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Who wrote the 2022 Tony opening number?
American actress and singer, Ariana DeBose delivered the opening number with the names of some of the event’s winners written into mashed-up lyrics. There was huge excitement when the two most unexpected winners came up; that is, Best Actress in Play (O’Connel) and Best New Musical (A Strange Loop).
2022 Tony Award Winners
- Musical – A Strange Loop.
- Lead Actor (Musical) – Myles Frost (MJ: The Musical)
- Lead Actress (Musical) – Joaquina Kalukango (Paradise Square)
- Play – The Lehman Trilogy (Stefano Massini, Ben Power)
- Theatre Education – Roshunda Jones-Koumba.
- Excellence in Theatre – Emily Grishman, Feinstein’s/54 Below, Broadway For All, United Scenic Artists, Asian American Performers Action Coalition.
- Special Tony Award – James C. Nicola.
- Original Score – SIX.
- Featured Actress (Musical) – Patti LuPone.
- Featured Actor (Musical) – Matt Doyle.
- Revival (Play) – Take Me Out.
- Lead Actor (Play) – Simon Russel Beale (The Lehman Trilogy)
- Isabelle Stevenson Award – Robert E. Wankel.
- Tony Lifetime Achievement – Angela Lansbury.
- Regional Theatre Award – Court Theatre.
- Feature Actress (Play) – Phylicia Rashad (Skeleton Crew)
- Sound Design (Musical) – Gareth Owen (MJ: The Musical)
- Direction (Play) – Sam Mendes ( The Lehman Trilogy)
- Orchestrations – Simon Hale (Girl from the North Country)
- Featured Actor (Play) – Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Take Me Out)
- Lighting Design (Play) – Jon Clark (The Lehman Trilogy)
- Lighting Design (Musical) – Natasha Katz (MJ: The Musical)
- Revival (Musical) – Company
- Direction (Musical) – Marianne Elliott (Company)
- Lead Actress (Play) – Deirdre O’Connell (Dana H.)
- Book of a Musical – Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop)
- Scenic Design (Play) – Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy)
- Choreography – Christopher Wheeldon (MJ: The Musical)
- Costume Design (Musical) – Gabriella Slade (SIX)
- Scenic Design (Musical) – Bunny Christie (Company)
- Costume Design (Play) – Montana Levi Blanco (The Skin of Our Teeth)
- Sound Design (Play) – Mikhail Fiksel (Dana H.)
