3:30 PM EDT – Red carpet coverage begins. There will be multiple livestreams including Playbill and Broadway World. Feel free to add red carpet pics in the comments!
6:35 PM EDT – The Tony Awards: Act One, a pre-show where many of the creative category Tonys will be awarded. This is hosted by Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess. It will be livestreamed on Pluto TV’s live music channel.
8:00 PM EDT – The official ceremony will air on CBS, with streaming available on Paramount+ (this requires a premium level subscription via the live CBS feed, but non-premium subscribers will be able to stream the ceremony on demand after it airs). Pink is this year’s host.
who will you see at the Tonys this year?
There will be performances from:
- the four shows nominated for best musical: The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titaníque, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
- the three shows nominated for best musical revival: Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Ragtime, and The Rocky Horror Show
- the original Broadway cast of The Book of Mormon (including Tony winner Nikki M. James and Tony nominees Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells, and Rory O’Malley) to celebrate the show’s 15th anniversary
- Queen Latifah, Pink, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Alex Newell, Adrienne Warren, Cedric the Entertainer, Julianne Hough, Whitney Leavitt, Dylan Mulvaney, and others to celebrate Chicago’s 30th anniversary
- Leslie Odom, Jr. will sing “Without You” from Rent for the In Memorium segment (he made his Broadway debut in the ensemble of Rent, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year)
- Rachel Zegler will be performing a tribute to A Chorus Line’s 50th anniversary
Presenters at tonight’s ceremony include: two-time Academy Award winner Adrien Brody, Annette Bening, Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose, Tony Award winner Ben Platt, three-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, Tony winner Billy Crystal, Bowen Yang, Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, Carrie Coon, Tony winner Cole Escola, Tony winner Darren Criss, three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien, Jeremy Pope, Tony winner John Leguizamo, 11-time Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, two-time Tony winner Kara Young, Tony winner Kelli O’Hara, Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth, Law Roach, Lena Waithe, Lily Rabe, six-time Emmy winner Maya Rudolph, three-time Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion, Tony winner Neil Patrick Harris, Tony winner Nicole Scherzinger, Patrick Wilson, Paul Rudd, Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Tony winner Sarah Paulson, and Sting.
list of nominees (to be updated with winners later today): [Spoiler (click to open)]
play nominations:
best play
The Balusters
Giant
Liberation
Little Bear Ridge Road
best revival of a play
Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
Fallen Angels by Noël Coward
Oedipus by Sophocles, adapted by Robert Icke
best performance by a leading actor in a play
Will Harrison – Punch as Jacob Dunne
Nathan Lane – Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman
John Lithgow – Giant as Roald Dahl
Daniel Radcliffe – Every Brilliant Thing as Performer
Mark Strong – Oedipus as Oedipus
best performance by a leading actress in a play
Rose Byrne – Fallen Angels as Jane Banbury
Carrie Coon – Bug as Agnes White
Susannah Flood – Liberation as Lizzie
Lesley Manville – Oedipus as Jocasta
Kelli O’Hara – Fallen Angels as Julia Sterroll
best performance by a featured actor in a play
Christopher Abbott – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman as Biff
Danny Burstein – Marjorie Prime as Jon
Brandon J. Dirden – Waiting for Godot as Pozzo
Alden Ehrenreich – Becky Shaw as Max
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone as Bynum Walker
Richard Thomas – The Balusters as Elliott Emerson
best performance by a featured actress in a play
Betsy Aidem – Liberation as Margie
Marylouise Burke – The Balusters as Penny Buell
Aya Cash – Giant as Jessie Stone
Laurie Metcalf – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman as Linda
June Squibb – Marjorie Prime as Marjorie
best direction of a play
Nicholas Hytner – Giant
Robert Icke – Oedipus
Kenny Leon – The Balusters
Joe Mantello – Death of a Salesman
Whitney White – Liberation
best scenic design of a play
Hildegard Bechtler – Oedipus
Takeshi Kata – Bug
David Korins – Dog Day Afternoon
Chloe Lamford – Death of a Salesman
David Rockwell – Fallen Angels
best costume design of a play
Brenda Abbandandolo – Dog Day Afternoon
Qween Jean – Liberation
Jeff Mahshie – Fallen Angels
Emilio Sosa – The Balusters
Paul Tazewell – Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
best lighting design of a play
Isabella Byrd – Dog Day Afternoon
Natasha Chivers – Oedipus
Stacey Derosier – Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Heather Gilbert – Bug
Heather Gilbert – The Fear of 13
Jack Knowles – Death of a Salesman
best sound design of a play
Justin Ellington – Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Tom Gibbons – Oedipus
Lee Kinney – The Fear of 13
Josh Schmidt – Bug
Mikaal Sulaiman – Death of a Salesman
best musical
The Lost Boys
Schmigadoon!
