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Broadway's biggest night of the year, the 78th Annual Tony Awards, was broadcast June 8 live on CBS from Radio City Music Hall (and streamed live via Paramount+ for subscribers with the Showtime option).

Tony, Grammy, and Emmy winner Cynthia Erivo hosted the 2025 Tony ceremony. Darren Criss, a 2025 Tony winner for his performance in Maybe Happy Ending, and Hamilton Tony winner Renée Elise Goldsberry hosted The Tony Awards: Act One on Pluto, the live pre-show preceding the 78th annual ceremony.

Watch the mix of emotional, humorous, and surprising speeches from this year's winners below (this story will be updated as more speeches are published). See the full list of 2025 Tony Award winners here.

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Sam Pinkleton Wins Best Direction of a Play for Oh, Mary!

Michael Arden Wins Best Direction of a Musical for Maybe Happy Ending

Edwin Robinson Accepts Excellence in Theatre Education Award 

Will Aronson and Hue Park Win Best Original Score for Maybe Happy Ending

Harvey Fierstein Accepts Lifetime Achievement Award

Paul Tazewell Wins Best Costume Design of a Musical for Death Becomes Her

Marg Horwell Wins Best Costume Design of a Play for The Picture of Dorian Gray

Kara Young Wins Best Featured Actress in a Play for Purpose

Natalie Venetia Belcon Wins Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Buena Vista Social Club

Jak Malone Wins Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Francis Jue Wins Best Featured Actor in a Play for Yellow Face

Paul Arditti Wins Best Sound Design of a Play for Stranger Things: The First Shadow 

Jonathan Deans Wins Best Sound Design of a Musical for Buena Vista Social Club

Dane Laffrey and George Reeve Win Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Maybe Happy Ending

Jon Clark Wins Best Lighting Design of a Play for Stranger Things: The First Shadow

The Muny Accepts 2025 Regional Tony Award

Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck Win Best Choreography for Buena Vista Social Club

Miriam Buether and 59 Win Best Scenic Design of a Play for Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Marco Paguia Wins Best Orchestrations for Buena Vista Social Club

Jack Knowles Wins Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Sunset Blvd. 

Celia Keenan-Bolger Accepts the Isabelle Stevenson Award

Cole Escola Wins Best Leading Actor in a Play for Oh, Mary! 

Will Aronson and Hue Park Win Best Book of a Musical for Maybe Happy Ending

Maybe Happy Ending Wins Best Musical

Nicole Scherzinger Wins Best Lead Actress in a Musical for Sunset Blvd.

Darren Criss Wins Best Lead Actor in a Musical for Maybe Happy Ending

Eureka Day wins Best Revival of a Play

Purpose Wins Best Play

Sarah Snook Wins Lead Actress in a Play for The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Tony Awards are produced in collaboration with Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, and White Cherry Entertainment. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss are executive producers and showrunners for White Cherry Entertainment. Weiss serves as director.

The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. At The Broadway League, Kristin Caskey is chair and Jason Laks is president. At the American Theatre Wing, Emilio Sosa is chair, and Heather A. Hitchens is president and CEO.

For more about the Tony Awards, visit °ëµºÌåÓý.com/Tonys.