2026 Tony Awards: ‘Schmigadoon,’ ‘Liberation’ Take Top Awards, See Complete List
Pink hosts the ceremony as winners are announced across Broadway’s top categories, including lighting, sound, costumes and direction.
- Pop star Pink hosted the 79th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, 2026, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, honoring Broadway's best performances and productions from the past year.
- Heading into the evening, musicals The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! led with 12 nominations each, while Ragtime followed with 11 nods in a highly competitive field.
- Liberation won Best Play, while Death of a Salesman secured honors for lighting, sound, and scenic design, and Cats: The Jellicle Ball claimed awards for direction and choreography.
- Best Actor in a Play went to John Lithgow for Giant, while Lesley Manville won Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Oedipus, a modern adaptation of Sophocles' 2,500-year-old tragedy.
- Costume designer Qween Jean made history at the ceremony, becoming the first trans Tony winner ever for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball.
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Schmigadoon! and Liberation became the main winners of the 79th edition of the Tony Awards, held this Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The gala, presented by singer Pink, recognized the first as best musical and the second as best play.
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