The Best Tony Awards Fashions of the 2020s
Take a look back at the most unforgettable looks that have turned the Tony Awards into a true fashion spectacle, one red carpet moment at a time.
By: A.A. Cristi May. 30, 2025
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As much as the Tony Awards honor the magic of Broadway, they’ve also evolved into one of the theatre world’s most dazzling runways, a stage where high fashion and fearless self-expression take their own dramatic bow. And in the first half of the decade alone, the red carpet has seen its relationship to fashion flourish from timeless Golden Age glamour to daring, theatrical statements that deserve a standing ovation.
Whether it's a tux with a twist, a ballgown that steals the spotlight, an ensemble dripping with Broadway bravado, or pure avant-garde eleganza, the Tonys have proven again and again that theatre’s biggest night is also one of fashion’s fiercest.
So, curtain up! Let’s take a look back at the most unforgettable looks that have turned the Tony Awards into a true fashion spectacle, one red carpet moment at a time.
Ariana DeBose
Tony Awards Host, 2024
Audra McDonald
Presenter, 2024 Tony Awards
Camille A. Brown
Nominee, Best Choreography
Hell's Kitchen (2024)
Nikki M. James
Nominee, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Suffs (2024)
Steven Skybell
Nominee, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (2024)
Paul Tazewell
Nominee, Best Costume Design of a Musical
Suffs (2024)
Somi Kakoma
Nominee, Best Play
Jaja's African Hair Braiding (2024)
Amy Ryan
Nominee, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Doubt (2024)
David Zinn
Winner, Best Costume Design of a Musical,
Stereophonic (2024)
Maechi Aharanwa
Nominee, Best Play
Jaja's African Hair Braiding (2024)
Vanessa Bell Calloway and Heather Alicia Sims
Nominees, Best Revival of a Play
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch (2024)
Emilio Sosa
Nominee, Best Costume Design of a Play
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch (2024)
Nikiya Mathis
Winner, Special Tony Award
Jaja's African Hair Braiding (2024)
Jordan Roth
Guest, 2024 Tony Awards
Jocelyn Bioh
Nominee, Best Play
Jaja's African Hair Braiding (2025)
Justin Craig and guest, Lavinia Jones Wright
Nominee, Best Orchestrations
Stereophonic (2024)
Matt Hinkey and guest, Kymberly Lavigne-Hinkley
Nominee, Best Musical
The Outsiders (2024)
Alicia Keys and Family
Nominee, Best Musical
Hell's Kitchen (2024)
Bekah Brunstetter
Nominee, Best Book of a Musical
The Notebook (2024)
Sky Lakota-Lynch and guest
Nominee, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
The Outsiders (2024)
Micaela Diamond
Nominee, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Parade (2023)
Helen Park
Nominee, Best Original Score
KPOP (2023)
Georgia Stitt
Guest, 2023 Tony Awards
Jae Gurley
Guest, 2023 Tony Awards
Uzo Aduba
Presenter, 2023 Tony Awards
Sam Gold and Amy Herzog
Guests, 2023 Tony Awards
Annaleigh Ashford
Nominee, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Sweeney Todd (2023)
Jodie Comer
Winner, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Prima Facie (2023)
Wayne Brady and guest, Maile Masako Brady
Presenter, 2023 Tony Awards
Rachel Brosnahan
Guest, 2023 Tony Awards
Sara Bareilles and guest, Joe Tippett
Nominee, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Into the Woods (2023)
Joaquina Kalukango
Performer, 2023 Tony Awards
Lin-Manuel Miranda and guest, Vanessa Nadal
Presenter, 2023 Tony Awards
Sade Lythcott and Jonathan McCrory
Nominee, Best Play
Fat Ham (2023)
J.J. Niemann
Guest, 2023 Tony Awards
Myles Frost and Tavon Olds-Sample
Guests, 2023 Tony Awards
Lap Chi Chu and guest, Rebecca Wisocky
Nominee, Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Camelot (2023)
Stephanie Hsu
Presenter, 2023 Tony Awards
Kelli O'Hara
Presenter, 2023 Tony Awards
Brandon Uranowitz and guest, Zachary Prince
Winner, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Leopoldstadt (2023)
Audra McDonald
Nominee, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Ohio State Murders (2023)
Will Swenson
Performer, 2023 Tony Awards
Victoria Clark
Winner, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Kimberly Akimbo the Musical (2023)
Jerry Mitchell and guest, Ricky Schroeder
Winner, 2023 Isabelle Stevenson Award
Jordan Roth
Nominee, Best Revival of a Musical
Into the Woods (2023)
Clint Ramos
Nominee, Best Costume Design of a Musical
