Tony Award nominations were announced today on CBS MORNINGS by Tony Award winners Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry for THE 77TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS®, which will air live Sunday, June 16 (8:00-11:00 PM, LIVE ET/5:00-8:00 PM, LIVE PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S. (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs)*.
As previously announced, Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose returns to host the 2024 Tony Awards for the third time, live from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
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Nominees for THE 77TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS were selected by an independent committee of 44 theatre professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee.
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The list of nominations follows.
Nominations for the 2024 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards®:
Presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing
Best Book of a Musical
Hell’s Kitchen
Kristoffer Diaz
The Notebook
Bekah Brunstetter
The Outsiders
Adam Rapp and Justin Levine
Suffs
Shaina Taub
Water for Elephants
Rick Elice
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Days of Wine and Roses
Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel
Here Lies Love
Music: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
Lyrics: David Byrne
The Outsiders
Music & Lyrics: Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine
Stereophonic
Music & Lyrics: Will Butler
Suffs
Music & Lyrics: Shaina Taub
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
- William Jackson Harper, Uncle Vanya
- Leslie Odom, Jr., Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
- Liev Schreiber, Doubt: A Parable
- Jeremy Strong, An Enemy of the People
- Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
- Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic
- Jessica Lange, Mother Play
- Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane
- Sarah Paulson, Appropriate
- Amy Ryan, Doubt: A Parable
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Brody Grant, The Outsiders
- Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along
- Dorian Harewood, The Notebook
- Brian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses
- Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Eden Espinosa, Lempicka
- Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen
- Kelli O’Hara, Days of Wine and Roses
- Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook
- Gayle Rankin, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
- Will Brill, Stereophonic
- Eli Gelb, Stereophonic
- Jim Parsons, Mother Play
- Tom Pecinka, Stereophonic
- Corey Stoll, Appropriate
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
- Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Doubt: A Parable
- Juliana Canfield, Stereophonic
- Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play
- Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic
- Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Roger Bart, Back to the Future: The Musical
- Joshua Boone, The Outsiders
- Brandon Victor Dixon, Hell’s Kitchen
- Sky Lakota-Lynch, The Outsiders
- Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along
- Steven Skybell, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Shoshana Bean, Hell’s Kitchen
- Amber Iman, Lempicka
- Nikki M. James, Suffs
- Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Monty Python’s Spamalot
- Kecia Lewis, Hell’s Kitchen
- Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along
- Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Scenic Design of a Play
- dots, Appropriate
- dots, An Enemy of the People
- Derek McLane, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
- David Zinn, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
- David Zinn, Stereophonic
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
- AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian, The Outsiders
- Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, Hell’s Kitchen
- Takeshi Kata, Water for Elephants
- David Korins, Here Lies Love
- Riccardo Hernández and Peter Nigrini, Lempicka
- Tim Hatley and Finn Ross, Back to the Future: The Musical
- Tom Scutt, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Costume Design of a Play
- Dede Ayite, Appropriate
- Dede Ayite, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
- Enver Chakartash, Stereophonic
- Emilio Sosa, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
- David Zinn, An Enemy of the People
Best Costume Design of a Musical
- Dede Ayite, Hell’s Kitchen
- Linda Cho, The Great Gatsby
- David Israel Reynoso, Water for Elephants
- Tom Scutt, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
- Paul Tazewell, Suffs
