Tony Awards 2019 Nominations Announced

Nominations for the Tony Awards 2019 were announced today with Hadestown scoring the most nominations. The Broadway transfer of Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman received nine nominations.

Hadestown has topped the nominations leaderboard for the Tony Awards 2019 with 14 nominations, with Ain't Too Proud, the jukebox musical about the temptations coming in second with 12 nominations. Following them was Totsie with 11 nominations, British import The Ferryman with 9 nominations and Beetlejuice with 8 nominations. This year's nominations will be remembered more for their ommissions rather than their inclusions. Both Glenda Jackson and Nathan Lane were overlooked for King Lear and Gary: A Sequel To Titus Andronicus respectively in the lead actor categories. Also omitted were To Kill A Mockingbird and Network which were both expected to feature in the Best Play category.

The nominations were announced this morning by Brandon Victor Dixon and Bebe Neuwirth.

This 73rd Tony Awards ceremony will be hosted by James Corden at Radio City Music Hall on 9 June 2019.

The cast of Hadestown. Photo: Mathew Murphy

Here is the complete list of the 2019 Tony Award nominees:

Best Musical

Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Beetlejuice Hadestown The Prom Tootsie Best Play

Choir Boy

The Ferryman Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Ink

What the Constitution Means to Me

Best Revival of a Musical Kiss Me, Kate Oklahoma! Best Revival of a Play

All My Sons

The Boys in the Band

Burn This

Torch Song

The Waverly Gallery

Best Book of a Musical

Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations: Dominique Morisseau

Beetlejuice: Scott Brown and Anthony King Hadestown: Anaïs Mitchell The Prom: Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin Tootsie: Robert Horn Best Original Score Beetlejuice, music and lyrics: Eddie Perfect

Be More Chill, music and lyrics: Joe Iconis

Hadestown, music and lyrics: Anaïs Mitchell The Prom, music by Matthew Sklar; lyrics by Chad Beguelin Tootsie, music and lyrics: David Yazbek

To Kill a Mockingbird, music by Adam Guettel

Best Direction of a Play

Rupert Goold, Ink

Sam Mendes, The Ferryman

Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird

Ivo van Hove, Network George C. Wolfe, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Best Direction of a Musical Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown Scott Ellis, Tootsie Daniel Fish, Oklahoma!

Des McAnuff, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Casey Nicholaw, The Prom Best Leading Actor in a Play Bryan Cranston, Network Paddy Considine, The Ferryman

Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird

Adam Driver, Burn This

Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy

Best Leading Actress in a Play

Annette Bening, All My Sons

Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman

Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery

Janet McTeer, Bernhardt/Hamlet

Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton

Heidi Schreck, What the Constitution Means to Me

Best Leading Actor in a Musical Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom

Derrick Baskin, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice Damon Daunno, Oklahoma! Santino Fontana, Tootsie Best Leading Actress in a Musical Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show Caitlin Kinnunen, The Prom Beth Leavel, The Prom Eva Noblezada, Hadestown Kelli O’Hara, Kiss Me, Kate Best Featured Actor in a Play

Bertie Carvel, Ink

Robin de Jesús, The Boys in the Band

Gideon Glick, To Kill a Mockingbird

Brandon Uranowitz, Burn This

Benjamin Walker, All My Sons

Best Featured Actress in a Play Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman

Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird

Kristine Nielsen, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Julie White, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Ruth Wilson, King Lear Best Featured Actor in a Musical André De Shields, Hadestown Andy Grotelueschen, Tootsie Patrick Page, Hadestown

Jeremy Pope, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Ephraim Sykes, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Best Featured Actress in a Musical Lilli Cooper, Tootsie Amber Gray, Hadestown Sarah Stiles, Tootsie Ali Stroker, Oklahoma! Mary Testa, Oklahoma! Best Scenic Design of a Play

Miriam Buether, To Kill a Mockingbird

Bunny Christie, Ink

Rob Howell, The Ferryman

Santo Loquasto, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Jan Versweyveld, Network

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Peter England, King Kong Rachel Hauck, Hadestown

Laura Jellinek, Oklahoma!

David Korins, Beetlejuice Best Costume Design of a Play Rob Howell, The Ferryman

Toni-Leslie James, Bernhardt/Hamlet

Clint Ramos, Torch Song

Ann Roth, To Kill a Mockingbird

Ann Roth, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Best Costume Design of a Musical Michael Krass, Hadestown William Ivey Long, Tootsie William Ivey Long, Beetlejuice Bob Mackie, The Cher Show

Paul Tazewell, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Neil Austin, Ink

Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Peter Mumford, The Ferryman

Jennifer Tipton, To Kill a Mockingbird

Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden, Network Best Lighting Design of a Musical Kevin Adams, The Cher Show

Howell Binkley, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Bradley King, Hadestown Peter Mumford, King Kong Kenneth Posner and Peter Negrini, Beetlejuice Best Sound Design in a Play

Adam Cork, Ink

Scott Lehrer, To Kill a Mockingbird

Fitz Patton, Choir Boy

Nick Powell, The Ferryman Eric Sleichim, Network Best Sound Design in a Musical Peter Hylenski, King Kong Peter Hylenski, Beetlejuice

Steve Canyon Kennedy, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Drew Levy, Oklahoma! Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown Best Choreography

Camille A. Brown, Choir Boy

Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate Denis Jones, Tootsie David Neumann, Hadestown

Sergio Trujillo, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Best Orchestrations Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, Hadestown Simon Hale, Tootsie Larry Hochman, Kiss Me, Kate Daniel Kluger, Oklahoma!

Harold Wheeler, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater

Rosemary Harris

Terrence McNally

Harold Wheeler

Isabelle Stevenson Award

Judith Light

Regional Theater Tony Award

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley

Special Tony Award

Marin Mazzie

Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company

Jason Michael Webb

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater

Broadway Inspirational Voices – Michael McElroy, Founder

Peter Entin

FDNY Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9

Joseph Blakely Forbes

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