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By Marc J. Franklin, Joseph Marzullo
June 08, 2020
Ruthie Ann Miles, Cynthia Erivo, and Bette Midler

The Tony Awards are traditionally when the theatre community comes together to celebrate excellence on Broadway, honoring the artists and technicians who created showstopping productions and recognizing the immense talent on the Great White Way.

Though the 2020 ceremony has been postponed due to COVID-19, Playbill is taking a look back at a decade of Broadway’s biggest nights. From Hamilton's Tony Awards sweep to Ali Stroker's historic win for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, revisit highlights from the 2015-2019 ceremonies in honor of Broadway and the people who bring it to life.

Looking Back at the Past Decade of Tony Awards: Part 2

Ruthie Ann Miles, Cynthia Erivo, and Bette Midler_HR

Looking Back at the Past Decade of Tony Awards: Part 2

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Alan Cumming & Kristin Chenoweth_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth, 2015
Kelli O'Hara & Greg Naughton_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Kelli O'Hara and Greg Naughton, 2015
Michael Cerveris_Tony Awards-1_2015_HR
Michael Cerveris, 2015
Jonathan Blumenstein & Ruthie Ann Miles_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Jonathan Blumenstein and Ruthie Ann Miles, 2015
Christian Borle_Tony Awards-1_2015_HR
Christian Borle, 2015
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Helen Mirren_Tony Awards-1_2015_HR
Helen Mirren, 2015
Wallis Currie-Wood & Alex Sharp_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Wallis Currie-Wood and Alex Sharp, 2015
Annaleigh Ashford_Tony Awards-1_2015_HR
Annaleigh Ashford, 2015
Kelli O'Hara_Tony Awards-2_2015_HR
Kelli O'Hara, 2015
Michael Cerveris_Tony Awards-2_2015_HR
Michael Cerveris, 2015
Michael Cerveris & Kelli O'Hara_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Michael Cerveris and Kelli O'Hara, 2015
Ruthie Ann Miles_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Ruthie Ann Miles, 2015
Christian Borle_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Christian Borle, 2015
Sam Gold_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Sam Gold, 2015
Helen Mirren_Tony Awards-2_2015_HR
Helen Mirren, 2015
Alex Sharp_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Alex Sharp, 2015
Annaleigh Ashford_Tony Awards-2_2015_HR
Annaleigh Ashford, 2015
Richard McCabe_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Richard McCabe, 2015
Marianne Elliott_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Marianne Elliott, 2015
John Cameron Mitchell_Tony Awards_2015_HR
John Cameron Mitchell, 2015
Producers of the 2015 Tony Award winning play <i>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time</i>
Producers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, 2015
Adrian Bryan-Brown & Joan Marcus_Tony Awards_2015_HR
Adrian Bryan-Brown and Joan Marcus, 2015
James Corden & Julia Carey_Tony Awards_2016_HR
James Corden and Julia Carey, 2016
Cynthia Erivo_Tony Awards-1_2016_HR
Cynthia Erivo, 2016
Nicolette Robinson & Leslie Odom Jr_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Nicolette Robinson and Leslie Odom Jr, 2016
Renée Elise Goldsberry & Alexis Johnson_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Renée Elise Goldsberry and Alexis Johnson, 2016
Jalene Goodwin & Daveed Diggs_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Jalene Goodwin and Daveed Diggs, 2016
Shura Baryshnikov, Jessica Lange and Hannah Jane Shepard_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Shura Baryshnikov, Jessica Lange, and Hannah Jane Shepard, 2016
Frank Langella & Sara Langella_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Frank Langella and Sara Langella, 2016
Jayne Houdyshell_Tony Awards-1_2016_HR
Jayne Houdyshell, 2016
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Reed Birney_Tony Awards-1_2016_HR
Reed Birney, 2016
Margery Gray & Sheldon Harnick_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Margery Gray and Sheldon Harnick, 2016
Allyson Tucker and Brian Stokes Mitchell_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Allyson Tucker and Brian Stokes Mitchell, 2016
Daveed Diggs, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr. and Renée Elise Goldsberry_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Daveed Diggs, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr. and Renée Elise Goldsberry, 2016
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Lin-Manuel Miranda_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2016
Cynthia Erivo_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Cynthia Erivo, 2016
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Leslie Odom Jr_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Leslie Odom Jr, 2016
Renée Elise Goldsberry_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Renée Elise Goldsberry, 2016
Daveed Diggs_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Daveed Diggs, 2016
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Oprah Winfrey, Cynthia Erivo & Scott Sanders_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Oprah Winfrey, Cynthia Erivo, and Scott Sanders, 2016
Jessica Lange_Tony Awards-2_2016_HR
Jessica Lange, 2016
Frank Langella_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Frank Langella, 2016
Jayne Houdyshell_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Jayne Houdyshell, 2016
Reed Birney_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Reed Birney, 2016
Marshall W. Mason_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Marshall W. Mason, 2016
Brian Stokes Mitchell_Tony Awards_2016_HR
Brian Stokes Mitchell, 2016
Bette Midler_Tony Awards-1_2017_HR
Bette Midler, 2017
Ben Platt_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Ben Platt, 2017
Rachel Bay Jones_Tony Awards-1_2017_HR
Rachel Bay Jones, 2017
Gavin Creel_Tony Awards-1_2017_HR
Gavin Creel, 2017
Laurie Metcalf_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Laurie Metcalf, 2017
Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline, 2017
Cynthia Nixon_Tony Awards-1_2017_HR
Cynthia Nixon, 2017
