Harvey Fierstein is set to receive a lifetime achievement award, and Celia Keenan-Bolger will accept the 2025 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for advocacy work thorugh the arts. The 2025 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre will be given to Great Performances, Michael Price, New 42 and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

On June 8, Nicole Scherzinger, 46, won her first Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for her role as Norma Desmond, a has-been staging a comeback in Sunset Blvd, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway adaptation of the 1950 film by the same name.

I work in the world of awards and know better than to get too invested in outcomes. The definition of "best" is personal and often nebulous and great work frequently goes unrecognized. So, I was trying not to get invested in this year's Tony Awards race for best actress in a musical,