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FYI, Here Are the 2022 Tony Awards Nominees

May 11, 2022 Gen-Z Editor

Nominations are in! ‘A Strange Loop’ leads Broadway’s biggest awarding ceremony with 11 nods while ‘Michael Jackson’ and ‘Paradise Square’ both come in with 10 nominations. Check out the complete list here.

Yes, Tony Awards are back! Early on this week, the nominations for the 75^th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards® were announced in honor of productions from Broadway’s first full season ever since the stages darkened for a year and a half due to the COVID shutdown. Announced by Tony Award-winner Adrienne Warren and three-time Tony nominee Joshua Henry, the nominees for the 26 competitive categories were presented by The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing.

This year’s Tony Awards ceremony will commence on June 12 in Broadway’s very own hometown in New York City – as announced live on the Tony Awards YouTube channel by ‘Bring it on’ star and ‘Hamilton’ alumni last Monday, May 9. Oscar’s ‘West Side Story’ breakout star, Ariana DeBose, is set to host the said event at the Radio City Music Hall.

Sweeping the board with 11 nominations, the mind-blowing Pulitzer-winning original musical and play that retells the 2008 financial crisis – ‘A Strange Loop’ – dominates the nomination list. On the other hand, the jukebox musical, ‘MJ’ which features the best hits of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, came with 10 nods, alongside ‘Paradise Square’.

Broadway fans are already raving as the competition gets more intense as The Music Man’s Hugh Jackson is going up against Mr. Saturday Night’s Billy Crystal for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.

Here’s How to Watch the 2022 Tony Awards

This year’s Tony Awards will be televised live throughout the country on CBS from 8 pm ET. Some of the awards given to the best Broadway musical in honor of its outstanding performance in acting, writing, directing, and design will be streamed earlier on the streaming service Paramount+. As highlighted in the announcement, five Honors of Excellence in the Theater will also be awarded during the ceremony.

The Complete List of the 2022 Tony Awards Nominations

Here’s the complete list of nominees for the 2022 Tony Awards:

Best Play

Clyde’s (Lynn Nottage)
Hangmen (Martin McDonagh)
The Lehman Trilogy (Stefano Massini, Ben Power)
The Minutes (Tracy Letts)
Skeleton Crew (Dominique Morisseau)

Best Musical

Girl From the North Country
MJ
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
Six
A Strange Loop

Best Revival of a Play

American Buffalo
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
How I Learned to Drive
Take Me Out
Trouble in Mind

Best Revival of a Musical

Caroline, or Change
Company
The Music Man

Best Book of a Musical

Mr. Saturday Night (Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel)
A Strange Loop (Michael R. Jackson)
Flying Over Sunset (James Lapine)
Six (Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss)
Girl from the North Country (Conor McPherson)

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

Mr. Saturday Night (Jason Robert Brown and Amanda Green)
A Strange Loop (Michael R. Jackson)
Flying Over Sunset (Tom Kitt and Michael Korie)
Six (Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss)
The Lehman Trilogy (Nick Powell)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Simon Russell Beale (The Lehman Trilogy)
Adam Godley (The Lehman Trilogy)
David Morse (How I Learned to Drive)
Sam Rockwell (American Buffalo)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Lackawanna Blues)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Emily Davis (Is This A Room)
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind)
Deirdre O’Connell (Dana H.)
Mary-Louise Parker (How I Learned to Drive)
Roslyn Ruff (The Skin of Our Teeth)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Billy Crystal (Mr. Saturday Night)
Myles Frost (MJ)
Hugh Jackman (The Music Man)
Rob McClure (Mrs. Doubtfire)
Jaquel Spivey (A Strange Loop)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Sharon D Clarke (Caroline, or Change)
Sutton Foster (The Music Man)
Joaquina Kalukango (Paradise Square)
Katrina Lenk (Company)
Mare Winningham (Girl from the North Country)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Chuck Cooper (Trouble in Mind)
Brandon J. Dirden (Skeleton Crew)
Gabriel Ebert (Pass Over)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Take Me Out)
Austin Pendleton (The Minutes)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Chanté Adams (Skeleton Crew)
Uzo Aduba (Clyde’s)
Johanna Day (How I Learned to Drive)
Rachel Dratch (POTUS)
Jessica Frances Dukes (Trouble in Mind)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Matt Doyle (Company)
Claybourne Elder (Company)
Jefferson Mays (The Music Man)
John-Andrew Morrison (A Strange Loop)
David Paymer (Mr. Saturday Night)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Shoshana Bean (Mr. Saturday Night)
Jayne Houdyshell (The Music Man)
Tamika Lawrence (Caroline, or Change)
Patti LuPone (Company)
Jennifer Simard (Company)

Best Direction of a Play

Scott Ellis (Take Me Out)
Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy)
Neil Pepe (American Buffalo)
Anna D. Shapiro (The Minutes)
Les Waters (Dana H.)

Best Direction of a Musical

Stephen Brackett (A Strange Loop)
Marianne Elliott (Company)
Conor McPherson (Girl from the North Country)
Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage (Six)
Jerry Zaks (The Music Man)

Best Choreography

Camille A. Brown (for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf)
Warren Carlyle (The Music Man)
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille (Six)
Bill T. Jones, Alex Sanchez, Garrett Coleman and Jason Oremus (Paradise Square)
Christopher Wheeldon and Rich + Tone Talauega (MJ)

Best Orchestrations

David Cullan (Company)
Tom Curran (Six)
Simon Hale (Girl from the North Country)
David Holcenberg and Jason Michael Webb (MJ)
Charlie Rosen (A Strange Loop)

Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty (Plaza Suite)
Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy)
Scott Pask (American Buffalo)
Adam Rigg (The Skin of Our Teeth)
David Zinn (The Minutes)

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Bunny Christie (Company)
Santo Loquasto (The Music Man)
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini (MJ)
Allen Moyer (Paradise Square)
Rae Smith (Girl from the North Country)

Best Costume Design of a Play

Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth
Sarafina Bush, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf Jane Greenwood, Plaza Suite
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde’s
Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Susan Hilferty (Funny Girl)
Toni-Leslie James (Paradise Square)
Santo Loquasto (The Music Man)
Gabriella Slade (Six)
Paul Tazewell (MJ)

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jiyoun Chang (for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf)
Jon Clark (The Lehman Trilogy)
Brian MacDevitt (The Minutes)
Paul Toben (Dana H.)
Yi Zhao (The Skin of Our Teeth)