75th Tony Awards
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.
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. Additionally, with her win as a lead producer of A Strange Loop, Jennifer Hudson became the 17th person to win the EGOT in their entertainment career.
Ceremony information
Returning to its usual June scheduling, the ceremony's telecast was split between Paramount+ and CBS. Paramount+ streamed an hour-long pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One, which was hosted by Darren Criss and Julianne Hough and featured "special performances" and the presentation of selected awards. It was followed by the main ceremony telecast on CBS and Paramount+, which was hosted by Ariana DeBose. For the first time, the ceremony was televised live nationally.Eligibility
The Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date for the 2021–22 season was May 4, 2022 for all Broadway productions which meet all other eligibility requirements. Nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards were announced by Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry on May 9, 2022. They were initially going to be announced on May 3, but were extended a week to accommodate possible COVID-19 outbreaks. A revival of West Side Story that opened on February 20, 2020 was considered ineligible for the 74th Tony Awards because too few nominators and voters had seen it before Broadway shut down on March 12, 2020 due to the pandemic, and it did not resume when Broadway reopened in September 2021.34 shows were eligible. All eligible shows are below.
;Original plays
- Birthday Candles
- Chicken & Biscuits
- Clyde's
- Dana H.
- Hangmen
- Is This a Room
- Pass Over
- POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are
- Skeleton Crew
- The Lehman Trilogy
- The Minutes
- Thoughts of a Colored Man
- A Strange Loop
- Diana
- Flying Over Sunset
- Girl from the North Country
- MJ
- Mr. Saturday Night
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- Paradise Square
- Six
- American Buffalo
- for colored girls who have considered
- How I Learned to Drive
- Lackawanna Blues
- Macbeth
- Plaza Suite
- Take Me Out
- The Skin of Our Teeth
- Trouble in Mind
- Caroline, or Change
- Company
- Funny Girl
- ''The Music Man''
Winners and nominees
| Best Play ‡ | Best Musical ‡ |
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| Best Revival of a Play ‡ | Best Revival of a Musical ‡ |
| Best Actor in a Play | Best Actress in a Play |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Best Actress in a Musical |
| Best Featured Actor in a Play | Best Featured Actress in a Play |
| Best Featured Actor in a Musical | Best Featured Actress in a Musical |
| Best Direction of a Play | Best Direction of a Musical |
| Best Book of a Musical | Best Original Score Written for the Theatre |
| Best Scenic Design of a Play | Best Scenic Design of a Musical |
| Best Costume Design of a Play | Best Costume Design of a Musical |
| Best Lighting Design of a Play | Best Lighting Design of a Musical |
| Best Sound Design of a Play | Best Sound Design of a Musical |
| Best Choreography | Best Orchestrations |