Bonnie Milligan and Brandon Uranowitz were among the early winners at the Tony Awards ceremony in New York Sunday.

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Milligan picked up the prize for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Kimberly Akimbo, which also won for Best Original Score, while Uranowitz was named Best Featured Actor in a Play for Leopoldstadt.

Life of Pi earned the honor for Best Scenic Design of a Play.

Academy Award-winning West Side Story actress Ariana DeBose is hosting the event, which will feature performances by the casts of the Broadway musicals Camelot, A Beautiful Noise, Funny Girl, Into the Woods, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, New York, New York, Parade, Shucked, Some Like It Hot and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

A special performance is also being planned by Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre recipients, Joel Grey and John Kander.

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Some Like It Hot topped this year's nominees with 13 nominations, including Best Musical.

& Juliet, New York, New York and Shucked followed with nine nominations each, while Kimberly Akimbo and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street both have eight.

Ain't No Mo', A Doll's House, Into the Woods, Leopoldstadt and Parade are each up for six awards.