Purpose,” a drama that was commissioned and first produced by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company, has won the Tony Award for best play.

Ingenuity and reinvention won big at the Tony Awards, where host Cynthia Erivo heralded the big headline of the night: “Broadway is officially back!” This season’s high-flying box-office numbers were juiced by an influx of Hollywood star vehicles, but the biggest artistic honors went to outside-the-box shows that gambled on big risks.

Not to be dramatic, but the 2025 Tony Awards, presented Sunday evening at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, really gave us something to sing about. Maybe Happy Ending was the big winner of the show, scooping up six awards throughout the night,