Best Lighting Design of a Play
- Isabella Byrd, An Enemy of the People
- Amith Chandrashaker, Prayer for the French Republic
- Jiyoun Chang, Stereophonic
- Jane Cox, Appropriate
- Natasha Katz, Grey House
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
- Brandon Stirling Baker, Illinoise
- Isabella Byrd, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
- Natasha Katz, Hell’s Kitchen
- Bradley King and David Bengali, Water for Elephants
- Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim, The Outsiders
Best Sound Design of a Play
- Justin Ellington and Stefania Bulbarella, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
- Leah Gelpe, Mary Jane
- Tom Gibbons, Grey House
- Bray Poor and Will Pickens, Appropriate
- Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic
Best Sound Design of a Musical
- M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, Here Lies Love
- Kai Harada, Merrily We Roll Along
- Nick Lidster for Autograph, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
- Gareth Owen, Hell’s Kitchen
- Cody Spencer, The Outsiders
Best Direction of a Play
- Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic
- Anne Kauffman, Mary Jane
- Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
- Lila Neugebauer, Appropriate
- Whitney White, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Best Direction of a Musical
- Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along
- Michael Greif, Hell’s Kitchen
- Leigh Silverman, Suffs
- Jessica Stone, Water for Elephants
- Danya Taymor, The Outsiders
Best Choreography
- Annie-B Parson, Here Lies Love
- Camille A. Brown, Hell’s Kitchen
- Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, The Outsiders
- Justin Peck, Illinoise
- Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, Water for Elephants
Best Orchestrations
- Timo Andres, Illinoise
- Will Butler and Justin Craig, Stereophonic
- Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance), The Outsiders
- Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone, Hell’s Kitchen
- Jonathan Tunick, Merrily We Roll Along
Best Play
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Author: Jocelyn Bioh
Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Chris Jennings, Madison Wells Live, LaChanze, Taraji P. Henson
Mary Jane
Author: Amy Herzog
Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Chris Jennings
Mother Play
Author: Paula Vogel
Producers: Second Stage Theater, Carole Rothman, Lisa Lawer Post, Salman and Vienn Al-Rashid, Courtney Lederer and Mark Thierfelder, Jerry and Roz Meyer, Alix L.L. Ritchie, Jayne Baron Sherman
Prayer for the French Republic
Author: Joshua Harmon
Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Chris Jennings
Stereophonic
Author: David Adjmi
Producers: Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Seaview, Sonia Friedman Productions, Linden Productions, Ashley Melone, Nick Mills, Jillian Robbins, Stella La Rue, Alex Levy & David Aron, Dori Berinstein, James Bolosh, Burnt Umber Productions,
The Cohn Sisters, Cathy Dantchik, Alexander R. Donnelly, Emerald Drive, Federman Koenigsberg, Dann Fink, Ruth Hendel, Larry Hirschhorn, Jenen Rubin, John Gore Organization, Willette & Manny Klausner, LAMF Protozoa, Katrina McCann,
Stephanie P. McClelland, No Guarantees, Marissa Palley & Daniel Aron, Anna Schafer, Soto Namoff Productions, Sean Walsh, Bruce & Peggy Wanta, Hillary Wyatt, deRoy Howard, Winkler & Smalberg, 42nd.club, Craig Balsam, Concord Theatricals, Creative Partners Productions, Jonathan Demar, Douglas Denoff, DJD Productions,
Echo Lake Entertainment, Faliro House, FilmNation Entertainment, Roy Gabay, GFour Productions, Candy Kosow Gold, Wes Grantom, Rachel Bendit & Mark Bernstein, Playwrights Horizons, Adam Greenfield, Leslie Marcus, Carol Fishman
Best Musical
Hell’s Kitchen
Producers: AK Worldwide Media, Inc., Roc Nation, DML Productions, Mandy Hackett, The Sunshine Group, Julie Yorn, The Jacobs Family, No Guarantees Productions, Front Row Productions, Sharpton Swindal Productions, Grove Entertainment, The Jaime Family, John Gore Organization, Terria Joseph, Andy Nahas, James L. Nederlander, Candy Spelling,
Clara Wu Tsai, Universal Music Publishing, Independent Presenters Network, Della Pietra Spark Theatricals, Today Tix ARGU, Score 3 Partners, Aaron Lustbader, The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Patrick Willingham
Illinoise
Producers: Orin Wolf, Seaview, John Styles, David Binder, Emily Blavatnik, Susan Rose, ArKtype/Thomas O. Kriegsmann, David F. Schwartz, Patrick Catullo, Jon B. Platt, Diamond & Melvin, Nelson & Tao, Ruth Hendel, Elysabeth Kleinhans,
Ted & Mary Jo Shen, Putnam & Thau, Chase & F.K.R., GJJJM Productions, Steve & Leticia Trauber, Tim Forbes, John Gore Organization, James L. Nederlander, Park Avenue Armory, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Nate Koch, TT Partners, Fi
