Tony Awards winners: Hadestown dominates as the Ferryman gets several nods

Bryan Cranston crowned best leading actor in a play

Clémence Michallon
New York
Monday 10 June 2019 03:22 BST
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The cast and crew of Hadestown accept the award for best musical during the 2019 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on 9 June, 2019 in New York City.
The cast and crew of Hadestown accept the award for best musical during the 2019 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on 9 June, 2019 in New York City.

Hadestown dominated the Tony Awards on Sunday night, earning the best musical title among several trophies.

Singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell's folk-opera intertwines the myths of Orpheus and Eurydice, and Hades and Persephone.

The artsy and original musical also picked up the Tonys for best original score, best featured actor (for André De Shields), best scenic design of a musical, best lighting design of a musical, best sound design of a musical, best direction of a musical (for Rachel Chavkin), and best orchestrations (for Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose).

Bryan Cranston beat Adam Driver in the best leading actor in a play category for his performance as newsman Howard Beale.

The Ferryman, a vigorous family epic set in Northern Ireland in 1981 during the Troubles, was crowned best play. It also took best scenic design of a play, best costume design of a play, and best direction of a play (for Sam Mendes).

Hadestown had a leading 14 Tony nominations going into Sunday night's CBS telecast.

That was followed by the jukebox musical Ain't Too Proud, built around songs by The Temptations, which received a dozen nominations. The other best musical nominees were the stage adaptations of the hit movies Tootsie and Beetlejuice, and the giddy, heartwarming The Prom.

Here are all the 2019 Tony Awards winners:

Best scenic design of a musical:

Rachel Hauck for Hadestown

Best sound design of a musical:

Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz for Hadestown

Best lighting design of a musical:

Bradley King for Hadestown

Best costume design of a musical:

Bob Mackie for The Cher Show

Best orchestrations:

Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose for Hadestown

Best scenic design of a play:

Rob Howell for The Ferryman

Best costume design of a play:

Rob Howell for The Ferryman

Best book of a musical:

Robert Horn for Tootsie

Best lighting design of a play:

Neil Austin for Ink

Best choreography:

Sergio Trujillo for Ain't Too Proud

Best sound design of a play:

Fitz Patton for Choir Boy

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play:

Celia Keenan-Bolger for To Kill a Mockingbird

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play:

Elaine May for The Waverly Gallery

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play:

Bertie Carvel for Ink

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical:

André De Shields, Hadestown

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical:

Ali Stroker for Oklahoma!

Best revival of a play:

The Boys in the Band

Best direction of a play:

Sam Mendes for The Ferryman

Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre:

Anaïs Mitchell for Hadestown (music and lyrics)

Best direction of a musical:

Rachel Chavkin for Hadestown

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play:

Bryan Cranston for Network

Best play:

The Ferryman

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical:

Santino Fontana for Tootsie

Best performance by an actress in a leading role:

Stephanie J Block for The Cher Show

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Best musical:

Hadestown

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