“Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, won the Tony Award for best play; Jonathan Spector’s “Eureka Day” won best play revival; and Jamie Lloyd’s “Sunset Boulevard” won best musical revival.

McDonald and LuPone have sent the theater world alight with their bitter feud that has seen the latter beginning a war of words.

Even the biggest and brightest on Broadway could not outshine the "Hamilton" cast as they reunited for an all-star performance at the Tony Awards.

There was a “Hamilton” reunion, Nicole Scherzinger’s outsize grandeur and Cynthia Erivo’s pleasant “sing-off” music. But those cheesy projections were a big miss.

According to Nielsen’s time-zone adjusted data, the awards show drew 5.1 million viewers for CBS. That is up from 3.53 million in 2024, an increase of approximately 44%. That is also the largest audience for the Tonys since 2019, when the telecast that year nabbed 5.4 million viewers.

A photo gallery from the red carpet of the 2025 Tony Awards on June 8 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

It may be off-season in Hollywood, but Broadway’s biggest names were on hand to deliver plenty of red-carpet glamour at the 78th Annual Tony Awards.