These Are Your Tony Award Winners

Schmigadoon!, an adaptation of an Apple TV series that gently mocks big, brassy Broadway shows, won the best new musical Tony Award on a night when actor John Lithgow and playwright Bess Wohl made history, the AP reports. The musical parodies golden-age Broadway classics like The Music Man and Oklahoma! centered on a modern-day couple finding themselves in a Brigadoon-like fantasyland where the wholesome townspeople keep breaking into song. The win is a redemption for creator Cinco Paul, whose TV series was canceled after two seasons. He won Tonys for the score and the book Sunday. "Sometimes singing, dancing, jokes and a happy ending are all you need," said producer Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live, after the win.

The win for Schmigadoon! also completes what some unofficially call a "studio EGOT," giving the producing company credits for winning awards at all four major ceremonies. Apple already has Emmys for comedies Ted Lasso and The Studio, the Oscar for best picture for CODA, and a Grammy via Chris Stapleton's contribution to the F1 soundtrack. The prize for the best new play went to Wohl's Liberation, about a consciousness-raising women's group in 1970s Ohio, which earlier this year also won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Wohl's memory play collects stories from second-wave feminists from all walks of life as they tackle misogyny, racism, and traditional gender roles. Wohl is only the fourth woman to win a best play Tony, joining Wendy Wasserstein, Yasmina Reza, and Frances Goodrich.

Liberation joins a list of 18 plays that have won the Pulitzer Prize for drama and the Tony Award in the same year, which includes Death of a Salesman—a well-received revival of Arthur Miller's masterpiece also won best play revival on Sunday night. Meanwhile, Lithgow took home the night's first award, winning best lead actor in a play for Giant, playing children's writer Roald Dahl in Mark Rosenblatt's production set in 1983, when the author is facing intense backlash for his antisemitic comments. The role earned Lithgow his first Olivier Award in London and now the Tony for lead actor in a play, his third. At 80, he is the oldest man ever to win a competitive acting Tony. The win puts Lithgow in an exclusive group of actors who have won in three separate acting categories. He previously won featured actor in a play for The Changing Room and lead actor in a musical for Sweet Smell of Success. (Click for a list of the big winners.)