The 2018 Tony Award Nominations Have Been Announced, and the Most Recognitions Have Gone to Mean Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants, Angels in America, The Band’s Visit, Carousel, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and My Fair Lady.
Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants Lead the Pack
On June 10, 2018, the 72nd Annual Tony Awards will take place at Radio City Music Hall, hosted by two Grammy winners who made their Broadway debuts last season: Josh Groban (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) and Sara Bareilles (Waitress). Yesterday, the nominees were announced by Leslie Odom, Jr. (Tony winner for Hamilton) and Katharine McPhee (who recently made her Broadway debut in Waitress).
Best Musical Will Be A Heated Race
The most contentious race, and the one with the greatest implications for longevity at the box office, is that for Best Musical. This year, the four nominees for Best Musical are: The Band’s Visit, Frozen, Mean Girls, and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical. Two of those four nominees also hold the honor of tying for the most nominations of any show this year: both Mean Girls and SpongeBob are nominated for 12 awards. Not far behind, The Band’s Visit is nominated for 11 awards, tied with Best Revival of a Play nominee Angels in America, and Best Revival of a Musical nominee Carousel. As for Frozen, that show is nominated for only three awards: Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score. In addition, Best Play nominee Harry Potter and the Cursed Child brought in 10 nominations, tied with Best Revival of a Musical nominee My Fair Lady, which is also nominated for 10. In addition, Best Revival of a Play nominee The Iceman Cometh made out well with 8 nominations, tied with Best Revival of a Musical nominee Once on This Island, which is also up for 8 awards.
Full List Of Nominees
Best Musical The Band’s Visit Frozen Mean Girls SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical
Best Play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child The Children Farinelli and the King Junk Latin History for Morons
Best Revival of a Musical Once on This Island Carousel My Fair Lady
Best Revival of a Play Angels in America Lobby Hero Three Tall Women The Iceman Cometh Travesties
Best Book of a Musical The Band’s Visit, Itamar Moses Frozen, Jennifer Lee Mean Girls, Tina Fey SpongeBob SquarePants, Kyle Jarrow
Best Original Score The Band’s Visit, Music and Lyrics: David Yazbek Angels in America, Adrian Sutton Frozen, Music and Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Mean Girls, Music: Jeff Richmond; Lyrics: Nell Benjamin SpongeBob SquarePants, Various contributors
Best Leading Actor in a Play Andrew Garfield, Angels in America Tom Hollander, Travesties Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Mark Rylance, Farinelli and the King Denzel Washington, The Iceman Cometh
Best Leading Actress in a Play Glenda Jackson, Three Tall Women Condola Rashad, Saint Joan Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower
Best Leading Actor in a Musical Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady Joshua Henry, Carousel Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants
Best Leading Actress in a Musical Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady Hailey Kilgore, Once on This Island LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls Jessie Mueller, Carousel
Best Featured Actor in a Play Nathan Lane, Angels in America Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Michael Cera, Lobby Hero Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero David Morse, The Iceman Cometh
Best Featured Actress in a Play Laurie Metcalf, Three Tall Women Susan Brown, Angels in America Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Deborah Findlay, The Children Denise Gough, Angels in America
Best Featured Actor in a Musical Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady Alexander Gemignani, Carousel Grey Henson, Mean Girls Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants
Best Featured Actress in a Musical Lindsay Mendez, Carousel Ariana DeBose, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Renée Fleming, Carousel Ashley Park, Mean Girls Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady
Best Scenic Design of a Play Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Miriam Buether, Three Tall Women Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and the King Santo Loquasto, The Iceman Cometh Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce, Angels in America
Best Scenic Design of a Musical David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants 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
Best Costume Design of a Play Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and the King Nicky Gillibrand, Angels in America Ann Roth, Three Tall Women Ann Roth, The Iceman Cometh
Best Costume Design of a Musical Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady Gregg Barnes, Mean Girls Clint Ramos, Once on This Island Ann Roth, Carousel David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants
Best Lighting Design of a Play Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Paule Constable, Angels in America Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, The Iceman Cometh Paul Russell, Farinelli and the King Ben Stanton, Junk
Best Lighting Design of a Musical Tyler Micoleau, The Band’s Visit Kevin Adams, SpongeBob SquarePants Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Once on This Island Donald Holder, My Fair Lady Brian MacDevitt, Carousel
Best Direction of a Play John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Marianne Elliott, Angels in America Joe Mantello, Three Tall Women Patrick Marber, Travesties George C. Wolfe, The Iceman Cometh
Best Direction of a Musical David Cromer, The Band’s Visit Michael Arden, Once on This Island Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady
Best Choreography Justin Peck, Carousel Christopher Gattelli, My Fair Lady Christopher Gattelli, SpongeBob SquarePants Steven Hoggett, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls
Best Orchestrations Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit John Clancy, Mean Girls Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants AnnMarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin, Once on This Island Jonathan Tunick, Carousel
Sound Design in a Play Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Adam Cork, Travesties Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Angels in America Tom Gibbons, 1984 Dan Moses Schreier, The Iceman Cometh
Sound Design in a Musical Kai Harada, The Band’s Visit Peter Hylenski, Once on This Island Scott Lehrer, Carousel Brian Ronan, Mean Girls Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson, SpongeBob SquarePants
And the non-competitive awards:
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater Chita Rivera Andrew Lloyd Webber
Special Tony Award John Leguizamo Bruce Springsteen
Regional Theater Tony Award La MaMa E.T.C.
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award Nick Scandalios
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater Sara Krulwich Bessie Nelson Ernest Winzer Cleaners
