New York(SMI-WIRE,06.10.18)-The Tony Awards hosted its 72nd Annual celebration award ceremony this evening, recognizing the achievement of the Broadway production of the 2017-2018 season, with The Band 's Visit winning 10 awards and Harry Potter and The Cursed Child Part I & II taking six , as both registered to be the main winners of the 72nd Tony Awards, celebrated with spectacular red carpet & award wiiners announcement in 26 categories at the Radio City Musical in Manhattan.

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The 72nd Tony's was co-hosted by Josh Groban &  Sara Bareilles and televised by CBS." Mean girls" and  SpongeBob SquarePants, who received 12 nominations were stunned by The Band's Visit Musical taking 10 awards out of 11 nominations and Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, PART I & II took six out 10 nominations, were declared the main winners of the 2018-72nd Tony's Awards of Broadway.

See the full list of nominees and winners :

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Best Musical:
The Band’s Visit    WINNER  
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical

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Best Play:
The Children
Farinelli and The King
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two, WINNER 

Junk
Latin History for Morons

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Best Revival of a Musical:
My Fair Lady
Once On This Island  WINNER
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

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Best Revival of a Play:
Angels in America     WINNER
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Lobby Hero
Travesties

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Best Actress in a Musical:
Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady
Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island
LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit      WINNER
Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls
Jessie Mueller, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

 

Best Actor in a Musical:
Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady
Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit     WINNER
Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

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Best Actress in a Play:
Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women WINNER
Condola Rashad, Saint Joan
Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God
Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower

Best Actor in a Play:
Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady
Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit     WINNER
Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

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Best Book of a Musical:
The Band’s Visit, Itamar Moses   WINNER
Frozen, Jennifer Lee
Mean Girls, Tina Fey
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Kyle Jarrow

Music's Most Stylish StarsM

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Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
Angels in America, Adrian Sutton
The Band’s Visit, David Yazbek    WINNER
Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Mean Girls, Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Various Contributors

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady
Alexander Gemignani, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Grey Henson, Mean Girls
Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit    WINNER

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Ariana DeBose, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Renée Fleming, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Lindsay Mendez, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel   WINNER
Ashley Park, Mean Girls
Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Susan Brown, Angels in America
Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Deborah Findlay, The Children
Denise Gough, Angels in America
Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women  WINNER

Best and Worst Movie Remakes

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Michael Cera, Lobby Hero
Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero
Nathan Lane, Angels in America  WINNER
David Morse, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

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Best Scenic Design of a Play:
Miriam Buether, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and The King
Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I & II  WINNER

Santo Loquasto, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman ComethIan MacNeil and Edward Pierce, Angels in America

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Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Dane Laffrey, Once On This Island
Scott Pask, The Band’s Visit
Scott Pask, Finn Ross & Adam Young, Mean Girls
Michael Yeargan, My Fair Lady
David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical   WINNER

Best Costume Design of a Play:
Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and The King
Nicky Gillibrand, Angels in America
Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I & II    WINNER
Ann Roth, Three Tall Women
Ann Roth, The Iceman Cometh

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Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Gregg Barnes, Mean Girls
Clint Ramos, Once On This Island
Ann Roth, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady   WINNER 

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Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I & II    WINNER
Paule Constable, Angels in America
Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, The Iceman Cometh
Paul Russell, Farinelli and The KingBen Stanton, Junk

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Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Kevin Adams, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, Once On This Island
Donald Holder, My Fair Lady
Brian MacDevitt, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Tyler Micoleau, The Band’s Visit   WINNER

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Best Direction of a Play::
Marianne Elliott, Angels in America
Joe Mantello, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Patrick Marber, Travesties
John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I & II  WINNER
George C. Wolfe, The Iceman Cometh

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Best Direction of a Musical:
Michael Arden, Once On This Island
David Cromer, The Band’s Visit    WINNER
Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls
Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady

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Best Choreography:
Christopher Gattelli, My Fair Lady
Christopher Gattelli, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Steven Hoggett, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls
Justin Peck, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel   WINNER

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Best Orchestrations:
John Clancy, Mean Girls
Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Annmarie Milazzo & Michael Starobin, Once On This Island
Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit   WINNER
Jonathan Tunick, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel