2017 Tony Award Winners: DEAR EVAN HANSEN and HELLO, DOLLY! Lead
The 71st Tony Awards took place last night at Radio City Music Hall, with Dear Evan Hansen, the original Broadway musical that tells the story of an “invisible” high school outsider, leading the wins.
Samuel French congratulates all of those who won, especially those in the Samuel French family: August Wilson’s Jitney (the last of his plays to receive its Broadway debut, and which won Best Revival of a Play), Great Comet…, and Present Laughter.
Nominated for nine awards, Dear Evan Hansen won in six categories, including Best Musical. Ben Platt took home the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, while Rachel Bay Jones won for Best Performance by an Actress in Featured Role a Musical. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul also took home their first Tony Award for Best Original Score. Alex Lacamoire won his third Tony for Best Orchestrations, having previously won for Hamilton and In the Heights.
The Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! garnered four wins, including Best Revival of a Musical and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role a Musical for its star, Bette Midler. It was also awarded Best Performance by an Actor in Featured Role a Musical for Gavin Creel, as well as Best Costume Design of a Musical for Santo Loquasto.
Best Play was awarded to Oslo, the new work by J.T. Rogers, who made his Broadway debut with the political drama about high-level meetings between the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
The complete list of winners follows (for a list of full nominations, click here):
Best Musical
Dear Evan Hansen
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
Best Revival of a Musical
Hello, Dolly!
Best Play
Oslo by J.T. Rogers
Best Revival of a Play
August Wilson’s Jitney
Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand
Best Direction of a Musical
Christopher Ashley, Come From Away
Best Direction of a Play
Rebecca Taichman, Indecent
Best Performance by an Actress in Featured Role a Musical
Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Best Orchestrations
Alex Lacamoire, Dear Evan Hansen
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Kevin Kline, Present Laughter
Best Book of a Musical
Dear Evan Hansen, Steven Levenson
Best Score
Dear Evan Hansen, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Cynthia Nixon, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Michael Aronov, Oslo
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Christopher Akerlind, Indecent
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Mimi Lien, 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
