With the Tony Awards just around the corner, Playbill rounded up the shows that gave these EGOT winners their coveted "T," from Liza Minnelli to Whoopi Goldberg to Elton John, the most recent EGOT winner. Test your knowledge with the gallery below.
EGOT is an acronym for four major awards: the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. To join the exclusive EGOT club, an individual must win all four awards, covering a range of disciplines from recorded music and film to live theater. This designation is regarded as the "grand slam" of American entertainment, with 19 people having achieved it through competitive awards and 6 others through at least one honorary award.
Richard Rodgers
EGOT ACHIEVED: 1962
TONY AWARD: 1950, Best Original Score for South Pacific
Helen Hayes
EGOT ACHIEVED: 1977
TONY AWARD: 1947, Best Lead Actress in a Play for Happy Birthday
Rita Moreno
EGOT ACHIEVED: 1977
TONY AWARD: 1975, Best Featured Actress in a Play forThe Ritz
Sir John Gielgud
EGOT ACHIEVED: 1991
TONY AWARD: 1961, Best Direction of a Play for Big Fish, Little Fish
Audrey Hepburn
EGOT ACHIEVED: 1994
TONY AWARD: 1954, Best Lead Actress in a Play for Ondine
Marvin Hamlisch
EGOT ACHIEVED: 1995
TONY AWARD: 1976, Best Original Score for A Chorus Line
Jonathan Tunick
EGOT ACHIEVED: 1997
TONY AWARD: 1997, Best Orchestrations for Titanic
Mel Brooks
EGOT ACHIEVED: 2001
TONY AWARD: 2001, Best Book, Score, and Musical for The Producers
Mike Nichols
EGOT ACHIEVED: 2001
TONY AWARD: 1964, Best Direction of a Play for Barefoot in the Park
Whoopi Goldberg
EGOT ACHIEVED: 2002
TONY AWARD: Producer of 2002 Best Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Robert Lopez
EGOT ACHIEVED: 2014
TONY AWARD: 2004, Best Original Score for Avenue Q
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber
EGOT ACHIEVED: 2018
TONY AWARD: 1980, Best Original Score for Evita
Sir Tim Rice
EGOT ACHIEVED: 2018
TONY AWARD: 1980, Best Original Book and Score for Evita
John Legend
EGOT ACHIEVED: 2018
TONY AWARD: Co-Producer of 2017 Best Revival of a Play, Jitney
Alan Menken
EGOT ACHIEVED: 2020
TONY AWARD: 2012, Best Original Score for Newsies
Jennifer Hudson
EGOT ACHIEVED: 2022
TONY AWARD: Producer of 2022 Best Musical, A Strange Loop
Viola Davis
EGOT ACHIEVED: 2023
TONY AWARD: 2001, Best Featured Actress in a Play for King Hedley II
Sir Elton John
EGOT ACHIEVED: 2024
TONY AWARD: 2000, Best Original Score for Aida
Barbra Streisand
NON-COMPETITIVE EGOT ACHIEVED: 1970
TONY AWARD: 1970, Star of the Decade
Liza Minnelli
NON-COMPETITIVE EGOT ACHIEVED: 1990
TONY AWARD: 1965, Best Actress in a Musical for Flora The Red Menace
James Earl Jones
NON-COMPETITIVE EGOT ACHIEVED: 2011
TONY AWARD: 1969, Best Actor in a Play for The Great White Hope
Harry Belafonte
NON-COMPETITIVE EGOT ACHIEVED: 2014
TONY AWARD: 1954, Best Featured Actor in a Musical for John Murray Anderson's Almanac
Quincy Jones
NON-COMPETITIVE EGOT ACHIEVED: 2016
TONY AWARD: Producer of2016 Best Revival of a Musical, The Color Purple
Frank Marshall
NON-COMPETITIVE EGOT ACHIEVED: 2023
TONY AWARD: Producer or 2022 Best Musical, A Strange Loop
The full list of EGOT winners includes Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Whoopi Goldberg, Scott Rudin, Robert Lopez, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, John Legend, Alan Menken, Jennifer Hudson, Viola Davis, and Elton John.
The 2024 Tony Awards nominees aren't looking to get an EGOT, but for a number of them, winning the Tony will put them one step closer to the honor. Stereophonic composer Will Butler and Hell's Kitchen composer Alicia Keys are both Grammy winners. The Outsiders producer Angelina Jolie and Purlie Victorious producer Samuel L. Jackson both have Oscars.
READ: How Close Are the 2023 Tony Winners to an EGOT?
The 77th Annual Tony Awards are set for June 16 at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater. The evening will kick off with The Tony Awards: Act One, streaming for free on Pluto TV. Details are to be announced. The 77th Annual Tony Awards will follow beginning at 8 PM ET, broadcasting live on CBS (check local listings) and streaming live (for premium-level subscribers) via Paramount+. All Paramount+ subscribers will have on demand access to the broadcast beginning June 17. Stage and screen star Ariana DeBose will be back for the third consecutive year to host.
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