The 2022 Tony Award Nominees #PinkInOurLives

Last Monday, the nominees for the 75th Tony Awards were announced. The ceremony will take place on June 12 on CBS and Paramount+.

Adrienne Warren

The Tony Award nominations were announced Monday by the actors Adrienne Warren, who won a Tony Award for portraying Tina Turner in β€œTina,” and Joshua Henry, a three-time Tony nominee, most recently for β€œCarousel.”

Joshua Henry

This year’s awards ceremony will take place on June 12 at Radio City Music Hall, and will feature two parts: a one-hour awards-focused segment streamed on Paramount+, which will be followed by a three-hour performance-heavy segment to be broadcast on television by CBS. It will be hosted by Ariana DeBose, who earlier this year won an Academy Award for β€œWest Side Story.”

Ariana Bose

A total of 34 shows were vying for awards in 26 categories this year; to be eligible, the shows had to have opened between Feb. 20, 2020, and May 4, 2022. Below is a list of the nominees.

β€œSix: The Musical”

Best New Musical

  • β€œGirl From the North Country”
  • β€œMJ”
  • β€œMr. Saturday Night”
  • β€œParadise Square”
  • β€œSix: The Musical”
  • β€œA Strange Loop”
β€œCompany”

Best Musical Revival

  • β€œCaroline, or Change”
  • β€œCompany”
  • β€œThe Music Man”
β€œSkeleton Crew”

Best New Play

  • β€œClyde’s”
  • β€œHangmen”
  • β€œThe Lehman Trilogy”
  • β€œThe Minutes”
  • β€œSkeleton Crew”
β€œTake Me Out”

Best Play Revival

  • β€œAmerican Buffalo”
  • β€œFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf”
  • β€œHow I Learned to Drive”
  • β€œTake Me Out”
  • β€œTrouble in Mind”
β€œParadise Square,” music by Jason Howland and Larry Kirwan; lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare

Best Original Score

  • β€œFlying Over Sunset,” music by Tom Kitt; lyrics by Michael Korie
  • A Cook Who Never Used a Cookbook Now Has Her Own
  • The Mundane Thrill of β€˜Romanticizing Your Life’
  • The Strange Afterlife of George Carlin
  • β€œMr. Saturday Night,” music by Jason Robert Brown; lyrics by Amanda Green
  • β€œParadise Square,” music by Jason Howland and Larry Kirwan; lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare
  • β€œSix: The Musical,” music and lyrics: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
  • β€œA Strange Loop,” music and lyrics: Michael R. Jackson
David Morse, β€œHow I Learned to Drive”

Best Leading Actor in a Play

  • Simon Russell Beale, β€œThe Lehman Trilogy”
  • Adam Godley, β€œThe Lehman Trilogy”
  • Adrian Lester, β€œThe Lehman Trilogy”
  • David Morse, β€œHow I Learned to Drive”
  • Sam Rockwell, β€œAmerican Buffalo”
  • Ruben Santiago-Hudson, β€œLackawanna Blues”
  • David Threlfall, β€œHangmen”
Ruth Negga, β€œMacbeth”

Best Leading Actress in a Play

  • Gabby Beans, β€œThe Skin of Our Teeth”
  • LaChanze, β€œTrouble in Mind”
  • Ruth Negga, β€œMacbeth”
  • Deirdre O’Connell, β€œDana. H”
  • Mary-Louise Parker, β€œHow I Learned to Drive”

Best Leading Actor in a Musical

Hugh Jackman, β€œThe Music Man”
  • Billy Crystal, β€œMr. Saturday Night”
  • Myles Frost, β€œMJ”
  • Hugh Jackman, β€œThe Music Man”
  • Rob McClure, β€œMrs. Doubtfire”
  • Jaquel Spivey, β€œA Strange Loop”
Sutton Foster, β€œThe Music Man”

Best Leading Actress in a Musical

  • Sharon D Clarke, β€œCaroline, or Change”
  • Carmen Cusack, β€œFlying Over Sunset”
  • Sutton Foster, β€œThe Music Man”
  • Joaquina Kalukango, β€œParadise Square”
  • Mare Winningham, β€œGirl From the North Country”
Jesse Williams, β€œTake Me Out”

Best Featured Actor in a Play

  • Alfie Allen, β€œHangmen”
  • Chuck Cooper, β€œTrouble in Mind”
  • Jesse Tyler Ferguson, β€œTake Me Out”
  • Ron Cephas Jones, β€œClyde’s”
  • Michael Oberholtzer, β€œTake Me Out”
  • Jesse Williams, β€œTake Me Out”

Check out all the other nominees here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/theater/tony-awards-nominees.html

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