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 Nominees

Here's a comprehensive look at the nominees for the 2025 Tony Awards, honoring the 2024-2025 Broadway season.

Awards by Category

Awards for Productions (Plays & Musicals)

• 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 Musical

  • Floyd Collins
  • Gypsy
  • Just in Time
  • Sunset Boulevard

• Best Revival of a Play

  • Eureka Day
  • Glengarry Glen Ross
  • Home
  • Othello
  • Thornton Wilder's Our Town

Awards for Performers

• Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

  • Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
  • Jeremy Jordan, Death Becomes Her
  • Adrian Lucas, Buena Vista Social Club
  • Ben Platt, Death Becomes Her
  • Denzel Washington, The Piano Lesson

• Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

  • Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
  • Helen J Shen, Maybe Happy Ending
  • Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard
  • Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her
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• 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 Actress in a Play

  • Kara Young, Purpose 
  • Tala Ashe, English
  • Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
  • Marjan Neshat, English
  • Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the VillainOther Categories (Representative Selection)

• Best Book of a Musical

  • Marco Ramirez, Buena Vista Social Club
  • Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw
  • Marco Pennette, Death Becomes Her
  • Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending
  • David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

• Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

  • David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
  • Will Butler, Stereophonic
  • Itamar Moses & Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw
  • Will Aronson & Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending

• 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 Boulevard

• 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 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 Scenic Design of a Play

  • David Bergman and Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Miriam Buether and 59 Productions, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
  • Marsha Ginsberg, English
  • Rob Howell, The Hills of California
  • Scott Pask, Good Night, and Good Luck

• 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 Lighting Design of a Musical

  • Jack Knowles, Sunset Boulevard
  • Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club
  • Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending
  • Ruey Horng Sun and Scott Zielinski, Floyd Collins
  • Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her

• Best Lighting Design of a Play

  • David Bengali and Heather Gilbert, Good Night, and Good Luck
  • Natasha Chivers, The Hills of California
  • Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
  • Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski, John Proctor is the Villain
  • Nick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray

• Best Sound Design of a Musical

  • Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club
  • Adam Fisher, Sunset Boulevard
  • Peter Hylenski, Just in Time
  • Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending
  • Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins

• 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

• Orchestrations

  • Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club
  • Kris Kukul, Dead Outlaw
  • Ethan Pakchar, Maybe Happy Ending
  • Orion Griffiths, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Nominees by Individual

Performers & Creatives with Multiple Nominations

• Will Aronson (2 nominations)

  • Best Book of a Musical (Maybe Happy Ending)
  • Best Original Score (Maybe Happy Ending)

• David Cumming (2 nominations)

  • Best Book of a Musical (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
  • Best Original Score (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)

• Felix Hagan (2 nominations)

  • Best Book of a Musical (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
  • Best Original Score (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)

• Marg Horwell (2 nominations)

  • Best Scenic Design of a Play (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
  • Best Costume Design of a Play (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

• Rob Howell (2 nominations)

  • Best Scenic Design of a Play (The Hills of California)
  • Best Costume Design of a Play (The Hills of California)

• Peter Hylenski (2 nominations)

  • Best Sound Design of a Musical (Just in Time)
  • Best Sound Design of a Musical (Maybe Happy Ending)

• Natasha Hodgson (2 nominations)

  • Best Book of a Musical (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
  • Best Original Score (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)

• Derek McLane (2 nominations)

  • Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Death Becomes Her)
  • Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Just in Time)

• Hue Park (2 nominations)

  • Best Book of a Musical (Maybe Happy Ending)
  • Best Original Score (Maybe Happy Ending)

• Zoë Roberts (2 nominations)

  • Best Book of a Musical (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
  • Best Original Score (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)

Other Nominees (Alphabetical)

