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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

See Also

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

What are your predictions for the 2018 Tony Awards? Let us know in the comments below!
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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.

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