The announcement for the 79th Tony Award nominees was made by Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss.
Celebrating the best of the 2025/2026 Broadway season, the nominees for this year’s awards have been confirmed. The winners will be announced in a ceremony at the Radio City Hall on the 7th June.
Leading the way in terms of nominations, musicals The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! have come out on top with 12 nominations, with shows such as Ragtime, Death of a Salesman, and Cats: The Jellicle Ball all also receiving multiple nominations.
Among the nominations are:
Best musical
- The Lost Boys
- Schmigadoon!
- Titaníque
- Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Best play
- The Balusters, Author: David Lindsay-Abaire
- Giant, Author: Mark Rosenblatt
- Liberation, Author: Bess Wohl
- Little Bear Ridge Road, Author: Samuel D. Hunter
Best revival of a play
- Death of a Salesman
- Becky Shaw,
- Every Brilliant Thing
- Fallen Angels
- Oedipus
Best revival of a musical
- Cats: The Jellicle Ball
- Ragtime
- Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Best leading actor in a musical
- Nicholas Christopher, Chess
- Luke Evans, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
- Joshua Henry, Ragtime
- Sam Tutty, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
- Brandon Uranowitz, Ragtime
Best leading actress in a musical in a musical
- Sara Chase, Schmigadoon!
- Stephanie Hsu, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
- Caissie Levy, Ragtime
- Marla Mindelle, Titaníque
- Christiani Pitts, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Best leading actor in a play
- Will Harrison, Punch
- Nathan Lane, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
- John Lithgow, Giant
- Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing
- Mark Strong, Oedipus
Best leading actress in a play
- Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels
- Carrie Coon, Bug
- Susannah Flood, Liberation
- Lesley Manville, Oedipus
- Kelli O’Hara, Fallen Angels
Best supporting actress in a play
- Betsy Aidem, Liberation
- Marylouise Burke, The Balusters
- Aya Cash, Giant
- Laurie Metcalf, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
- June Squibb, Marjorie Prime
Best supporting actor in a play
- Christopher Abbott, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
- Danny Burstein, Marjorie Prime
- Brandon J. Dirden, Waiting for Godot
- Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
- Richard Thomas, The Balusters
Best supporting actress in a musical
- Shoshana Bean, The Lost Boys
- Hannah Cruz, Chess
- Rachel Dratch, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
- Ana Gasteyer, Schmigadoon!
- Nichelle Lewis, Ragtime
Best supporting actor in a musical
- Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Lost Boys
- André De Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
- Bryce Pinkham, Chess
- Ben Levi Ross, Ragtime
- Layton Williams, Titaníque
Best direction of a play
- Nicholas Hytner, Giant
- Robert Icke, Oedipus
- Kenny Leon, The Balusters
- Joe Mantello, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
- Whitney White, Liberation
Best direction of a musical
- Michael Arden, The Lost Boys
- Lear deBessonet, Ragtime
- Christopher Gattelli, Schmigadoon!
- Tim Jackson, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
- Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Best book of a musical
- The Lost Boys
- Schmigadoon!
- Titaníque
- Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Best original score
- Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
- August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Music: Steve Bargonetti
- The Lost Boys
- Schmigadoon!
- Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
For a full list of nominations visit: https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/