Nicole Scherzinger won the Tony Award for best actress in a musical for her performance in a revival of “Sunset Boulevard,” a high-tech, minimal-scenery staging from Jamie Lloyd about a washed-up silent film star, Norma Desmond, who haunts a grand, ghostly Los Angeles mansion. This is Scherzinger’s first nomination and win.

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

Another Jersey connection can be found in the 2025 Tony winner for best revival of a play. The award is also a win for Jessica Hecht, who stars in the play as Suzanne. Hecht, a Princeton native who grew up in Bloomfield, Connecticut, was nominated for the Tony for best featured actress in a play for her performance.