75TH ANNUAL TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS
This year’s Tony nominees were announced this morning. I must say, it’s difficult to argue with the majority of the noms. As usual, it seems that some of the very best performances and a few designers were egregiously omitted, and that a few shows got the lion’s share of nom-nods, and — as suspected — some P.C. nods, but they were mostly very fair. An asterisk by the production is who Stage and Cinema hopes will win. An asterisk (*) by the play title is who we want to win, and the cross (+) is who we think will win.
The 75th Annual Tony Awards will air live from Radio City Music Hall, on Sunday, June 12, in a four-hour television and streaming event hosted by Oscar winner Ariana DesBose. The celebration will commence from 7pm to 8pm ET (4pm-5pm PT) with exclusive content streaming only on Paramount Plus, followed by the presentation of the American Theatre Wing’s 75th Annual Tony Awards from 8pm to 11pm ET (5pm-8pm PT) on CBS, and streaming live and on demand on Paramount Plus.
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The full list of nominees is as follows:
Best Play
Clyde’s
Hangmen *+
The Lehman Trilogy
The Minutes
Skeleton Crew
Best Musical
Girl From the North Country *
MJ
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
Six
A Strange Loop +
Best Book of a Musical
Conor McPherson, Girl From the North Country *
Lynn Nottage, MJ
Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandell, Mr. Saturday Night
Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan, Paradise Square
Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop +
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Tom Kitt and Michael Korie, Flying Over Sunset
Jason Robert Brown and Amanda Green, Mr. Saturday Night
Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, and Masi Asare, Paradise Square
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six
Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop *+
Best Revival of a Play
American Buffalo
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
How I Learned to Drive *+
Take Me Out
Trouble in Mind
Best Revival of a Musical
Caroline, or Change *
Company +
The Music Man
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy
David Morse, How I Learned to Drive *
Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues +
David Threlfall, Hangmen
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
Ruth Negga, Macbeth
Deirdre O’Connell, Dana H. +
Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive *
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night
Myles Frost, MJ
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire *
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop +
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square +
Mare Winningham, Girl From the North Country *
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Alfie Allen, Hangmen *
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind +
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s
Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out
Jesse Williams, Take Me Out
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s
Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew +
Julie White, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive *
Kara Young, Clyde’s
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Matt Doyle, Company
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop +*
A.J. Shively, Paradise Square
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Jeannette Bayardelle, Girl From the North Country
Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night
Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man
L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
Patti LuPone, Company +
Jennifer Simard, Company *
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, Skeleton Crew
Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen *+
Scott Pask, American Buffalo
Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset *
Bunny Christie, Company +
Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, MJ
Allen Moyer, Paradise Square
Best Costume Design of a Play
Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth *+
Sarafina Bush, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind
Jane Greenwood, Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde’s
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Fly Davis, Caroline, or Change *
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square
William Ivey Long, Diana, The Musical
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man
Gabriella Slade, Six
Paul Tazewell, MJ +
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Joshua Carr, Hangmen
Jiyoun Chang, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf +
Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy *
Jane Cox, Macbeth
Yi Zhao, The Skin of Our Teeth
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Neil Austin, Company
Tim Deiling, Six +
Donald Holder, Paradise Square
Natasha Katz, MJ
Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset *
Jen Schriever, A Strange Loop
Best Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H. *
Palmer Hefferan, The Skin of Our Teeth
Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy *
Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Simon Baker, Girl From the North Country
Paul Gatehouse, Six
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company *
Drew Levy, A Strange Loop
Gareth Owen, MJ *
Best Direction of a Play
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy +
Neil Pepe, American Buffalo *
Les Waters, Dana H.
Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
Marianne Elliott, Company +
Conor McPherson, Girl From the North Country *
Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage, Six
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ
Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, Six
Bill T. Jones, Paradise Square *+
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ
Best Orchestrations
David Cullen, Company
Tom Curran, Six
Simon Hale, Girl From the North Country *+
Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg, MJ
Charlie Rosen, A Strange Loop
Special Tony Award
James C. Nicola of New York Theatre Workshop
Legitimate theatrical productions opening in any of the 41 eligible Broadway theatres during the current season may be considered for Tony nominations. The 2021/2022 eligibility season began August 1, 2021 and ended Wednesday, May 4, 2022. The Tony Awards will be voted in 26 competitive categories by 650 designated Tony voters within the theatre community. As previously announced, the 2022 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre will be presented to the Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC); Broadway For All; music copyist, Emily Grishman; Feinstein’s/54 Below and United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE.