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Schmigadoon! captured the Tony Award for Best Musical at Broadway’s Tony Awards, while Liberation won Best Play and Ragtime earned Best Musical Revival; John Lithgow won Best Leading Actor for Giant. Hosted by Pink, the ceremony highlighted a record Broadway season with standout performances and tributes from multiple nominated shows.
Schmigadoon! was crowned Best Musical at the 2026 Tony Awards, hosted by Pink, while Liberation won Best Play and Death of a Salesman dominated revivals with six Tonys. Cats: The Jellicle Ball earned best-direction honors for Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, and Qween Jean became the first openly trans winner in Best Costume Design (Musical). The Lost Boys claimed multiple trophies, Ali Louis Bourzgui spoke on Palestine, John Lithgow won for Giant, and Laurie Metcalf added a third Tony for Linda Loman, with Ragtime’s Joshua Henry and Caissie Levy also taking their first Tonys. The night featured a star-studded lineup of performances and speeches, underscoring a year of milestone moments on Broadway.
Tony Awards 2026 closed a record-breaking Broadway season with Schmigadoon! winning Best Musical, Ragtime taking Best Revival of a Musical, and Liberation named Best Play (its writer Bess Wohl the first female American playwright in 38 years to win). Death of a Salesman dominated the play side with six Tonys, while Giant’s John Lithgow and Alden Ehrenreich (Becky Shaw) delivered top acting wins; Schmigadoon! also swept Best Book, Original Score and Orchestrations, helping Apple TV push toward an EGOT. Fourteen nominees went home empty-handed among 831 voters, with the ceremony held at Radio City Music Hall.
Schmigadoon! won Best Musical at the Tony Awards, giving Apple TV its EGOT after four wins (Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Orchestrations) from 12 nominations; the show had previously won an Emmy and the piece notes Apple TV’s EGOT journey alongside other streamers’ milestones, including Netflix’s Stranger Things: The First Shadow and CODA’s Oscar.
Death of a Salesman swept the 2026 Tony Awards, winning best revival of a play and six awards overall, while Lesley Manville and John Lithgow took leading acting trophies; Liberation won best play and Schmigadoon! claimed best musical, with other productions like Ragtime and The Lost Boys also earning multiple honors at a Pink-hosted ceremony that capped a record-breaking Broadway season.
At the 79th Tony Awards (June 7, Radio City Music Hall, CBS/Paramount+), Schmigadoon! won Best Musical and Death of a Salesman was the night's big winner with six Tonys, including Best Revival of a Play; Ragtime took Best Revival of a Musical, while acting honors went to Joshua Henry (Best Actor in a Musical), Caissie Levy (Best Actress in a Musical), John Lithgow (Best Actor in a Play), and Lesley Manville (Best Actress in a Play). The ceremony featured Pink hosting and star-studded performances and tributes to The Book of Mormon, Chicago, A Chorus Line's 50th anniversary, and Rent.
The Tony Awards 2026 crowned The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! as the night’s big winners, with Schmigadoon! taking key musical honors (Original Score, Choreography, Orchestrations) and The Lost Boys sweeping several design and technical awards; Death of a Salesman led the nominations with nine, as pre-show wins went to Death of a Salesman, Schmigadoon!, Cats: The Jellicle Ball and The Lost Boys; Pink hosted the ceremony at Radio City.
On June 7, 2026, Pink hosted the Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in what was one of the year’s most unpredictable races, led by The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titanique and Two Strangers for Best Musical, with winners across categories including The Lost Boys for Best Musical, The Balusters for Best Play, Cats: The Jellicle Ball for Best Revival of a Musical, and Becky Shaw for Best Revival of a Play, along with acting, directing and design honors.
Schmigadoon! and Ragtime each earned five awards at the 2026 Outer Critics Circle Awards, sharing top honors with Schmigadoon! winning Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Ragtime taking Outstanding Revival of a Musical; Ragtime also earned Lead Performer (Joshua Henry), Featured Performer (Ben Levi Ross), Outstanding Direction (Lear deBessonet), and Outstanding Video/Projection Design (59 Studio), while Schmigadoon! won for its Book, Choreography, Orchestrations, and Costume Design. Death of a Salesman revival was the season’s most-awarded play with four wins, and The Lost Boys picked up two design awards. The awards ceremony is May 21 at MMAC Theater; full nominees and winners are listed in the article.
Schmigadoon!, the Broadway musical parody of Golden Age shows, has extended its Nederlander Theatre run by four months due to 12 Tony Award nominations. The Best Musical nominee will now play through January 3, 2027, after opening April 20, 2026. Starring Alex Brightman with Sara Chase and Ana Gasteyer, the show is directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, with a book and score by Cinco Paul.
Gold Derby's Tony Awards odds after the 2026 nominations place Schmigadoon! and Liberation at the front in the top races, with Death of a Salesman leading Best Play Revival, Cats vs Ragtime dueling for Best Musical Revival, and Joshua Henry favored for Best Actor (Musical) while Caissie Levy leads Best Actress (Musical). The analysis blends forecasts from experts, editors, and hundreds of Gold Derby users, highlighting where odds are leaning as the June 7 ceremony approaches at Radio City Music Hall.
The 79th Tony Awards nominations were revealed May 5, led by The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon!, each with 12 nominations (including Best Musical). Ragtime follows with 11 nominations, while Death of a Salesman is the top-nominated play with nine. The ceremony takes place June 7 at Radio City Music Hall, airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ for Premium members, with Pink set to host. A full nominees list spans Best Play, Best Musical, revivals, acting, design and more.
Deadline reports the 79th Tony Awards nominations, led by The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! with 12 nominations apiece, followed by Ragtime with 11 and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, and Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show with nine each. About 30 eligible productions opened this season. The ceremony returns to Radio City Music Hall in NYC with Pink hosting, airing June 7, 2026 on CBS and Paramount+. Notable early notes include no Lea Michele for Chess and Rose Byrne’s rare Oscar/Tony dual nomination; the full nominees list is provided.
The 79th Tony Awards nominations crown The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! with 12 nods apiece; the ceremony will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 7, hosted by Pink and airing on CBS with a Paramount+ stream, following the April 26 eligibility cutoff and the nominations announced on CBS Mornings and YouTube.
A roundup of arts-and-tech stories: Schmigadoon! on Broadway is praised as a faithful, high-energy transfer that makes the show sing live, aided by stagecraft and a sharp fourth-wall conceit; Titanique follows with Barrera delivering a winning, silly Titanic spoof; the issue also includes a Wiki Wormhole piece on the Quadro Tracker scam and an InventHelp feature arguing science fiction often seeds real-world invention.