Who Took Home the Trophy? Tight Tony Award Races for Best Musical
With awards season in full swing, Playbill.com looks back at Tony Awards races of previous years and reflects on surprising wins of the coveted Best Musical trophy.
Today is Saturday, June 6, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Paul Giamatti Max Casella Sandra Bernhard Harvey Fierstein David Dukes Judyth Burroughs John Alderman Gilbert Cates Billie Whitelaw George Zoritch Jimmie Lunceford Walter Abel Helen Ford Reine Davies Ted Lewis Annette Kellerman Beulah Poynter Frances Starr Dudley E. Oatman Steele MacKaye T. S. Arthur Aleksander Pushkin Clay Johns Michael Hadge James Dukas William Cottrell Gideon Glick Rodman Flender Lindsay Posner Peggy Hewett David Wiltse John Horn Theodore J. Flicker David Baker John Mehegan Harold J. Kennedy Mignon McLaughlin R. C. Sherriff Dorothy Heyward Thomas Mann