Titaníque
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
best revival of a musical
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Ragtime
The Rocky Horror Show
best performance by a leading actor in a musical
Nicholas Christopher – Chess as Anatoly Sergievsky
Luke Evans – Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show as Frank-N-Furter
Joshua Henry – Ragtime as Coalhouse Walker
Sam Tutty – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) as Dougal
Brandon Uranowitz – Ragtime as Tateh
best performance by a leading actress in a musical
Sara Chase – Schmigadoon! as Melissa Gimble
Stephanie Hsu – Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show as Janet Weiss
Caissie Levy – Ragtime as Mother
Marla Mindelle – Titaníque as Celine Dion
Christiani Pitts – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) as Robin
best performance by a featured actor in a musical
Ali Louis Bourzgui – The Lost Boys as David
André De Shields – Cats: The Jellicle Ball as Old Deuteronomy
Bryce Pinkham – Chess as The Arbiter
Ben Levi Ross – Ragtime as Mother’s Younger Brother
Layton Williams – Titaníque as Tour Guide/The Seaman/Iceberg
best performance by a featured actress in a musical
Shoshana Bean – The Lost Boys as Lucy Emerson
Hannah Cruz – Chess as Svetlana
Rachel Dratch – Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show as The Narrator
Ana Gasteyer – Schmigadoon! as Mildred Layton
Nichelle Lewis – Ragtime as Sarah
best direction of a musical
Michael Arden – The Lost Boys
Lear deBessonet – Ragtime
Christopher Gatelli – Schmigadoon!
Tim Jackson – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch – Cats: The Jellicle Ball
best book of a musical
The Lost Boys – David Hornsby and Chris Hoch
Schmigadoon! – Cinco Paul
Titanique – Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) – Kit Buchan
best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre
Death of a Salesman – Music: Caroline Shaw
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone – Music: Steve Bargonetti
The Lost Boys – Music & Lyrics: The Rescues
Schmigadoon! – Music & Lyrics: Cinco Paul
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) – Music & Lyrics: Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
best scenic design of a musical
dots – The Rocky Horror Show
Soutra Gilmour – Two Strangers
Rachel Hauck – Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Dane Laffrey – The Lost Boys
Scott Pask – Schmigadoon!
best costume design of a musical
Linda Cho – Ragtime
Linda Cho – Schmigadoon!
Qween Jean – Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Ryan Park – The Lost Boys
David I. Reynoso – The Rocky Horror Show
best lighting design of a musical
Kevin Adams – Chess
Jane Cox – The Rocky Horror Show
Donald Holder – Schmigadoon!
Adam Honoré, Cats – The Jellicle Ball
Adam Honoré and Donald Holder and 59 Studio – Ragtime
Jen Shriever and Michael Arden – The Lost Boys
best sound design of a musical
Kai Harada – Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Kai Harada – Ragtime
Adam Fisher – The Lost Boys
Brian Ronan – The Rocky Horror Show
Walter Trarbach – Schmigadoon!
best choreography
Christopher Gattelli – Schmigadoon!
Ellenore Scott – Ragtime
Ani Taj – Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons – Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant – The Lost Boys
best orchestrations
Doug Besterman and Mike Morris – Schmigadoon!
Ethan Popp, Kyler England, Adrianne “AG” Gonzalez, and Gabriel Mann – The Lost Boys
Lux Pyramid – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Brian Usifer – Chess
Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Wilson, Trevor Holder, and Doug Schadt – Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
André Bishop
Jules Fisher
James Lapine
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Special Tony Award
League of Resident Theatres
Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre
1/52 Project
Jake Bell
Kenn Lubin
Loren Plotkin
Regional Theatre Tony Award
American Players Theatre
Excellence in Theatre Education Award
Freddie Hendricks from Utopian Academy for the Arts
total nominations by show:
12 – The Lost Boys
12 – Schmigadoon!
11 – Ragtime
9 – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
9 – Cats: The Jellicle Ball
9 – Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
8 – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
7 – Oedipus
5 – August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
5 – The Balusters
5 – Chess
5 – Fallen Angels
5 – Liberation
4 – Bug
4 – Giant
4 – Titaníque
3 – Dog Day Afternoon
2 – Becky Shaw
2 – Every Brilliant Thing
2 – The Fear of 13
2 – Marjorie Prime
1 – Little Bear Ridge Road
1 – Punch
1 – Waiting for Godot
plays with no nominations:
Art
Call Me Izzy
Proof
musicals with no nominations:
Beaches
Mamma Mia!
The Queen of Versailles
fun facts about this year’s nominees:
This year’s nominees include:
3 Elphabas from Wicked – Shoshana Bean, Ana Gastayer, Caissie Levy
3 Hamilton alumni – Nicholas Christopher, Hanna Cruz, Joshua Henry
2 Saturday Night Live alumnae – Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer
Danny Burstein is now the actor with the most Tony nominations. He has been nominated 9 times and he has won once. Audra McDonald holds the all time Tony record with 11 nominations and 6 wins (and she has won in all 4 acting categories).
June Squibb is now the oldest Tony nominee in history at 96 years old.
For the first time since 2002, every nominee for best leading actress in a musical is a first time nominee: Sara Chase, Stephanie Hsu, Caissie Levy, Marla Mindelle, and Christiani Pitts.
Other first time acting nominees: Christopher Abbott, Ali Louis Bourzgui, Marylouise Burke, Rose Byrne, Aya Cash, Nicholas Christopher, Hannah Cruz, Brandon J. Dirden, Alden Ehrenreich, Luke Evans, Susannah Flood, Ana Gasteyer, Will Harrison, Nichelle Lewis, Lesley Manville, Ben Levi Ross, June Squibb, Sam Tutty, Layton Williams
ONTD, which shows/actors are your rooting for?
