{"id":244883,"date":"2026-06-07T15:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/2026-tony-awards-discussion\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T15:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:22:29","slug":"2026-tony-awards-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/2026-tony-awards-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Tony Awards discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> The 79th Tony Awards are today! Like the Super Bowl, this is an all-day affair. <\/p>\n<p>3:30 PM EDT &#8211; Red carpet coverage begins. There will be multiple livestreams including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/OsWyfbdUP38?si=zyU4q6ZuRURxgI_d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Playbill<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xImZ4O12eFo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broadway World<\/a>. Feel free to add red carpet pics in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>6:35 PM EDT &#8211; 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/pluto.tv\/us\/live-tv\/68758038552299d2b08162e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pluto TV&#8217;s live music channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>8:00 PM EDT &#8211; 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&#8217;s host.<\/p>\n<p>who will you see at the Tonys this year? <a name=\"cutid1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There will be performances from: <\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li>the four shows nominated for best musical: The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titan\u00edque, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>the three shows nominated for best musical revival: Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Ragtime, and The Rocky Horror Show<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>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&#8217;Malley) to celebrate the show&#8217;s 15th anniversary<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Queen Latifah, Pink, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Alex Newell, Adrienne Warren, Cedric the Entertainer, Julianne Hough, Whitney Leavitt, Dylan Mulvaney, and others to celebrate Chicago&#8217;s 30th anniversary<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Leslie Odom, Jr. will sing &#8220;Without You&#8221; 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)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Rachel Zegler will be performing a tribute to A Chorus Line&#8217;s 50th anniversary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presenters at tonight&#8217;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\u2019Brien, Jeremy Pope, Tony winner John Leguizamo, 11-time Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, two-time Tony winner Kara Young, Tony winner Kelli O&#8217;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. <a name=\"cutid1-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p>list of nominees (to be updated with winners later today): <span class=\"lj-spoiler\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-head\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-leftbracket\">[<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/javascript:void(0)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" class=\"flaticon flaticon--eye lj-spoiler-icon\" style=\"display: none; fill: currentColor\"><use xlink:href=\"#flaticon--eye\"\/><\/svg>Spoiler (click to open)<\/a><\/b><span class=\"lj-spoiler-rightbracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lj-spoiler-body\"><br \/>play nominations: <a name=\"cutid2\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><u>best play<\/u><\/b><br \/>The Balusters<br \/>Giant<br \/>Liberation<br \/>Little Bear Ridge Road<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best revival of a play<\/u><\/b><br \/>Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo<br \/>Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller<br \/>Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe<br \/>Fallen Angels by No\u00ebl Coward<br \/>Oedipus by Sophocles, adapted by Robert Icke<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best performance by a leading actor in a play<\/u><\/b><br \/>Will Harrison \u2013 Punch as Jacob Dunne<br \/>Nathan Lane \u2013 Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman<br \/>John Lithgow \u2013 Giant as Roald Dahl<br \/>Daniel Radcliffe \u2013 Every Brilliant Thing as Performer<br \/>Mark Strong \u2013 Oedipus as Oedipus<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best performance by a leading actress in a play<\/u><\/b><br \/>Rose Byrne \u2013 Fallen Angels as Jane Banbury<br \/>Carrie Coon \u2013 Bug as Agnes White<br \/>Susannah Flood \u2013 Liberation as Lizzie<br \/>Lesley Manville \u2013 Oedipus as Jocasta<br \/>Kelli O&#8217;Hara \u2013 Fallen Angels as Julia Sterroll<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best performance by a featured actor in a play<\/u><\/b><br \/>Christopher Abbott &#8211; Arthur Miller\u2019s Death of a Salesman as Biff<br \/>Danny Burstein &#8211; Marjorie Prime as Jon<br \/>Brandon J. Dirden &#8211; Waiting for Godot as Pozzo<br \/>Alden Ehrenreich &#8211; Becky Shaw as Max<br \/>Ruben Santiago-Hudson &#8211; August Wilson\u2019s Joe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone as Bynum Walker<br \/>Richard Thomas &#8211; The Balusters as Elliott Emerson<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best performance by a featured actress in a play<\/u><\/b><br \/>Betsy Aidem &#8211; Liberation as Margie<br \/>Marylouise Burke &#8211; The Balusters as Penny Buell<br \/>Aya Cash &#8211; Giant as Jessie Stone<br \/>Laurie Metcalf &#8211; Arthur Miller\u2019s Death of a Salesman as Linda<br \/>June Squibb &#8211; Marjorie Prime as Marjorie<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best direction of a play<\/u><\/b><br \/>Nicholas Hytner &#8211; Giant<br \/>Robert Icke &#8211; Oedipus<br \/>Kenny Leon &#8211; The Balusters<br \/>Joe Mantello &#8211; Death of a Salesman<br \/>Whitney White &#8211; Liberation<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best scenic design of a play<\/u><\/b><br \/>Hildegard Bechtler &#8211; Oedipus<br \/>Takeshi Kata &#8211; Bug<br \/>David Korins &#8211; Dog Day Afternoon<br \/>Chloe Lamford &#8211; Death of a Salesman<br \/>David Rockwell &#8211; Fallen Angels<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best costume design of a play<\/u><\/b><br \/>Brenda Abbandandolo &#8211; Dog Day Afternoon<br \/>Qween Jean &#8211; Liberation<br \/>Jeff Mahshie &#8211; Fallen Angels<br \/>Emilio Sosa &#8211; The Balusters<br \/>Paul Tazewell &#8211; Joe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best lighting design of a play<\/u><\/b><br \/>Isabella Byrd &#8211; Dog Day Afternoon<br \/>Natasha Chivers &#8211; Oedipus<br \/>Stacey Derosier &#8211; Joe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone<br \/>Heather Gilbert &#8211; Bug<br \/>Heather Gilbert &#8211; The Fear of 13<br \/>Jack Knowles &#8211; Death of a Salesman<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best sound design of a play<\/u><\/b><br \/>Justin Ellington &#8211; Joe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone<br \/>Tom Gibbons &#8211; Oedipus<br \/>Lee Kinney &#8211; The Fear of 13<br \/>Josh Schmidt &#8211; Bug<br \/>Mikaal Sulaiman &#8211; Death of a Salesman <a name=\"cutid2-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p>musical nominations: <a name=\"cutid3\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b><u>best musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>The Lost Boys<br \/>Schmigadoon!<br \/>Titan\u00edque<br \/>Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best revival of a musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>Cats: The Jellicle Ball<br \/>Ragtime<br \/>The Rocky Horror Show<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best performance by a leading actor in a musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>Nicholas Christopher \u2013 Chess as Anatoly Sergievsky<br \/>Luke Evans \u2013 Richard O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s The Rocky Horror Show as Frank-N-Furter<br \/>Joshua Henry \u2013 Ragtime as Coalhouse Walker<br \/>Sam Tutty \u2013 Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) as Dougal<br \/>Brandon Uranowitz \u2013 Ragtime as Tateh<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best performance by a leading actress in a musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>Sara Chase \u2013 Schmigadoon! as Melissa Gimble<br \/>Stephanie Hsu \u2013 Richard O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s The Rocky Horror Show as Janet Weiss<br \/>Caissie Levy \u2013 Ragtime as Mother<br \/>Marla Mindelle \u2013 Titan\u00edque as Celine Dion<br \/>Christiani Pitts \u2013 Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) as Robin<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best performance by a featured actor in a musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>Ali Louis Bourzgui &#8211; The Lost Boys as David<br \/>Andr\u00e9 De Shields &#8211; Cats: The Jellicle Ball as Old Deuteronomy<br \/>Bryce Pinkham &#8211; Chess as The Arbiter<br \/>Ben Levi Ross &#8211; Ragtime as Mother&#8217;s Younger Brother <br \/>Layton Williams &#8211; Titan\u00edque as Tour Guide\/The Seaman\/Iceberg<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best performance by a featured actress in a musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>Shoshana Bean &#8211; The Lost Boys as Lucy Emerson<br \/>Hannah Cruz &#8211; Chess as Svetlana <br \/>Rachel Dratch &#8211; Richard O\u2019Brien\u2019s The Rocky Horror Show as The Narrator<br \/>Ana Gasteyer &#8211; Schmigadoon! as Mildred Layton <br \/>Nichelle Lewis &#8211; Ragtime as Sarah<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best direction of a musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>Michael Arden &#8211; The Lost Boys<br \/>Lear deBessonet &#8211; Ragtime<br \/>Christopher Gatelli &#8211; Schmigadoon!<br \/>Tim Jackson &#8211; Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)<br \/>Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch &#8211; Cats: The Jellicle Ball<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best book of a musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>The Lost Boys &#8211; David Hornsby and Chris Hoch<br \/>Schmigadoon! &#8211; Cinco Paul<br \/>Titanique &#8211; Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli<br \/>Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) &#8211; Kit Buchan<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best original score (music and\/or lyrics) written for the theatre<\/u><\/b><br \/>Death of a Salesman &#8211; Music: Caroline Shaw<br \/>Joe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone &#8211; Music: Steve Bargonetti<br \/>The Lost Boys &#8211; Music &amp; Lyrics: The Rescues<br \/>Schmigadoon! &#8211; Music &amp; Lyrics: Cinco Paul<br \/>Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) &#8211; Music &amp; Lyrics: Jim Barne and Kit Buchan<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best scenic design of a musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>dots &#8211; The Rocky Horror Show<br \/>Soutra Gilmour &#8211; Two Strangers <br \/>Rachel Hauck &#8211; Cats: The Jellicle Ball<br \/>Dane Laffrey &#8211; The Lost Boys<br \/>Scott Pask &#8211; Schmigadoon!