By Jennifer Chen | Posted on June 15, 2024 5:30 PM
2024 TONY Award Nominations With 26 Award Categories - Winners Are Chosen By Theatre Landlords And Industry Professionals Who Are Involved In The Broadway Theatre Community.
2024 TONY Award Nominations:
This year there are 26 award categories and the winners are chosen by theatre landlords and industry professionals who are involved in the theater community. No journalists or members of the public have any input or voting on the awards.
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Best Book of a Musical:
- Hell's Kitchen
Kristoffer Diaz - The Notebook
Bekah Brunstetter - The Outsiders
Adam Rapp and Justin Levine - Suffs
Shaina Taub - Water for Elephants
Rick Elice

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
- Days of Wine and Roses
Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel
- Here Lies Love
Music: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
Lyrics: David Byrne
- The Outsiders
Music & Lyrics: Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine
- Stereophonic
Music & Lyrics: Will Butler
- Suffs
Music & Lyrics: Shaina Taub

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
- William Jackson Harper, Uncle Vanya
- Leslie Odom, Jr., Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
- Liev Schreiber, Doubt: A Parable
- Jeremy Strong, An Enemy of the People
- Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
- Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic
- Jessica Lange, Mother Play
- Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane
- Sarah Paulson, Appropriate
- Amy Ryan, Doubt: A Parable

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Brody Grant, The Outsiders
- Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along
- Dorian Harewood, The Notebook
- Brian d'Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses
- Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Eden Espinosa, Lempicka
- Maleah Joi Moon, Hell's Kitchen
- Kelli O'Hara, Days of Wine and Roses
- Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook
- Gayle Rankin, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
- Will Brill, Stereophonic
- Eli Gelb, Stereophonic
- Jim Parsons, Mother Play
- Tom Pecinka, Stereophonic
- Corey Stoll, Appropriate

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
- Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Doubt: A Parable
- Juliana Canfield, Stereophonic
- Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play
- Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic
- Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Roger Bart, Back To The Future: The Musical
- Joshua Boone, The Outsiders
- Brandon Victor Dixon, Hell's Kitchen
- Sky Lakota-Lynch, The Outsiders
- Daniel Radcliffe, Merrily We Roll Along
- Steven Skybell, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Shoshana Bean, Hell's Kitchen
- Amber Iman, Lempicka
- Nikki M. James, Suffs
- Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Monty Python's Spamalot
- Kecia Lewis, Hell's Kitchen
- Lindsay Mendez, Merrily We Roll Along
- Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Best Scenic Design of a Play
- dots, Appropriate
- dots, An Enemy of the People
- Derek McLane, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
- David Zinn, Jaja's African Hair Braiding
- David Zinn, Stereophonic

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
- AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian, The Outsiders
- Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, Hell's Kitchen
- Takeshi Kata, Water for Elephants
- David Korins, Here Lies Love
- Riccardo Hernández and Peter Nigrini, Lempicka
- Tim Hatley and Finn Ross, Back To The Future: The Musical
- Tom Scutt, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Best Costume Design of a Play
- Dede Ayite, Appropriate
- Dede Ayite, Jaja's African Hair Braiding
- Enver Chakartash, Stereophonic
- Emilio Sosa, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
- David Zinn, An Enemy of the People

Best Costume Design of a Musical
- Dede Ayite, Hell's Kitchen
- Linda Cho, The Great Gatsby
- David Israel Reynoso, Water for Elephants
- Tom Scutt, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
- Paul Tazewell, Suffs

Best Lighting Design of a Play
- Isabella Byrd, An Enemy of the People
- Amith Chandrashaker, Prayer for the French Republic
- Jiyoun Chang, Stereophonic
- Jane Cox, Appropriate
- Natasha Katz, Grey House

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
- Brandon Stirling Baker, Illinoise
- Isabella Byrd, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
- Natasha Katz, Hell's Kitchen
- Bradley King and David Bengali, Water for Elephants
- Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim, The Outsiders

Best Sound Design of a Play
- Justin Ellington and Stefania Bulbarella, Jaja's African Hair Braiding
- Leah Gelpe, Mary Jane
- Tom Gibbons, Grey House
- Bray Poor and Will Pickens, Appropriate
- Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic

Best Sound Design of a Musical
- M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, Here Lies Love
- Kai Harada, Merrily We Roll Along
- Nick Lidster for Autograph, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
- Gareth Owen, Hell's Kitchen
- Cody Spencer, The Outsiders

Best Direction of a Play
- Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic
- Anne Kauffman, Mary Jane
- Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
- Lila Neugebauer, Appropriate
- Whitney White, Jaja's African Hair Braiding

Best Direction of a Musical
- Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along
- Michael Greif, Hell's Kitchen
- Leigh Silverman, Suffs
- Jessica Stone, Water for Elephants
- Danya Taymor, The Outsiders

Best Choreography
- Annie-B Parson, Here Lies Love
- Camille A. Brown, Hell's Kitchen
- Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, The Outsiders
- Justin Peck, Illinoise
- Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, Water for Elephants

Best Orchestrations
- Timo Andres, Illinoise
- Will Butler and Justin Craig, Stereophonic
- Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance), The Outsiders
- Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone, Hell's Kitchen
- Jonathan Tunick, Merrily We Roll Along

Best Play
- Jaja's African Hair Braiding
- Mary Jane
- Mother Play
- Prayer for the French Republic
- Stereophonic

Best Musical
- Hell's Kitchen
- Illinoise
- The Outsiders
- Suffs
- Water for Elephants

Best Revival of a Play
- Appropriate
- An Enemy of the People
- Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Best Revival of a Musical
- Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
- Gutenberg! The Musical!
- Merrily We Roll Along
- The Who's Tommy


Tony Awards 2024: Number of Nominations by Production
- Hell's Kitchen - 13
- Stereophonic - 13
- The Outsiders - 12
- Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club - 9
- Appropriate - 8
- Merrily We Roll Along - 7
- Water for Elephants - 7
- Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch - 6
- Suffs - 6
- An Enemy of the People - 5
- Jaja's African Hair Braiding - 5
- Here Lies Love - 4
- Illinoise - 4
- Mary Jane - 4
- Mother Play - 4
- Days of Wine and Roses - 3
- Doubt: A Parable - 3
- Lempicka - 3
- The Notebook - 3
- Prayer for the French Republic - 3
- Back To The Future: The Musical - 2
- Grey House - 2
- The Great Gatsby - 1
- Gutenberg! The Musical! - 1
- Monty Python's Spamalot - 1
- Patriots - 1
- Uncle Vanya - 1
- The Who's Tommy
- 1