The Tony Awards nominators didn’t have much time. This year, in a crush of openings, 12 Broadway shows opened in the nine days before the eligibility deadline. (To qualify, a Broadway show must have opened between April 28, 2023, and April 25, 2024.)
Nevertheless, the nominees for the 2024 Tonys were announced Tuesday morning on CBS and via livestream by the Tony winners Jesse Tyler Ferguson (2022, “Take Me Out”) and Renée Elise Goldsberry (2016, “Hamilton”). In a spread of achievements, 28 of the 36 eligible shows picked up at least one nomination.
“Hell’s Kitchen,” Alicia Keys’s semi-autobiographical musical, and “Stereophonic,” David Adjmi’s play about a rock band recording a studio album, each picked up 13 Tony Award nominations, the most of any other productions this year. “Stereophonic” also triumphed for its ensemble acting: five of its seven performers were singled out for individual acting nominations.
[Highlights From the 2024 Tony Nominations]
And notable screen actors were recognized for their stage roles: Daniel Radcliffe picked up his first Tony nomination with his fifth Broadway show, a revival of “Merrily We Roll Along”; Jeremy Strong earned a nomination for “An Enemy of the People”; Rachel McAdams for “Mary Jane”; and Sarah Paulson for “Appropriate.”
“Purlie Victorious”
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Best Musical Revival
“Cabaret”
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“Gutenberg! The Musical!”
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“Merrily We Roll Along”
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“The Who’s Tommy”
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Best Book of a Musical
Bekah Brunstetter, “The Notebook”
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Kristoffer Diaz, “Hell’s Kitchen”
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Rick Elice, “Water for Elephants”
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Adam Rapp and Justin Levine, “The Outsiders”
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Shaina Taub, “Suffs”
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Best Leading Actor in a Play
William Jackson Harper, “Uncle Vanya”
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Leslie Odom Jr., “Purlie Victorious”
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Liev Schreiber, “Doubt”
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Jeremy Strong, “An Enemy of the People”
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Michael Stuhlbarg, “Patriots”
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Best Leading Actress in a Play
Betsy Aidem, “Prayer for the French Republic”
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Jessica Lange, “Mother Play”
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Rachel McAdams, “Mary Jane”
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Sarah Paulson, “Appropriate”
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Amy Ryan, “Doubt”
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Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Brody Grant, “The Outsiders”
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Jonathan Groff, “Merrily We Roll Along”
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Dorian Harewood, “The Notebook”
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Brian d’Arcy James, “Days of Wine and Roses”
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Eddie Redmayne, “Cabaret”
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Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Eden Espinosa, “Lempicka”
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Maleah Joi Moon, “Hell’s Kitchen”
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Maryann Plunkett, “The Notebook”
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Kelli O’Hara, “Days of Wine and Roses”
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Gayle Rankin, “Cabaret”
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Best Featured Actor in a Play
Will Brill, “Stereophonic”
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Eli Gelb, “Stereophonic”
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Jim Parsons, “Mother Play”
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Tom Pecinka, “Stereophonic”
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Corey Stoll, “Appropriate”
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Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Roger Bart, “Back to the Future”
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Joshua Boone, “The Outsiders”
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Brandon Victor Dixon, “Hell’s Kitchen”
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Sky Lakota-Lynch, “The Outsiders”
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Daniel Radcliffe, “Merrily We Roll Along”
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Steven Skybell, “Cabaret”
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Best Featured Actress in a Play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, “Doubt”
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Juliana Canfield, “Stereophonic”
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Celia Keenan-Bolger, “Mother Play”
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Sarah Pidgeon, “Stereophonic”
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Kara Young, “Purlie Victorious”
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Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Shoshana Bean, “Hell’s Kitchen”
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Amber Iman, “Lempicka”
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Nikki M. James, “Suffs”
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Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, “Spamalot”
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Kecia Lewis, “Hell’s Kitchen”
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Lindsay Mendez, “Merrily We Roll Along”
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Bebe Neuwirth, “Cabaret”
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Best Direction of a Play
Daniel Aukin, “Stereophonic”
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Anne Kauffman, “Mary Jane”
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Kenny Leon, “Purlie Victorious”
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Lila Neugebauer, “Appropriate”
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Whitney White, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
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Best Direction of a Musical
Maria Friedman, “Merrily We Roll Along”
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Michael Greif, “Hell’s Kitchen”
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Leigh Silverman, “Suffs”
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Jessica Stone, “Water for Elephants”
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Danya Taymor, “The Outsiders”
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Best Scenic Design of a Play
dots, “An Enemy of the People”
dots, “Appropriate”
Derek McLane, “Purlie Victorious”
David Zinn, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
David Zinn, “Stereophonic”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian, “The Outsiders”
Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Tim Hatley and Finn Ross, “Back to the Future”
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Riccardo Hernández and Peter Nigrini, “Lempicka”
Takeshi Kata, “Water for Elephants”
David Korins, “Here Lies Love”
Tom Scutt, “Cabaret”
Best Costume Design of a Play
Dede Ayite, “Appropriate”
Dede Ayite, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
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Enver Chakartash, “Stereophonic”
Emilio Sosa, “Purlie Victorious”
David Zinn, “An Enemy of the People”
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Dede Ayite, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Linda Cho, “The Great Gatsby”
David Israel Reynoso, “Water for Elephants”
Tom Scutt, “Cabaret”
Paul Tazewell, “Suffs”
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Isabella Byrd, “Enemy of the People”
Amith Chandrashaker, “Prayer for the French Republic”
Jiyoun Chang, “Stereophonic”
Jane Cox, “Appropriate”
Natasha Katz, “Grey House”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Brandon Stirling Baker, “Illinoise”
Isabella Byrd, “Cabaret”
Natasha Katz, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Bradley King and David Bengali, “Water for Elephants”
Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim, “The Outsiders”
Best Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington and Stefania Bulbarella, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
Leah Gelpe, “Mary Jane”
Tom Gibbons, “Grey House”
Bray Poor and Will Pickens, “Appropriate”
Ryan Rumery, “Stereophonic”
Best Sound Design of a Musical
M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, “Here Lies Love”
Kai Harada, “Merrily We Roll Along”
Nick Lidster, “Cabaret”
Gareth Owen, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Cody Spencer, “The Outsiders”
Best Original Score
Will Butler, “Stereophonic”
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Adam Guettel, “Days of Wine and Roses”
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Jamestown Revival and Justin Levine, “The Outsiders”
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David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, “Here Lies Love”
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Shaina Taub, “Suffs”
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Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Shana Carroll and Jesse Robb, “Water for Elephants”
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Rick and Jeff Kuperman, “The Outsiders”
Annie-B Parson, “Here Lies Love”
Justin Peck, “Illinoise”
Best Orchestrations
Timo Andres, “Illinoise”
Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Will Butler and Justin Craig, “Stereophonic”
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Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival, “The Outsiders”
Jonathan Tunick, “Merrily We Roll Along”
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Halina Bennet contributed research.
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