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Michael Aronov and Family_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Michael Aronov and Family, 2017
Baayork Lee & Malan Breton_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Baayork Lee and Malan Breton, 2017
Bette Midler_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Bette Midler, 2017
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Ben Platt_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Ben Platt, 2017
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Rachel Bay Jones_Tony Awards-2_2017_HR
Rachel Bay Jones, 2017
Rachel Bay Jones and Ben Platt_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Rachel Bay Jones and Ben Platt, 2017
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Gavin Creel_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Gavin Creel, 2017
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, 2017
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Cynthia Nixon_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Cynthia Nixon, 2017
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Michael Aronov_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Michael Aronov, 2017
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Tony_Awards_2017_Performance_Jitney_HR
Jitney, 2017
Baayork Lee, Sam Pinkleton & Malan Breton, 2017_Tony Awards_2017_HR
Baayork Lee, Sam Pinkleton, and Malan Breton, 2017
Sara Bareilles & Josh Groban_Tony Awards-2_2018_HR
Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban, 2018
Katrina Lenk_Tony Awards-1_2018_HR
Katrina Lenk, 2018
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Lindsay Mendez_Tony Awards-1_2018_HR
Lindsay Mendez, 2018
Tony_Awards_2018_Red_Carpet_Arrivals_Lauren_Ridloff_HR
Lauren Ridloff
Lionel Larner & Glenda Jackson_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Lionel Larner and Glenda Jackson, 2018
Andrew Garfield_Tony Awards-1_2018_HR
Andrew Garfield, 2018
Laurie_Metcalf_Tony Awards-1_2018_HR
Laurie Metcalf, 2018
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Sara Krulwich_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Sara Krulwich, 2018
John Leguizamo & Family_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Lucas Leguizamo, Allegra Leguizamo, Justine Maurer, and John Leguizamo, 2018
Chita Rivera_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Chita Rivera, 2018
Nick Scandalios & Family_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Nick Scandalios with Luke and Kate, 2018
Bruce Springsteen_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Bruce Springsteen, 2018
Katrina Lenk_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Katrina Lenk, 2018
Tony Shalhoub_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Tony Shalhoub, 2018
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Tony Shalhoub & Katrina Lenk_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Tony Shalhoub and Katrina Lenk, 2018
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Lindsay Mendez_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Lindsay Mendez, 2018
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Ari'el Stachel_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Ari'el Stachel, 2018
Glenda Jackson_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Glenda Jackson, 2018
Andrew Garfield_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Andrew Garfield, 2018
Laurie Metcalf_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Laurie Metcalf, 2018
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Nathan Lane_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Nathan Lane, 2018
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Andrew Lloyd Webber_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Andrew Lloyd Webber, 2018
Glenda Jackson_Nathan Lane & Laurie Metcalf_Tony Awards_2018_HR
Glenda Jackson, Nathan Lane, and Laurie Metcalf, 2018
Tony_Awards_Red_Carpet_2019_James Corden and Julia Carey_JR
James Corden and Julia Carey, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Red Carpet_Batch 4_Billy Porter_HR-41.jpg
Billy Porter
Marc J. Franklin
2019 Tony Awards_Red Carpet_Batch 4_Stephanie J. Block_HR-58.jpg
Stephanie J. Block, 2019
Marc J. Franklin
2019 Tony Awards_Red Carpet_Batch 4_Jessica Hershberg and Santino Fontana_HR-35.jpg
Jessica Fontana and Santino Fontana, 2019
Marc J. Franklin
2019 Tony Awards_Red Carpet_Batch 4_Ali Stroker_HR-32.jpg
David Perlow and Ali Stroker, 2019
Tony_Awards_Red_Carpet_2019_Celia_Keenan-Bolger_HR
Celia Keenan-Bolger, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Red Carpet_Batch 2_Judith Light_HR-28.jpg
Judith Light, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Red Carpet_Jason_Danieley_guest_HR
Martin Moran and Jason Danieley, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Red Carpet_Batch 2_Harold Wheeler and Hattie Winston_HR-11.jpg
Harold Wheeler and Hattie Winston, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Winner's Circle_Card 5_NAME HERE_HR-4.jpg
David Perlow and Ali Stroker, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Winner's Circle_Andre De Shields_HR.jpg
André De Shields, 2019
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
2019 Tony Awards_Winner's Circle_Stephanie J. Block_HR.jpg
Stephanie J. Block, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Winner's Circle_Santino Fontana_HR.jpg
Santino Fontana, 2019
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
2019 Tony Awards_Winner's Circle_Card 1_Bob Mackie_HR-2.jpg
Bob Mackie, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Winner's Circle_Bryan Cranston_HR.jpg
Bryan Cranston, 2019
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
2019 Tony Awards_Winner's Circle_Card 1_Celia Keenan-Bolger_HR-9.jpg
Celia Keenan-Bolger, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Winner's Circle_Card 2_NAME HERE_HR-2.jpg
Bertie Carvel, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Winner's Circle_Card 5_NAME HERE_HR-3.jpg
Rosemary Harris, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Winner's Circle_The Ferryman_HR.jpg
The Ferryman, 2019
2019 Tony Awards_Winner's Circle_Hadestown_HR.jpg
Hadestown, 2019
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