Tony Awards 2024: The evening that Broadway stars and fans have been waiting for is finally here. The 77th Tony Awards 2024, which honor the best performers and shows on Broadway, take place on June 16. This year’s Tony Awards promise to be a memorable evening with nominations for 28 out of 36 shows, a very competitive Best Musical category, and nine musical performances scheduled.
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Star-Studded Guest List
The presenters’ lineup is every bit as impressive as the nominees. Award presenters include Ben Platt, Idina Menzel, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Cynthia Erivo, and Jeffrey Wright. Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells, and Anthony Ramos will join them, giving the event even more celebrity power.
Tony Awards 2024 Winners Announced!
The 77th Annual Tony Awards 2024 were held on June 16th, celebrating the best of Broadway during the 2023-2024 season. Here’s a rundown of the top categories:
Musicals:
- Best Musical: The Outsiders
- Best Revival of a Musical: Merrily We Roll Along
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Maleah Joi Moon (Hell’s Kitchen)
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Jonathan Groff (Merrily We Roll Along)
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role: Daniel Radcliffe (Merrily We Roll Along)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role: Kecia Lewis (Hell’s Kitchen)
- Best Direction: Danya Taymor (The Outsiders)
- Best Original Score: Suffs (music & lyrics by Shaina Taub)
- Best Book of a Musical: Suffs (Shaina Taub)
- Best Choreography: Justin Peck (Illinoise)
- Best Costume Design: Linda Cho (The Great Gatsby)
- Best Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick (Merrily We Roll Along)
- Best Scenic Design: Tom Scutt (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club)
- Best Lighting Design: Hana S. Kim and Brian MacDevitt (The Outsiders)
- Best Sound Design: Cody Spencer (The Outsiders)
Plays:
- Best Play: Stereophonic
- Best Revival of a Play: Appropriate
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Sarah Paulson (Appropriate)
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Jeremy Strong (An Enemy of the People)
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role: Will Brill (Stereophonic)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role: Kara Young (Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch)
- Best Direction: Daniel Aukin (Stereophonic)
- Best Costume Design: Dede Ayite (Jaja’s African Braiding)
- Best Scenic Design: David Zinn (Stereophonic)
- Best Lighting Design: Jane Cox (Appropriate)
- Best Sound Design: Ryan Rumery (Stereophonic)
Viewing the Tony Awards 2024: Time and Channels
The New York City Ballet’s home, the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, will host the Tony Awards 2024. For viewers in the United States, the main event will stream on Paramount plus with Showtime and air on CBS from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST. More technical awards will also be given out during a pre-show on Pluto TV that is hosted by actor/rapper Utkarsh Ambudkar and dancer and presenter Julianne Hough.
Meet the Host: Ariana DeBose
The host of this year’s Tony Awards is none other than Ariana DeBose, well-known for her Oscar-winning performance in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story.” DeBose has a long history on Broadway, having appeared in the first production of “Hamilton” and being nominated for a Tony Award for “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.” She will host the Tony Awards for the third time this year. “This is the biggest night for Broadway. Why not provide even more of a Broadway experience for those who are at home?” DeBose gave the Associated Press access to. “Our performance will flow like a Broadway production. We hope to provide you with a complete Broadway experience.
Performances to Look Forward To
The casts of several musicals that are nominated will perform at the Tony Awards 2024. The dance-musical “Illinoise,” which is based on Sufjan Stevens’ music, and the musical “Suffs,” which is about the suffragette movement and was produced by Hillary Clinton, are sure to delight audiences. A selection of songs from “Stereophonic,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Cabaret,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” “The Outsiders,” “The Who’s Tommy,” and “Water For Elephants” will be performed in addition. During the “In Memoriam” segment, Nicole Scherzinger will perform in honor of Broadway luminaries Ron Simons, Tony Mordente, and Chita Rivera.
Nominees for the Tony Awards 2024
This year, an astounding 28 shows have been nominated for Tony Awards. With 13 nominations apiece, the musical “Hell’s Kitchen,” which includes songs by Alicia Keys, and the play “Stereophonic,” written by Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, are in the lead. The revival of “Cabaret,” starring Eddie Redmayne, has received nine nominations, while “The Outsiders,” an adaptation of the S. E. Hinton novel, has received twelve.
Notable Nominations
The nominees showcase the diversity and talent of the outstanding performances that Broadway has seen this year. For her role in “Mary Jane,” Rachel McAdams is a nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play. Jeremy Strong, best known for his role in “Succession,” is up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for “Enemy of the People.” In “Merrily We Roll Along,” Daniel Radcliffe was nominated, and Jessica Lange and Sarah Paulson received nominations for their respective roles in “Mother Play” and “Appropriate.”
Eddie Redmayne, Jonathan Groff, and Brian d’Arcy James are the nominees for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for “Cabaret,” as well as “Days of Wine and Roses.”
Women Leading in Direction
Female directors have made significant progress, in large part because of the unprecedented number of nominees for best directing this year. In the categories of directing, women hold seven out of ten positions. Lila Neugebauer for “Appropriate,” Whitney White for “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” and Anne Kauffman for “Mary Jane” are the nominees in the Best Direction of a Play category. Leigh Silverman for “Suffs,” Jessica Stone for “Water for Elephants,” Danya Taymor for “The Outsiders,” and Maria Friedman for “Merrily We Roll Along” are the nominees for Best Direction of a Musical. The past Tony Awards 2024 for directing have only gone to ten women.
Excitement is high for an evening that celebrates Broadway’s extraordinary creativity and talent as the night draws near. The Tony Awards 2024 are sure to be an amazing celebration of theater, whether you’re watching for the eye-catching performances, the moving speeches, or the glitz and glamour of the red carpet.
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