With the 74th Annual Tony Awards set for September 26, a new crop of performers will be cemented in theatre history for their performances in the 2019-2020 season on Broadway. Ahead of the ceremony, take a look back at the past decade of actors who earned the awards for leading and featured performer in a musical. How many can you recall?
2010
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Douglas Hodge in La Cage Aux Folles
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music
Joan Marcus
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Levi Kreis as Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Katie Finneran as Marge MacDougall in Promises, Promises
Joan Marcus
2011
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Norbert Leo Butz as Carl Hanratty in Catch Me If You Can
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes
Joan Marcus
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: John Larroquette as J.B. Biggley in How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Ari Mintz
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Nikki M. James as Nabulungi Hatimbi in The Book of Mormon
2012
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Steve Kazee as Guy in Once
Joan Marcus
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Audra McDonald as Bess in Porgy and Bess
Michael J. Lutch
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Michael McGrath as Cookie McGee in Nice Work If You Can Get It
Photo by Joan Marcus
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Judy Kaye as Duchess Estonia Dulworth in Nice Work If You Can Get It
2013
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Billy Porter as Lola in Kinky Boots
Matthew Murphy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Patina Miller as the Leading Player in Pippin
Michael Lutch
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Gabriel Ebert as Mr. Wormwood in Matilda
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Andrea Martin as Berthe in Pippin
Joan Marcus
2014
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Neil Patrick Harris as Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Joan Marcus
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Jessie Mueller as Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Joan Marcus
James Monroe Iglehart in Aladdin.
Cylla von Tiedemann
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Lena Hall as Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2015
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Michael Cerveris as Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home
Joan Marcus
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Kelli O’Hara as Anna Leonowens in The King and I
Paul Kolnik
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Christian Borle as Shakespeare in Something Rotten!
Joan Marcus
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Ruthie Ann Miles as Lady Thiang in The King and I
Paul Kolnik
2016
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Leslie Odom, Jr. as Aaron Burr in Hamilton
Cynthia Erivo in The Color Purple
Matthew Murphy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton
Joan Marcus
2017
Ben Platt
Joan Marcus
Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!
Julieta Cervantes
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Gavin Creel as Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly!
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Ben Platt and Rachel Bay Jones
Matthew Murphy
2018
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Tony Shalhoub as Tewfiq in The Band’s Visit
Matthew Murphy
Katrina Lenk
Matthew Murphy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Ari’el Stachel as Haled in The Band’s Visit
Matthew Murphy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Lindsay Mendez as Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel
Julieta Cervantes
2019
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Santino Fontana as Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels in Tootsie
Matthew Murphy
Stephanie J. Block
Joan Marcus
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: André De Shields as Hermes in Hadestown
Matthew Murphy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Ali Stroker as Ado Annie in Oklahoma!
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