The 2018 Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning in New York, with Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. and Waitress and Scorpion star Katharine McPhee doing the honors. Here, now, via ABC News and WCBS-TV (New York) is a list of the nominees in the major categories. NOTE: For the sake of brevity, this article will exclude minor categories such as technical awards, and awards for Best Actor/Actress other than those for the lead roles. Similarly, non-competitive, ceremonial awards will also be excluded from this list.
Best Musical
In the biggest category, it looks like an epic showdown is brewing between Tina Fey’s Mean Girls , the Broadway musical version of her 2004 comedy movie of the same name, and the kid-friendly SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical . Outliers in the category are The Band’s Visit and Disney’s Frozen .
Meanwhile, a few popular new musicals failed to make the nominations. Those include Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville , the Donna Summer retrospective Summer , and the Hal Prince revue Prince of Broadway .
Besides picking up a nomination in the Best Musical category, Mean Girls is also nominated for Best Original Score, Best Lead Actress (Taylor Louderman), Best Actor (Grey Henson), Best Actress (Ashley Park), and a handful of technical awards.
Similarly, Spongebob Squarepants also picked up nominations for Best Original Score, Best Lead Actor (Ethan Slater), Best Featured Actor (Gavin Lee), and various technical awards.
Best Play
To almost no one’s surprise, this category is dominated by the Broadway entry to the Harry Potter franchise: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child .
Let the magic begin. The curtain is up on Part 1 of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway! #CursedChildNYC pic.twitter.com/Kl0ulkhvho
— Pottermore (@pottermore) April 22, 2018
Already the play has racked up nine Olivier Awards in London. Will it dominate the New York awards as well?
Its competition includes The Children, Farinelli and the King, Junk, and Latin History for Morons .
Best Revival (Musical)
My Fair Lady Once On This Island Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Best Revival (Play)
Angels In America Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh Lobby Hero Travesties
Best Original Score
Angels in America The Band’s Visit Frozen Mean Girls SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Lead Actor (Musical)
Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Lead Actor (Play)
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America Tom Hollander, Travesties Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two Mark Rylance, Farinelli and The King Denzel Washington, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Lead Actress (Musical)
Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls Jessie Mueller, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Best Lead Actress (Play)
Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women Condola Rashad, Saint Joan Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower
The Tony Awards will air on Sunday, June 10 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on CBS.
