Tony Awards 2018 as it happened: The Band's Visit, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child win big

All the latest updates from this year's awards ceremony

Best Play and Best Musical nominations for Tony awards 2018

The 72nd annual Tony Awards is over, with a ceremony attended by Broadway's biggest actors at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Performances from the casts of Mean Girls, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical and Bruce Springsteen were just some of the evening's highlights, along with a special appearance from the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who sang a survival song from the Broadway musical Rent.

While this year's awards show had SpongeBob Squarepants: The Musical and Mean Girls leading with 12 nominations, The Band's Visit dominated the ceremony with 10 wins.

Other notable wins from the ceremony included Andrew Garfield for Lead Actor and Nathan Lane for Featured Actor in Angels in America and Laurie Metcalf for Best Featured Actress for Three Tall Women.

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Key Points

• 'The Band's Visit' wins 10 awards
• Andrew Garfield delivers powerful speech about equality
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students perform 'Seasons of Love' from 'Rent' 

[11 June 2018 00:05 · Steve Anderson]

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom dons a Stephen Sondheim t-shirt to show off her musical theatre fandom. 

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Tina Fey leads the Mean Girls charge at this year's awards show with 12 nominations for her hit musical. The show's co-creator stuns in a floor-length fringe-accented metallic gown. 

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[11 June 2018 00:23 · Steve Anderson]

Andrew Garfield looks especially regal tonight on the Tony Awards red carpet. He arrived just after performing a matinee show of Angels in America. Tonight he's nominated for Leading Actor in a Play for his role as Prior Walter in the Broadway revival.

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[11 June 2018 00:42 · Steve Anderson]

It's impossible for Kerry Washington to ever look anything less than perfect. Tonight she shines in a silver gown with a plunging neckline and took time to promote her new Facebook Watch series Five Points, which she's producing. With Scandal's final season wrapped, she'll also make her return to Broadway in American Son. 

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[11 June 2018 00:43 · Steve Anderson]

The red carpet looks were mostly stunning, but perhaps the New York City rain made it a bit of a snoozefest. Hopefully the ceremony will be the opposite when it begins shortly.

[11 June 2018 01:18 · Steve Anderson]

Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban's opening was self-deprecating ode to Tony losers and it was perfect.

[11 June 2018 01:21 · Steve Anderson]

Congratulations to Andrew Garfield for his winning a Tony Award for Leading Actor in a Play for Angels in America. He delivered an emotional speech about acceptance and equality, taking aim at the bakery that refused to serve a gay couple: "Let’s just bake a cake for every one who wants a cake."

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[11 June 2018 01:34 · Steve Anderson]

Laurie Metcalf just took home her second Tony Award win - this time for Featured Actress in Three Tall Women. Roseanne may be cancelled, but it looks like Metcalf is finally getting the attention she deserves. 

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[11 June 2018 01:38 · Steve Anderson]

Billy Joel's speech presenting a Tony Award to his friend Bruce Springsteen is extremely emotional. What a duo.

[11 June 2018 01:41 · Steve Anderson]

The entire cast of Mean Girls delivered stellar performances of "Where Do You Belong?" and "Meet The Plastics." Regina George's white pantsuit is flawless and so is the cast. 

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