Nominations announced for 2026 TONY AWARDS
The nominees for the 2026 Tony Awards have been announced today by Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss, prior to the winners’ ceremony being held at Radio City in New York on 7 June.
The Tony Awards, hosted by pop star P!nk, will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network, with streaming available on Paramount+.
The full list of nominees are as follows:
Best Book of a Musical:
David Hornsby and Chris Hoch, The Lost Boys
Cinco Paul, Schmigadoon!
Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousoulí and Tye Blue, Titanique
Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
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Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) written for the theatre:
Caroline Shaw, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Steve Bargonetti, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
The Rescues, The Lost Boys
Cinco Paul, Schmigadoon!
Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
Will Harrison, Punch
Nathan Lane, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
John Lithgow, Giant
Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing
Mark Strong, Oedipus
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:
Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels
Carrie Coon, Bug
Susannah Flood, Liberation
Lesley Manville, Oedipus
Kelli O’Hara, Fallen Angels
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Nicholas Christopher, Chess
Luke Evans, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Joshua Henry, Ragtime
Sam Tutty, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Brandon Uranowitz, Ragtime
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Sara Chase, Schmigadoon!
Stephanie Hsu, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Caissie Levy, Ragtime
Marla Mindelle, Titanique
Christiani Pitts, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
Christopher Abbott, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Danny Burstein, Marjorie Prime
Brandon J Dirden, Waiting for Godot
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Richard Thomas, The Balusters
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Betsy Aidem, Liberation
Marylouise Burke, The Balusters
Aya Cash, Giant
Laurie Metcalf, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
June Squibb, Marjorie Prime
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Lost Boys
André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Bryce Pinkham, Chess
Ben Levi Ross, Ragtime
Layton Williams, Titanique
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Shoshana Bean, The Lost Boys
Hannah Cruz, Chess
Rachel Dratch, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Ana Gasteyer, Schmigadoon!
Nichelle Lewis, Ragtime
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Best Scenic Design of a Play:
Hildegard Becthler, Oedipus
Takeshi Kata, Bug
David Korins, Dog Day Afternoon
Chloe Lamford, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
David Rockwell, Fallen Angel
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Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
dots, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Soutra Gilmour, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Rachel Hauck, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Dane Laffrey, The Lost Boys
Scott Pask, Schmigadoon!
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Best Costume Design of a Play:
Brenda Abbandandolo, Dog Day Afternoon
Qween Jean, Liberation
Jeff Mahshie, Fallen Angels
Emilio Sosa, The Balusters
Paul Tazewell, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
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Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Linda Cho, Ragtime
Linda Cho, Schmigadoon!
Qween Jean, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Ryan Park, The Lost Boys
David I Reynoso, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
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Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Isabella Byrd, Dog Day Afternoon
Natasha Chivers, Oedipus
Stacey Derosier, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Heather Gilbert, Bug
Heather Gilbert, The Fear of 13
Jack Knowles, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
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Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Kevin Adams, Chess
Jane Cox, Richard O’Brien’s 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
Jen Schriever and Michael Arden, The Lost Boys
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Best Sound Design of a Play:
Justin Ellington, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Tom Gibbons, Oedipus
Lee Kinney, The Fear of 13
Josh Schmidt, Bug
Mikaal Sulaiman, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
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Best Sound Design of a Musical:
Kai Harada, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Kai Harada, Ragtime
Adam Fisher, The Lost Boys
Brian Ronan, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Walter Trarbach, Schmigadoon!
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Best Direction of a Play:
Nicholas Hytner, Giant
Robert Icke, Oedipus
Kenny Leon, The Balusters
Joe Montello, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Whitney White, Liberation
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Best Direction of a Musical:
Michael Arden, The Lost Boys
Lear deBessonet, Ragtime
Christopher Gatelli, Schmigadoon!
Tim Jackson, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
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Best Choreography:
Christopher Gatelli, Schmigadoon!
Ellenore Scott, Ragtime
Ani Taj, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant, The Lost Boys
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Best Orchestrations:
Doug Besterman and Mike Morris, Schmigadoon!
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
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Best Play:
The Balusters
Giant
Liberation
Little Bear Ridge Road
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Best Musical:
The Lost Boys
Schmigadoon!
Titanique
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
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Best Revival of a Play
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Becky Shaw
Every Brilliant Thing
Fallen Angels
Oedipus
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Best Revival of a Musical:
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Ragtime
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Congratulations to all of the nominees!! For more info on the awards, please click here.