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Everything You Need to Know About the 2024 Tony Award Nominations

Last updated April 30, 2024 by Broadway.com Staff
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The 2024 Tony nominations have been announced, honoring the best of the 2023-2024 Broadway season. Here's your guide to this season's nominees

Tony-Nominated Shows

 

Hell's Kitchen

13 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Musical
Best Leading Actress in a Musical - Maleah Joi Moon
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Brandon Victor Dixon
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Shoshana Bean
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Kecia Lewis
Best Director of a Musical - Michael Greif
Best Choreography - Camille A. Brown
Best Book of a Musical - Kristoffer Diaz
Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini
Best Costume Design of a Musical - Dede Ayite 
Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Natasha Katz
Best Sound Design of a Musical - Gareth Owen
Best Orchestrations - Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone


A new musical inspired by the life of, and featuring music and lyrics by, 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys. Follow Ali as she steps out of her New York City apartment and finds the world. Buy tickets to Hell's Kitchen on Broadway!

 

Ali and Knuck dance
Maleah Joi Moon and Chris Lee in Hell's Kitchen
(Photo: Marc J. Franklin)

Stereophonic

13 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Play 
Best Featured Actor in a Play - Will Brill
Best Featured Actor in a Play - Eli Gelb
Best Featured Actor in a Play - Tom Pecinka
Best Featured Actress in a Play - Juliana Canfield
Best Featured Actress in a Play - Sarah Pidgeon
Best Director of a Play - Daniel Aukin
Best Original Score - Will Butler
Best Scenic Design of a Play - David Zinn
Best Costume Design of a Play - Enver Chakartash
Best Lighting Design of a Play - Jiyoun Chang
Best Sound Design of a Play - Ryan Rumery
Best Orchestrations - Will Butler and Justin Craig


Featuring original music from Arcade Fire's Will Butler and set in a recording studio in 1976, Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on an up-and-coming rock band as they teeter on the cusp of superstardom. Buy tickets to Stereophonic on Broadway

The cast of Stereophonic
(Photo: Julieta Cervantes)

The Outsiders

12 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Musical 
Best Leading Actor in a Musical - Brody Grant
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Joshua Boone
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Sky-Lakota Lynch
Best Director of a Musical - Danya Taymor
Best Choreography - Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman
Best Book of a Musical - Adam Rapp and Justin Levine
Best Original Score - Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine
Best Scenic Design of a Musical - AMP featuring Tatiana Khavegian
Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim
Best Sound Design of a Musical - Cody Spencer
Best Orchestrations - Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance)


Oklahoma comes to Broadway as Ponyboy and the gang take the stage in a thrilling new musical that explores the timeless themes of chosen family and more that have kept both S.E. Hinton’s novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s motion picture classics for decades. Buy tickets to The Outsiders on Broadway!

 

Sky Lakota-Lynch and Brody Grant in The Outsiders
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Cabaret

9 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING: 
Best Revival of a Musical 
Best Leading Actor in a Musical - Eddie Redmayne

Best Leading Actress in a Musical - Gayle Rankin
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Steven Skybell
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Bebe Neuwirth
Best Costume Design of a Musical - Tom Scutt
Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Isabella Byrd
Best Sound Design of a Musical - Nick Lidster for Autograph


Broadway's August Wilson Theatre is transformed into The Kit Kat Club in an electrifying new revival of Kander and Ebb's classic musical. Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin lead the cast as The Emcee and Sally Bowles, bringing new life to "Wilkommen," "Maybe This Time" and the enchanting title song. Buy tickets to Cabaret on Broadway!

 

Gayle Rankin, Eddie Redmayne and the cast of Cabaret
(Photo: Marc Brenner)

Appropriate

8 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Leading Actress in a Play - Sarah Paulson
Best Featured Actor in a Play - Corey Stoll
Best Director of a Play - Lila Neugebauer
Best Scenic Design of a Play - dots
Best Costume Design of a Play - Dede Ayite
Best Lighting Design of a Play - Jane Cox
Best Sound Design of a Play - Bray Poor and Will Pickens

 

Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Sarah Paulson leads the cast of Branden Jacobs-Jenkin's darkly comic family drama, which tells the story of the Lafayette family as they return to their patriarch’s Arkansas home to deal with the remains of his estate. Buy tickets to Appropriate on Broadway!

 

Sarah Paulson in Appropriate
(Photo: Joan Marcus)

Merrily We Roll Along

7 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Revival of a Musical 
Best Leading Actor in a Musical - Jonathan Groff
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Daniel Radcliffe
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Lindsay Mendez
Best Director of a Musical - Maria Friedman
Best Sound Design of a Musical - Kai Harada
Best Orchestrations - Jonathan Tunick


It's a hit! A starry cast leads the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's cult-classic musical. Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, Merrily We Roll Along features some of Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs. Buy tickets to Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway!

