Exploring the Tony Awards History of 2026’s Nominated Revivals

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Do you know how many Tonys these shows won the first time around?

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The results of the 2026 Tony races are very much still up in the air, but many of this season's nominated revivals have been Tony-tested before. How did they fare? The past may not always be the best indicator of the future, but accolades of years past provide interesting insight nonetheless. Check out a complete list of who was nominated, in what categories, and most importantly... if they won!

Though they were ruled as revivals , Becky Shaw and Every Brilliant Thing have not run on Broadway before now, therefore have not been eligible for Tony Awards for past productions.

Note: ** = winner

Best Revival of a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Old Deuteronomy)- André De Shields Best Choreography- Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons Best Direction of a Musical- Directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch Best Orchestrations- Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Wilson Best Scenic Design of a Musical- Rachel Hauck Best Costume Design of a Musical- Qween Jean Best Lighting Design of a Musical- Adam Honoré Best Sound Design of a Musical- Kai Harada

**Best Musical **Best Book of a Musical **Best Original Score Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Munkustrap)- Harry Groener Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Bustopher Jones/Asparagus)- Stephen Hanan ** Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Grizabella)- Betty Buckley Best Scenic Design- John Napier **Best Costume Design- John Napier **Best Lighting Design- David Hersey Best Choreography- Gillian Lynne **Best Direction of a Musical- Trevor Nunn

Best Revival of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Coalhouse)- Joshua Henry Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Tateh)- Brandon Uranowitz Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Mother)- Caissie Levy Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Mother's Younger Brother)- Ben Levi Ross Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Sarah)- Nichelle Lewis Best Choreography- Ellenore Scott Best Direction of a Musical- Lear deBessonet Best Costume Design of a Musical- Linda Cho Best Lighting Design of a Musical- 59 Studio , Adam Honoré and Donald Holder Best Sound Design of a Musical- Kai Harada

Best Revival of a Musical Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Mother)- Christiane Noll Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Mother's Younger Brother)- Bobby Steggert Best Direction of a Musical- Marcia Milgrom Dodge Best Scenic Design of a Musical- Derek McLane Best Lighting Design of a Musical- Donald Holder

Best Musical **Best Book of a Musical- Terrence McNally **Best Original Musical Score- Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Tateh)- Peter Friedman Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Coalhouse)- Brian Stokes Mitchell Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Mother)- Marin Mazzie **Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Sarah)- Audra McDonald Best Scenic Design- Eugene Lee Best Costume Design- Santo Loquasto Best Lighting Design- Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer Best Choreography- Graciela Daniele Best Direction of a Musical- Frank Galati **Best Orchestrations- William David Brohn

Best Revival of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Frank-N-Furter)- Luke Evans Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Janet)- Stephanie Hsu Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Narrator)- Rachel Dratch Best Choreography- Ani Taj Best Scenic Design of a Musical- dots Best Costume Design of a Musical- David I. Reynoso Best Lighting Design of a Musical- Jane Cox Best Sound Design of a Musical- Brian Ronan

Best Revival of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Frank-N-Furter)- Tom Hewitt Best Costume Design- David C. Woolard Best Direction of a Musical- Christopher Ashley

Best Lighting Design- Chipmonck

Best Revival of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play (Willy)- Nathan Lane Best Featured Actor in a Play (Biff)- Christopher Abbott Best Featured Actress in a Play (Linda)- Laurie Metcalf Best Direction of a Play- Joe Mantello Best Original Score- Caroline Shaw Best Scenic Design of a Play- Chloe Lamford Best Lighting Design of a Play- Jack Knowles Best Sound Design of a Play- Mikaal Sulaiman

Best Leading Actor in a Play- Wendell Pierce Best Lighting Design of a Play- Jen Schriever

**Best Revival of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play (Willy)- Philip Seymour Hoffman Best Featured Actor in a Play (Biff)- Andrew Garfield Best Featured Actress in a Play (Linda)- Linda Emond **Best Direction of a Play- Mike Nichols Best Lighting Design of a Play- Brian MacDevitt Best Sound Design of a Play- Scott Lehrer

**Best Revival of a Play **Best Leading Actor in Play (Willy)- Brian Dennehy Best Featured Actor in a Play (Biff)- Kevin Anderson Best Featured Actor in a Play (Charley)- Howard Witt **Best Featured Actress in a Play (Linda)- Elizabeth Franz **Best Direction of a Play- Robert Falls

**Best Reproduction

Best Leading Actor in Play (Willy)- George C. Scott

**Best Play **Best Featured Actor in a Play (Biff)- Arthur Kennedy **Best Scenic Design- Jo Mielziner **Producer (Dramatic)- Kermit Bloomgarden and Walter Fried **Author- Arthur Miller **Best Director- Elia Kazan

Best Revival of a Play Best Leading Actress in a Play (Jane)- Rose Byrne Best Leading Actress in a Play (Julia)- Kelli O'Hara Best Scenic Design of a Play- David Rockwell Best Costume Design of a Play- Jeff Mahshie

Best Revival of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play (Oedipus)- Mark Strong Best Leading Actress in a Play (Jocasta)- Lesley Manville Best Direction of a Play- Robert Icke Best Scenic Design of a Play- Hildegard Bechtler Best Lighting Design of a Play- Natasha Chivers Best Sound Design of a Play- Tom Gibbons

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