It won best new musical on a night when Kara Young made history as the first Black person to win two Tonys consecutively ... won best musical revival, handing composer Andrew Lloyd Webber his first ...

The best new play trophy at Sunday’s Tony Awards went to “Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama about an accomplished Black family exposing hypocrisy and pressures during a ...

Invision The cast and crew of "Maybe Happy Ending" accept the award for best musical for during the 78th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by ...

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, center, accepts the award for best play for "Purpose" during the 78th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

NEW YORK — The best new play trophy at Sunday's Tony Awards went to “Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama about an accomplished Black family exposing hypocrisy and ...

Francis Jue won best featured actor in a play for the revival of “Yellow Face.” He said he was gifted his tuxedo from another Asian actor who wanted him to wear it to the Tonys. “I’m only here because ...

Jacobs-Jenkins is the first Black playwright to win the category since August Wilson for “Fences” in 1987. He urged viewers to support regional theaters; “Purpose” was nurtured in Chicago.

“Maybe Happy Ending,” a rom-com musical about androids that crackles with humanity, had a definite happy ending at Sunday’s Tony Awards. It won best new musical.