 

Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez in Merrily We Roll Along
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Water for Elephants

7 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Musical 
Best Book of a Musical - Rick Elice

Best Director of a Musical - Jessica Stone
Best Choreography - Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll
Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Takeshi Kata
Best Costume Design of a Musical - David Israel Reynoso
Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Bradley King and David Bengali


The world of the traveling circus arrives on Broadway as Sara Gruen’s best-selling novel comes to vivid life in this unique, spectacle-filled musical adaptation. Featuring innovative stagecraft and a score by PigPen Theatre Co., Water For Elephants follows a young man as he navigates loss, love and finding new life. Buy tickets to Water For Elephants on Broadway

The cast of Water for Elephants
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Suffs

6 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Musical
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Nikki M. James
Best Director of a Musical - Leigh Silverman
Best Book of a Musical - Shaina Taub
Best Original Score - Shaina Taub
Best Costume Design of a Musical - Paul Tazewell


The women's movement takes to the Broadway stage! Shaina Taub’s epic new musical tells the story of the suffragists as they engage in a relentless pursuit for the women’s right to vote. Buy tickets to Suffs on Broadway!

 

Shaina Taub in Suffs
(Photo: Joan Marcus)

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

6 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Leading Actor in a Play - Leslie Odom Jr.
Best Featured Actress in a Play - Kara Young
Best Director of a Play - Kenny Leon
Best Scenic Design of a Play - Derek McLane
Best Costume Design of a Play - Emilio Sosa


Leslie Odom Jr. leads the first Broadway revival of Ossie Davis' 1961 play. Directed by Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious focuses on the traveling preacher Purlie Victorious Judson, who returns to his small Georgia town hoping to save the community's church and emancipate the cotton pickers who work on an oppressive plantation.

 

Leslie Odom Jr. in Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
(Photo: Marc J. Franklin)

An Enemy of the People

5 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Leading Actor in a Play - Jeremy Strong
Best Scenic Design of a Play - dots 
Best Costume Design of a Play - David Zinn
Best Lighting Design of a Play - Isabella Byrd


Succession's Jeremy Strong and White Lotus' Michael Imperioli star in Amy Herzog’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s moral battle between a lone truth teller and a society desperate for self-preservation. Buy tickets to An Enemy of the People on Broadway!

 

Jeremy Strong in The Enemy of the People
(Photo: Emilio Madrid)

Jaja's African Hair Braiding

5 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Play
Best Director of a Play - Whitney White
Best Scenic Design of a Play - David Zinn
Best Costume Design of a Play - Dede Ayite
Best Sound Design of a Play - Justin Ellington and Stefania Bulbarella


Jocelyn's Bioh's dazzling play welcomes audiences into Jaja’s bustling hair braiding salon in Harlem, where love blossoms, dreams flourish and secrets are revealed.

 

The cast of Jaja's African Hair Braiding
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Illinoise

4 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING: 
Best Musical
Best Choreography - Justin Peck
Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Brandon Stirling Baker
Best Orchestrations - Timo Andres


The theatrical reimagining of Sufjan Stevens' Grammy and Oscar-nominated album Illinois arrives on Broadway, featuring new arrangements ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics. Buy tickets to Illinoise on Broadway!

 

Byron Tittle, Christine Flores, Kara Chan and Ricky Ubeda in Illinoise at the Park Avenue Armory
(Photo: Stephanie Berger)

Mary Jane

4 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING: 
Best Play
Best Leading Actress in a Play - Rachel McAdams
Best Director of a Play - Anne Kauffman
Best Sound Design of a Play - Leah Gelpe


Screen favorite Rachel McAdams makes her Broadway debut as a single mother in an impossible family situation in Amy Herzog’s drama that questions if makeshift family, inner strength and new friendships are enough to get through. Buy tickets to Mary Jane on Broadway!

 

Rachel McAdams in Mary Jane
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Mother Play

4 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Play 
Best Leading Actress in a Play - Jessica Lange
Best Featured Actor in a Play - Jim Parsons
Best Featured Actress in a Play - Celia Keenan-Bolger


Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger star in Paula Vogel’s bitingly funny and unflichingly honest new play that reveals the timeless truths of love, family and forgiveness. Buy tickets to Mother Play on Broadway!

 

Jim Parsons, Jessica Lange and Celia Keenan-Bolger in Mother Play
(Photo: Joan Marcus)

Here Lies Love

4 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING: 
Best Original Score - David Bryne and Fatboy Slim
Best Choreography - Annie-B Parson
Best Scenic Design of a Musical - David Korins
Best Sound Design of a Musical - M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer


Featuring a score by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Here Lies Love is an immersive musical that captures the story of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos, her rise to power and her subsequent fall to the People’s Power Revolution.

 

Arielle Jacobs in Here Lies Love
(Photo: Billy Bustamante, Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Lempicka

3 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Leading Actress in a Musical - Eden Espinosa
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Amber Iman
Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Riccardo Hernández and Peter Nigrini


Renowned artist Tamara de Lempicka's life is brought to the stage in this thrilling new musical. Featuring a pop-infused score, Lempicka spans decades of personal and political turmoil while telling the story of a woman ahead of her era and an artist who's time has finally come. Buy tickets to Lempicka on Broadway!

