Tony Awards: Key winners for first season after pandemic

Barbara Whitman poses with the award for Best Musical for “A Strange Loop” and Michael R. Jackson poses in the press room after winning for Best Book of a Musical for “A Strange Loop” at the 75th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, U.S., June 12, 2022. Image: Reuters/Andrew Kelly

LOS ANGELES — The Tony Awards for Broadway theater were handed out in New York on Sunday, celebrating the first season since a long pandemic shutdown.

Here is a list of winners in key categories.

BEST PLAY

“The Lehman Trilogy”

BEST MUSICAL

“A Strange Loop”

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

“Company”

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY

“Take Me Out”

BEST ACTOR, PLAY

Simon Russell Beale, “The Lehman Trilogy”

BEST ACTRESS, PLAY

Deirdre O’Connell, “Dana H.”

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL

Myles Frost, “MJ”

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL

Joaquina Kalukango, “Paradise Square”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

“SIX,” Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

“A Strange Loop,” Michael R. Jackson

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