<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best costume design of a musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>Linda Cho &#8211; Ragtime<br \/>Linda Cho &#8211; Schmigadoon!<br \/>Qween Jean &#8211; Cats: The Jellicle Ball<br \/>Ryan Park &#8211; The Lost Boys<br \/>David I. Reynoso &#8211; The Rocky Horror Show<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best lighting design of a musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>Kevin Adams &#8211; Chess<br \/>Jane Cox &#8211; The Rocky Horror Show<br \/>Donald Holder &#8211; Schmigadoon!<br \/>Adam Honor\u00e9, Cats &#8211; The Jellicle Ball<br \/>Adam Honor\u00e9 and Donald Holder and 59 Studio &#8211; Ragtime<br \/>Jen Shriever and Michael Arden &#8211; The Lost Boys<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best sound design of a musical<\/u><\/b><br \/>Kai Harada &#8211; Cats: The Jellicle Ball<br \/>Kai Harada &#8211; Ragtime<br \/>Adam Fisher &#8211; The Lost Boys<br \/>Brian Ronan &#8211; The Rocky Horror Show<br \/>Walter Trarbach &#8211; Schmigadoon!<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best choreography<\/u><\/b><br \/>Christopher Gattelli &#8211; Schmigadoon!<br \/>Ellenore Scott &#8211; Ragtime<br \/>Ani Taj &#8211; Richard O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s The Rocky Horror Show<br \/>Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons &#8211; Cats: The Jellicle Ball<br \/>Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant &#8211; The Lost Boys<\/p>\n<p><b><u>best orchestrations<\/u><\/b><br \/>Doug Besterman and Mike Morris &#8211; Schmigadoon!<br \/>Ethan Popp, Kyler England, Adrianne &#8220;AG&#8221; Gonzalez, and Gabriel Mann &#8211; The Lost Boys<br \/>Lux Pyramid &#8211; Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)<br \/>Brian Usifer &#8211; Chess<br \/>Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Wilson, Trevor Holder, and Doug Schadt &#8211; Cats: The Jellicle Ball <a name=\"cutid3-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p>non-competitive awards: <a name=\"cutid4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b><u>Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre<\/u><\/b><br \/>Andr\u00e9 Bishop<br \/>Jules Fisher<br \/>James Lapine<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Isabelle Stevenson Award<\/u><\/b><br \/>Mary-Mitchell Campbell<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Special Tony Award<\/u><\/b><br \/>League of Resident Theatres<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre<\/u><\/b><br \/>1\/52 Project<br \/>Jake Bell<br \/>Kenn Lubin<br \/>Loren Plotkin<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Regional Theatre Tony Award<\/u><\/b><br \/>American Players Theatre<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Excellence in Theatre Education Award<\/u><\/b><br \/>Freddie Hendricks from Utopian Academy for the Arts <a name=\"cutid4-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p>total nominations by show: <a name=\"cutid5\"\/><br \/>12 &#8211; The Lost Boys <br \/>12 &#8211; Schmigadoon! <br \/>11 &#8211; Ragtime <br \/>9 &#8211; Arthur Miller&#8217;s Death of a Salesman <br \/>9 &#8211; Cats: The Jellicle Ball <br \/>9 &#8211; Richard O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s The Rocky Horror Show <br \/>8 &#8211; Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) <br \/>7 &#8211; Oedipus <br \/>5 &#8211; August Wilson&#8217;s Joe Turner&#8217;s Come and Gone <br \/>5 &#8211; The Balusters <br \/>5 &#8211; Chess <br \/>5 &#8211; Fallen Angels <br \/>5 &#8211; Liberation <br \/>4 &#8211; Bug <br \/>4 &#8211; Giant <br \/>4 &#8211; Titan\u00edque <br \/>3 &#8211; Dog Day Afternoon <br \/>2 &#8211; Becky Shaw <br \/>2 &#8211; Every Brilliant Thing <br \/>2 &#8211; The Fear of 13 <br \/>2 &#8211; Marjorie Prime <br \/>1 &#8211; Little Bear Ridge Road <br \/>1 &#8211; Punch <br \/>1 &#8211; Waiting for Godot<\/p>\n<p>plays with no nominations:<br \/>Art<br \/>Call Me Izzy<br \/>Proof<\/p>\n<p>musicals with no nominations:<br \/>Beaches<br \/>Mamma Mia!<br \/>The Queen of Versailles <a name=\"cutid5-end\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>fun facts about this year&#8217;s nominees: <a name=\"cutid6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s nominees include:<\/p>\n<p>3 Elphabas from Wicked &#8211; Shoshana Bean, Ana Gastayer, Caissie Levy<\/p>\n<p>3 Hamilton alumni &#8211; Nicholas Christopher, Hanna Cruz, Joshua Henry<\/p>\n<p>2 Saturday Night Live alumnae &#8211; Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer<\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p>June Squibb is now the oldest Tony nominee in history at 96 years old.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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<a name=\"cutid6-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonyawards.com\/nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>ONTD, which shows\/actors are your rooting for?<\/i> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132440236.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 79th Tony Awards are today! Like the Super Bowl, this is an all-day affair. 3:30 PM EDT &#8211; 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 &#8211; The Tony Awards: Act One, a pre-show where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":244884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-244883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}