KPOP (2023)
Julianne Hough
Co-Host, The Tony Awards: Act One
Kara Young
Nominee, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Clyde's (2023)
Sharon Washington
Nominee, Best Book of a Musical
New York, New York (2023)
Robert Horn
Nominee, Best Book of a Musical
Shucked (2023)
Justin Cooley
Nominee, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Kimberly Akimbo (2023)
Crystal Lucas- Perry
Nominee, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Ain't No Mo' (2023)
Adrianna Hicks
Nominee, Best Musical
Some Like It Hot (2023)
Lorna Courtney
Nominee, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
& Juliet (2023)
Utkarsh Ambudkar
Presenter, 2023
Lupita N'yongo
Presenter, 2023
Alex Newell
Winner, Best Peformance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Shucked (2023)
Lily Rabe
Preenter, 2023
Denée Benton
Presenter (2023)
J. Harrison Ghee
Winner, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Some Like It Hot (2023)
Michael James Scott
Guest, 2022 Tony Awards
Cara Dipietro
Guest, 2022 Tony Awards
Antwayn Hopper
Nominee, Best Musical
A Strange Loop (2022)
Sidney Dupont
Nominee, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Paradise Square (2022)
Dominique Morrisseau
Nominee, Best Play
Skeleton Crew (2022)
Jeremy Pope
Presenter, 2022 Tony Awards
Lilli Cooper
Presenter, 2022 Tony Awards
LaChanze
Nominee, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Trouble in Mind (2022)
Patti LuPone
Winner, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Company (2022)
Ruthie Ann Miles
Presenter, Tony Awards 2022
Vanessa Hudgens
Presenter, 2022 Tony Awards
Billy Porter
Performer/Winner, Best Musical
A Strange Loop (2022)
Cynthia Erivo
Presenter, 2022 Tony Awards
Zach Braff
Presenter, 2022 Tony Awards
Danielle Brooks
Presenter, 2022 Tony Awards
Darren Criss
Co-Host, 2022 Tony Awards: Act One
Patina Miller
Presenter, 2022 Tony Awards
Ruth Negga
Nominee, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Macbeth (2022)
Andrew Garfield
Presenter, 2022 Tony Awards
Jessica Chastain
Presenter, 2022 Tony Awards
Myles Frost
Winner, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
MJ the Musical (2022)
Kara Young
Nominee, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Clyde's (2022)
Jonathan Groff
Performer, 2022 Tony Awards
Lea Michele
Performer, 2022 Tony Awards
Ian Padgett
Guest, 2022 Tony Awards
Sharon D Clarke
Nominee, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Caroline, or Change (2022)
Jacquelyn Acevedo
Guest, 2021 Tony Awards
Clint Ramos
Nominee, Best Scenic Design of a Play
Slave Play (2021)
Nominee, Best Costume Design of a Play
The Rose Tattoo (2021)
Cyndi Lauper
Guest, 2021 Tony Awards
Jake Gyllenhaal
Nominee, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Sea Wall/A Life (2021)
Michael Shannon
Nominee, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
A Long Day's Journey Into Night (2021)
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Host, The Tony Awards: Broadway's Back!
Myra Lucretia Taylor
Nominee, Best Peformance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Tina- the Tina Turner Musical (2021)
Jamine Cephas-Jones
Guest, 2021 Tony Awards
Jeremy O. Harris
Nominee, Best Play
Slave Play (2021)
Jeremy Pope
Guest, 2021 Tony Awards
Jennifer Nettles
Performer, 2021 Tony Awards
Tom Sturridge & guest, Sienna Miller
Nominee, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Sea Wall/A Life (2021)
Erich Bergen
Guest, 2021 Tony Awards
Amber Iman
Winner, Special Tony Award
Broadway Advocacy Coalition (2021)
Kelli O'Hara
Guest, 2021 Tony Awards
Melissa Jaret-Winokur
Performer, 2021 Tony Awards
Kathryn Gallagher and guest, Peter Gallagher
Nominee, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Jagged Little Pill (2021)
Julie Halston
Winner, Isabelle Stevenson Award
Andrew Burnap
Winner, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
The Inheritance (2021)
Lauren Patten
Winner, Best Performance by a Featured Actress In a Musical
Jagged Little Pill (2021)
Bernadette Peters
Guest, 2021 Tony Awards
John Legend and guest, Chrissy Teigen
Performer, 2021 Tony Awards
Ben Platt
Performer, 2021 Tony Awards
Anika Noni-Rose
Performer, 2021 Tony Awards
Celia Rose Gooding
Nominee, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Jagged Little Pill (2021)
Aaron Tveit
Winner, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Moulin Rouge! the Musical (2021)
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