Here Are Your 2018 Tony Awards Nominations
Most of the major award shows have come and gone, but there is still one for Broadway fans to look forward to. The 72nd Annual Tony Awards will take place on June 10, 2018, at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City and will be aired on CBS. Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles are set to host the ceremony. Mean Girls and Spongebob: The Musical tied for having the most nominations with 12 nominations each. Here is the full list of nominees and non-competitive award recipients for the 2018 Tony Awards.
1. Best Book of a Musical
The Band’s Visit
 Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
2. Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Angels in America
The Band’s Visit
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
3. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Andrew Garfield in Angels in America
Tom Hollander in Travesties
Jamie Parker in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Mark Rylance in Farinelli and the King
Denzel Washington in Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
4. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Glenda Jackson in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Condola Rashad in Saint Joan
Lauren Ridloff in Children of a Lesser God
Amy Schumer in Meteor Shower
5. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Harry Hadden-Paton in My Fair Lady
Joshua Henry in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Tony Shalhoub in The Band’s Visit
Ethan Slater in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
6. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Lauren Ambrose in My Fair Lady
Hailey Kilgore in Once On This Island
LaChanze in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Katrina Lenk in The Band’s Visit
Taylor Louderman in Mean Girls
Jessie Mueller in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
7. Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Anthony Boyle in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Michael Cera in Lobby Hero
Brian Tyree Henry in Lobby Hero
Nathan Lane in Angels in America
David Morse in Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
8. Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Susan Brown in Angels in America
Noma Dumezweni in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Deborah Findlay in The Children
Denise Gough in Angels in America
Laurie Metcalf in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
9. Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz in My Fair Lady
Alexander Gemignani in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Grey Henson in Mean Girls
Gavin Lee in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Ari’el Stachel in The Band’s Visit
10. Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ariana DeBose in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Renée Fleming in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Lindsay Mendez in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Ashley Park in Mean Girls
Diana Rigg in My Fair Lady
11. Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether for Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and The King
Christine Jones for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Santo Loquasto for Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce for Angels in America
12. Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Dane Laffrey for Once On This Island
Scott Pask for The Band’s Visit
Scott Pask, Finn Ross & Adam Young for Mean Girls
Michael Yeargan for My Fair Lady
David Zinn for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
13. Best Costume Design of a Play
Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and the King
Nicky Gillibrand for Angels in America
Katrina Lindsay for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Ann Roth for Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Ann Roth for Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
14. Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes for Mean Girls
Clint Ramos for Once On This Island
Ann Roth for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
David Zinn for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Catherine Zuber for My Fair Lady
15. Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Paule Constable for Angels in America
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer for Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Paul Russell for Farinelli and the King
Ben Stanton for Junk
16. Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer for Once On This Island
Donald Holder for My Fair Lady
Brian MacDevitt for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Tyler Micoleau for The Band’s Visit
17. Best Sound Design of a Play
Adam Cork for Travesties
Ian Dickinson for Autograph for Angels in America
Gareth Fry for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Tom Gibbons for 1984
Dan Moses Schreier for Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
18. Best Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada for The Band’s Visit
Peter Hylenski for Once On This Island
Scott Lehrer for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Brian Ronan for Mean Girls
Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
19. Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliott for Angels in America
Joe Mantello for Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Patrick Marber for Travesties
John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
George C. Wolfe for Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
20. Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden for Once On This Island
David Cromer for The Band’s Visit
Tina Landau for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Casey Nicholaw for Mean Girls
Bartlett Sher for My Fair Lady
21. Best Choreography
Christopher Gattelli for My Fair Lady
Christopher Gattelli for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Steven Hoggett for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Casey Nicholaw for Mean Girls
Justin Peck for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
22. Best Orchestrations
John Clancy for Mean Girls
Tom Kitt for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Annmarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin for Once On This Island
Jamshied Sharifi for The Band’s Visit
Jonathan Tunick for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
23. Best Play
The Children
Farinelli and The King
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Junk
Latin History for Morons
24. Best Musical
The Band’s Visit
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
25. Best Revival of a Play
Angels in America
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Lobby Hero
Travesties
26. 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
27. Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Chita Rivera
Andrew Lloyd Webber
28. Special Tony Awards
John Leguizamo
Bruce Springsteen
29. Regional Theatre Tony Award
La MaMa E.T.C.
New York City
30. Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Nick Scandalios
31. Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
Sara Krulwich
Bessie Nelson
Ernest Winzer Cleaners
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Ashley is a recent graduate from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA with her Bachelor's in journalism. She love writing articles about music and Philadelphia. Ashley would love to pursue a career in journalism in New York City.