The nominations for the 76th Tony Awards have been released. The actress Lea Michele and Myles Frost, who portrayed Michael Jackson in the Broadway musical “MJ,” announced the nominees on Tuesday. Some categories were announced live on CBS, while others were unveiled on the Tony Awards YouTube page. This year, 38 Broadway shows were eligible for nominations, with the Tony awards ceremony set for June 11th.
The Broadway musical “Some Like It Hot,” an adaptation of the Billy Wilder film, received the most nominations with 13 nods. Following behind are the musicals “& Juliet,” “New York, New York,” and “Shucked,” each with nine nominations. Jodie Comer, star of the television show “Killing Eve,” earned a nomination for best leading actress in a play for “Prima Facie,” marking her stage debut. Justin Cooley, a 19-year-old actor from Kansas, also received a nomination for his Broadway debut in “Kimberly Akimbo.”
To be eligible for a Tony nomination, a Broadway show must have opened between April 29, 2022, and April 27, 2023. The complete list of nominees is given below:
Best New Play “Ain’t No Mo’” “Between Riverside and Crazy” “Cost of Living” “Fat Ham” “Leopoldstadt”
Best New Musical “& Juliet” “Kimberly Akimbo” “New York, New York” “Shucked” “Some Like It Hot”
Best Play Revival “A Doll’s House” “The Piano Lesson” “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” “Topdog/Underdog”
Best Musical Revival “Camelot” “Into the Woods” “Parade” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Best Leading Actor in a Play Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Topdog/Underdog” Corey Hawkins, “Topdog/Underdog” Sean Hayes, “Good Night, Oscar” Stephen McKinley Henderson, “Between Riverside and Crazy” Wendell Pierce, “Death of a Salesman”
Best Leading Actress in a Play Jessica Chastain, “A Doll’s House” Jodie Comer, “Prima Facie” Jessica Hecht, “Summer, 1976” Audra McDonald, “Ohio State Murders”
Best Leading Actress in a Musical Annaleigh Ashford, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” Sara Bareilles, “Into the Woods” Victoria Clark, “Kimberly Akimbo” Lorna Courtney, “& Juliet” Micaela Diamond, “Parade”
Best Leading Actor in a Musical Christian Borle, “Some Like It Hot” J. Harrison Ghee, “Some Like It Hot” Josh Groban, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” Brian D’Arcy James, “Into the Woods” Ben Platt, “Parade” Colton Ryan, “New York, New York”
Best Featured Actor in a Play Jordan E. Cooper, “Ain’t No Mo’” Samuel L. Jackson, “The Piano Lesson” Arian Moayed, “A Doll’s House” Brandon Uranowitz, “Leopoldstadt” David Zayas, “Cost of Living”
Best Featured Actress in a Play Nikki Crawford, “Fat Ham” Crystal Lucas-Perry, “Ain’t No Mo’” Miriam Silverman, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” Katy Sullivan, “Cost of Living” Kara Young, “Cost of Living”
Best Featured Actor in a Musical Kevin Cahoon, “Shucked” Justin Cooley