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By Olivia Clement
June 11, 2018
Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

The Broadway community came together June 10 to celebrate the 72nd Annual Tony Awards, celebrating the creative teams, producers, stars, and beyond who made the last season on Broadway possible. The Band’s Visit was the biggest winner of the evening, but did TV critics think the ceremony itself, co-hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban and broadcast live on CBS, was a win?

Read: WATCH THE 2018 TONY AWARDS PERFORMANCES FROM MEAN GIRLS, FROZEN, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, AND MORE

Click here for the full list of the evening's winners. Read reviews for the 2018 Tony Awards below:

Deadline (Dino-Ray Ramos)

Entertainment Weekly (Kristen Baldwin)

The Hollywood Reporter (David Rooney)

The New York Times (Mike Hale)

TV AV Club (Caroline Siede)

Variety (Daniel D'Addario)

Playbill will continue to update with reviews as they are published.

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The stars arrive to the 2018 Tony Awards.

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Lauren Ambrose and Sam Handel
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Bruce Springsteen, 2018
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Katharine McPhee
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Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy
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Claire Danes
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Kerry Washington
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Todd Spiewak and Jim Parsons
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Zuzanna Szadkowski and Andrew Rannells
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Miles McMillan and Zachary Quinto
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Condola Rashad
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Diana Rigg
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Pablo Salinas and Tituss Burgess
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Brooke Adams and Tony Shalhoub
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Lionel Larner and Glenda Jackson, 2018
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Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer
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Andrew Garfield, 2018
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Laurie Metcalf, 2018
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Katrina Lenk, 2018
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Renée Fleming
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Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond
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Chris Jackson
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Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban
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Brandon Victor Dixon
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Tom Hollander
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Lauren Ridloff
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Noma Dumezweni
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Jamie Parker and Deborah Crowe
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Charlotte St. Martin, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, and Heather Hitchens
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Joshua Henry
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Danny Skinner, Lilli Cooper, and Wesley Taylor
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Lilliana Vazquez
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Nikki M. James
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Bruce Barish and Sarah Barish
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Carey Mulligan
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Michael Arden and Andy Mientus
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Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley
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Robert E. Wankel
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Stephanie Styles
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Chita Rivera, 2018
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Grey Henson
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Annika Boras and Ayad Akhtar
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Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
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Sara Bareilles
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Sara Bareilles and Joe Tippett
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Tom Higgenson
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Sara Krulwich, 2018
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Mia Yoo and Frank Carucci
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Jen Silverman and Dane Laffrey
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Jennifer Lee and Agatha Lee Monn
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Anthony Boyle
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Peter Hylenski and Suzanne Hylenski
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Josh Groban
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Jamshied Sharifi and Miyuki Sakamoto
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Rita Pietropinto and Tom Kitt
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Lauren Worsham and Kyle Jarrow
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Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck
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Eva Hwang and David Henry Hwang
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Wayne Coyne and Katy Weaver
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Judah Miller and Marissa Jaret Winokur
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Marissa Jaret Winokur
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Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban, 2018
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Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
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Jordan Roth
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David Yazbek and Elizabeth Doberneck
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Jenna Ushkowitz
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Charlotte St Martin and Heather Hitchens
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Kristin Flanders, Bartlett Sher, and daughter
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David Zinn
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Sonia Friedman and Paul Thornley
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Daryl Roth
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Anna Wintour
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Uzo Aduba
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Madeleine Lloyd Webber and Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Ashley Park
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Santo Loquasto
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Susan Brown and guest
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Christine Jones and guest
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Kate Shindle and Michael John LaChiusa
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Jessica Keenan Wynn
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Joe Mantello and guest
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Ariana DeBose
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Alexander Gemignani
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Ken Davenport and Sparky
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Tatiana Maslany
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Tavi Gevinson
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