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The nominations for the 2025 Tony Awards were announced this morning, honoring productions from the 2024–25 Broadway season. The Tonys are given out each year by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing to honor outstanding achievements in 26 categories of Broadway artistry.
The actors Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce revealed the full list of nominees live on YouTube at 9am. Among the 2024-25 Broadway productions earning the most nominations are the new musicals Maybe Happy Ending (10), Death Becomes Her (10), Buena Vista Social Club (10) and Dead Outlaw (7) and Just in Time (6) and the new plays The Hills of California (7), John Proctor Is the Villain (7), The Hills of California (7), Purpose (6), The Picture of Dorian Gray (6) and Oh, Mary! (5), as well as the revivals Sunset Blvd. (7), Floyd Collins (6) and Gypsy (5).
The Tony Awards ceremony, hosted this year by Cynthia Erivo, will be held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 8, 2025, and the main part will be televised on CBS in a three-hour broadcast starting at 8pm ET. (The event can also be watched live throughout the country by premium subscribers to the streaming service Paramount+.)
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Here is a complete list of the official nominations for the 2025 Tony Awards (not to be confused with the 2025 TONY* nominations, which we revealed yesterday).
Best Play
English by Sanaz Toossi
The Hills of California by Jez Butterworth
John Proctor Is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola
Purpose by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Best Musical
Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat
Best Revival of a Play
Eureka Day
Our Town
Romeo + Juliet
Yellow Face
Best Revival of a Musical
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Sunset Blvd.
Best Book of a Musical
Buena Vista Social Club by Marco Ramirez
Dead Outlaw by Itamar Moses
Death Becomes Her by Marco Pennette
Maybe Happy Ending by Will Aronson and Hue Park
Operation Mincemeat by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Dead Outlaw by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
Death Becomes Her by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
Maybe Happy Ending by Will Aronson and Hue Park
Operation Mincemeat by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts
Real Women Have Curves by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
Jon Michael Hill, Purpose
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
Henry Lennix, Purpose
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 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 an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd.
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World
Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical
Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.
Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Glenn Davis, Purpose
Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor Is the Villain
Francis Jue, Yellow Fac
Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Tala Ashe, English
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
Marjan Neshat, English
Fina Strazza, John Proctor Is the Villain
Kara Young, Purpose
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash
Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role 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
Joy Woods, Gypsy
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 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 Blvd.
Best Choreography
Joshua Bergasse, Smash
Camille A. Brown, Gypsy
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club
Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
Jerry Mitchell, Boop! The Musical
Best Orchestrations
Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending
Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins
David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Blvd.
Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club
Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether and 59 (Benjamin Pearcy and Leo Warner), Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Marsha Ginsberg, English
Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Rob Howell, The Hills of California
Scott Pask, Good Night, and Good Luck
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 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 Costume Design of a Musical
Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club
Gregg Barnes, Boop! The Musical
Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending
Paul Tazewell, Death Become Her
Catherine Zuber, Just in Time
Best Lighting Design of a Play
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
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd.
Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club
Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending
Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her
Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd Collins
Best Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Palmer Heffera, 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
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club
Adam Fisher, Sunset Blvd.
Peter Hylenski, Death Becomes Her
Peter Hylenski, Just in Time
Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins
The Tonys have also announced the recipients of this year's noncompetitive Tony Awards and Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre:
Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement (noncompetitive)
Harvey Fierstein
Isabella Stevenson Award (noncompetitive)
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Special Tony Awards (noncompetitive)
The musicians who make up the band of Buena Vista Social Club
The Illusions & Technical Effects of Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Regional Theatre Tony Award (noncompetitive)
Not yet announced
Honors for Excellence in the Theatre (noncompetitive)
Robert Fried
Great Performances
New 42
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
