The nominees for the 73rd annual Tony Awards were announced Tuesday morning.
A total of 11 new musicals opened on the Great White Way this year, expanding the coveted best new musical category to five nominees. Up for the Tonys' top prize this yearAin’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations,Beetlejuice,Hadestown,The PromandTootsie.
Only two musical revivals opened this year: Rodgers & Hammerstein’sOklahoma!and Cole Porter’sKiss Me, Kate.They’ll both go head-to-head for the revival spot.
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Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for “To Kill A Mockingbird”
Select 2019 nominees include:
Best New Musical
Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations
Beetlejuice
Hadestown
The Prom
Tootsie
Best New Play
Choir Boy
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Ink
The Ferryman
What the Constitution Means To Me
Best Revival of a Musical
Kiss Me, Kate
Oklahoma!
Best Revival of a Play
All My Sons
Burn This
The Boys in the Band
The Waverly Gallery
Torch Song
Stephanie J. Block,The Cher Show
Caitlin Kinnunen,The Prom
Beth Leavel,The Prom
Eva Noblezada,Hadestown
Kelli O’Hara,Kiss Me, Kate
Brooks Ashmanskas,The Prom
Derrick Baskin,Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations
Alex Brightman,Beetlejuice
Damon Daunno,Oklahoma!
Santino Fontana,Tootsie
Annette Bening,All My Sons
Laura Donnelly,The Ferryman
Elaine May,The Waverly Gallery
Laurie Metcalf,Hillary and Clinton
Janet McTeer,Bernhardt/Hamlet
Heidi Schreck,What the Constitution Means To Me
Paddy Considine,The Ferryman
Bryan Cranston,Network
Jeff Daniels,To Kill a Mockingbird
Adam Driver,Burn This
Jeremy Pope,Choir Boy
Lilli Cooper,Tootsie
Amber Gray,Hadestown
Sarah Stiles,Tootsie
Ali Stroker,Oklahoma!
Mary Testa,Oklahoma!
André de Shields,Hadestown
Andy Grotelueschen,Tootsie
Patrick Page,Hadestown
Jeremy Pope,Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations
Ephraim Sykes,Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations
Fionnula Flanagan,The Ferryman
Celia Keenan-Bolger,To Kill a Mockingbird
Kristine Nielsen,Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Julie White,Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Ruth Wilson,King Lear
Benjamin Walker,Arthur Miller’s All My Sons
Bertie Carvel,Ink
Robin de Jesus,The Boys in the Band
Gideon Glick,To Kill a Mockingbird
Brandon Uranowitz,Burn This
For the full list of nominees,click here.
Santino Fontana inTootsie.Matthew Murphy
The cast ofThe Prom.Deen Van Meer
Though all will have to wait until Tony night to find out if they won, some can already start prepping their speeches.
Honorary recipients for the 73rd annual ceremony include Judith Light (the Isabelle Stevenson Award); Terrence McNally, Rosemary Harris, and Harold Wheeler (Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre recipients); as well as Broadway Inspirational Voices, Peter Entin, Joseph Blakely Forbes, and FDNY Engine 54 (all given Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre).
The late Marin Mazzie, who died last year at the age of 57 following a battle with ovarian cancer, is being given a special Tony posthumously to recognize her legacy of leadership and advocacy work.
Other special Tony trophies will go to Jason Michael Webb, who brought gospel arrangements toChoir Boy, and the folks behind the towering pupped inKing Kong,Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company.
source: people.com
