Kauffman – Mary Jane
• Kenny Leon – Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch
• Lila Neugebauer – Appropriate
• Whitney White – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Best Direction of a Musical

• Maria Friedman – Merrily We Roll Along
• Michael Greif – Hell’s Kitchen
• Leigh Silverman – Suffs
• Jessica Stone – Water for Elephants
• Danya Taymor – The Outsiders WINNER

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

• Days of Wine and Roses – Adam Guettel (music and lyrics)
• Here Lies Love – David Byrne and Fatboy Slim (music and lyrics)
• Stereophonic – Will Butler (original songs by)
• Suffs – Shaina Taub (music and lyrics) WINNER
• The Outsiders – Jamestown Revival (Zach Chance and Jonathan Clay) and Justin Levine (music and lyrics)

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• dots – Appropriate
• dots – An Enemy of the People
• Derek McLane – Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch
• David Zinn – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
• David Zinn – Stereophonic Winner

Best Costume Design of a Play

• Dede Ayite – Appropriate
• Dede Ayite – Jaja’s African Hair Braiding WINNER
• Enver Chakartash – Stereophonic
• Emilio Sosa – Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch
• David Zinn – An Enemy of the People

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• Dede Ayite – Hell’s Kitchen
• Linda Cho – The Great Gatsby WINNER
• David Israel Reynoso – Water for Elephants
• Tom Scutt – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
• Paul Tazewell – Suffs

Best Choreography

• Camille A. Brown – Hell’s Kitchen
• Shana Carroll and Jesse Robb – Water for Elephants
• Jeff Kuperman and Rick Kuperman – The Outsiders
• Annie-B Parson – Here Lies Love
• Justin Peck – Illinoise WINNER

Best Orchestrations

• Adam Blackstone and Tom Kitt – Hell’s Kitchen
• Will Butler and Justin Craig – Stereophonic
• Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine, and Jamestown Revival (Zach Chance and Jonathan Clay) – The Outsiders
• Jonathan Tunick – Merrily We Roll Along WINNER
• Timo Andres – Illinoise

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Cody Spencer, The Outsiders – WINNER!

Best sound design of a play

Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic – WINNER!

Best scenic design of a musical

Tom Scutt, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club – WINNER!

Best lighting design of a musical

Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim, The Outsiders – WINNER!

Best Book of a Musical

Suffs

Tips from Les Solomon.

Agent Les Solomon has made these these fearless tips about who he thinks will win.

"Hi Folks—I'm not going to pick every category, but judging by knowledge of the season but not seeing any of them, here are my guess picks for the main Tony Awards.

Best Play—Stereophonic .  CORRECT

Best Musical —Illinoise.    WRONG

Book of a Musical—Hell's Kitchen.   WRONG

Score of a Musical—The Outsiders. WRONG

Best Play Revival—Appropriate CORRECT

Musical revival—Merrily We Roll. Along.  CORRECT

Leading Actor in a Play-—Jeremy Strong (An Enemy of the People). CORRECT

Leading Actress in a Play= Sarah Paulson (Appropriate) CORRECT

Leading Actor in a Musical—Jonathon Groff (the lock of the night!!).  CORRECT

Leading Actress in a Musical—Maleh Joi Moon. (Hell's Kitchen) CORRECT

Featured Actor in a Musical—Daniel Ratcliffe (Merrily We Roll Along). CORRECT

Featured Actress in a Musical—Lindsey Mendez (Merrily we Roll Along) WRONG

Scenic Design —Cabaret.    CORRECT

Director of Play —Dave Akin (Stereophonic).   CORRECT

Direction of a Musical Maria Friedman (Merrily We Roll Along ) Lock Two. !!  "  WRONG