AWARDS SEASON 2022: Tony Award Nominations

Tony Award nominations have been known to make or break a show’s run and change careers, so today’s announcement means the world. Congrats to all of this year’s nominees!

Here were the total number of nominations by play:

American Buffalo: 4
Clyde’s: 5
Dana H.: 3
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf: 7
Hangmen: 5
How I Learned to Drive: 3
Lackawanna Blues: 1
The Lehman Trilogy: 8
Macbeth: 3
The Minutes: 1
Plaza Suite: 1
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive: 3
Skeleton Crew: 3
The Skin of Our Teeth: 6
Take Me Out: 4
Trouble in Mind: 4

This year’s Tony Awards return to the Radio City Music Hall on June 12th, and as it was last year, will again be presented as a combination of streaming and broadcast content. The pre-show will begin at 7 p.m. ET on Paramount+, and ceremony at 8 p.m. on CBS and Paramount+. This year’s awards are to be hosted by Ariana DeBose, and we invite you to join our sister company, Broadway Musical Home as they live twee, Facebook, blog and update throughout the evening. If you don’t already, following and/or subscribe to join in the fun.

2022 Tony Award Nominees

Best Musical
Girl From the North Country
MJ: The Musical
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
Six
A Strange Loop

Best Play
Clyde’s
Hangmen
The Lehman Trilogy
The Minutes
Skeleton Crew

Best Revival of a Musical
Caroline, or Change
Company
The Music Man

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
Trouble in Mind

Best Book of a Musical
Girl From the North Country
MJ: The Musical
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
A Strange Loop

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Flying Over Sunset
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
Six
A Strange Loop

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy
David Morse, How I Learned to Drive
Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
David Threlfall, Hangmen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
Ruth Negga, Macbeth
Deirdre O’Connell, Dana H.
Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive

Best Performance by an Actor in Leading Role in a Musical
Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night
Myles Frost, MJ: The Musical
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Mare Winningham, Girl From the North Country

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Alfie Allen, Hangmen
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s
Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out
Jesse Williams, Take Me Out

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s
Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew
Julie White, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kara Young, Clyde’s

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Matt Doyle, Company
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop
A.J. Shively, Paradise Square

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Jeannette Bayardelle, Girl From the North Country
Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night
Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man
L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
Patti LuPone, Company
Jennifer Simard, Company

Best Direction of a Play
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy
Neil Pepe, American Buffalo
Les Waters, Dana H.

Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
Marianne Elliott, Company
Conor McPherson, Girl From the North Country
Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage, Six
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ: The Musical

Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, Six
Bill T. Jones, Paradise Square
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ: The Musical

Best Orchestrations
David Cullen, Company
Tom Curran, Six
Simon Hale, Girl From the North Country
Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg, MJ: The Musical
Charlie Rosen, A Strange Loop

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, Skeleton Crew
Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen
Scott Pask, American Buffalo
Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset
Bunny Christie, Company
Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, MJ: The Musical
Allen Moyer, Paradise Square

Best Costume Design of a Play
Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth
Sarafina Bush, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind
Jane Greenwood, Plaza Suite
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde’s

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Fly Davis, Caroline, or Change
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square
William Ivey Long, Diana
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man
Gabriella Slade, Six
Paul Tazewell, MJ: The Musical

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Joshua Carr, Hangmen
Jiyoun Chang, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy
Jane Cox, Macbeth
Yi Zhao, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Neil Austin, Company
Tim Deiling, Six
Donald Holder, Paradise Square
Natasha Katz, MJ: The Musical
Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset
Jen Schriever, A Strange Loop

Best Sound Design in a Play
Justin Ellington, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.
Palmer Hefferan, The Skin of Our Teeth
Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy
Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth

Best Sound Design in a Musical
Simon Baker, Girl From the North Country
Paul Gatehouse, Six
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company
Drew Levy, A Strange Loop
Gareth Owen, MJ: The Musical

Special Tony Award
James C. Nicola, New York Theatre Workshop

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Robert E. Wankel

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