Tony Awards 2025: Full List of Nominees Unveiled

The Tony Awards, officially known as the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, remain one of the most prestigious accolades in American performing arts. Since 1947, the awards have honoured outstanding achievements in live Broadway theatre, celebrating excellence across plays, musicals, acting, direction, design, and production. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, with the annual ceremony traditionally held in June in New York City, the heart of Broadway.

For the 78th Tony Awards, the nominee list was unveiled on Thursday, with three musicals—“Death Becomes Her”, “Maybe Happy Ending”, and “Buena Vista Social Club”—leading the pack with 10 nominations apiece.

The announcement was made by previous Tony winners Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce, building excitement ahead of Broadway’s biggest night. This year’s ceremony will be hosted by Cynthia Erivo, the celebrated star of Wicked, and will take place on June 8 at 8 p.m. at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES – 78th TONY AWARDS

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

• Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain

• LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose

• Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California

• Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray

• Mia Farrow, The Roommate

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

• Henry Lennix, Purpose

• Jon Michael Hill, Purpose

• George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck

• Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

• Daniel Dae Kim, Yellowface

• Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!

Best Play

• Purpose

• John Proctor is the Villain

• English

• Oh, Mary!

• The Hills of California

Best Musical

• Maybe Happy Ending

• Dead Outlaw

• Death Becomes Her

• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

• The Buena Vista Social Club

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

• Audra McDonald, Gypsy

• Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard

• Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her

• Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her

• Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical

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

• Tom Francis, Sunset Boulevard

• James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical

• Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw

• Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending

• Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins

• Jonathan Groff, Just In Time

Best Book of a Musical

• Marco Ramirez, Buena Vista Social Club

• Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw

• Marco Pennette, Death Becomes Her

• Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending

• David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoe Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre

• David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw

• Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, Death Becomes Her

• Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending

• David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoe Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

• Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• Marsha Ginsberg, English

• Rob Howell, The Hills of California

• Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray

• Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

• 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 Becomes 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 Boulevard

• Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club

• Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd Collins

• Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending

• Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her

Best Sound Design of a Play

• Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

• Palmer Hefferan, John Proctor is the Villain

• Daniel Kluger, Good Night, and Good Luck

• Nick Powell, The Hills of California

• Clémence Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Sound Design of a Musical

• Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club

• Adam Fisher, Sunset Boulevard

• Peter Hylenski, Just in Time

• Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending

• Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins

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 Boulevard

Best Choreography

• Joshua Bergasse, Smash

• Camille A. Brown, Gypsy

• Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her

• Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Musical

• Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club

Best Orchestrations

• Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time

• Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending

• Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins

• Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club

• David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Boulevard

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 Play

• Glenn Davis, Purpose

• Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain

• Francis Jue, Yellow Face

• Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross

• Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!

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: The Musical

• Joy Woods, Gypsy

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: A New Musical

• Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins

Best Revival of a Play

• Eureka Day, by Jonathan Spector

• Romeo + Juliet

• Our Town, by Thornton Wilder

• Yellow Face, by David Henry Hwang

Best Revival of a Musical

• Floyd Collins

• Gypsy

• Pirates! The Penzance Musical

• Sunset Boulevard