2017 Tony Award Winners AnnouncedThe winners of the 71st annual Tony Awards were announced June 11 at Radio City Music Hall. Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 dominated the design categories for a musical, with Mimi Lien taking home the award for scenery and Bradley King for lighting; their work famously turns the entire Imperial Theatre into a playing space for the musical, based on a section of the novel War and Peace. Santo Loquasto took the costume design award for Hello, Dolly! In the play categories Nigel Hook took an award for his gag-filled, deconstructing set for the farce The Play That Goes Wrong,. In what may have been the most popular choice of the night, perpetual Tony bridesmaid Jane Greenwood took the costme design nod for the Manhattan Theatre Club production of The Little Foxes. Christopher Akerlind won for the lighting design of Indecent,, about the long and tumultuous history for the Yiddish-language drama God of Vengeance. There were no sound design categories this year, although Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin received a special award for their work on the solo drama The Encounter. The sound design category will be restored next year. Below is the complete list of Tony Award winners: Best Musical Dear Evan Hansen Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly! Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen Best Revival of a Musical Hello, Dolly! Best Play Oslo Best Revival of a Play Jitney Best Choreography Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand Best Direction of a Musical Christopher Ashley, Come From Away Best Direction of a Play Rebecca Taichman, Indecent Best Performance by an Actress in Featured Role a Musical Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Laurie Metcalf, A Doll's House, Part 2 Best Orchestrations Alex Lacamoire, Dear Evan Hansen Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Kevin Kline, Present Laughter Best Book of a Musical Steven Levenson, Dear Evan Hansen Best Score Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Cynthia Nixon, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly! Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Michael Aronov, Oslo Best Lighting Design of a Play Christopher Akerlind, Indecent Best Scenic Design of a Play Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong Best Costume Design of a Musical Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly! Best Costume Design of a Play Jane Greenwood, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes The 2018 Tony Awards will see the reinstatement of the Sound Design Categories. For more information on the Tony Awards, please visit the URL below.
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