Tuesday, April 30, 2024

The 77th Annual Tony Award Nominations

Suffs (c) Joan Marcus
 

Here are the nominees for the 77th Annual Tony Awards.


PLAYS 

Jaja's African Hair Braiding (c) Matthew Murphy


Play 

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh 
Mary Jane by Amy Herzog 
Mother Play by Paula Vogel 
Prayer for the French Republic by Joshua Harmon 
Stereophonic by David Adjmi 


Play Revival 

Appropriate by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins 
An Enemy of the People by Amy Herzog 
Purlie Victorious 


Lead Actress (Play) 

Betsy Aidem – Prayer for the French Republic 
Jessica Lange – Mother Play 
Rachel McAdams – Mary Jane 
Sarah Paulson – Appropriate 
Amy Ryan – Doubt 


Uncle Vanya (c) Marc J. Franklin


Lead Actor (Play) 

William Jackson Harper – Uncle Vanya 
Leslie Odom Jr. – Purlie Victorious 
Liev Schreiber – Doubt 
Jeremy Strong – An Enemy of the People 
Michael Stuhlbarg – Patriots 


Featured Actress (Play) 

Quincy Tyler Bernstine – Doubt 
Juliana Canfield – Stereophonic
Celia Keenan Bolger – Mother Play 
Sarah Pidgeon – Stereophonic 
Kara Young – Purlie Victorious 

 

Featured Actor (Play) 

Will Brill – Stereophonic 
Eli Gelb – Stereophonic 
Jim Parsons – Mother Play 
Tom Pecinka – Stereophonic 
Corey Stall – Appropriate 



Mary Jane (c) Matthew Murphy

Director (Play) 

Daniel Aukin – Stereophonic 
Annie Kauffman – Mary Jane 
Kenny Leon – Purlie Victorious 
Lila Neugebauer – Appropriate 
Whitney White - Jaja's African Hair Braiding



Best Costume Design

Appropriate 
An Enemy of the People
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Purlie Victorious
Stereophonic 


Best Scenic Design

Appropriate 
An Enemy of the People
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Purlie Victorious
Stereophonic 


Grey House (c) MurphyMade

Best Lighting Design 

Appropriate 
An Enemy of the People
Grey House
Prayer for the French Republic
Stereophonic 


Best Sound Design

Appropriate 
Grey House
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Mary Jane
Stereophonic 


MUSICALS 


Musical 

Hell’s Kitchen 
Illinoise 
The Outsiders 
Suffs 
Water for Elephants


Merrily We Roll Along (c) Matthew Murphy


Musical Revival 

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Gutenberg! The Musical! 
Merrily We Roll Along 
The Who’s Tommy 


Book of a Musical 

Hell’s Kitchen by Kristoffer Diaz 
The Notebook by Bekah Brunstetter 
The Outsiders by Adam Rapp and Justin Levine 
Suffs by Shaina Taub 
Water for Elephants by Rick Elice


Stereophonic (c) Julieta Curvantes

Score of a Production 

Days of Wine and Roses by Adam Guettel 
Here Lies Love by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim 
The Outsiders by Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance and Justin Levine 
Stereophonic by Will Butler 
Suffs by Shaina Taub 


Lead Actress 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 


Lead Actor in a Musical 

Brian d’Arcy James – Days of Wine and Roses 
Brody Grant – The Outsiders 
Jonathan Groff – Merrily We Roll Along 
Dorian Harewood – The Notebook
Eddie Redmayne – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 


Lempicka (c) Matthew Murphy, Evan Zimmerman

Featured Actress 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 



Featured Actor 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 


The Outsiders (c) Matthew Murphy

Director (Musical) 

Maria Friedman – Merrily We Roll Along 
Michael Greif – Hell’s Kitchen 
Leigh Silverman – Suffs 
Jessica Stone – Water for Elephant 
Danya Taymor – The Outsiders 


The Great Gatsby (c) Matthew Murphy, Evan Zimmerman

Best Costume Design

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
The Great Gatsby
Hell’s Kitchen 
Suffs
Water for Elephants


Best Scenic Design

Back to the Future: The Musical
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Lempicka
Hell’s Kitchen 
Here Lies Love
The Outsiders
Water for Elephants


Best Lighting Design 

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Hell’s Kitchen 
Illinoise
The Outsiders
Water for Elephants


Best Sound Design

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Hell’s Kitchen 
Here Lies Love
Merrily We Roll Along
The Outsiders


Hell's Kitchen (c) Marc J. Franklin


Best Choreography

Here Lies Love
Hell’s Kitchen 
Illinoise
The Outsiders
Water for Elephants


 

Best Orchestration


Hell’s Kitchen 
Illinoise
Merrily We Roll Along
The Outsiders
Stereophonic





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