The 79th Annual Tony Awards, honoring the best of the 2025-2026 theater season, welcomed Broadway’s biggest stars to Radio City Music Hall for a night of celebration. Unforgettable performances, emotional acceptance speeches and a few surprise wins demonstrated the impressive depth of talent flourishing on Broadway today.
The biggest success story of the evening was Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman which was named the most awarded production of the night with six Tony Awards. Schmigadoon! meanwhile accomplished the impressive feat of transforming from TV favorite into a Broadway smash, winning the esteemed Best Musical award.
Classic productions also saw a major resurgence. Ragtime won Best Revival of a Musical and swept both lead musical acting categories, while The Lost Boys was one of the breakout productions of the season with four wins.
Pink hosted the ceremony, which blended a Broadway spectacle with emotional tributes to iconic productions like The Book of Mormon, Chicago and A Chorus Line, and celebrated the long-lasting impact of musical theater on audiences around the world.
Most Honored Productions at the 2026 Tony Awards
Production Awards Received
Death of a Salesman 6 Schmigadoon! 74 Ragtime 4 The Lost Boys 4 Cats: The Jellicle Ball 3 Liberation 1 Major Tony Awards 2026 Winners Best Musical
Schmigadoon!
Best Play:
Emancipation
Best Musical Revival
ragtime,
Best Play Revival
Death of a Salesman
Best Actor, Drama
John Lithgow (big)
Best Actress in a Play
Lesley Manville (Oedipus)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical
Joshua Henry (Ragtime)
Best Actress in a Musical
Caissie Levy (Ragtime)
Best Actor in a Play (Feature)
Alden Ehrenreich (Becky Shaw)
Best Actress in a Play Feature
Laurie Metcalf (Death of a Salesman)
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Ali Louis Bourzgui (Lost Boys
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Shoshana Bean (The Lost Boys)
Best Direction for a Play
Joe Mantello (Death of a Salesman)
Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Cats: At The Jellicle Ball
Death of a Salesman Wins Big on Broadway’s Biggest Night
Death of a Salesman was one of the handful of shows with as much momentum entering the ceremony, and the acclaimed revival didn’t disappoint. The production received awards in a number of creative and performance categories, cementing its reputation as one of the defining Broadway revivals of the season.
Laurie Metcalf’s win was yet another high point in her distinguished stage career, while director Joe Mantello’s award underscored the show’s artistic merit and its deep emotional impact on audiences.
Schmigadoon! Ends an Unlikely Broadway Success Story
One of the most talked about wins of the night was Schmigadoon! Originally presented to audiences as a television musical comedy, the production managed to reinvent itself for the stage and won Broadway’s top musical award.
The show also won Best Musical, Best Book, Best Original Score, and Best Orchestrations, showcasing the creative vision of Cinco Paul and the production team that made it happen.
Honors the Power of a Broadway Classic Ragtime
The revival of Ragtime showed why the musical continues to resonate with theatergoers decades after its debut. Winning Best Revival of a Musical was a major accomplishment, but the show’s triumph didn’t end there.
Both Joshua Henry and Caissie Levy took home Tony Awards for their leading roles, highlighting the emotional depth and timeless relevance that has made Ragtime a favorite of Broadway audiences.
The Lost Boys Escape
Among the newer productions celebrated at the ceremony, one of the biggest success stories of the season was The Lost Boys. The musical version of the much-loved vampire tale came with great expectation and it delivered, winning four Tony Awards.
The production scored well in technical and performance categories, indicating the creative team had successfully translated the cult-classic film into an engaging Broadway experience.
Winners in creative categories
Best Book of Music
Schmigadoon! – Cinco Paul
Best Original Score
Schmigadoon! — Cinco Paul
Best Choreography Award
Cats The Jellicle Ball
Best Orchestration
Schmigadoon!
Best Scenic Design, Musical
The missing boys
Best Costume Design – Musical
Cats: The Ball
Best Lighting Design for a Musical
Boys Lost
Best Sound Design in a Musical
Ragtime
Conclusion
The 2026 Tony Awards salute to the Broadway season was a celebration of creativity, ambition and artistic excellence. From the emotional force of Death of a Salesman to the crowd-pleasing fun of Schmigadoon!, this year’s winners demonstrated the diversity and vitality of today’s theater.
Whether celebrating favorite classics, exciting revivals or bold new productions, the ceremony demonstrated that Broadway remains one of the most vibrant and powerful forces in entertainment. With so many great productions taking center stage this season, theater fans have plenty to be excited about in what is next to come from Broadway.