Tony Awards 2026: The Winners, the Surprises, and What It Means

The 79th Tony Awards happened last night at Radio City Music Hall, and Broadway's biggest night delivered exactly what it always does: a newly crowned Best Play and Best Musical, a three-hour ceremony that felt either perfectly paced or interminable depending on your seat, and a set of winners that will either validate the industry's taste or fuel arguments about what the Tonys actually measure. Here's what mattered.