2024 Tony Award Nominations Announced

This morning, the 2024 Tony Award nominations were announced, with considerations given to the 36 productions that opened on Broadway between April 28, 2023, and April 25, 2024. The 77th annual Tony Awards, hosted by Ariana DeBose, will air live on CBS starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 PT on Sunday, June 16, from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. It will stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. The live broadcast will be preceded by a streaming preshow on Pluto TV at which some awards will be handed out. And the nominees are…

Best Musical

Hell’s KitchenIllinoiseThe OutsidersSuffsWater for Elephants

Best Play

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, 

Author: Jocelyn Bioh Mary Jane, Author: Amy Herzog Mother Play, Author: Paula Vogel Prayer for the French Republic, Author: Joshua Harmon Stereophonic, Author: David Adjmi

Best Revival of a Play

AppropriateAn Enemy of the PeoplePurlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Best Revival of a Musical

Cabaret at the Kit Kat ClubGutenberg! The Musical!Merrily We Roll AlongThe Who’s Tommy

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 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 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 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 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

Tony Nominations by Production

Hell’s Kitchen

 – 13 Stereophonic – 13 The Outsiders – 12 Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club – 9 Appropriate – 8 Merrily We Roll Along – 7 Water for Elephants – 7 Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch – 6 Suffs – 6 An Enemy of the People – 5 Jaja’s African Hair Braiding – 5 Here Lies Love – 4 Illinoise – 4 Mary Jane – 4 Mother Play – 4 Days of Wine and Roses – 3 Doubt: A Parable – 3 Lempicka – 3 The Notebook – 3 Prayer for the French Republic – 3 Back To The Future: The Musical – 2 Grey House – 2 The Great Gatsby – 1 Gutenberg! The Musical! – 1 Monty Python’s Spamalot – 1 Patriots – 1 Uncle Vanya – 1 The Who’s Tommy – 1