Tony Awards 2018: ‘The Band’s Visit’ and ‘Angels In America’ Were the Big Winners

Tonight was the 72nd Annual Tony Awards. When the awards were announced, the big winners were expected to be Mean Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants and Angels in America. As it turned out, those predictions were mostly incorrect; Mean Girls and SpongeBob were shut out of the major categories, and the top Tony winners this year were The Band’s Visit, Angels in America and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Pts. I and II.

The night looked good for Angels in America at the beginning, when the first award went to Andrew Garfield as Prior Walter. Garfield dedicated his Tony to the LGBTQ community, and ended his speech with a reference to the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision: “Let’s just bake a cake for anyone who wants a cake to be baked!” Nathan Lane won the award for featured actor in a play, but that was the end of Angels‘ fortunes.

Aside from Robert DeNiro’s “Fuck Trump” outburst, it was a relatively low-key ceremony. One of the highlights was when John Tiffany, director of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, led the entire audience in a chorus of “Happy Birthday” to his boyfriend. (Though if you include the red carpet, our favorite was when Rachel Bloom of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend arrived with a t-shirt depicting, as she put it, “Stephen Sondheim smokin’ a big ol’ J.”

Here’s the Complete List of 2018’s Tony Winners

Best musical: The Band’s Visit

Best play: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Pts. I and II

Best revival of a play: Angels in America

Best revival of a musical: Once on This Island

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical: Tony Shaloub, The Band’s Visit

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical: Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play: Andrew Garfield, Angels in America

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play: Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play: Nathan Lane, Angels in America

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play: Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical: Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical: Lindsay Mendez, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel

Best book of a musical: Itamar Moses, The Band’s Visit

Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater: David Yazbek, The Band’s Visit

Best scenic design of a play:  Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Pts. I and II

Best scenic design of a musical: David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants

Best costume design of a play: Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Pts. I and II

Best costume design of a musical: Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady

Best lighting design of a play: Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Pts. I and II

Best lighting design of a musical: Tyler Micoleau, The Band’s Visit

Best direction of a play: John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Pts. I and II

Best direction of a musical: David Cromer, The Band’s Visit

Best choreography: Justin Peck, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel

Best orchestrations: Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Chita Rivera

Special Tony Award: Bruce Springsteen, John Leguizamo

Regional theatre Tony Award: La Mama E.T.C., New York City

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Nick Scandalios

Tony honors for excellence in theater: Sara Krulwich, Bessie Nelson, Ernest Winzer Cleaners

Did all your favorites become Tony winners? Were there any people who lost you were rooting for? Let us know in the comments!