The 78th Tony Award Nominations

Purpose (c) Marc F. Franklin

The 78th Tony Award Nominations 

PLAYS

The Hills of California (c) Joan Marcus

Best Play 

English by Sanaz Toossi
The Hills of California by Jez Butterworth
John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola
Purpose by Branden Jacobs- Jenkins

Best Revival of a Play 

Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector 
Romeo + Juliet 
Thornton Wilder's Our Town 
Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang 

Best Director of a Play 

Knud Adams, English 
Sam Mendes, The Hills of California 
Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! 
Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain 
Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray 

John Proctor is the Villain (c) Julieta Cervantes

Best Actress in a Play 

Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California 
Mia Farrow, The Roommate 
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose 
Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain 
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray 

Good Night and Good Luck (c) Emilio Madrid

Best Actor in a Play 

George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck 
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! 
Jon Michael Hill, Purpose 
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face 
Harry Lennix, Purpose 
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Featured Actress in a Play 

Tala Ashe, English 
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day 
Marjan Neshat, English 
Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain 
Kara Young, Purpose 

Best Featured Actor in a Play 

Glenn Davis, Purpose 
Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain 
Francis Jue, Yellow Face 
Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross 
Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! 

Stranger Things: The First Shadow (c) Matthew Murphy

Best Scenic Design of a Play 

Marsha Ginsberg, English 
Rob Howell, The Hills of California 
Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray 
Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow 
Scott Pask, Good Night, and Good Luck 

Best Costume Design of a Play 

Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck 
Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray 
Rob Howell, The Hills of California 
Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary! 
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow 

Best Lighting Design of a Play 

Natasha Chivers, The Hills of California 
Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow 
Heather Gilbert and David Bengali, Good Night, and Good Luck 
Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski, John Proctor is the Villain 
Nick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray 

The Picture of Dorian Gray (c) Marc Brenner

Best Sound Design of a Play 

Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow 
Palmer Hefferan, John Proctor is the Villain 
Daniel Kluger, Good Night, and Good Luck 
Nick Powell, The Hills of California 
Clemence Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

MUSICALS 

Death Becomes Her (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Best Musical 

Buena Vista Social Club 
Dead Outlaw 
Death Becomes Her 
Maybe Happy Ending 
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Best Book of a Musical 

Buena Vista Social Club, Marco Ramirez 
Dead Outlaw, Itamar Moses 
Death Becomes Her, Marco Pennette 
Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park 
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts 

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre 

Dead Outlaw, David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna 
Death Becomes Her, Julia Mattison and Noel Carey 
Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts 
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez 

Best Revival of a Musical 

Floyd Collins, Adam Guettel and Tina Landau 
Gypsy 
Pirates! The Penzance Musical 
Sunset Blvd. 

Maybe Happy Ending (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Best Director of a Musical 

Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club 
Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
David Cromer, Dead Outlaw
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Blvd. 

Best Actress in a Musical 

Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her 
Audra McDonald, Gypsy 
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical 
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. 
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her 

A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical (c) Jeremy Daniel

Best Actor in a Musical 

Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending 
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw 
Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd. 
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time 
James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical 
Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins 

Best Featured Actress in a Musical 

Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club 
Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw 
Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time 
Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical 
Joy Woods, Gypsy 

SMASH (c) Matthew Murphy

Best Featured Performance in a Musical 

Brooks Ashmanskas, SMASH 
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw 
Danny Burstein, Gypsy 
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical 
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins 

Best Scenic Design of a Musical 

Rachel Hauck, Swept Away 
Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending 
Arnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social Club 
Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her 
Derek McLane, Just in Time 

Best Costume Design of a Musical 

Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club 
Gregg Barnes, BOOP! The Musical 
Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending 
Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her 
Catherine Zuber, Just in Time 

Buena Vista Social Club (c) Matthew Murphy

Best Lighting Design of a Musical 

Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd. 
Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club 
Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd Collins 
Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending 
Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her 

Best Sound Design of a Musical 

Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club 
Adam Fisher, Sunset Blvd. 
Peter Hylenski, Just in Time 
Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending 
Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins 

BOOP! The Musical (c) 

Best Choreography 

Joshua Bergasse, SMASH 
Camille A. Brown, Gypsy 
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her 
Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Musical 
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club 

Best Orchestrations 

Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time 
Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending 
Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins 
Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club 
David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Blvd. 

Special Tony Awards 

The musicians who make up the band of Buena Vista Social Club—Marco Paguia (music director, conductor/piano); David Oquendo (associate music director, guitar); Renesito Avich (tres); Gustavo Schartz (bass); Javier Días, Román Diaz, Mauricio Herrera (percussion); Jesus Ricardo (trumpet); Eddie Venegas (trombone); Hery Paz (woodwinds); Leonardo Reyna (piano)

The Illusions & Technical Effects of Stranger Things: The First Shadow (Jamie Harrison, Chris Fisher, Gary Beestone, and Edward Pierce) 

Shows Tally: 

Buena Vista Social Club - 10 
Death Becomes Her - 10 
Maybe Happy Ending - 10 
Dead Outlaw - 7 
John Proctor is the Villain - 7 
Sunset Blvd. - 7 
The Hills of California - 7 
Floyd Collins - 6 
Just in Time - 6 
Purpose - 6 
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 6 
English - 5 
Good Night, and Good Luck - 5 
Gypsy - 5 
Oh, Mary! - 5 
Stranger Things: The First Shadow - 5 
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical - 4 
BOOP! The Musical - 3 
Yellow Face - 3 
Eureka Day - 2 
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical - 2 

SMASH - 2

A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical - 1 

Glengarry Glen Ross - 1 

Pirates! The Penzance Musical - 1 

Romeo + Juliet - 1 

Swept Away - 1 

The Roommate - 1 

Thornton Wilder's Our Town - 1

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