 

Eden Espinosa in Lempicka
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

The Notebook

3 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Leading Actor in a Musical - Dorian Harewood
Best Leading Actress in a Musical - Maryann Plunkett
Best Book - Bekah Brunstetter


Based on Nicholas' Sparks best-selling novel and one of the highest-grossest films of all time, The Notebook brings Allie and Noah to the stage by way of six different actors portraying them at different points in their lives and love. The romance classic is set to music with a score by singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. Buy tickets to The Notebook on Broadway!

 

Allie and Noah embrace in the rain
 Maryann Plunkett and Dorian Harewood in The Notebook
(Photo: Julieta Cervantes)

Days of Wine and Roses

3 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Leading Actor in a Musical - Brian d'Arcy James
Best Leading Actress in a Musical - Kelli O'Hara
Best Original Score - Adam Guettel


Adapted from JP Miller's 1962 film and 1958 teleplay of the same name, Days of Wine and Roses follows the love story of Kirsten Arnesen and Joe Clay, a couple in 1950s New York who struggle against themselves to build their family!

 

Brian d'Arcy James and Kelli O'Hara in Days of Wine and Roses
(Photo: Joan Marcus)

Prayer for the French Republic

3 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Play
Best Leading Actress in a Play - Betsy Aidem
Best Lighting Design of a Play - Amith Chandrashaker



Joshua Harmon's acclaimed drama tells the interconnected stories of a Jewish couple in 1940s Paris and their great-grandchildren 70 years later. 

 

Allie and Noah embrace in the rain
Betsy Aidem in Prayer for the French Republic
(Photo: Jeremy Daniel)

Doubt

3 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING: 
Best Leading Actor in a Play - Liev Schreiber

Best Leading Actress in a Play - Amy Ryan
Best Featured Actress in a Play - Quincy Tyler Bernstine


Amy Ryan and Liev Schreiber star in the first Broadway revival of John Patrick Shanley’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning 2005 play, set in an all-boys Catholic school in a working class neighborhood of The Bronx.

 

Amy Ryan and Liev Schreiber in Doubt
(Photo: Joan Marcus)

Grey House

2 NOMINATIONS: 
Best Lighting Design of a Play - Natasha Katz
Best Sound Design of a Play - Tom Gibbons


Premiering on Broadway this past fall, Levi Holloway's horror play Grey is set after a car wreck, as a young couple takes refuge in a cabin belonging to four children and their keeper, who unravel the couple’s life as they know it.

 

Sophia Anne Caruso, Alyssa Emily Marvin and Millicent Simmonds in Grey House
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Back to the Future

TWO NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Roger Bart
Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Tim Hatley and Finn Ross


Great Scott! Head back to 1985, and 1955, with Marty McFly in this high-voltage musical adaptation of the fan favorite film of the same name. Buy tickets to Back to the Future on Broadway!

 

Roger Bart and the cast of Back to the Future
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

The Who's Tommy

1 NOMINATION:
Best Revival of a Musical


The Who's epic and exhilarating rock opera returns to Broadway following a successful run in Chicago. Get ready to hear anthems like “I’m Free,” “See Me, Feel Me,” “Sensation” and “Pinball Wizard" as the titular Tommy navigates his universe and finds a home behind a pinball machine. Buy tickets to The Who's Tommy on Broadway!

 

Tommy greets his public
Ali Louis Bourzgui and the cast of The Who's Tommy
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

The Great Gatsby

1 NOMINATION: 
Best Costume Design of a Musical

Travel to the extravagant world of the 1920s as F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel hits the Broadway stage. Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and more come to life in this new musical. Don't miss the party! Buy tickets to The Great Gatsby on Broadway!

 

Gatsby and Daisy get close
Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada in The Great Gatsby
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Patriots

1 NOMINATION:
Best Leading Actor in a Play - Michael Stuhlbarg


Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen star in this exhilirating production of Peter Morgan's Olivier Award-nominated play, which examines how Russia's post-Soviet machinations continue to shape our world to this day. Get Patriots on Broadway Tickets!

 

Michael Stuhlbarg in Patriots
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Uncle Vanya

1 NOMINATION:
Best Leading Actor in a Play - William Jackson Harper


Steve Carell makes his Broadway debut as the title character in Heidi Schreck's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's classic. He's joined by a starry cast, including Alfred Molina, William Jackson Harper and Anika Noni Rose, that make up the characters who upend the lives of Sonya and her uncle Vanya on their isolated family farm. Buy tickets to Uncle Vanya on Broadway!

 

William Jackson Harper in Uncle Vanya
(Photo: Marc J. Franklin)

Spamalot

1 NOMINATION:
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer


This past fall, the quest was back on! Lovingly ripped from the film classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical and features such classics as “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” “The Song That Goes Like This” and “Find Your Grail."

 

Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer in Spamalot
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Gutenberg! The Musical

1 NOMINATION:
Best Revival of a Musical


The story of Gutenberg, yes that Gutenberg, took the stage this past fall! The Book of Mormon co-stars Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells reunited in this hilarious new musical about an unintentionally hilarious new musical.

 

Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad in Gutenberg! The Musical!
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)
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