The 73rd Annual Tony Awards were presented last night at Radio City Music Hall to celebrate the best of Broadway with British play The Ferryman and Anais Mitchell's Hadestown the major winners.

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Hosted by James Corden, this year's Tony Awards saw Hadestown and The Ferryman dominate proceedings with 8 wins and four wins respectively including Best New Musical and Best New Play. The Boys In The Band won best revival of a play Oklahoma! won for best revival of a musical.

Hadestown with a score and book by Anais Mitchell and direction by Rachel Chavkin previewed at the National Theatre, London prior to its Broadway run. Mitchell is the third woman ever to win a Tony for writing music and lyrics for a Broadway musical, whilst Jessica Paz was the first woman to be nominated and win for sound design, an award she won with Nevin Steinberg her Hadestown co-sound designer.

Hadestown did not dominate all Tony Awards categories however, with Santino Fontana and Robert Horn winning for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in A Musical and Best Book Of A Musical for Tootsie, Stephanie J Block winning for Best Actress by a Leading Actress in a Musical for The Cher Show, and Serjio Trujillo of Ain't Too Proud winning for Best Choreography.

History was made when Ali Stroker became the first actor in a wheelchair to ever win a Tony Award when she won the award for Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in Oklahoma! Stoker said that she feels honored to act as a role model for others who are diabled. As an 11 year-old she yearned sor someone who looked like her on stage. “This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, has a limitation or a challenge,” Stroker said after accepting her award.

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TONY AWARDS 2019 - THE 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"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdzkNp_94LI

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 theatre

"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"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3KcAYA0lVk

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GlxMuLjRC4

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"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv0FjGppFj0

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"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKJvAL82ix8

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"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=896cqtsHS3w

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zUIG2Y8ZWs

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"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjjEomrn4MY

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"

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