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41 Questions
Which show holds the record for most nominations?
Hamilton
How many Tonys did the aforementioned show win?
16
What was the first woman to win Best Direction of a Musical? For which show and in which year?
Julie Taymor
For which show did the aforementioned woman win?
16
Who was the first African-American to win for Best Actor in a Musical? For which show?
Cleavon Little won for Purlie in 1970.
Which show won the highest number of Tony Awards? How many did it win?
The Producers holds the record with 12 wins.
Who was the first woman to solely win Best Score? For which show and in which year?
Cyndi Lauper for Kinky Boots in 2013.
Who was the first African-American composer to solely win Best Score? For which show and in which year?
Charlie Smalls won for The Wiz in 1975.
Who was the first Asian to win Best Featured Actress in a Musical? For which show and in which year?
Ruthie Ann Miles won for The King and I in 2015.
Who was the first Yemeni-American to win Best Featured Actor in a Musical? For which show?
Ari’el Stachel won for The Band’s Visit in 2018.
Who was the first Asian to win Best Actress in a Musical? For which show and in which year?
Lea Salonga won for Miss Saigon in 1991.
Who was the first African-American to win Best Featured Actress in a Musical?
Juanita Hall for South Pacific in 1950.
Who was the first person in a wheelchair to win a Tony Award? For which show, which category, and in which year?
Ali Stroker won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Oklahoma! in 2019.
Who was the first African-American to win Best Actress in a Musical? For which show and in which year?
Diahann Carroll won for No Strings in 1962.
What is the only musical to win all four acting awards in a single year? In which year did it win?
South Pacific – 1950
Who was the first woman to win for Best Score? For which show and in what year?
Betty Comden for On the Twentieth Century- 1978
Who holds the record for winning the most Tony Awards? How many times did this person win?
Harold Prince – 21
Who was the first performer to be nominated in all four acting categories?
Boyd Gaines
Who was the first Lebanese-American to win Best Actor in a Musical?
Tony Shalhoub won for The Band’s Visit in 2018
In 2013, Sophia Gennusa, aged 9; Bailey Ryon, aged 10; Oona Laurence, aged 10; and Milly Shapiro, aged 10 share an honorary Tony for playing the title role in which musical?
Matilda.
Who was the youngest performer to win a competitive Tony? For which show?
Frankie Michaels was 11 when he won for Mame.
Who were the first openly non binary performers to be nominated for and win a Tony Award?
J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell, for Best Actor in a Musical and Featured Actor in a Musical, respectively, in 2023.
Who was the first Yemeni-American to win for Best Featured Actor in a Musical?
Ari’el Stachel won for The Band’s Visit in 2018.
Which two musicals hold the record for most nominations without a win?
Mean Girls and The Scottsboro Boys both received 12 nominations but no wins.
Which composer holds the record for most wins for Best Original Score? How many wins?
Stephen Sondheim won five Best Original Score Tonys.
Who are the only two people to win Tony Awards posthumously? For which shows did they win?
T.S. Eliot (Cats) and Jonathan Larson (Rent)
In 2009, David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulis shared a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for which role?
Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot.
Who was the youngest performer to win Best Lead Actress in a Musical? For which show? How old was she?
Liza Minnelli was 19 when she won a Tony for Flora the Red Menace.
Which was the only musical theater role to earn Tony Awards for both a man and a woman? Which actors won the awards?
Ben Vereen and Patina Miller both won Tonys for playing the Leading Player in Pippin.
Who was the first female team to win the Best Score and Best Book? For which show and in which year?
Jeanine Tesori & Lisa Kron won for Fun Home in 2015
Who was the youngest winner for Best Featured Actress in a Musical? For which show did they win?
Daisy Eagan was 11 1/2 when she won her Tony Award for The Secret Garden.
Who won the most Tonys for Best Choreography? How many?
Bob Fosse won eight Tony awards for choreography.
Who was the first Brazilian to win for Best Actor in a Musical? In which year?
Paulo Szot for South Pacific in 2008
Who was the oldest performer to win Best Actress in a Musical? For which show?
Bette Midler was 71 years old when she won for Hello,Dolly!
Who was the first Asian-American to win Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical?
Ruthie Ann Miles won for The King and I in 2015.
Who was the youngest Tony winner ever?
Sophia Gennusa was nine years old when she won an honorary Tony award with three other actresses with whom she shared the role of Matilda.
Which performer holds the record for most Tony wins for acting? How many?
Audra McDonald has won six acting Tonys.
Who was the first woman to be nominated for and win Best Sound Design of a Musical?
Jessica Paz won for Hadestown in 2019.
Who was the first African-American to win Best Featured Actor in a Musical? For which show and in which year?
Harry Belafonte won for John Murray Anderson’s Almanac in 1954.
Who was the first openly trans performer to be nominated for a Tony? For which show?
L Morgan Lee for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for A Strange Loop in 2022.
Who was the first woman to solely win both Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score?
Shaina Taub won for Suffs in 2024.