The nominations for the 2019 Tony Awards have been announced, and some of Broadway’s most dazzling stars as well as some Hollywood heavyweights have been honored. Tony winner and television actress Bebe Neuwirth and Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon announced the nominees from New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Following are the nominations for the highest honors Broadway bestows on some of the hardest working people in show business.
Best Musical
Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations Beetlejuice Hadestown The Prom Tootsie
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show Caitlin Kinnunen, The Prom Beth Leavel, The Prom Eva Noblezada, Hadestown Kelli O’Hara, Kiss Me, Kate
Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom Derrick Baskin, Ain’t Too Proud Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice Damon Daunno, Oklahoma! Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Best Revival of a Musical
Kiss Me, Kate Oklahoma!
Best Revival of a Play
All My Son s The Boys in the Band Burn This Torch Song The Waverly Gallery
Best Play
The Ferryman What the Constitution Means to Me Ink Choir Boy Gary
Best Original Score
Be More Chill , Joe Iconis Beetlejuice , Eddie Perfect Hadestown , Anais Mitchell The Prom , Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin
Best Direction of a Play
Rupert Goold, Ink Sam Mendes, The Ferryman Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird Ivo van Hove, Network George C. Wolfe, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Best Direction of a Musical
Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown Scott Ellis, Tootsie Daniel Fish, Oklahoma! Des McAnuff, Ain’t Too Proud Casey Nicholaw, The Prom
Best Sound Design in a Play
Adam Cork, Ink Scott Lehrer, To Kill a Mockingbird Fitz Patton, Choir Boy Nick Powell, The Ferryman Eric Sleichim, Network
Best Sound Design in a Musical
Peter Hylenski, Beetlejuice Peter Hylenski, King Kong Steve Canyon Kennedy, Ain’t Too Proud Drew Levy, Oklahoma! Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown
Best Leading Actress in a Play
Annette Bening, All My Sons Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery Janet McTeer, Bernhardt/Hamlet Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton Heidi Schreck, What the Constitution Means to Me
Best Leading Actor in a Play
Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird Bryan Cranston, Network Paddy Considine, The Ferryman Adam Driver, Burn This Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy
Best Scenic Design for a Musical
Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, Ain’t Too Proud Peter England, King Kong Rachel Hauck, Hadestown Laura Jellinek, Oklahoma! David Korins, Beetlejuice
Best Scenic Design for a Play
Miriam Buether, To Kill a Mockingbird Bunny Christie, Ink Rob Howell, The Ferryman Santo Loquasto, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Jan Versweyveld, Network
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Andre De Shields, Hadestown Andy Grotelueschen, Tootsie Patrick Page, Hadestown Jeremy Pope, Ain’t Too Proud Ephraim Sykes, Ain’t Too Proud
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Bertie Carvel, Ink Robin De Jesús, The Boys in the Band Gideon Glick, To Kill a Mockingbird Brandon Uranowitz, Burn This Benjamin Walker, All My Sons
Best Book of a Musical
Ain’t Too Proud , Dominique Morisseau Beetlejuice, Scott Brown and Anthony King Hadestown , Anaïs Mitchell The Prom , Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin Tootsie , Robert Horn
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Lilli Cooper, Tootsie Amber Gray, Hadestown Sarah Stiles, Tootsie Ali Stroker, Oklahoma! Mary Testa, Oklahoma!
Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown, Choir Boy Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate Denis Jones, Tootsie David Neumann, Hadestown Sergio Trujillo, Ain’t Too Proud
Best Featured Actress in a Play
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
Best Orchestrations
Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, Hadestown Larry Hochman, Kiss Me, Kate Daniel Kluger, Oklahoma! Simon Hale, Tootsie Harold Wheeler, Ain’t Too Proud
Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Play
Paddy Considine, The Ferryman Bryan Cranston, Network Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird Adam Driver, Burn This Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy
Best Costume Design of a Play
Rob Howell, The Ferryman Toni-Leslie James, Bernhardt/Hamlet Clint Ramos, Torch Song Ann Roth, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Ann Roth, To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Michael Krass, Hadestown William Ivey Long, Beetlejuice William Ivey Long, Tootsie Bob Mackie, The Cher Show Paul Tazewell, Ain’t Too Proud
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Ink Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Peter Mumford, The Ferryman Jennifer Tipton, To Kill a Mockingbird Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden, Network
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams, The Cher Show Howell Binkley, Ain’t Too Proud Bradley King, Hadestown Peter Mumford, King Kong Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini, Beetlejuice
Regional Theatre Tony Award TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (previously announced)
Playbill reported that there will be several honorary awards recipients during this season’s awards, including Terrence McNally, Rosemary Harris, and Harold Wheeler, who will each receive a Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre awards.
Also honored will be television and stage actress Judith Light, who has been named this year’s Isabelle Stevenson Award winner. Special Tony Awards will be given to Jason Michael Webb, Sonny Tilders, and the late Marin Mazzie.
The 73rd annual Tony Awards ceremony will be broadcast on CBS from New York’s famed Radio City Music Hall June 9 and will be hosted by James Corden.