• Brenda Abbandandolo - Best Costume Design of a Play (Good Night, and Good Luck)
• Knud Adams - Best Direction of a Play (English)
• Saheem Ali - Best Direction of a Musical (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Michael Arden - Best Direction of a Musical (Maybe Happy Ending)
• Paul Arditti - Best Sound Design of a Play (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
• Brooks Ashmanskas - Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (SMASH)
• Tala Ashe - Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (English)
• Gregg Barnes - Best Costume Design of a Musical (Death Becomes Her)
• Natalie Venetia Belcon - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Buena Vista Social Club)
• David Bengali - Best Lighting Design of a Play (Good Night, and Good Luck)
• Jeb Brown - Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Dead Outlaw)
• Miriam Buether - Best Scenic Design of a Play (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
• Danny Burstein - Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Gypsy)
• Will Butler - Best Original Score (Stereophonic)
• Natasha Chivers - Best Lighting Design of a Play (The Hills of California)
• Jon Clark - Best Lighting Design of a Play (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
• George Clooney - Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Good Night, and Good Luck)
• Darren Criss - Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Maybe Happy Ending)
• David Cromer - Best Direction of a Musical (Dead Outlaw)
• Jonathan Deans - Best Sound Design of a Musical (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Laura Donnelly - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (The Hills of California)
• Cole Escola - Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Oh, Mary!)
• Mia Farrow - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (The Roommate)
• Adam Fisher - Best Sound Design of a Musical (Sunset Boulevard)
• Eboni Flowers - Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play (Purpose)
• Christopher Gattelli - Best Direction of a Musical (Death Becomes Her)
• Heather Gilbert - Best Lighting Design of a Play (Good Night, and Good Luck)
• Rachel Hauck - Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Swept Away)
• Palmer Hefferan - Best Sound Design of a Play (John Proctor is the Villain)
• Jessica Hecht - Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (Eureka Day)
• Megan Hilty - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Death Becomes Her)
• Jon Michael Hill - Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Purpose)
• LaTanya Richardson Jackson - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Purpose)
• Jeremy Jordan - Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Death Becomes Her)
• Natasha Katz - Best Lighting Design of a Play (John Proctor is the Villain)
• Celia Keenan-Bolger - Isabelle Stevenson Award Recipient (Good Night, and Good Luck)
• Daniel Dae Kim - Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Yellow Face)
• Julia Knitel - Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Dead Outlaw)
• Daniel Kluger - Best Sound Design of a Play (Good Night, and Good Luck)
• Jack Knowles - Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Sunset Boulevard)
• Kris Kukul - Orchestrations (Dead Outlaw)
• Gracie Lawrence - Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Just in Time)
• Harry Lennix - Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Purpose)
• Jamie Lloyd - Best Direction of a Musical (Sunset Boulevard)
• Adrian Lucas - Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Justina Machado - Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Real Women Have Curves: The Musical)
• Jak Malone - Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
• Arnulfo Maldonado - Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Louis McCartney - Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
• Sam Mendes - Best Direction of a Play (The Hills of California)
• Tyler Micoleau - Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Itamar Moses - Best Book of a Musical (Dead Outlaw); Best Original Score (Dead Outlaw)
• Marjan Neshat - Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (English)
• Marco Paguia - Orchestrations (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Ethan Pakchar - Orchestrations (Maybe Happy Ending)
• Scott Pask - Best Scenic Design of a Play (Good Night, and Good Luck)
• Marco Pennette - Best Book of a Musical (Death Becomes Her)
• Holly Pierson - Best Costume Design of a Play (Oh, Mary!)
• Sam Pinkleton - Best Direction of a Play (Oh, Mary!)
• Ben Platt - Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Death Becomes Her)
• Nick Powell - Best Sound Design of a Play (The Hills of California)
• Clint Ramos - Best Costume Design of a Musical (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Marco Ramirez - Best Book of a Musical (Buena Vista Social Club)
• Brigitte Reiffenstuel - Best Costume Design of a Play (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
• Nicole Scherzinger - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Sunset Boulevard)
• Nick Schlieper - Best Lighting Design of a Play (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
• Dan Moses Schreier - Best Sound Design of a Musical (Floyd Collins)
• Helen J Shen - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Maybe Happy Ending)
• Jennifer Simard - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Death Becomes Her)
• Sadie Sink - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (John Proctor is the Villain)
• Sarah Snook - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
• Ben Stanton - Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Maybe Happy Ending)
• Fina Strazza - Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (John Proctor is the Villain)
• Ruey Horng Sun - Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Floyd Collins)
• Danya Taymor - Best Direction of a Play (John Proctor is the Villain)
• Justin Townsend - Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Death Becomes Her)
• Taylor Trensch - Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Floyd Collins)
• Denzel Washington - Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (The Piano Lesson)
• Hannah Wasileski - Best Lighting Design of a Play (John Proctor is the Villain)
• Clemence Williams - Best Sound Design of a Play (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
• Kip Williams - Best Direction of a Play (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
• Joy Woods - Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Gypsy)
• Catherine Zuber - Best Costume Design of a Musical (Sunset Boulevard)

Nominated Productions

Productions with Multiple Nominations

• Buena Vista Social Club (10 nominations)

  • Best Musical
  • Best Book of a Musical
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Natalie Venetia Belcon)
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Adrian Lucas)
  • Best Direction of a Musical
  • Best Scenic Design of a Musical
  • Best Costume Design of a Musical
  • Best Lighting Design of a Musical
  • Best Sound Design of a Musical
  • Orchestrations

