Tony Awards 2019 winners: 'Hadestown' wins Best Musical and leads the way with 8 wins - CNN

Tony Awards 2019: 'Hadestown' wins Best Musical and leads the way with 8 wins

"Hadestown" won in 8 categories at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards.

(CNN)The 73rd Annual Tony Awards were presented Sunday to celebrate Broadway's best performances of the year.

James Corden served as host of the event for the second time and kicked off the show with a nine minute opening number in which he poked fun at live TV versus streaming services.
When it came to the coveted Best Play and Best Musical categories the winners were "The Ferryman" by Jez Butterworth and "Hadestown" respectively.
    It was a big night for "Hadestown," starring Reeve Carney, Amber Gray and André De Shields, who lead the way with 14 nominations and scored 8 wins.
      Tony's history was made by Ali Stroker as the first actor in a wheelchair to ever win a Tony Award. She took home the award for featured actress in a musical for her role in "Oklahoma!"
      But it didn't stop there, it was an entire night of firsts.
      Rachel Chavkin won the Tony for best director of a musical for "Hadestown" as the only female nominated in that category this year and Elaine May won her first ever Tony Award for best leading actress for her role in "The Waverly Gallery."
        Andre DeShields won his first ever Tony Award in the featured actor in a musical category for his role in "Hadestown." Santino Fontana was awarded Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for "Tootsie" and Stephanie J. Block won her first Tony for Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical for "The Cher Show."
        When the Tony nominations were announced in April, some Broadway observers were surprised that both "To Kill Mockingbird" and "Network" were not nominated in the best play category.
        CNN caught up with Corden earlier in the week to discuss his hosting duties, and he revealed that, believe it or not, he gets incredibly nervous.
        "I get nerves to an almost crippling degree," he said. "I actually went to see someone about it at one point because it was getting to a point where I was so nervous, it was unmanageable.
        See below for a full list of winners.

        Best play

        "Choir Boy" by Tarell Alvin McCraney
        "The Ferryman" by Jez Butterworth *WINNER
        "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus" by Taylor Mac
        "Ink" by James Graham
        "What the Constitution Means to Me" by Heidi Schreck

        Best revival of a musical

        "Kiss Me, Kate"
        Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" *WINNER

        Best musical

        "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
        "Beetlejuice"
        "Hadestown" *WINNER
        "The Prom"
        "Tootsie"

        Best revival of a play

        Arthur Miller's "All My Sons"
        "The Boys in the Band" by Mart Crowley *WINNER
        "Burn This" by Lanford Wilson
        "Torch Song" by Harvey Fierstein
        "The Waverly Gallery" by Kenneth Lonergan

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

        Brooks Ashmanskas, "The Prom"
        Derrick Baskin, "Ain't Too Proud"
        Alex Brightman, "Beetlejuice"
        Damon Daunno, "Oklahoma!"
        Santino Fontana, "Tootsie" *WINNER

        Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical

        Stephanie J. Block, "The Cher Show" *WINNER
        Caitlin Kinnunen, "The Prom"
        Beth Leavel, "The Prom"
        Eva Noblezada, "Hadestown"
        Kelli O'Hara, "Kiss Me, Kate"

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

        Paddy Considine, "The Ferryman"
        Bryan Cranston, "Network" *WINNER
        Jeff Daniels, "To Kill a Mockingbird"
        Adam Driver, "Burn This"
        Jeremy Pope, "Choir Boy"

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

        Annette Bening, "All My Sons"
        Laura Donnelly, "The Ferryman"
        Elaine May, "The Waverly Gallery" *WINNER
        Janet McTeer, "Bernhardt/Hamlet"
        Laurie Metcalf, "Hillary and Clinton"
        Heidi Schreck, "What the Constitution Means to Me"

        Best book of a musical

        "Ain't Too Proud," Dominique Morisseau
        "Beetlejuice," Scott Brown and Anthony King
        "Hadestown," Anaïs Mitchell
        "The Prom," Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin
        "Tootsie," Robert Horn *WINNER

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

        "Be More Chill," Joe Iconis
        "Beetlejuice," Eddie Perfect
        "Hadestown," Anaïs Mitchell *WINNER
        "The Prom," Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin
        "To Kill a Mockingbird," Adam Guettel
        "Tootsie," David Yazbek

