From small liberal arts colleges to large state schools to performing arts conservatories, take a look at the institutes of higher learning where this year's Tony winners honed their crafts in the breakdown below.
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Best Revival of a Play
Mart Crowley (The Boys in the Band): The Catholic University of America
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Bryan Cranston (Network): Los Angeles Valley College
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Elaine May (The Waverly Gallery): Did not attend college
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Santino Fontana (Tootsie): University of Minnesota
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Stephanie J. Block (The Cher Show): Did not attend college
Best Book of a Musical
Robert Horn (Tootsie): New York University
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Anaïs Mitchell (Hadestown): Middlebury College
Best Choreography
Sergio Trujillo (Ain't Too Proud): University of Toronto
Best Orchestrations
Michael Chorney (Hadestown): Did not attend college
Todd Sickafoose (Hadestown): University of California, Los Angeles and California Institute of the Arts
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Rachel Hauck (Hadestown): University of California, Los Angeles
Best Scenic Design of a Play and Best Costume Design of a Play
Rob Howell (The Ferryman): Birmingham City University
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Bob Mackie (The Cher Show): Pasadena City College and Chouinard Art Institute
Best Sound Design of a Play
Fitz Patton (Choir Boy): Vassar College, Bard College, and Yale University
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Nevin Steinberg (Hadestown): Harvard College and New York University
Jessica Paz (Hadestown): CUNY Medgar Evers College
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin (Ink): Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Bradley King (Hadestown): New York University
Best Direction of a Play
Sam Mendes (The Ferryman): Peterhouse, Cambridge
Best Direction of a Musical
Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown): New York University and Columbia University
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Bertie Carvel (Ink): University of Sussex and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger (To Kill a Mockingbird): University of Michigan
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!): New York University
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
André De Shields (Hadestown): University of Wisconsin–Madison and New York University
Sam Mendes directed the new play from The Ferryman playwright Jez Butterworth.
The Kenneth Lonergan revival is at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre.
Queen Latifah hosts the gala evening, celebrating the 47th class of honorees.
Go behind the scenes of a two-show-day at the Avett Brothers musical, at Broadway's Longacre through December 29.
Original cast members Laura Bell Bundy, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Kerry Butler star in an evening of songs and anecdotes from their careers.
Some people were on the red carpet, including Cynthia Erivo, Lea Michele, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Enda Walsh is penning the adaptation of the beloved 1968 musical film.
The Irish singer-songwriter visited Russell at the Walter Kerr prior to his December 21 appearance on Saturday Night Live.
The song was penned by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Mark Sonnenblick.
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