Tony Awards 2018

The 72nd Annual Tony Awards will be held on June 10, 2018, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2017–18 season. The ceremony will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and will be broadcast live by CBS. The nominees were announced on May 1, 2018. Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles will serve as hosts.

Eligibility

The official eligibility cut-off date for Broadway productions opening in the 2017-2018 season was April 26, 2018.

Original plays

• 1984
• The Children
• Farinelli and the King
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• John Lithgow: Stories by Heart
• Junk
• Latin History for Morons
• Meteor Shower
• The Parisian Woman
• The Terms of My Surrender

Original musicals

• The Band's Visit
• Escape to Margaritaville
• Frozen
• Mean Girls
• Prince of Broadway
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

Play revivals

• Angels in America
• Children of a Lesser God
• The Iceman Cometh
• Lobby Hero
• M. Butterfly
• Marvin's Room
• Saint Joan
• Three Tall Women
• Time and the Conways
• Travesties

Musical revivals

• Carousel
• My Fair Lady
• Once on This Island

Notes

• In November 2017, the Broadway production of 1984, which ran from May 18 through October 8, 2017 at the Hudson Theatre, was deemed ineligible for competition at the 72nd Tony Awards. In April 2018, the Tony Awards Administration Committee reversed its decision and allowed 1984 to be considered for nominations.

Awards events

Nominations

The Tony Award nominations were announced on May 1, 2018 by Hamilton alum Leslie Odom Jr. and Katharine McPhee, who is currently starring in Waitress on Broadway.

Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants each received 12 nominations, tying as the most-nominated shows of the season. The Band's Visit received 11 nominations, as well as the revivals of Angels in America and Carousel. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the Lincoln Center Theater revival of My Fair Lady each received ten nominations.

Angels in America broke the record for most nominations for a play in Tony Awards history with 11 nominations, beating the record previously held by 2007's The Coast of Utopia and the 2010 revival of Fences.

Other events

The annual Meet the Nominees Press Reception took place on May 2, 2018, at the InterContinental New York Hotel. The annual Nominees Luncheon will take place on May 22, 2018, at the Rainbow Room. A cocktail party will be held on June 4, 2018, at the Sofitel New York Hotel to celebrate the season's Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre and Special Award recipients.

