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The 79th Tony Awards have arrived after a 12 months of shrinkflationas Helen Shaw, our chief theater critic put it. Simply 11 musicalseach new and revivals, opened this season, in comparison with 21 within the earlier 12 months. Nonetheless, the slate of choices additionally amounted to an “embarrassment of riches,” she wrote.
There was a glittering array of scene-stealing moments on this 12 months’s reveals. And productions hold getting starrier as they wager on celebrities to spice up ticket gross sales, each onstage and behind the scenes as co-producers.
The ceremony, which will probably be hosted by the pop singer-songwriter Pink, kicks off at 8 p.m. at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor. The present will probably be broadcast dwell on CBS and is offered to stream on Paramount+. A number of awards will probably be introduced at a preshow ceremony at 6:35 p.m., hosted by Laura Benantiwho received a Tony Award within the 2008 revival of “Gypsy,” and Tituss Burgesswho final 12 months performed Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!” The preshow is free to stream on Pluto TV.
“The Misplaced Boys” and “Schmigadoon!” — each new musicals — lead the pack with 12 nominations apiece, and a revival of “Ragtime” is shut behind with 11. Within the play classes, “Dying of a Salesman” leads with 9 nods, and “Oedipus” has seven. Count on dwell musical numbers from all the nominees for finest musical and finest musical revival, together with a tribute to “A Refrain Line” by Rachel Zegler and a efficiency by Leslie Odom Jr. in honor of the thirtieth anniversary of “Lease.”
Observe alongside as we replace the checklist of winners.
Greatest E-book of a Musical
“Schmigadoon!,” Cinco Paul
Nominees on this class: “The Misplaced Boys,” David Hornsby and Chris Hoch; Cinco Paul; “Titaníque,” Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue; “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Throughout New York),” Jim Barne and Equipment Buchan
Greatest Costume Design of a Play
Jeff Mahshie, “Fallen Angels”
Nominees on this class: Brenda Abbandandolo, “Canine Day Afternoon”; Qween Jean, “Liberation”; Emilio Sosa, “The Balusters”; Paul Tazewell, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Greatest Costume Design of a Musical
Qween Jean, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Nominees on this class: Linda Cho, “Ragtime”; Linda Cho, “Schmigadoon!”; Ryan Park, “The Misplaced Boys”; David I. Reynoso, “The Rocky Horror Present”
Greatest Authentic Rating
“Schmigadoon!,” Cinco Paul
Nominees on this class: “Dying of a Salesman,” Caroline Shaw; “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” Steve Bargonetti; “The Misplaced Boys,” the Rescues; “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Throughout New York),” Jim Barne and Equipment Buchan
Greatest Sound Design of a Play
Mikaal Sulaiman, “Death of a Salesman”
Nominees on this class: Justin Ellington, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”; Tom Gibbons, “Oedipus”; Lee Kinney, “The Concern of 13”; Josh Schmidt, “Bug”
Greatest Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada, “Ragtime”
Nominees on this class: Kai Harada, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”; Adam Fisher, “The Misplaced Boys”; Brian Ronan, “The Rocky Horror Present”; Walter Trarbach, “Schmigadoon!”
Greatest Orchestrations
Doug Besterman and Mike Morris, “Schmigadoon!”
Nominees on this class: Ethan Popp, Kyler England, Adrianne “AG” Gonzalez and Gabriel Mann, “The Misplaced Boys”; Lux Pyramid, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Throughout New York)”; Brian Usifer, “Chess”; Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Wilson, Trevor Holder and Doug Schadt, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Particular Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement
André Bishop, Jules Fisher and James Lapine
