2024 Tony Award Nominations Announced

In what has been a frankly exceptional year across the pond, it feels more than fair to say that Broadway is back. From the 2020 Award Season (hosted in 2021) where the Tony Voters struggled to get more than one nominee in some categories, to this year of an abundance in quite a few categories, the 2024 nominations are a surefire sign of a great previous 12 months in theatre with many more to come!

Announced live on CBS by Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Renée Elise Goldsberry, it's a fair performance for us Brits with three of our productions receiving nominations, albeit all from primarily US creative teams. Back To The Future (which started life in Manchester) has been nominated for 2 Tonys, Merrily We Roll Along (this revival of Maria Friedman's 2012 Menier Chocolate Factory production) has earned 7 nominations, and transfer of the current West End production of Cabaret has taken 8.

The awards ceremony will be hosted by Ariana DeBose on 16 June 2024.

Full details of all nominations are below:

Best Musical

Hell’s Kitchen

Illinoise

The Outsiders

Suffs

Water for Elephants

Best Play

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Mary Jane

Mother Play

Prayer for the French Republic

Stereophonic

Best Revival of a Musical

Cabaret

Gutenberg! The Musical!

Merrily We Roll Along

The Who’s Tommy

Best Revival of a Play

Appropriate

An Enemy of the People

Purlie Victorious

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Brian d’Arcy James in Days of Wine and Roses

Brody Grant in The Outsiders

Dorian Harewood in The Notebook

Eddie Redmayne in Cabaret Jonathan Groff in Merrily We Roll Along

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Eden Espinosa in Lempicka

Gayle Rankin in Cabaret

Kelli O’Hara in Days of Wine and Roses

Maleah Joi Moon in Hell’s Kitchen

Maryann Plunkett in The Notebook

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Jeremy Strong in An Enemy of the People

Leslie Odom Jr in Purlie Victorious

Liev Schreiber in Doubt

Michael Stuhlbarg in Patriots

William Jackson in Harper Uncle Vanya

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Amy Ryan in Doubt

Betsy Aidem in Prayer for the French Republic

Jessica Lange in Mother Play

Rachel McAdams in Mary Jane

Sarah Paulson in Appropriate

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Brandon Victor Dixon in Hell’s Kitchen Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll Along Joshua Boone in The Outsiders

Roger Bart in Back to the Future: The Musical

Sky Lakota-Lynch in The Outsiders

Steven Skybell in Cabaret

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Amber Iman in Lempicka

Bebe Neuwirth in Cabaret

Kecia Lewis in Hell’s Kitchen

Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer in Monty Python’s Spamalot

Lindsay Mendez in Merrily We Roll Along Nikki M James in Suffs

Shoshana Bean in Hell’s Kitchen

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Corey Stoll in Appropriate

Eli Gelb in Stereophonic

Jim Parsons in Mother Play

Tom Pecinka in Stereophonic

Will Brill in Stereophonic

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Celia Keenan-Bolger in Mother Play Juliana Canfield in Stereophonic Kara Young in Purlie Victorious

Quincy Tyler Bernstine in Doubt

Sarah Pidgeon in Stereophonic

Best Direction of a Musical

Danya Taymor for The Outsiders

Jessica Stone for Water for Elephants

Leigh Silverman for Suffs

Maria Friedman for Merrily We Roll Along

Michael Greif for Hell’s Kitchen

Best Direction of a Play

Anne Kauffman for Mary Jane

Daniel Aukin for Stereophonic

Kenny Leon for Purlie Victorious

Lila Neugebauer for Appropriate

Whitney White for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Best Choreography

Annie-B Parson for Here Lies Love

Camille A Brown for Hell’s Kitchen

Justin Peck for Illinoise

Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll for Water for Elephants

Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman for The Outsiders

Best Book of a Musical

Adam Rapp and Justin Levine for The Outsiders

Bekah Brunstetter for The Notebook

Kristoffer Diaz for Hell’s Kitchen

Rick Elice for Water for Elephants

Shaina Taub for Suffs

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Adam Guettel for Days of Wine and Roses

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim for Here Lies Love

Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine for The Outsiders

Shaina Taub for Suffs

Will Butler for Stereophonic

Best Orchestrations

Jonathan Tunick for Merrily We Roll Along

Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) for The Outsiders

Timo Andres for Illinoise

Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone for Hell’s Kitchen

Will Butler and Justin Craig for Stereophonic

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian for The Outsiders

David Korins for Here Lies Love

Riccardo Hernández and Peter Nigrini for Lempicka

Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini for Hell’s Kitchen Takeshi Kata for Water for Elephants

Tim Hatley and Finn Ross for Back To The Future

Tom Scutt for Cabaret

Best Scenic Design of a Play

David Zinn for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

David Zinn for Stereophonic

Derek McLane for Purlie Victorious

dots for Appropriate

dots for An Enemy of the People

Best Costume Design of a Musical

David Israel Reynoso for Water for Elephants

Dede Ayite for Hell’s Kitchen

Linda Cho for The Great Gatsby

Paul Tazewell for Suffs

Tom Scutt for Cabaret

Best Costume Design of a Play

David Zinn for An Enemy of the People

Dede Ayite for Appropriate

Dede Ayite for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Emilio Sosa for Purlie Victorious

Enver Chakartash for Stereophonic

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Bradley King and David Bengali for Water for Elephants

Brandon Stirling Baker for Illinoise

Brian MacDevitt and Hana S Kim for The Outsiders

Isabella Byrd for Cabaret

Natasha Katz for Hell’s Kitchen

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Amith Chandrashaker for Prayer for the French Republic

Isabella Byrd for An Enemy of the People

Jane Cox for Appropriate

Jiyoun Chang for Stereophonic

Natasha Katz for Grey House

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Cody Spencer for The Outsiders

Gareth Owen for Hell’s Kitchen

Kai Harada for Merrily We Roll Along

M L Dogg and Cody Spencer for Here Lies Love

Nick Lidster for Autograph for Cabaret

Best Sound Design of a Play

Bray Poor and Will Pickens for Appropriate

Justin Ellington and Stefania Bulbarella for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Leah Gelpe for Mary Jane

Ryan Rumery for Stereophonic

Tom Gibbons for Grey House

#cabaret #backtothefuture