Who wrote the 2022 Tony opening number?

American actress and singer, Ariana DeBose delivered the opening number with the names of some of the event’s winners written into mashed-up lyrics. There was huge excitement when the two most unexpected winners came up; that is, Best Actress in Play (O’Connel) and Best New Musical (A Strange Loop).

2022 Tony Award Winners

• Musical – A Strange Loop.
• Lead Actor (Musical) – Myles Frost (MJ: The Musical)
• Lead Actress (Musical) – Joaquina Kalukango (Paradise Square)
• Play – The Lehman Trilogy (Stefano Massini, Ben Power)
• Theatre Education – Roshunda Jones-Koumba.
• Excellence in Theatre – Emily Grishman, Feinstein’s/54 Below, Broadway For All, United Scenic Artists, Asian American Performers Action Coalition.
• Special Tony Award – James C. Nicola.
• Original Score – SIX.
• Featured Actress (Musical) – Patti LuPone.
• Featured Actor (Musical) – Matt Doyle.
• Revival (Play) – Take Me Out.
• Lead Actor (Play) – Simon Russel Beale (The Lehman Trilogy)
• Isabelle Stevenson Award – Robert E. Wankel.
• Tony Lifetime Achievement – Angela Lansbury.
• Regional Theatre Award – Court Theatre.
• Feature Actress (Play) – Phylicia Rashad (Skeleton Crew)
• Sound Design (Musical) – Gareth Owen (MJ: The Musical)
• Direction (Play) – Sam Mendes ( The Lehman Trilogy)
• Orchestrations – Simon Hale (Girl from the North Country)
• Featured Actor (Play) – Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Take Me Out)
• Lighting Design (Play) – Jon Clark (The Lehman Trilogy)
• Lighting Design (Musical) – Natasha Katz (MJ: The Musical)
• Revival (Musical) – Company
• Direction (Musical) – Marianne Elliott (Company)
• Lead Actress (Play) – Deirdre O’Connell (Dana H.)
• Book of a Musical – Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop)
• Scenic Design (Play) – Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy)
• Choreography – Christopher Wheeldon (MJ: The Musical)
• Costume Design (Musical) – Gabriella Slade (SIX)
• Scenic Design (Musical) – Bunny Christie (Company)
• Costume Design (Play) – Montana Levi Blanco (The Skin of Our Teeth)
• Sound Design (Play) – Mikhail Fiksel (Dana H.)