George Clooney<\/a> has received his first ever nomination at the Tony Awards.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
George Clooney has received his first ever Tony Award nomination<\/p>\n
The nominees for the 78th annual Tonys were announced on Thursday (01.05.25) by previous award winners Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce and Clooney was named in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for his Broadway debut in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’.<\/p>\n
The 63-year-old actor is up against Cole Escola (‘Oh, Mary!’), Jon Michael Hill (‘Purpose’), Daniel Dae Kim (‘Yellow Face’), Harry Lennix (‘Purpose’) and Louis McCartney (‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’).<\/p>\n
‘Succession’ star Sarah Snook also got her first Tony Award nomination in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her acting in ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’.<\/p>\n
The other nominees in the category are Laura Donnelly (‘The Hills of California’), Mia Farrow (‘The Roommate’), LaTanya Richardson Jackson (‘Purpose’) and Sadie Sink (‘John Proctor is the Villain’)<\/p>\n
\n‘Death Becomes Her’ – the musical based on Robert Zemeckis’ 1992 film of the same name – ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ and ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ all received the most nominations getting 10 nods a piece.<\/p>\n
\nThe three shows will compete against ‘Dead Outlaw’ and ‘Operation Mincemeat’ for the Best Musical prize.<\/p>\n
\n‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ – a modern, feminist retelling of ‘The Crucible’ – and ‘The Hills of California’ were the plays with the most nominations, each being named in seven categories.<\/p>\n
\nSinger-and-actress Audra McDonald has become the most nominated performer in the history of the Tony Awards after receiving her 11th nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical in ‘Gypsy’.<\/p>\n
\nAudra, 54, is up against Megan Hilty (‘Death Becomes Her’), Jasmine Amy Rogers (‘Boop! The Musical’), Jennifer Simard (‘Death Becomes Her’) and former Pussycat Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger (‘Sunset Boulevard’).<\/p>\n
\nThe 78th annual Tony Awards will take place on June 8 at Radio City Music Hall in new York City and will be hosted by ‘Wicked’ actress Cynthia Erivo, who previously won a Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Tony for her starring role as Celie in the musical revival of ‘The Color Purple’.<\/p>\n
\nThe Tony Awards will stream on Paramount+ and air live on CBS.<\/p>\n
\nThe 78th annual Tony Awards full list of nominees:<\/p>\n
\nBest Musical:<\/p>\n
\nBuena Vista Social Club<\/p>\n
\nDead Outlaw<\/p>\n
\nDeath Becomes Her<\/p>\n
\nMaybe Happy Ending<\/p>\n
\nOperation Mincemeat: A New Musical<\/p>\n
\nBest Play:<\/p>\n
\nEnglish<\/p>\n
\nThe Hills of California<\/p>\n
\nJohn Proctor is the Villain<\/p>\n
\nOh, Mary!<\/p>\n
\nPurpose<\/p>\n
\nBest Revival of a Musical:<\/p>\n
\nFloyd Collins<\/p>\n
\nGypsy<\/p>\n
\nPirates! The Penzance Musical<\/p>\n
\nSunset Boulevard<\/p>\n
\nBest Revival of a Play:<\/p>\n
\nEureka Day<\/p>\n
\nRomeo + Juliet<\/p>\n
\nThornton Wilder\u2019s Our Town<\/p>\n
\nYellow Face<\/p>\n
\nBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:<\/p>\n
\nMegan Hilty, Death Becomes Her<\/p>\n
\nAudra McDonald, Gypsy<\/p>\n
\nJasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical<\/p>\n
\nNicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard<\/p>\n
\nJennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her<\/p>\n
\nBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:<\/p>\n
\nDarren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending<\/p>\n
\nAndrew Durand, Dead Outlaw<\/p>\n
\nTom Francis, Sunset Sunset Boulevard<\/p>\n
\nJonathan Groff, Just in Time<\/p>\n
\nJames Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical<\/p>\n
\nJeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins<\/p>\n
\nBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:<\/p>\n
\nLaura Donnelly, The Hills of California<\/p>\n
\nMia Farrow, The Roommate<\/p>\n
\nLaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose<\/p>\n
\nSadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain<\/p>\n
\nSarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/p>\n
\nBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:<\/p>\n
\nGeorge Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck<\/p>\n
\nCole Escola, Oh, Mary!<\/p>\n
\nJon Michael Hill, Purpose<\/p>\n
\nDaniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face<\/p>\n
\nHarry Lennix, Purpose<\/p>\n
\nLouis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/p>\n
\nBest Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:<\/p>\n
\nBrooks Ashmanskas, Smash<\/p>\n
\nJeb Brown, Dead Outlaw<\/p>\n
\nDanny Burstein, Gypsy<\/p>\n
\nJak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical<\/p>\n
\nTaylor Trensch, Floyd Collins<\/p>\n
\nBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:<\/p>\n
\nNatalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club<\/p>\n
\nJulia Knitel, Dead Outlaw<\/p>\n
\nGracie Lawrence, Just in Time<\/p>\n
\nJustina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical<\/p>\n
\nJoy Woods, Gypsy<\/p>\n
\nBest Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:<\/p>\n
\nGlenn Davis, Purpose<\/p>\n
\nGabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain<\/p>\n
\nFrancis Jue, Yellow Face<\/p>\n
\nBob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross<\/p>\n
\nConrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!<\/p>\n
\nBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:<\/p>\n
\nTala Ashe, English<\/p>\n
\nJessica Hecht, Eureka Day<\/p>\n
\nMarjan Neshat, English<\/p>\n
\nFina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain<\/p>\n
\nKara Young, Purpose<\/p>\n
\nBest Book of a Musical:<\/p>\n
\nBuena Vista Social Club, Marco Ramirez<\/p>\n
\nDead Outlaw, Itamar Moses<\/p>\n
\nDeath Becomes Her, Marco Pennette<\/p>\n
\nMaybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park<\/p>\n
\nOperation Mincemeat: A New Musical, David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zo\u00eb Roberts<\/p>\n
\nBest Original Score (Music and\/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:<\/p>\n
\nDead Outlaw, Music and Lyrics: David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna<\/p>\n
\nDeath Becomes Her, Music and Lyrics: Julia Mattison and Noel Carey<\/p>\n
\nMaybe Happy Ending, Music: Will Aronson; Lyrics: Will Aronson and Hue Park<\/p>\n
\nOperation Mincemeat: A New Musical, Music and Lyrics: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zo\u00eb Roberts<\/p>\n
\nReal Women Have Curves: The Musical, Music and Lyrics: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez<\/p>\n
\nBest Scenic Design of a Play:<\/p>\n
\nMarsha Ginsberg, English<\/p>\n
\nRob Howell, The Hills of California<\/p>\n
\nMarg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/p>\n
\nMiriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/p>\n
\nScott Pask, Good Night, and Good Luck<\/p>\n
\nBest Scenic Design of a Musical:<\/p>\n
\nRachel Hauck, Swept Away<\/p>\n
\nDane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending<\/p>\n
\nArnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social Club<\/p>\n
\nDerek McLane, Death Becomes Her<\/p>\n
\nDerek McLane, Just in Time<\/p>\n
\nBest Costume Design of a Play:<\/p>\n
\nBrenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck<\/p>\n
\nMarg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/p>\n
\nRob Howell, The Hills of California<\/p>\n
\nHolly Pierson, Oh, Mary!<\/p>\n
\nBrigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/p>\n
\nBest Costume Design of a Musical:<\/p>\n
\nDede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club<\/p>\n
\nGregg Barnes, Boop! The Musical<\/p>\n
\nClint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending<\/p>\n
\nPaul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her<\/p>\n
\nCatherine Zuber, Just in Time<\/p>\n
\nBest Lighting Design of a Play:<\/p>\n
\nNatasha Chivers, The Hills of California<\/p>\n
\nJon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/p>\n
\nHeather Gilbert and David Bengali, Good Night, and Good Luck<\/p>\n
\nNatasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski, John Proctor is the Villain<\/p>\n
\nNick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/p>\n
\nBest Lighting Design of a Musical:<\/p>\n
\nJack Knowles, Sunset Boulevard<\/p>\n
\nTyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club<\/p>\n
\nScott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd Collins<\/p>\n
\nBen Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending<\/p>\n
\nJustin Townsend, Death Becomes Her<\/p>\n
\nBest Sound Design of a Play:<\/p>\n
\nPaul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/p>\n
\nPalmer Hefferan, John Proctor is the Villain<\/p>\n
\nDaniel Kluger, Good Night, and Good Luck<\/p>\n
\nNick Powell, The Hills of California<\/p>\n
\nClemence Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/p>\n
\nBest Sound Design of a Musical:<\/p>\n
\nJonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club<\/p>\n
\nAdam Fisher, Sunset Boulevard<\/p>\n
\nPeter Hylenski, Just in Time<\/p>\n
\nPeter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending<\/p>\n
\nDan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins<\/p>\n
\nBest Direction of a Play:<\/p>\n
\nKnud Adams, English<\/p>\n
\nSam Mendes, The Hills of California<\/p>\n
\nSam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!<\/p>\n
\nDanya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain<\/p>\n
\nKip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/p>\n
\nBest Direction of a Musical:<\/p>\n
\nSaheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club<\/p>\n
\nMichael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending<\/p>\n
\nDavid Cromer, Dead Outlaw<\/p>\n
\nChristopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her<\/p>\n
\nJamie Lloyd, Sunset Boulevard<\/p>\n
\nBest Choreography:<\/p>\n
\nJoshua Bergasse, Smash<\/p>\n
\nCamille A. Brown, Gypsy<\/p>\n
\nChristopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her<\/p>\n
\nJerry Mitchell, Boop! The Musical<\/p>\n
\nPatricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club<\/p>\n
\nBest Orchestrations:<\/p>\n
\nAndrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time<\/p>\n
\nWill Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending<\/p>\n
\nBruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins<\/p>\n
\nMarco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club<\/p>\n
\nDavid Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Boulevard<\/p>\n
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