Nominees announced for the 2022 Tony Awards
Photo credit: Joan Marcus
The nominees have been announced for the 75th Annual Tony Awards this afternoon.
Presented by Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry on The Tony Awards’ YouTube channel, listed below are the nominees:
For Best Scenic Design of a Play:
Beowulf Boritt for POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE; Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong for SKELETON CREW; Es Devlin for THE LEHMAN TRILOGY; Anna Fleischle for HANGMEN; Scott Pask for AMERICAN BUFFALO; and Adam Rigg forTHE SKIN OF OUR TEETH.
Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions for FLYING OVER SUNSET; Bunny Christie for COMPANY; Arnulfo Maldonado for A STRANGE LOOP; Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini for MJ; and Allen Moyer for PARADISE SQUARE.
Best Costume Design of a Play:
Montana Levi Blanco for THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH; Sarafina Bush for FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF; Emilio Sosa for TROUBLE IN MIND; Jane Greenwood for NEIL SIMON’S PLAZA SUITE; and Jennifer Moeller for CLYDE’S.
Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Fly Davis for CAROLINE, OR CHANGE; Toni-Leslie James for PARADISE SQUARE; William Ivey Long for DIANA, THE MUSICAL; Santo Loquasto for THE MUSIC MAN; Gabriella Slade for SIX: THE MUSICAL; and Paul Tazewell for MJ.
Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Joshua Carr for HANGMEN; Jiyoun Chang for FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF; Jon Clark for THE LEHMAN TRILOGY; Jane Cox for MACBETH; and Yi Zhao for THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH.
Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Neil Austin for COMPANY; Tim Deiling for SIX: THE MUSICAL; Donald Holder for PARADISE SQUARE; Natasha Katz for MJ; Bradley King for FLYING OVER SUNSET; and Jen Schriever for A STRANGE LOOP.
Best Sound Design of a Play:
Justin Ellington for FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF; Mikhail Fiksel for DANA H.; Palmer Hefferan for THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH; Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey for THE LEHMAN TRILOGY; and Mikaal Sulaiman for MACBETH.
Best Sound Design of a Musical:
Simon Baker for GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY; Paul Gatehouse for SIX: THE MUSICAL; Ian Dickinson for Autograph for COMPANY; Drew Levy for A STRANGE LOOP; and Gareth Owen for MJ.
Best Direction of a Play:
Lileana Blain-Cruz for THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH; Camille A. Brown for FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF; Sam Mendes for THE LEHMAN TRILOGY; Neil Pepe for AMERICAN BUFFALO; and Les Waters for DANA H.
Best Direction of a Musical:
Stephen Brackett for A STRANGE LOOP; Marianne Elliott for COMPANY; Conor McPherson for GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY; Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage for SIX: THE MUSICAL; and Christopher Wheeldon for MJ.
Best Choreography:
Camille A. Brown for FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF; Warren Carlyle for THE MUSIC MAN; Carrie-Anne Ingrouille for SIX: THE MUSICAL; Bill T. Jones for PARADISE SQUARE; and Christopher Wheeldon for MJ.
Best Orchestrations:
David Cullen for COMPANY; Tom Curran for SIX: THE MUSICAL; Simon Hale for GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY; Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg for MJ; and Charlie Rosen for A STRANGE LOOP.
Best Book of a Musical:
Conor McPherson for GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY; Lynn Nottage for MJ; Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel for MR. SATURDAY NIGHT; Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan for PARADISE SQUARE; and Michael R. Jackson for A STRANGE LOOP.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Music: Tom Kitt, Lyrics: Michael Korie for FLYING OVER SUNSET; Music: Jason Robert Brown, Lyrics: Amanda Green for MR. SATURDAY NIGHT; Music: Jason Howland, Lyrics: Nathan Tysen & Masi Asare for PARADISE SQUARE; Music and Lyrics: Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss for SIX: THE MUSICAL; and Music and Lyrics: Michael R. Jackson for A STRANGE LOOP.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Matt Doyle for COMPANY; Sidney DuPont for PARADISE SQUARE; Jared Grimes for FUNNY GIRL; John-Andrew Morrison for A STRANGE LOOP; and A.J. Shively for PARADISE SQUARE.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Jeannette Bayardelle for GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY; Shoshana Bean for MR. SATURDAY NIGHT; Jayne Houdyshell for THE MUSIC MAN; L Morgan Lee for A STRANGE LOOP; Patti LuPone for COMPANY; and Jennifer Simard for COMPANY.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
Alfie Allen for HANGMEN; Chuck Cooper for TROUBLE IN MIND; Jesse Tyler Ferguson for TAKE ME OUT; Ron Cephas Jones for CLYDE’S; Michael Oberholtzer for TAKE ME OUT; and Jesse Williams for TAKE ME OUT.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Uzo Aduba for CLYDE’S; Rachel Dratch for POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE; Kenita R. Miller for FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF; Phylicia Rashad for SKELETON CREW; Julie White for POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE; and Kara Young for CLYDE’S.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Billy Crystal for MR. SATURDAY NIGHT; Myles Frost for MJ; Hugh Jackman for THE MUSIC MAN; Rob McClure for MRS. DOUBTFIRE; and Jaquel Spivey for A STRANGE LOOP.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Sharon D Clarke for CAROLINE, OR CHANGE; Carmen Cusack for FLYING OVER SUNSET; Sutton Foster for THE MUSIC MAN; Joaquina Kalukango for PARADISE SQUARE; and Mare Winningham for GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Simon Russell Beale for THE LEHMAN TRILOGY; Adam Godley for THE LEHMAN TRILOGY; Adrian Lester for THE LEHMAN TRILOGY; David Morse for HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE; Sam Rockwell for AMERICAN BUFFALO; Ruben Santiago-Hudson for LACKAWANNA BLUES; and David Threlfall for HANGMEN.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Gabby Beans for THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH; LaChanze for TROUBLE IN MIND; Ruth Negga for MACBETH, Deirdre O’Connell for DANA H.; and Mary-Louise Parker for HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE.
Best Revival of a Play:
AMERICAN BUFFALO; FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF; HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE; TAKE ME OUT; and TROUBLE IN MIND.
Best Revival of a Musical:
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE; COMPANY; and THE MUSIC MAN.
Best Play:
CLYDE’S; HANGMEN; THE LEHMAN TRILOGY; THE MINUTES; and SKELETON CREW.
Best Musical:
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY; MJ; MR. SATURDAY NIGHT; PARADISE SQUARE; SIX: THE MUSICAL and A STRANGE LOOP.
The 75th Tony Awards will air on 12 June on CBS and Paramount+.
Congratulations to all of the nominees!