As we continue letting you in on the confidences of the 2026 Tony nominees, we have a little confession of our own: Despite our reputation for hard-hitting journalism, we do not take these questions all that seriously. Which only makes it more delightful when nominees answer them with complete sincerity.
Take Zhailon Levingston, co-director of Cats: The Jellicle Ball. We asked him what an award named after him would be called, and while some nominees happily matched our goofy energy, Levingston used the moment to remind us that we are “a we and not a one.”
How’s that for a classy cat? It’s true what they say: “Jellicles can and Jellicles do.”