        Best direction of a musical

        Rachel Chavkin, "Hadestown" *WINNER
        Scott Ellis, "Tootsie"
        Daniel Fish, "Oklahoma!"
        Des McAnuff, "Ain't Too Proud"
        Casey Nicholaw, "The Prom"

        Best direction of a play

        Rupert Goold, "Ink"
        Sam Mendes, "The Ferryman" *WINNER
        Bartlett Sher, "To Kill a Mockingbird"
        Ivo van Hove, "Network"
        George C. Wolfe, "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus"

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

        André De Shields, "Hadestown" *WINNER
        Andy Grotelueschen, "Tootsie"
        Patrick Page, "Hadestown"
        Jeremy Pope, "Ain't Too Proud"
        Ephraim Sykes, "Ain't Too Proud"

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

        Lilli Cooper, "Tootsie"
        Amber Gray, "Hadestown"
        Sarah Stiles, "Tootsie"
        Ali Stroker, "Oklahoma!" *WINNER
        Mary Testa, "Oklahoma!"

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

        Bertie Carvel, "Ink" *WINNER
        Robin De Jesús, "The Boys in the Band"
        Gideon Glick, "To Kill a Mockingbird"
        Brandon Uranowitz, "Burn This"
        Benjamin Walker, "All My Sons"

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

        Fionnula Flanagan, "The Ferryman"
        Celia Keenan-Bolger, "To Kill a Mockingbird" *WINNER
        Kristine Nielsen, "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus"
        Julie White, "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus"
        Ruth Wilson, "King Lear"

        Best choreography

        Camille A. Brown, "Choir Boy"
        Warren Carlyle, "Kiss Me, Kate"
        Denis Jones, "Tootsie"
        David Neumann, "Hadestown"
        Sergio Trujillo, "Ain't Too Proud" *WINNER

        Best orchestrations

        Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, "Hadestown" *WINNER
        Larry Hochman, "Kiss Me, Kate"
        Daniel Kluger, "Oklahoma!"
        Simon Hale, "Tootsie"
        Harold Wheeler, "Ain't Too Proud"

        Best scenic design of a musical

        Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, 'Ain't Too Proud"
        Peter England, "King Kong"
        Rachel Hauck, "Hadestown" *WINNER
        Laura Jellinek, "Oklahoma!"
        David Korins, "Beetlejuice"

        Best scenic design of a play

        Miriam Buether, "To Kill a Mockingbird"
        Bunny Christie, "Ink"
        Rob Howell, "The Ferryman" *WINNER
        Santo Loquasto, "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus"
        Jan Versweyveld, "Network"

        Best costume design of a musical

        Michael Krass, "Hadestown"
        William Ivey Long, "Beetlejuice"
        William Ivey Long, "Tootsie"
        Bob Mackie, "The Cher Show" *WINNER
        Paul Tazewell, "Ain't Too Proud"

        Best costume design of a play

        Rob Howell, "The Ferryman" *WINNER
        Toni-Leslie James, "Bernhardt/Hamlet"
        Clint Ramos, "Torch Song"
        Ann Roth, "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus"
        Ann Roth, "To Kill a Mockingbird"

        Best sound design of a musical

        Peter Hylenski, "Beetlejuice"
        Peter Hylenski, "King Kong"
        Steve Canyon Kennedy, "Ain't Too Proud"
        Drew Levy, "Oklahoma!"
        Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, "Hadestown" *WINNER

        Best sound design of a play

        Adam Cork, "Ink"
        Scott Lehrer, "To Kill a Mockingbird"
        Fitz Patton, "Choir Boy" *WINNER
        Nick Powell, "The Ferryman"
        Eric Sleichim, "Network"

        Best lighting design of a musical

        Kevin Adams, "The Cher Show"
        Howell Binkley, "Ain't Too Proud"
        Bradley King, "Hadestown" *WINNER
        Peter Mumford, "King Kong"
        Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini, "Beetlejuice"

        Best lighting design of a play

        Neil Austin, "Ink" *WINNER
        Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus"
        Peter Mumford, "The Ferryman"
          Jennifer Tipton, "To Kill a Mockingbird"
          Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden, "Network"