Broadway raised the curtain at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York to hold The 77^th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16.

The theater community honored the 2023-2024 Broadway performances and productions during a multiplatform preshow on Pluto TV, Paramount+, and a primetime telecast on CBS.

Throughout the evening, Carnegie Mellon University alumni were among the award show performers, presenters, nominees, winners and advocates for theater education. CMU has a long-standing tradition of producing top talent onstage and behind the scenes. Its School of Drama (opens in new window)is the oldest degree-granting drama school in the country and consistently ranks as one of the world’s best drama schools.

CMU ALUMNI WINNERS

• Will Brill, School of Drama, BFA 2009
  Best Featured Actor in a Play – Reg in “Stereophonic”

• Jamie deRoy, School of Drama, 1967
  Best Revival of a Musical “Merrily We Roll Along” (Producer)
  Best Play “Stereophonic” (Producer)

• Billy Porter, School of Drama, BFA 1991
  2024 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award