Nominations were announced May 2 for the American Theatre Wing’s 76th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards for superlative achievement on Broadway.
Some Like It Hot, a musical based on the 1959 film comedy about two musicians on the run from the mob, led the field of musicals with 14 nominations, including Best Musical. It was nominated at least once in every category for which it was eligible.
Some Like It Hot was followed by &Juliet; New York, New York; and Shucked, all of which earned nine nominations apiece.
Among non-musical plays, three were tied for most nomination, with six apiece: Ain’t No Mo’, A Doll’s House and Leopoldstadt.
Fat Ham, a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, set at a Southern barbecue, followed with five nominations. The show previously won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the Tonys were announced May 2 by Lea Michele, star of the current Broadway revival of Funny Girl, and 2022 Tony Award winner Myles Frost (MJ).
The Tony Awards ceremony will be hosted for the second consecutive year by Ariana DeBose, who won an Oscar for her performance in the 2021 film adaptation of West Side Story. The 2023 Tony ceremony will be broadcast live from the United Palace Theatre in New York City, on Sunday, June 11. The celebration will commence at 7-8 PM, ET/4–5 PM PT, with exclusive content streaming only on the Paramount+ streaming service, followed by the presentation of the awards from 8-11 PM, LIVE ET/5-8 PM, LIVE PT on the CBS Television Network, and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+.
The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 39 theatre professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. A total of 27 of the 41 shows that opened in the 2022-23 season earned at least one nomination. The 2023 Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
Here is the complete list of nominations for the 2023 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards.
Best Play
Ain’t No Mo’
Author: Jordan E. Cooper
Between Riverside and Crazy
Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis
Cost of Living
Author: Martyna Majok
Fat Ham
Author: James Ijames
Leopoldstadt
Author: Tom Stoppard
Best Musical
&Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot
Best Revival of a Musical
Into the Woods
Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Parade
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Revival of a Play
A Doll’s House
Author: Henrik Ibsen
New Version: Amy Herzog
August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Author: August Wilson
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Author: Lorraine Hansberry
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
Best Book of a Musical
& Juliet
David West Read
Kimberly Akimbo
David Lindsay-Abaire
New York, New York
David Thompson & Sharon Washington
Shucked
Robert Horn
Some Like It Hot
Matthew López & Amber Ruffin
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Almost Famous
Music: Tom Kitt
Lyrics: Cameron Crowe & Tom Kitt
Kimberly Akimbo
Lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire
Music: Jeanine Tesori
KPOP
Music & Lyrics: Helen Park & Max Vernon
Shucked
Music and Lyrics: Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally
Some Like It Hot
Music: Marc Shaiman
Lyrics: Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Corey Hawkins, Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog
Wendell Pierce, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Christian Borle, Some Like It Hot
J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Brian d’Arcy James, Into the Woods
Ben Platt, Parade
Colton Ryan, New York, New York
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Lorna Courtney, & Juliet
Micaela Diamond, Parade
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Jordan E. Cooper, Ain’t No Mo’
Samuel L. Jackson, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Arian Moayed, A Doll’s House
Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
David Zayas, Cost of Living
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Nikki Crawford, Fat Ham
Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo’
Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living
Kara Young, Cost of Living
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Kevin Cahoon, Shucked
Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo
Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like It Hot
Jordan Donica, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Alex Newell, Shucked
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Julia Lester, Into the Woods
Ruthie Ann Miles, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo
NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot
Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet
Best Direction of a Play
Saheem Ali, Fat Ham
Jo Bonney, Cost of Living
Jamie Lloyd, A Doll’s House
Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt
Stevie Walker-Webb, Ain’t No Mo’
Max Webster, Life of Pi
Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden, Parade
Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Jack O’Brien, Shucked
Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo
Best Choreography
Steven Hoggett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Susan Stroman, New York, New York
Jennifer Weber, & Juliet
Jennifer Weber, KPOP
Best Orchestrations
Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro, & Juliet
John Clancy, Kimberly Akimbo
Jason Howland, Shucked
Charlie Rosen & Bryan Carter, Some Like It Hot
Daryl Waters & Sam Davis, New York, New York
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
Tim Hatley & Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
Rachel Hauck, Good Night, Oscar
Richard Hudson, Leopoldstadt
Dane Laffrey & Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Michael Yeargan & 59 Productions, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Scott Pask, Shucked
Scott Pask, Some Like It Hot
Best Costume Design of a Play
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell, Life of Pi
Dominique Fawn Hill, Fat Ham
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt
Emilio Sosa, Ain’t No Mo’
Emilio Sosa, Good Night, Oscar
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Hot
Susan Hilferty, Parade
Jennifer Moeller, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Clint Ramos & Sophia Choi, KPOP
Paloma Young, & Juliet
Donna Zakowska, New York, New York
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt
Natasha Chivers, Prima Facie
Jon Clark, A Doll’s House
Bradley King, Fat Ham
Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi
Jen Schriever, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Ben Stanton, A Christmas Carol
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Lap Chi Chu, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Heather Gilbert, Parade
Howard Hudson, & Juliet
Natasha Katz, Some Like It Hot
Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Sound Design of a Play
Jonathan Deans & Taylor Williams, Ain’t No Mo’
Carolyn Downing, Life of Pi
Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol
Ben & Max Ringham, A Doll’s House
Ben & Max Ringham, Prima Facie
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada, New York, New York
John Shivers, Shucked
Scott Lehrer & Alex Neumann, Into the Woods
Gareth Owen, & Juliet
Nevin Steinberg, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Several special awards have been announced in advance. Director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell will receive the 2023 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award in recognition of “his outstanding dedication and contributions to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) and for more than three decades of volunteer service through the arts.”
Special Tony Awards honoring Excellence in the Theatre will be given to production stage manager, Lisa Dawn Cave; Victoria Bailey, Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund; and theatrical accountant, Robert Fried.
Tony Nominations by Production:
Some Like It Hot – 13
&Juliet – 9
New York, New York – 9
Shucked – 9
Kimberly Akimbo – 8
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – 8
Ain’t No Mo’ – 6
A Doll’s House – 6
Into the Woods – 6
Leopoldstadt – 6
Parade – 6
Cost of Living – 5
Fat Ham – 5
Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot – 5
Life of Pi – 5
Prima Facie – 4
A Christmas Carol – 3
Good Night, Oscar – 3
KPOP – 3
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog – 3
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman – 2
August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson – 2
Between Riverside and Crazy – 2
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window – 2
Almost Famous – 1
Ohio State Murders – 1
Summer, 1976 – 1
