Tony Awards
This “Murder, She Wrote” actress has hosted or co-hosted a record of 5 times
Angela Lansbury
"Satisfied" and "My Shot"
Hamilton
A pathological liar starts a new religion in Africa
Book of Mormon
Orpheus in Hadestown
Wrote 38 Plays
William Shakespeare
Oldest Tony Award nominee
(She is 96)
June Squibb
"Donkey Pot Pie" and "Morning Person"
Shrek
A woman hallucinates about her dead son
Next to Normal
Psychotic god loving freak
J.D in Heathers
This West End play has two parts totalling nearly five hours
Harry Potter and The Cursed Child
Won Best Musical in 2026
Schmigadoon
"How Long" and "Word to the Wise"
Hadestown
Bohemian Rhapsody, no relation to Queen
Rent
Washed up star who drinks a potion of eternal youth
Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her
This Disney musical opened on Broadway first
Beauty and the Beast
This musical holds the record of 16 nominations in 13 categories
Hamilton
"Great Expectations" and "Grease Got a Hold"
The Outsiders
Hamlet but with animals and less death
The Lion King
Bootlegger yearning for lover he met before being deployed
Gatsby in The Great Gatsby
Highest-grossing Broadway musical
The Lion King
Who the Tony Awards named after
Antoinette "Tony" Perry
"Have to Have You" and "Michael"
Puberty the musical where the adults are the villians
Spring Awakening
Pregnant and having an affair with the doctor
74 Years