• Death Becomes Her (10 nominations)

  • Best Musical
  • Best Book of a Musical
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Megan Hilty)
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Jennifer Simard)
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Jeremy Jordan)
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Ben Platt)
  • Best Direction of a Musical
  • Best Scenic Design of a Musical
  • Best Costume Design of a Musical
  • Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• Maybe Happy Ending (10 nominations)

  • Best Musical
  • Best Book of a Musical
  • Best Original Score
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Darren Criss)
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Helen J Shen)
  • Best Direction of a Musical
  • Best Scenic Design of a Musical
  • Best Lighting Design of a Musical
  • Best Sound Design of a Musical
  • Orchestrations

• Dead Outlaw (7 nominations)

  • Best Musical
  • Best Book of a Musical
  • Best Original Score
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Jeb Brown)
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Julia Knitel)
  • Best Direction of a Musical
  • Orchestrations

• The Hills of California (7 nominations)

  • Best Play
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Laura Donnelly)
  • Best Direction of a Play
  • Best Scenic Design of a Play
  • Best Costume Design of a Play
  • Best Lighting Design of a Play
  • Best Sound Design of a Play

• John Proctor is the Villain (7 nominations)

  • Best Play
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Sadie Sink)
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (Fina Strazza)
  • Best Direction of a Play
  • Best Lighting Design of a Play
  • Best Sound Design of a Play

• Sunset Boulevard (7 nominations)

  • Best Revival of a Musical
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Nicole Scherzinger)
  • Best Direction of a Musical
  • Best Scenic Design of a Musical
  • Best Costume Design of a Musical
  • Best Lighting Design of a Musical
  • Best Sound Design of a Musical

• Floyd Collins (6 nominations)

  • Best Revival of a Musical
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Taylor Trensch)
  • Best Lighting Design of a Musical
  • Best Sound Design of a Musical

• Just in Time (6 nominations)

  • Best Revival of a Musical
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Gracie Lawrence)
  • Best Scenic Design of a Musical
  • Best Sound Design of a Musical

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (6 nominations)

  • Best Play
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Sarah Snook)
  • Best Direction of a Play
  • Best Scenic Design of a Play
  • Best Costume Design of a Play
  • Best Lighting Design of a Play
  • Best Sound Design of a Play

• Purpose (6 nominations)

  • Best Play
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Jon Michael Hill)
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Harry Lennix)
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (LaTanya Richardson Jackson)
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play (Eboni Flowers)

• English (5 nominations)

  • Best Play
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (Tala Ashe)
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (Marjan Neshat)
  • Best Direction of a Play
  • Best Scenic Design of a Play

• Good Night, and Good Luck (5 nominations)

  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (George Clooney)
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play (Celia Keenan-Bolger)
  • Best Scenic Design of a Play
  • Best Costume Design of a Play
  • Best Lighting Design of a Play
  • Best Sound Design of a Play

• Gypsy (5 nominations)

  • Best Revival of a Musical
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Danny Burstein)
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Joy Woods)

• Oh, Mary! (5 nominations)

  • Best Play
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Cole Escola)
  • Best Direction of a Play
  • Best Costume Design of a Play)

• Stranger Things: The First Shadow (5 nominations)

  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Louis McCartney)
  • Best Scenic Design of a Play
  • Best Costume Design of a Play
  • Best Lighting Design of a Play
  • Best Sound Design of a Play

• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (4 nominations)

  • Best Musical
  • Best Book of a Musical
  • Best Original Score
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Jak Malone)
  • Orchestrations

• BOOP! The Musical (3 nominations)

  • (Details on nominations needed to list categories)

• Yellow Face (3 nominations)

  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Daniel Dae Kim)
  • (Details on other nominations needed to list categories)

• Eureka Day (2 nominations)

  • Best Revival of a Play
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (Jessica Hecht)

• Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (2 nominations)

  • Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Justina Machado)
  • (Details on other nominations needed to list categories)

• SMASH (2 nominations)

  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Brooks Ashmanskas)
  • (Details on other nominations needed to list categories)

Other Nominated Productions (Alphabetical)

• Glengarry Glen Ross (1 nomination)

  • Best Revival of a Play

• Home (1 nomination)

  • Best Revival of a Play

• Othello (1 nomination)

  • Best Revival of a Play

• The Roommate (1 nomination)

  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Mia Farrow)

• Swept Away (1 nomination)

  • Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• Thornton Wilder's Our Town (1 nomination)

  • Best Revival of a Play