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This year is set to mark the 78th Tony Awards. Leading the nominations are three productions including Death Becomes Her, Buena Vista Social Club, and Maybe Happy Ending. But making history this year is veteran American Broadway Star, Audra McDonald who has received her 11th Tony award nomination. She stars in Gypsy as the lead role of Rose – a nomination which goes down in the record books as making Audra the most-nominated theatre performer in the history of the Tony Awards. Keep reading to find out more about the Tony Awards 2025 nominees.
Read Below For the Tony Awards 2025 Nominees:
Best Musical
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Dead Outlaw
- Death Becomes Her
- Maybe Happy Ending
- Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Best Play
- English
- The Hills of California
- John Proctor Is the Villain
- Oh, Mary!
- Purpose
Best Revival of a Play
- Eureka Day
- Romeo and Juliet
- Thornton Wilder’s Our Town
- Yellow Face
Best Revival of a Musical
- Floyd Collins
- Gypsy
- Pirates! The Penzance Musical
- Sunset Blvd.
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
- Darren Criss – Maybe Happy Ending
- Andrew Durand – Dead Outlaw
- Tom Francis – Sunset Blvd.
- Jonathan Groff – Just in Time
- James Monroe Iglehart – A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
- Jeremy Jordan – Floyd Collins
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
- Megan Hilty – Death Becomes Her
- Audra McDonald – Gypsy
- Jasmine Amy Rogers – Boop! The Musical
- Nicole Scherzinger – Sunset Blvd.
- Jennifer Simard – Death Becomes Her
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
- George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
- Cole Escola – Oh, Mary!
- Jon Michael Hill – Purpose
- Daniel Dae Kim – Yellow Face
- Harry Lennix – Purpose
- Louis McCartney – Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
- Laura Donnelly – The Hills of California
- Mia Farrow – The Roommate
- LaTanya Richardson Jackson – Purpose
- Sadie Sink – John Proctor Is the Villain
- Sarah Snook – The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
- Brooks Ashmanskas –SMASH
- Jeb Brown – Dead Outlaw
- Danny Burstein – Gypsy
- Jak Malone – Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
- Taylor Trensch – Floyd Collins
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
- Natalie Venetia Belcon – Buena Vista Social Club
- Julia Knitel – Dead Outlaw
- Gracie Lawrence – Just in Time
- Justina Machado – Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
- Joy Woods – Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
- Glenn Davis – Purpose
- Gabriel Ebert – John Proctor is the Villain
- Francis Jue – Yellow Face
- Bob Odenkirk – Glengarry Glen Ross
- Conrad Ricamora – Oh, Mary!
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
- Tala Ashe – English
- Jessica Hecht – Eureka Day
- Marjan Neshat – English
- Fina Strazza – John Proctor is the Villain
- Kara Young – Purpose
Best Scenic Design of a Play
- Marsha Ginsberg – English
- Rob Howell – The Hills of California
- Marg Horwell and David Bergman – The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Miriam Buether and 59 – Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Scott Pask – Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
- Rachel Hauck – Swept Away
- Dane Laffrey and George Reeve – Maybe Happy Ending
- Arnulfo Maldonado – Buena Vista Social Club
- Derek McLane – Death Becomes Her
- Derek McLane – Just in Time
Best Costume Design of a Play
- Brenda Abbandandolo – Good Night, and Good Luck
- Marg Horwell – The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Rob Howell – The Hills of California
- Holly Pierson – Oh, Mary!
- Brigitte Reiffenstuel – Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Costume Design of a Musical
- Dede Ayite – Buena Vista Social Club
- Gregg Barnes – BOOP! The Musical
- Clint Ramos – Maybe Happy Ending
- Paul Tazewell – Death Becomes Her
- Catherine Zuber – Just in Time
Best Lighting Design of a Play
- Natasha Chivers – The Hills of California
- Jon Clark – Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Heather Gilbert and David Bengali – Good Night, and Good Luck
- Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski – John Proctor is the Villain
- Nick Schlieper – The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
- Jack Knowles – Sunset Blvd.
- Tyler Micoleau – Buena Vista Social Club
- Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun – Floyd Collins
- Ben Stanton – Maybe Happy Ending
- Justin Townsend – Death Becomes Her
Best Sound Design of a Play
- Paul Arditti – Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Palmer Hefferan – John Proctor is the Villain
- Daniel Kluger – Good Night, and Good Luck
- Nick Powell – The Hills of California
- Clemence Williams – The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Sound Design of a Musical
- Jonathan Deans – Buena Vista Social Club
- Adam Fisher – Sunset Blvd.
- Peter Hylenski – Just in Time
- Peter Hylenski – Maybe Happy Ending
- Dan Moses Schreier – Floyd Collins
Best Direction of a Play
- Knud Adams – English
- Sam Mendes – The Hills of California
- Sam Pinkleton – Oh, Mary!
- Danya Taymor – John Proctor is the Villain
- Kip Williams – The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Direction of a Musical
- Saheem Ali – Buena Vista Social Club
- Michael Arden – Maybe Happy Ending
- David Cromer – Dead Outlaw
- Christopher Gattelli – Death Becomes Her
- Jamie Lloyd – Sunset Blvd.
Best Choreography
- Joshua Bergasse – SMASH
- Camille A. Brown – Gypsy
- Christopher Gattelli – Death Becomes Her
- Jerry Mitchell – BOOP! The Musical
- Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck – Buena Vista Social Club
Best Orchestrations
- Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber – Just in Time
- Will Aronson – Maybe Happy Ending
- Bruce Coughlin – Floyd Collins
- Marco Paguia – Buena Vista Social Club
- David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber – Sunset Blvd.
Best Book of a Musical
- Buena Vista Social Club – Marco Ramirez
- Dead Outlaw – Itamar Moses
- Death Becomes Her – Marco Pennette
- Maybe Happy Ending – Will Aronson and Hue Park
- Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical – David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
- Dead Outlaw – Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
- Death Becomes Her – Music & Lyrics: Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
- Maybe Happy Ending – Music: Will Aronson Lyrics: Will Aronson and Hue Park
- Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical – Music and lyrics: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts
- Real Women Have Curves: The Musical – Music & Lyrics: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez
Special Awards
Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Harvey Fierstein
Special Tony Award
- Buena Vista Social Club – Musicians in the band
- Stranger Things: The First Shadow – Illusionists & Technical Effects
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
- Great Performances
- Michael Price
- New 42
- The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
The Tony Awards will take place on 9th June 2025 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. You can watch the awards live on Paramount+ in the US.
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