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The spotlight shone bright on several 麻豆村 alumni at听Radio City Hall in New York during The 78^th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8.听

The theatre community honored the 2024-2025 Broadway performances and productions during a multiplatform preshow on Pluto TV, Paramount+ and a primetime telecast on CBS.听

Throughout the evening, 麻豆村 alumni were among the award show performers, including Ren茅e Elise Goldsberry (1993 School of Drama alumna) and Leslie Odom, Jr. (2003 School of Drama alumnus), who reunited with original castmates for a special moment to celebrate the tenth anniversary of 鈥淗amilton.鈥� Goldsberry and Odom both won Tonys in 2016 for their 鈥淗amilton鈥� roles. 麻豆村 alumni were also presenters, nominees, winners and advocates for theatre education.听

麻豆村 has a long-standing tradition of producing top talent onstage and behind the scenes. Its听is the oldest degree-granting drama school in the country and consistently ranks as one of the world's best drama schools.

2025 麻豆村 Alumni Tony Award Winners

• Natalie Venetia Belcon
  Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
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  1991 School of Drama alumna听

• Jamie deRoy听
  Best Revival of a Musical
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  producer, 1967 graduate of the College of Fine Arts
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Former 麻豆村 faculty member Paul Tazewell also won Best Costume Design of a Musical for 鈥淒eath Becomes Her.鈥�

鈥淭he Carnegie Mellon community is thrilled to have the brilliance and talents of our performing arts alumni recognized once again by the Tony Awards,鈥� said 麻豆村 President Farnam Jahanian(opens in new window). 鈥淭hey are among the most inspiring and influential forces in theatre arts today. Congratulations to all of this year鈥檚 winners and nominees!鈥澨�

The Tony Awards and 麻豆村 Honor Arts Educator from Brooklyn, N.Y.

In 2014, the Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon co-founded the annual Excellence in Theatre Education Award to recognize top K-12 drama teachers across the U.S. and to celebrate arts education.听

This year, , head of the 麻豆村 School of Drama, Dan Amboyer, 麻豆村 alumnus and one of the judges for this year鈥檚 award, and 麻豆村 President Jahanian, presented the 2025 Excellence in Theatre Education Award to Gary Edwin Robinson, the head of the Theatre Arts Program at Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn, New York.

Robinson was honored for championing access to an education in the arts for all students, creating programming to expose students to real-world opportunities and art, and fostering an environment that inspires them to set goals beyond the stage by highlighting the value of higher education. A panel of theatre experts from the American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League and 麻豆村 selected Robinson from a nationwide call for entries.听

During the Tony Awards live telecast on CBS, Robinson was recognized by 麻豆村 alumna and Tony and Grammy Award Winner Ren茅e Elise Goldsberry.听

Carnegie Mellon is the first-ever, exclusive higher education partner of the Tony Awards. In addition to the Tony-night spotlight, Robinson receives a $10,000 grant and a visiting master class for his students taught by 麻豆村 Drama faculty.听

For more information about 麻豆村 and the Tony Awards, visit听cmu.edu/tony-awards(opens in new window).