{"id":1946795,"date":"2025-08-07T15:04:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1946795"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:04:40","slug":"tony-nominations-go-to-george-clooney-nicole-scherzinger-sadie-sink-and-more-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tony-nominations-go-to-george-clooney-nicole-scherzinger-sadie-sink-and-more-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony nominations go to George Clooney, Nicole Scherzinger, Sadie Sink and more : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce announced the nominations for the 78th Annual Tony Awards on Thursday morning. The full list is below.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

The awards ceremony, hosted by Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, will be June 8 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.<\/p>\n

No one show is sweeping the nominations of this year’s Tonys \u2014 and that’s a good thing. It was one of the strongest seasons in memory. Sure, there were celebrities \u2014 those nominated for awards include film and TV stars George Clooney, Nicole Scherzinger, Sadie Sink, Sarah Snook and Mia Farrow, plus Broadway legends such as Audra McDonald, James Monroe Iglehart, Brooks Ashmanskas and Jeremy Jordan. (That list doesn’t include those who were\/are on Broadway this season and aren’t nominated, like Denzel Washington, Robert Downey Jr., Kieran Culkin and Nick Jonas.)<\/p>\n

But it wasn’t a great season because (or just because) of so many famous people on stage.<\/p>\n

It was great because the shows are spectacular.<\/p>\n

That’s likely why three shows are tied for most nominations: Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending with 10 each, including best musical. These are excellent productions, but there is so much goodness here. Operation Mincemeat, also nominated for best musical, managed to be simultaneously moving and zany \u2014 perhaps the most fun show I saw this year. And the other musical nominated, Dead Outlaw, is wildly original, with earworm tunes.<\/p>\n

And that list doesn’t include the shows that were nominated for things other than best musical \u2026 but were fantastic, nonetheless. There was the warm charm of BOOP!, based on the Betty Boop cartoon character; the glitz of SMASH, based on the TV show; the joy radiating from Real Women Have Curves.<\/p>\n

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Then there are the plays. Plays are often overshadowed during Tony season \u2014 it’s the musicals that will tour, after all, and plays tend to have shorter runs. But this year, it was often the plays that dazzled. The Picture of Dorian Gray has six nominations (though not for best play) \u2014 and it is a wonder. Sarah Snook becomes 26 characters and the production uses live video and recorded video to have her interact with \u2026 herself. Purpose is a funny, incisive look from Tony-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins about how racism warps one American political family. John Proctor is the Villain has a punch of an ending. Oh, Mary! is a raunchy farce.<\/p>\n

All this is to say \u2014 if you’re in New York, go see a show<\/a> that opened this season on Broadway. Any show, whether it is nominated for a Tony Award or not. This is the rare year when no matter what you choose, you’re likely to be moved to cry or dance or laugh. There is spectacle. There is diverse representation. There are majestic performances. There is intensity. This season, Broadway is not just back \u2014 it is raising the bar. Here’s the list:<\/p>\n

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2025 Tony Nominations<\/h3>\n

Best Musical<\/strong>
Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical<\/p>\n

Best Play<\/strong>
English
The Hills of California
John Proctor is the Villain
Oh, Mary!
Purpose<\/p>\n

Best Revival of a Play<\/strong>
Eureka Day
Romeo + Juliet
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town
Yellow Face<\/p>\n

Best Revival of a Musical<\/strong>
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical<\/strong>
Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her<\/p>\n

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play<\/strong>
Glenn Davis, Purpose
Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain
Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!<\/p>\n

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play<\/strong>
Tala Ashe, English
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
Marjan Neshat, English
Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain
Kara Young, Purpose<\/p>\n

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical<\/strong>
Brooks Ashmanskas, SMASH
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins<\/p>\n

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Best Direction of a Play<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Best Direction of a Musical<\/strong>
Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club
Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
David Cromer, Dead Outlaw
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Blvd.<\/p>\n

Best Book of a Musical<\/strong>
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 Zo\u00eb Roberts<\/p>\n

Best Original Score (Music and\/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre<\/strong>
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 & Lyrics: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zo\u00eb Roberts
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, Music & Lyrics: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez<\/p>\n

Best Choreography<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Best Orchestrations<\/strong>
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.<\/p>\n

Best Scenic Design of a Musical<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Best Costume Design of a Play<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Best Costume Design of a Musical<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Best Lighting Design of a Play<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Best Lighting Design of a Musical<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Best Sound Design of a Play<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Best Sound Design of a Musical<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Best Scenic Design of a Play<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n

Special Tony Awards will be presented to:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The musicians who make up the band of\u00a0Buena Vista Social Club\u00a0– Marco Paguia (Music Director, Conductor\/Piano); David Oquendo (Associate Music Director, Guitar); Renesito Avich (Tres); Gustavo Schartz (Bass); Javier D\u00edas, Rom\u00e1n Diaz, Mauricio Herrera (Percussion); Jesus Ricardo (Trumpet); Eddie Venegas (Trombone); Hery Paz (Woodwinds); Leonardo Reyna (Piano);<\/p>\n

The Illusions & Technical Effects of\u00a0Stranger Things: The First Shadow\u00a0(Jamie Harrison, Chris Fisher, Gary Beestone & Edward Pierce).\u00a0<\/p>\n

As previously announced, the 2025 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre will be presented to Great Performances, Michael Price, New 42, and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award will be presented to Celia Keenan-Bolger. Harvey Fierstein will receive the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

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