In truly exciting news, the Tony Awards Nominations for 2025 are out! Announced today (1st May 2025) by Tony Award winners Sarah Poulson and Wendell Pierce, there are nominations this year, across 26 compelling categories. The nominees have been chosen by a panel of 54 independent theatre professionals, and the 2025 Tony Awards will be presented by The Broadway League and The American Theatre Wing.
The Tony Awards are scheduled to broadcast live across America on Sunday, 8th June 2025, 8:00 to 11:00 pm ET and 5:00 to 8:00 pm PT on the CBS Television Network or streamed on Paramount+ in the US. The event will be hosted by Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner Cynthia Erivo and will return once again to the majestic Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The Tony Awards Nominations
Any legitimate theatrical production opening in any of the 41 eligible Broadway theatres during the current season may be up for Tony Awards Nominations. The season for consideration began on 26th April 2024 and ended on 27th April 2025. The lucky winners of the awards will be decided by 840 Tony voters within the theatre community.
Now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the Tony Awards Nominations for 2025 are as follows:
Best Musical
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Dead Outlaw
- Death Becomes Her
- Maybe Happy Ending
- Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Best Play
- English
- The Hills of California
- John Proctor is the Villain
- Oh, Mary!
- Purpose
Best Revival of a Musical
- Floyd Collins – Tina Landau (book, additional lyrics) and Adam Guttel (music and lyrics)
- Gypsy
- Pirates! The Penzance Musical
- Sunset Blvd
Best Revival of a Play
- Eureka Day – Jonathon Spector
- Romeo + Juliet
- Thornton Wilder’s Out of Town
- Yellow Face – David Henry Hwang
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Megan Hilty – Death Becomes Her
- Audra McDonald – Gypsy
- Jasmine Amy Rogers – BOOP! The Musical
- Nicole Scherzinger – Sunset Blvd.
- Jennifer Simard – Death Becomes Her
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Darren Criss – Maybe Happy Ending
- Andrew Durand – Dead Outlaw
- Tom Francis – Sunset Blvd.
- Jonathon Groff – Just in Time
- James Monroe Iglehart – A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
- Jeremy Jordan – Floyd Collins
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
- Laura Donnelly – The Hills of California
- Mia Farrow – The Roommate
- LaTanya Richardson Jackson – Purpose
- Sadie Sink – John Proctor is the Villain
- Sarah Snook – The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
- George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
- Cole Escola – Oh, Mary!
- John Michael Hill – Purpose
- Daniel Dae Kim – Yellow Face
- Harry Lennix – Purpose
- Louis McCartney – Stranger Things: The First Shadow
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 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 Davis – John Proctor is the Villain
- Francis Jue – Yellow Face
- Bob Odenkirk – Glengarry Glen Ross
- Conrad Ricamora – Oh, Mary!
Best Book of a Musical
- Buena Vista Social Club by Marco Ramirez
- Dead Outlaw by Itamar Moses
- Death Becomes Her by Marco Pennette
- Maybe Happy Ending by Will Aronson and Hue Park
- Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
- David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna – Dead Outlaw
- Julia Mattison and Noel Carey – Death Becomes Her
- Will Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (lyrics) – Maybe Happy Ending
- David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts – Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
- Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez – Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
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 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 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 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 Lighting Design of a Musical
- Jack Knowles – Sunset Blvd.
- 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 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 Sound Design of a Musical
- Jonathan Deans – Buena Vista Social Club
- Adam Fisher – Sunset Blvd.
- Peter Hylenski – Just in Time
- Peter Hylenski – Maybe Happy Ending
- Dan Moses Schreier – Floyd Collins
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
- Clemence 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 Blvd.
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 Choreography
- Joshua Bergasse – SMASH
- Camille A. Brown – Gypsy
- Christopher Gattelli – Death Becomes Her
- Jery 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 Blvd.
Tony Awards Nominations: Special Awards
During the event, special, non-competitive Tony Awards are cited to be presented to the musicians of Buena Vista Social Club and The Illusions & Technical Effects of Stranger Things: The First Shadow. There is also a 2025 Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, and this will be presented to the following:
- Great Performances
- New 42
- Michael Price
- The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Alongside these prestigious honors, the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award is set to be given to Celia Keenan Bolger, and the Special Tony Award for a Lifetime Achievement in Theatre will go to Harvey Fierstein.
A Very Exciting Line Up
With all these fantastic Tony Awards Nominations, it will be a true treat to see who wins in each category and who will get to take home that coveted Tony Award. Don’t forget to mark the event in your calendars and crack open a bottle of bubbly to watch the live broadcast of the Tony Awards on the CBS Paramount Television Network or Paramount+ on 8th June 2025 at 8:00 to 11:00 pm ET and 5:00 to 8:00 pm PT.
