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The 79th Tony Awards have arrived after a year of shrinkflation, as Helen Shaw, our chief theater critic put it. Just 11 musicals, both new and revivals, opened this season, compared to 21 in the previous year. Still, the slate of offerings also amounted to an “embarrassment of riches,” she wrote.
There was a glittering array of scene-stealing moments in this year’s shows. And productions keep getting starrier as they bet on celebrities to boost ticket sales, both onstage and behind the scenes as co-producers.
The ceremony, which will be hosted by the pop singer-songwriter Pink, kicks off at 8 p.m. at Radio City Music Hall. The show will be broadcast live on CBS and is available to stream on Paramount+. Several awards will be announced at a preshow ceremony at 6:35 p.m., hosted by Laura Benanti, who won a Tony Award in the 2008 revival of “Gypsy,” and Tituss Burgess, who last year played Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!” The preshow is free to stream on Pluto TV.
“The Lost Boys” and “Schmigadoon!” — both new musicals — lead the pack with 12 nominations apiece, and a revival of “Ragtime” is close behind with 11. In the play categories, “Death of a Salesman” leads with nine nods, and “Oedipus” has seven. Expect live musical numbers from all of the nominees for best musical and best musical revival, along with a tribute to “A Chorus Line” by Rachel Zegler and a performance by Leslie Odom Jr. in honor of the 30th anniversary of “Rent.”
Follow along as we update the list of winners.
Best Book of a Musical
“Schmigadoon!,” Cinco Paul
Nominees in this category: “The Lost Boys,” David Hornsby and Chris Hoch; Cinco Paul; “Titaníque,” Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue; “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York),” Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Chloe Lamford, “Death of a Salesman”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Dane Laffrey, “The Lost Boys”
Nominees in this category: dots, “The Rocky Horror Show”; Soutra Gilmour, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”; Rachel Hauck, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”; Scott Pask, “Schmigadoon!”
Best Costume Design of a Play
Jeff Mahshie, “Fallen Angels”
Nominees in this category: Brenda Abbandandolo, “Dog Day Afternoon”; Qween Jean, “Liberation”; Emilio Sosa, “The Balusters”; Paul Tazewell, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Qween Jean, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Nominees in this category: Linda Cho, “Ragtime”; Linda Cho, “Schmigadoon!”; Ryan Park, “The Lost Boys”; David I. Reynoso, “The Rocky Horror Show”
Best Original Score
“Schmigadoon!,” Cinco Paul
Nominees in this category: “Death of a Salesman,” Caroline Shaw; “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” Steve Bargonetti; “The Lost Boys,” the Rescues; “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York),” Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Jack Knowles, “Death of a Salesman”
Nominees in this category: Isabella Byrd, “Dog Day Afternoon”; Natasha Chivers, “Oedipus”; Stacey Derosier, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”; Heather Gilbert, “Bug”; Heather Gilbert, “The Fear of 13”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Jen Schriever and Michael Arden, “The Lost Boys”
Nominees in this category: Kevin Adams, “Chess”; Jane Cox, “The Rocky Horror Show”; Donald Holder, “Schmigadoon!”; Adam Honoré, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”; Adam Honoré and Donald Holder (lighting design) and 59 Studio (projection design),“Ragtime”
Best Sound Design of a Play
Mikaal Sulaiman, “Death of a Salesman”
Nominees in this category: Justin Ellington, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”; Tom Gibbons, “Oedipus”; Lee Kinney, “The Fear of 13”; Josh Schmidt, “Bug”
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada, “Ragtime”
Nominees in this category: Kai Harada, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”; Adam Fisher, “The Lost Boys”; Brian Ronan, “The Rocky Horror Show”; Walter Trarbach, “Schmigadoon!”
Best Choreography
Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Nominees in this category: Christopher Gattelli, “Schmigadoon!”; Ellenore Scott, “Ragtime”; Ani Taj, “The Rocky Horror Show”; Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant, “The Lost Boys”
Best Orchestrations
Doug Besterman and Mike Morris, “Schmigadoon!”
Nominees in this category: Ethan Popp, Kyler England, Adrianne “AG” Gonzalez and Gabriel Mann, “The Lost Boys”; Lux Pyramid, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”; Brian Usifer, “Chess”; Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Wilson, Trevor Holder and Doug Schadt, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement
André Bishop, Jules Fisher and James Lapine