Nominees

Best Play ‡	Best Musical ‡
The Children Farinelli and the King Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Junk Latin History for Morons	The Band's Visit Frozen Mean Girls SpongeBob SquarePants
Best Revival of a Play ‡	Best Revival of a Musical ‡
Angels in America Three Tall Women The Iceman Cometh Lobby Hero Travesties	Carousel My Fair Lady Once on This Island
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Andrew Garfield – Angels in America as Prior Walter Tom Hollander – Travesties as Henry Carr Jamie Parker – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as Harry Potter Mark Rylance – Farinelli and the King as Philip V of Spain Denzel Washington – The Iceman Cometh as Theodore "Hickey" Hickman	Glenda Jackson – Three Tall Women as A Condola Rashād – Saint Joan as Joan of Arc Lauren Ridloff – Children of a Lesser God as Sarah Norman Amy Schumer – Meteor Shower as Corky
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Harry Hadden-Paton – My Fair Lady as Henry Higgins Joshua Henry – Carousel as Billy Bigelow Tony Shalhoub – The Band's Visit as Tewfiq Zakaria Ethan Slater – SpongeBob SquarePants as SpongeBob SquarePants	Lauren Ambrose – My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle Hailey Kilgore – Once on This Island as Ti Moune LaChanze – Summer: The Donna Summer Musical as Diva Donna / Mary Gaines Katrina Lenk – The Band's Visit as Dina Taylor Louderman – Mean Girls as Regina George Jessie Mueller – Carousel as Julie Jordan
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Anthony Boyle – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as Scorpius Malfoy Michael Cera – Lobby Hero as Jeff Brian Tyree Henry – Lobby Hero as William Nathan Lane – Angels in America as Roy Cohn David Morse – The Iceman Cometh as Larry Slade	Susan Brown – Angels in America as Hannah Pitt Noma Dumezweni – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as Hermione Granger Deborah Findlay – The Children as Hazel Denise Gough – Angels in America as Harper Pitt Laurie Metcalf – Three Tall Women as B
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz – My Fair Lady as Alfred P. Doolittle Alexander Gemignani – Carousel as Enoch Snow Grey Henson – Mean Girls as Damian Hubbard Gavin Lee – SpongeBob SquarePants as Squidward Tentacles Ari’el Stachel – The Band's Visit as Haled	Ariana DeBose – Summer: The Donna Summer Musical as Disco Donna Renée Fleming – Carousel as Nettie Fowler Lindsay Mendez – Carousel as Carrie Pipperidge Ashley Park – Mean Girls as Gretchen Wieners Diana Rigg – My Fair Lady as Mrs. Higgins
Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Itamar Moses – The Band's Visit Jennifer Lee – Frozen Tina Fey – Mean Girls Kyle Jarrow – SpongeBob SquarePants	Adrian Sutton – Angels in America David Yazbek – The Band's Visit Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez – Frozen Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin – Mean Girls The Composers of SpongeBob SquarePants
Best Scenic Design in a Play	Best Scenic Design in a Musical
Miriam Buether – Three Tall Women Jonathan Fensom – Farinelli and the King Christine Jones – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Santo Loquasto – The Iceman Cometh Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce – Angels in America	Dane Laffrey – Once on This Island Scott Pask – The Band's Visit Scott Pask, Finn Ross, and Adam Young – Mean Girls Michael Yeargan – My Fair Lady David Zinn – SpongeBob SquarePants
Best Costume Design in a Play	Best Costume Design in a Musical
Jonathan Fensom – Farinelli and the King Nicky Gillibrand – Angels in America Katrina Lindsay – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Ann Roth – Three Tall Women Ann Roth – The Iceman Cometh	Gregg Barnes – Mean Girls Clint Ramos – Once on This Island Ann Roth – Carousel David Zinn – SpongeBob SquarePants Catherine Zuber – My Fair Lady
Best Lighting Design in a Play	Best Lighting Design in a Musical
Neil Austin – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Paule Constable – Angels in America Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher – The Iceman Cometh Paul Russell – Farinelli and the King Ben Stanton – Junk	Kevin Adams – SpongeBob SquarePants Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher – Once on This Island Donald Holder – My Fair Lady Brian MacDevitt – Carousel Tyler Micoleau – The Band's Visit
Best Sound Design of a Play	Best Sound Design of a Musical
Adam Cork – Travesties Ian Dickinson – Angels in America Gareth Fry – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Tom Gibbons – 1984 Dan Moses Schreier – The Iceman Cometh	Mike Dobson and Walter Trarbach – SpongeBob SquarePants Kai Harada – The Band's Visit Peter Hylenski – Once on This Island Scott Lehrer – Carousel Brian Ronan – Mean Girls
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Marianne Elliott – Angels in America Joe Mantello – Three Tall Women Patrick Marber – Travesties John Tiffany – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child George C. Wolfe – The Iceman Cometh	Michael Arden – Once on This Island David Cromer – The Band's Visit Tina Landau – SpongeBob SquarePants Casey Nicholaw – Mean Girls Bartlett Sher – My Fair Lady
Best Choreography	Best Orchestrations
Christopher Gattelli – My Fair Lady Christopher Gattelli – SpongeBob SquarePants Steven Hoggett – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Casey Nicholaw – Mean Girls Justin Peck – Carousel	John Clancy – Mean Girls Tom Kitt – SpongeBob SquarePants Annmarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin – Once on This Island Jamshied Sharifi – The Band's Visit Jonathan Tunick – Carousel

‡ The award is presented to the producer(s) of the musical or play.

± The Tony Awards for Best Sound Design of a Play and of a Musical were reinstated for the 72nd Tony Award after being removed in 2014.

Notes

Awards and nominations per production

Production	Nominations	Awards
Mean Girls	12	TBA
SpongeBob SquarePants	12	TBA
Angels in America	11	TBA
The Band's Visit	11	TBA
Carousel	11	TBA
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	10	TBA
My Fair Lady	10	TBA
The Iceman Cometh	8	TBA
Once on This Island	8	TBA
Three Tall Women	6	TBA
Farinelli and The King	5	TBA
Travesties	4	TBA
Frozen	3	TBA
Lobby Hero	3	TBA
The Children	2	TBA
Junk	2	TBA
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical	2	TBA
Children of a Lesser God	1	TBA
Latin History for Morons	1	TBA
Meteor Shower	1	TBA
1984	1	TBA
Saint Joan	1	TBA

Individuals with multiple nominations

• 3: Ann Roth
• 2: Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher; Jonathan Fensom, Christopher Gattelli, Casey Nicholaw, Scott Pask and David Zinn

Non-competitive awards

The Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre will be presented to Chita Rivera and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre will be awarded to photographer Sara Krulwich, costume beader Bessie Nelson, and Broadway dry cleaning service Ernest Winzer Clearners.

The Isabelle Stevenson Award will be presented to Nick Scandalios, who is the Executive Vice President of the Nederlander Organization.

The Regional Theatre Tony Award will be awarded to La MaMa E.T.C. (Experimental Theatre Club) of New York City, which has a monetary grant of $25,000.

The Special Tony Award will be given to John Leguizamo and Bruce Springsteen.

See also

• 2018 Laurence Olivier Awards

External links

• Vorlage:Official website

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