Nominations Announced for Tony Awards 2018

The full list of nominations for the Tony Awards 2018 were announced this morning with SpongeBob SquarePants the musical, and Mean Girls leading a pack which saw several nominations going to British performers and productions.

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The Tony Awards ceremony on June 10 will be hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban.

For the Brits, the National Theatre's production of Angels In America scooped 11 nominations (the most nominated play in Tony history) with the blockbuster Harry Potter and the Cursed Child earning ten nominations.

British musical theatre star Gavin Lee earned a nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.

The full list of nominations for the 72nd Annual Tony Awards are:

Best Book of a Musical The Band’s Visit

 - Itamar Moses Frozen

 - Jennifer Lee Mean Girls

 - Tina Fey

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

 - Kyle Jarrow

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Angels in America

 - Music: Adrian Sutton

The Band’s Visit

 - Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek Frozen

 - Music & Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Mean Girls

 - Music: Jeff Richmond

 Lyrics: Nell Benjamin

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

 - Music & Lyrics: Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., Domani & Lil’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Andrew Garfield, Angels in America

Tom Hollander, Travesties

Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Mark Rylance, Farinelli and The King

Denzel Washington, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

Condola Rashad, Saint Joan

Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God

Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady

Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit



Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island



LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit

 Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls



Jessie Mueller, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Michael Cera, Lobby Hero

Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero

Nathan Lane, Angels in America

David Morse, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Susan Brown, Angels in America

Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Deborah Findlay, The Children

Denise Gough, Angels in America

Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady

Alexander Gemignani, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Grey Henson, Mean Girls



Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Ariana DeBose, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

Renée Fleming, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Lindsay Mendez, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Ashley Park, Mean Girls

 Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady Best Scenic Design of a Play

Miriam Buether, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and The King

Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Santo Loquasto, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce, Angels in America

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Dane Laffrey, Once On This Island

Scott Pask, The Band’s Visit

Scott Pask, Finn Ross & Adam Young, Mean Girls

Michael Yeargan, My Fair Lady



David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Best Costume Design of a Play

Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and The King

Nicky Gillibrand, Angels in America

Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Ann Roth, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

Ann Roth, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

Best Costume Design of a Musical Gregg Barnes, Mean Girls

 Clint Ramos, Once On This Island



Ann Roth, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady Best Lighting Design of a Play

Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Paule Constable, Angels in America

Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

Paul Russell, Farinelli and The King

Ben Stanton, Junk

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kevin Adams, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Once On This Island

 Donald Holder, My Fair Lady



Brian MacDevitt, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Tyler Micoleau, The Band’s Visit Best Sound Design of a Play

Adam Cork, Travesties

Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Angels in America

Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Tom Gibbons, 1984

Dan Moses Schreier, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

Best Sound Design of a Musical Kai Harada, The Band’s Visit Peter Hylenski, Once On This Island



Scott Lehrer, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Brian Ronan, Mean Girls



Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Best Direction of a Play

Marianne Elliott, Angels in America

Joe Mantello, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

Patrick Marber, Travesties

John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

George C. Wolfe, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

Best Direction of a Musical Michael Arden, Once On This Island

 David Cromer, The Band’s Visit



Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls

 Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady| Best Choreography Christopher Gattelli, My Fair Lady



Christopher Gattelli, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Steven Hoggett, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls



Justin Peck, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Best Orchestrations John Clancy, Mean Girls



Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Annmarie Milazzo & Michael Starobin, Once On This Island

 Jamshied Sharifi, The Band’s Visit

Jonathan Tunick, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Best Play

The Children

 Author: Lucy Kirkwood

Farinelli and The King

  Author: Claire van Kampen

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two

 - Jack Thorne

Junk

 Author: Ayad Akhtar

Latin History for Morons

  Author: John Leguizamo

Best Musical The Band’s Visit

 Frozen

 Mean Girls



SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Best Revival of a Play

Angels in America

Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh

Lobby Hero

 Travesties

Best Revival of a Musical My Fair Lady

 Once On This Island



Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

 -

Chita Rivera,

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Special Tony Awards

 - John Leguizamo

, Bruce Springsteen Regional Theatre Tony Award

 - La MaMa,  E.T.C.

 New York City Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

 - Nick Scandalios Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

 -

Sara Krulwich

,

Bessie Nelson

,

Ernest Winzer Cleaners

Tony Nominations by Production

 

Mean Girls – 12

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical – 12

Angels in America – 11

The Band’s Visit – 11

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel – 11

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two – 10

My Fair Lady – 10

Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh – 8

Once On This Island – 8

Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women – 6

Farinelli and The King – 5

Travesties – 4

Frozen – 3

Lobby Hero – 3

The Children – 2

Junk – 2

Summer: The Donna Summer Musical – 2

Children of a Lesser God – 1

Latin History for Morons – 1