2022 Tony Nominations Complete List: A STRANGE LOOP, THE LEHMAN TRILOGY Lead the Way
The champagne is chilled and the ballots are ready. The nominees for the 2022 Tony Awards are being announced May 9 at 9 AM, and Theatrely is ready to bring you the latest as it rolls in.
Eligible for the 2021-2022 season are 34 productions, with nine musicals, 12 plays, four musical revivals, and nine play revivals, all hoping to hear their name called this morning. The nominations are being revealed by Tony winner Adrienne Warren and Tony nominee Joshua Henry. Leading the way is Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop, with 11 nominations, including Best Musical. MJ and Paradise Square followed closely behind with 10 apiece as well, both also nominated for Best Musical. The most Tony-nominated play this year is Stefano Massini and Ben Power's The Lehman Trilogy, with eight nods, including Best Play and all three leading actors scoring a nomination for their performance.
The winners of the 75th annual Tony Awards will be revealed June 12 at Radio City Music Hall. Oscar winner Ariana DeBose will host the main event, beginning at 8 PM ET on CBS and Paramount+. A pre-ceremony, usually announcing the winners of several creative and design categories, will stream exclusively at 7 PM on Paramount+.
Last week, it was announced that the recipients of the 2022 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre will be: the Asian American Performers Action Coalition; Broadway For All; music copyist Emily Grishman; Feinstein’s/54 Below; and United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE.
Check out the complete list of Tony nominees below. You can watch the full announcement here.
PRODUCTION
Musical
Girl From the North Country
MJ The Musical
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
Six
A Strange Loop
Musical Revival
Caroline, or Change
Company
The Music Man
Play
Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage
Hangmen by Martin McDonagh
The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini and Ben Power
The Minutes by Tracy Letts
Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau
Play Revival
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
PERFORMANCE
Leading Actress in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Mare Winningham, Girl from the North Country
Leading Actor 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
Leading Actress in a Play
Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
Ruth Negga, Macbeth
Deirdre O’Connell, Dana H.
Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive
Leading Actor in a Play
Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy
David Morse, How I Learned to Drive
Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
David Threlfall, Hangmen
Featured Actress in a Musical
Jeannette Bayardelle, Girl From the North Country
Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night
Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man
L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
Patti LuPone, Company
Jennifer Simard, Company
Featured Actor in a Musical
Matt Doyle, Company
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop
A.J. Shivley, Paradise Square
Featured Actress in a Play
Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s
Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew
Julie White, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kara Young, Clyde's
Featured Actor in a Play
Alfie Allen, Hangmen
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s
Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out
Jesse Williams, Take Me Out
CREATIVE
Original Score
Jason Robert Brown and Amanda Green, Mr. Saturday Night
Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, and Masi Asare, Paradise Square
Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop
Tom Kitt and Michael Korie, Flying Over Sunset
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six
Book
Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas, and Larry Kirwan, Paradise Square
Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, Mr. Saturday Night
Michael R. Jackson, A Strange Loop
Conor McPherson, Girl From the North Country
Lynn Nottage, MJ The Musical
Director of a Play
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy
Neil Pepe, American Buffalo
Les Waters, Dana H.
Director of a Musical
Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
Marianne Elliott, Company
Conor McPherson, Girl From the North Country
Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, Six
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ The Musical
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, Paradise Square
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ The Musical
Orchestrations
David Cullen, Company
Tom Curran, Six
Simon Hale, Girl From the North Country
David Holcenberg and Jason Michael Webb, MJ The Musical
Charlie Rosen, A Strange Loop
DESIGN
Costume Design of a Musical
Fly Davis, Caroline, or Change
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square
William Ivey Long, Diana the Musical
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man
Gabriella Slade, Six
Paul Tazewell, MJ The Musical
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
Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind
Jane Greenwood, Plaza Suite
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde’s
Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset
Bunny Christie, Company
Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, MJ The Musical
Allen Moyer, Paradise Square
Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, Skeleton Crew
Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen
Scott Pask, American Buffalo
Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth
Lighting Design of a Musical
Neil Austin, Company
Tim Deiling, Six
Donald Holder, Paradise Square
Natasha Katz, MJ The Musical
Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset
Jen Schriever, A Strange Loop
Lighting Design of a Play
Joshua Carr, Hangmen
Jiyoun Chang, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy
Jane Cox, Macbeth
Yi Zhao, The Skin of Our Teeth
Sound Design of a Musical
Simon Baker, Girl From the North Country
Paul Gatehouse, Six
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company
Drew Levy, A Strange Loop
Gareth Owen, MJ The Musical
Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.
Palmer Hefferan, The Skin of Our Teeth
Nick Powell, The Lehman Trilogy
Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth