Anais Mitchell’s folk opera Hadestown took home eight Tony Awards Sunday night, including Best Musical, Score, Direction and Orchestrations, while The Temptations musical secured a single win.
Mitchell’s show is based on her album of the same name, released in 2010 on Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe label. The Vermont-based singer’s work was first staged in Vermont in 2006 and started an Off-Broadway run in 2016 after productions were mounted in England.
The win for direction went to Rachel Chavkin, the only woman to helm a new Broadway musical this season, who chastised producers for not hiring more women and people of color to direct on Broadway.
“It’s a failure of imagination by a field whose job it is to imagine how the world could be,” she said in her acceptance speech.
Here are the winners:
Best Musical
Hadestown
Best Play
The Ferryman
Best Revival of a Musical
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
Best Original Score
Hadestown, music & lyrics Anais Mitchell
Best Book of a Musical
Tootsie, Robert Horn
Best Direction of a Musical
Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
André De Shields, Hadestown
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ali Stroker, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
Best Orchestrations
Michael Chorney + Todd Sickafoose, Hadestown
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Bob Mackie, The Cher Show
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Rachel Hauck, Hadestown
Best Choreography
Sergio Trujillo, Ain't Too Proud -- The Life and Times of the Temptations
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Bradley King, Hadestown
Best Direction of a Play
Sam Mendes, The Ferryman
Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Bryan Cranston, Network
Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Bertie Carvel, Ink
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Revival of a Play
The Boys in the Band
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Rob Howell, The Ferryman
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Rob Howell, The Ferryman
Best Costume Design of a Play
Rob Howell, The Ferryman
Best Sound Design of a Play
Fitz Patton, Choir Boy
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Ink
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