75th Tony Awards | |
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Date | June 12, 2022 |
Venue | Radio City Music Hall |
Hosted by | Ariana DeBose Darren Criss and Julianne Hough (preshow) |
Most awards | Company and The Lehman Trilogy (5) |
Most nominations | A Strange Loop (11) |
Website | tonyawards |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | CBS Paramount+ |
Viewership | 3.9 million |
Produced by | Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss |
Directed by | Glenn Weiss |
The 75th Tony Awards were held on June 12, 2022, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2021–22 season. The ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, with Ariana DeBose serving as host of the main ceremony, and Darren Criss and Julianne Hough co-hosting a streaming pre-show.
The most-awarded productions of the season were the new play The Lehman Trilogy, which won five awards, including Best Play, and the revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company, which also won five awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop was the most-nominated show of the season, with 11 nominations, and won Best Musical, becoming the first Best Musical winner to win only two awards total since 42nd Street (1981).
With her nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in A Strange Loop, L Morgan Lee became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Tony.[1] Additionally, with her win as a lead producer of A Strange Loop, Jennifer Hudson became the 17th person to win Emmy, Grammy, Academy, and Tony awards in their entertainment career.[2]