Liberation has won best play at the Tony Awards, Ragtime took best musical revival and John Lithgow won best leading actor for Giant, highlighting Broadway works tackling themes of gender equality, race, class and anti-Semitism.
Liberation, a drama examining the legacy of the 1970s women's liberation movement, added to its 2026 Pulitzer Prize for drama, as author Bess Wohl became the fourth woman to win the Tony Award for best play and the first since 2009.
Schmigadoon! - a send-up of Golden Age Broadway shows following a modern couple drawn into a musical theatre fantasy world - won the award for best musical.
