2025 Tony Predictions

Happy Tony's night! To ring in Broadway's biggest night, I wanted to share my predictions for the 2025 Tony Awards! This year, I had the opportunity to see some, not all, of the nominees, but have been so impressed with the ingenuity in this year's season! I was able to see: Maybe Happy Ending, Oh, Mary!, Gypsy, Sunset Blvd., Death Becomes Her, and Job (RIP). Let's dive in!

*= Predicted Winner

^=Potential Spoiler

Best Musical

• Buena Vista Social Club

• Dead Outlaw

• ^Death Becomes Her

• *Maybe Happy Ending

• Operation Mincemeat

Best Play

• English

• The Hills of California

• ^John Proctor Is the Villain

• ^Oh, Mary!

• *Purpose

Best Revival of a Musical

• Floyd Collins

• &Gypsy

• Pirates! The Penzance Musical

• *Sunset Boulevard

Best Revival of a Play

• *Eureka Day

• Thornton Wilder's Our Town

• Romeo + Juliet

• ^Yellow Face

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Megan Hilty – Death Becomes Her as Madeline Ashton

• ^Audra McDonald – Gypsy as Rose

• Jasmine Amy Rogers – Boop! The Musical as Betty Boop

• *Nicole Scherzinger – Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond

• Jennifer Simard – Death Becomes Her as Helen Sharp

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• *Darren Criss – Maybe Happy Ending as Oliver

• Andrew Durand – Dead Outlaw as Elmer McCurdy

• Tom Francis – Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis

• ^Jonathan Groff – Just in Time as Bobby Darin

• James Monroe Iglehart – A Wonderful World as Louis Armstrong

• Jeremy Jordan – Floyd Collins as Floyd Collins

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• ^Laura Donnelly – The Hills of California as Veronica / Joan

• Mia Farrow – The Roommate as Sharon

• LaTanya Richardson Jackson – Purpose as Claudine Jasper

• Sadie Sink – John Proctor Is the Villain as Shelby Holcomb

• *Sarah Snook – The Picture of Dorian Gray as Dorian Gray, et al.

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck as Edward R. Murrow

• *Cole Escola – Oh, Mary! as Mary Todd Lincoln

• Jon Michael Hill – Purpose as Nazareth "Naz" Jasper

• Daniel Dae Kim – Yellow Face as DHH

• Harry Lennix – Purpose as Solomon "Sonny" Jasper

• Louis McCartney – Stranger Things: The First Shadow as Henry Creel

  
  

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• *Natalie Venetia Belcon – Buena Vista Social Club as Omara Portuondo (adult)

• Julia Knitel – Dead Outlaw as Helen McCurdy / Maggie Johnson / Millicent Esper

• Gracie Lawrence – Just in Time as Connie Francis

• Justina Machado – Real Women Have Curves as Carmen Garcia

• ^Joy Woods – Gypsy as Louise

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Brooks Ashmanskas – Smash as Nigel Davies

• Jeb Brown – Dead Outlaw as Bandleader / Walter Jarrett

• ^Danny Burstein – Gypsy as Herbie

• *Jak Malone – Operation Mincemeat as Hester Leggatt and Others

• Taylor Trensch – Floyd Collins as Skeets Miller

  
  

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Tala Ashe – English as Elham

• *Jessica Hecht – Eureka Day as Suzanne

• Marjan Neshat – English as Marjan

• Fina Strazza – John Proctor Is the Villain as Beth Powell

• ^Kara Young – Purpose as Aziza Houston

  
  

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Glenn Davis – Purpose as Solomon "Junior" Jasper

• Gabriel Ebert – John Proctor Is the Villain as Mr. Carter Smith

• ^Francis Jue – Yellow Face as HYH, et al.

• Bob Odenkirk – Glengarry Glen Ross as Shelly Levene

• *Conrad Ricamora – Oh, Mary! as Mary's Husband

  
  

Best Book of a Musical

• *Will Aronson and Hue Park – Maybe Happy Ending

• David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts – Operation Mincemeat

• ^Itamar Moses – Dead Outlaw

• Marco Pennette – Death Becomes Her

• Marco Ramirez – Buena Vista Social Club

  
  

Best Original Score

• ^Dead Outlaw – Erik Della Penna and David Yazbek (music and lyrics)

• Death Becomes Her – Noel Carey and Julia Mattison (music and lyrics)

• *Maybe Happy Ending – Will Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (lyrics)

• Operation Mincemeat – David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts (music and lyrics)

• Real Women Have Curves – Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez (music and lyrics)

  
  

Best Director of a Musical

• Saheem Ali – Buena Vista Social Club

• ^Michael Arden – Maybe Happy Ending

• David Cromer – Dead Outlaw

• Christopher Gattelli – Death Becomes Her

• *Jamie Lloyd – Sunset Boulevard

  
  

Best Director of a Play

• Knud Adams – English

• Sam Mendes – The Hills of California

• *Sam Pinkleton – Oh, Mary!

• ^Danya Taymor – John Proctor Is the Villain

• Kip Williams – The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• Rachel Hauck – Swept Away

• *Dane Laffrey and George Reeve – Maybe Happy Ending

• Arnulfo Maldonado – Buena Vista Social Club

• ^Derek McLane – Death Becomes Her

• Derek McLane – Just in Time

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• David Bergman and Marg Horwell – The Picture of Dorian Gray

• *Miriam Buether and 59 Productions – Stranger Things: The First Shadow

• Marsha Ginsberg – English

• ^Rob Howell – The Hills of California

• Scott Pask – Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• Dede Ayite – Buena Vista Social Club

• ^Gregg Barnes – Boop! The Musical

• Clint Ramos – Maybe Happy Ending

• *Paul Tazewell – Death Becomes Her

• Catherine Zuber – Just in Time

Best Costume Design of a Play

• Brenda Abbandandolo – Good Night, and Good Luck

• Marg Horwell – The Picture of Dorian Gray

• Rob Howell – The Hills of California

• *Holly Pierson – Oh, Mary!

• ^Brigitte Reiffenstuel – Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• *Jack Knowles – Sunset Boulevard

• Tyler Micoleau – Buena Vista Social Club

• Ben Stanton – Maybe Happy Ending

• Ruey Horng Sun and Scott Zielinski – Floyd Collins

• ^Justin Townsend – Death Becomes Her

Best Lighting Design of a Play

• David Bengali and Heather Gilbert – Good Night, and Good Luck

• Natasha Chivers – The Hills of California

• *Jon Clark – Stranger Things: The First Shadow

• ^Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski – John Proctor Is the Villain

• Nick Schlieper – The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Sound Design of a Musical

• *Jonathan Deans – Buena Vista Social Club

• Adam Fisher – Sunset Boulevard

• ^Peter Hylenski – Just in Time

• Peter Hylenski – Maybe Happy Ending

• Dan Moses Schreier – Floyd Collins

Best Sound Design of a Play

• *Paul Arditti – Stranger Things: The First Shadow

• Palmer Hefferan – John Proctor Is the Villain

• Daniel Kluger – Good Night, and Good Luck

• Nick Powell – The Hills of California

• Clemence Williams – The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Orchestrations

• Will Aronson – Maybe Happy Ending

• Bruce Coughlin – Floyd Collins

• David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber – Sunset Boulevard

• Marco Paguia – Buena Vista Social Club

• *Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber – Just in Time

Best Choreography

• Joshua Bergasse – Smash

• Camille A. Brown – Gypsy

• *Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck – Buena Vista Social Club

• ^Christopher Gattelli – Death Becomes Her

• Jerry Mitchell – Boop! The Musical