Nominations for the 75th Annual Tony Awards, honoring theater professionals of the 2021-2022 season for distinguished achievement on Broadway, were announced this morning (Monday, May 9, at 9 am) by Tony winner Adrienne Warren (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) and Tony nominee Joshua Henry (Carousel).
This year, with the reopening of theaters following an eighteen-month pandemic shutdown, 34 Broadway productions that opened between August 1, 2021-May 4, 2022 were eligible for consideration in 26 competitive categories. The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 29 theater professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee.
Leading the nominations for musicals is A Strange Loop with eleven, followed by MJ and Paradise Square with ten nominations each. The Lehman Trilogy earned the most nominations for a play with eight. Winners will be determined by 650 designated Tony voters within the theater community.
And the nominees are:
Best Play: Clyde’s; Hangmen; The Lehman Trilogy; The Minutes; Skeleton Crew;
Best Musical: Girl from the North Country; MJ the Musical; Mr. Saturday Night; Paradise Square; SIX; A Strange Loop;
Best Book of a Musical: Girl from the North Country, Conor McPherson; MJ, Lynn Nottage; Mr. Saturday Night, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel; Paradise Square, Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas, and Larry Kirwan; A Strange Loop, Michael R. Jackson;
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics Written for the Theatre): Flying Over Sunset, Music by Tom Kitt, Lyrics by Michael Korie; Mr. Saturday Night, Music by Jason Robert Brown, Lyrics by Amanda Green; Paradise Square, Lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare, Music by Jason Howland; SIX, Music and Lyrics by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss; A Strange Loop, Music and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson;
Best Revival of a Play: American Buffalo; for colored girls who 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 the Musical; 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; Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy; Anna Fleischle, Hangmen; Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, Skeleton Crew; Scott Pask, American Buffalo; Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth;
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Bunny Christie, Company; Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop; Allen Moyer, Paradise Square; Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, MJ; Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset;
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; Jane Greenwood, Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite; Jennifer Moeller, Clyde’s; Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind;
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: Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy; 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; Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth;
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company; Simon Baker, Girl from the North Country; Paul Gatehouse, SIX; 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: Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, SIX; Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop; Marianne Elliott, Company; Conor McPherson, Girl from the North Country; 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.
In addition to the competitive categories, the following special honorees have been announced:
Special Tony Award: James C. Nicola, Artistic Director of New York Theatre Workshop since 1988;
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Robert E. Wankel, President and Co-CEO of the Shubert Organization;
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: 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.
As was previously announced, the 75th Annual Tony Awards, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, will be broadcast live from NYC’s Radio City Music Hall on CBS TV on Sunday, June 12, beginning at 8 pm, hosted by Tony nominee and Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose. It will also be livestreamed on Paramount+ beginning at 7 pm, with a one-hour pre-ceremony show offering exclusive content. A limited number of tickets for the in-person event at Radio City (priced at $575-775) are available on the Tony Awards website.
