The Tony Awards 2022 were held last night and saw the ceremony return to Radio City Music Hall with British creatives taking out some of the prestigious awards.

The Tony Awards 2022 were hosted by Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, but the night belonged to West End transfers of the musical Company by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth and The Lehman Trilogy which had acclaimed seasons at both the National Theatre and Piccadilly Theatre.

The Lehman Trilogy who adapted from the show from Italian novelist and playwright Stefano Massini. The Lehman Trilogy winning for Best Play, Best Director and Best Actor In A Play, along with Best Scenic Design and Best Lighting Design of a Play. Playwright Ben Power said "This play was written as a hymn to the city of New York but, like the Lehman brothers themselves, our show started thousands of miles away."

The Lehman Trilogy Broadway The Broadway transfer of Marianne Elliot's gender-revised production of Company which originated at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End won for Best Revival of a Musical. Broadway legend Patti LuPone who won the Olivier Award for her portrayal of Joanne in Company triumphed again when she won for Best Featured Actress in a musical. Matt Doyle won for Best Featured Actor in a musical and Bunny Christie won for Best Scenic Design of a Musical. Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop was named Best Musical having received 11 nominations, including one for L Morgan Lee - the first openly transgender actor to receive a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. The show which tells the story of a Black queer man writing a musical about a Black queer man, noted that the importance not just of representation but of "doing the very best work we can do".

The cast of Six on Broadway. Photo: Joan Marcus Perhaps, for me the most exciting part of the night saw Six the musical, the British musical in which Henry VIII’s wives give a pop concert, won best original score (music and lyrics) for Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, who first created it while students at Cambridge University. Six’s costume designer Gabriella Slade also won in her category.

Angela Lansbury received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her long career on the stage. The 96 year old previously won five Tony Awards, but was unable to attend the ceremony.

Attendees this year who were sitting in the orchestra section were not required to wear masks but PCR testing was mandatory. Those sitting further from the stage had to remain masked for the duration.

THE TONY AWARDS 2022 - THE WINNERS IN FULL Best Play

Clyde's - Lynn Nottage

Hangmen - Martin McDonagh

The Lehman Trilogy - Stefano Massini and Ben Power WINNER The Minutes - Tracy Letts

Skeleton Crew - Dominique Morrisseau

Best Musical

Girl From the North Country

MJ

Mr. Saturday Night

Paradise Square

SIX: The Musical

A Strange Loop - WINNER Best Revival of a Play

American Buffalo

for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

How I Learned to Drive

Take Me Out - WINNER

Trouble in Mind

Best Revival of a Musical

Caroline, or Change

Company - WINNER

The Music Man

Best Book of a Musical

Girl From The North Country - Conor McPherson

MJ - Lynn Nottage

Mr. Saturday Night - Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel

Paradise Square - Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan

A Strange Loop - Michael R. Jackson - WINNER

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Flying Over Sunset - Music: Tom Kitt, Lyrics: Michael Korie

Mr. Saturday Night - Music: Jason Robert Brown, Lyrics: Amanda Green

Paradise Square - Music: Jason Howland, Lyrics: Nathan Tysen & Masi Asare

SIX: The Musical - Music and Lyrics: Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss - WINNER

A Strange Loop - Music and Lyrics: Michael R. Jackson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Simon Russell Beale - The Lehman Trilogy - WINNER

Adam Godley - The Lehman Trilogy

Adrian Lester - The Lehman Trilogy

David Morse - How I Learned to Drive

Sam Rockwell - American Buffalo

Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Lackawanna Blues

David Threlfall - Hangmen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Gabby Beans - The Skin of Our Teeth

LaChanze - Trouble in Mind

Ruth Negga - Macbeth

Deirdre O'Connell - Dana H - WINNER

Mary-Louise Parker - How I Learned to Drive

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Billy Crystal - Mr. Saturday Night

Myles Frost - MJ - WINNER

Hugh Jackman - The Music Man

Rob McClure - Mrs. Doubtfire

Jaquel Spivey - A Strange Loop

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Sharon D Clarke - Caroline, or Change

Carmen Cusack - Flying Over Sunset

Sutton Foster - The Music Man

Joaquina Kalukango - Paradise Square - WINNER

Mare Winningham  - Girl From The North Country

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Alfie Allen - Hangmen

Chuck Cooper - Trouble in Mind

Jesse Tyler Ferguson - Take Me Out - WINNER

Ron Cephas Jones - Clyde's

Michael Oberholtzer - Take Me Out

Jesse Williams - Take Me Out

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Uzo Aduba - Clyde's

Rachel Dratch- POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

Kenita R. Miller - for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Phylicia Rashad - Skeleton Crew - WINNER

Julie White - POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

Kara Young - Clyde's

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Matt Doyle - Company - WINNER

Sidney DuPont - Paradise Square

Jared Grimes - Funny Girl

John-Andrew Morrison - A Strange Loop

A.J. Shively - Paradise Square

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Jeannette Bayardelle - Girl From The North Country

Shoshana Bean - Mr. Saturday Night

Jayne Houdyshell  - The Music Man

L Morgan Lee - A Strange Loop

Patti LuPone - Company - WINNER

Jennifer Simard - Company

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Beowulf Boritt - POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong - Skeleton Crew

Es Devlin - The Lehman Trilogy - WINNER

Anna Fleischle - Hangmen

Scott Pask - American Buffalo

Adam Rigg - The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions,  - Flying Over Sunset

Bunny Christie - Company - WINNER

Arnulfo Maldonado - A Strange Loop

Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini - MJ

Allen Moyer - Paradise Square

Best Costume Design of a Play Montana Levi Blanco - The Skin of Our Teeth - WINNER

Sarafina Bush - for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Emilio Sosa - Trouble in Mind

Jane Greenwood - Neil Simon's Plaza Suite

Jennifer Moeller - Clyde's

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Fly Davis - Caroline, or Change

Toni-Leslie James - Paradise Square

William Ivey Long - Diana, The Musical

Santo Loquasto - The Music Man

Gabriella Slade - SIX: The Musical - WINNER

Paul Tazewell - MJ

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Joshua Carr - Hangmen

Jiyoun Chang - for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Jon Clark - The Lehman Trilogy - WINNER

Jane Cox - Macbeth

Yi Zhao - The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Neil Austin - Company

Tim Deiling - SIX: The Musical

Donald Holder - Paradise Square

Natasha Katz - MJ - WINNER

Bradley King - Flying Over Sunset

Jen Schriever - A Strange Loop

Best Sound Design of a Play

Justin Ellington - for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Mikhail Fiksel - Dana H. - WINNER

Palmer Hefferan - The Skin of Our Teeth

Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey - The Lehman Trilogy

Mikaal Sulaiman - Macbeth

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Simon Baker - Girl From The North Country

Paul Gatehouse - SIX: The Musical

Ian Dickinson for Autograph - Company

Drew Levy - A Strange Loop

Gareth Owen - MJ - WINNER Best Direction of a Play

Lileana Blain-Cruz - The Skin of Our Teeth

Camille A. Brown - for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Sam Mendes - The Lehman Trilogy - WINNER

Neil Pepe - American Buffalo

Les Waters - Dana H.

Best Direction of a Musical

Stephen Brackett - A Strange Loop

Marianne Elliott - Company - WINNER

Conor McPherson - Girl From The North Country

Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage - SIX: The Musical

Christopher Wheeldon - MJ

Best Choreography

Camille A. Brown - for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Warren Carlyle - The Music Man

Carrie-Anne Ingrouille - SIX: The Musical

Bill T. Jones - Paradise Square

Christopher Wheeldon - MJ - WINNER Best Orchestrations

David Cullen - Company

Tom Curran - SIX: The Musical

Simon Hale - Girl From The North Country - WINNER

Jason Michael Webb and David Hollenberg - MJ

Charlie Rosen - A Strange Loop