Alex Newell became the first nonbinary actor to win a Tony for Best Featured Actor.
The producers of the Tony Awards made a deal with the Writers Guild of America, currently on strike: the WGA would not picket, and the Tonys would go on without a script.
Parade, a revival of a 1998 musical about the trial, imprisonment and 1915 lynching of a Jewish man and Tom Stoppard's drama about the Nazis' effect on one large Viennese family, both won their categories.
Over and over, on stage and in the media room, winners said that they supported the striking writers.
Michael Arden, who won for his direction of Parade said "Growing up, I was called the f-word more times than I can remember, and now all I can say is that I'm a f**** with a Tony."
There were no cringe-producing moments, no dragging scenes trying to make the audience laugh.