Die Nominierungen in 26 Wettbewerbskategorien für die 78. Antoinette Perry Tony Awards® des American Theatre Wing wurden am Donnerstag (1. Mai) in New York von den Tony-Award-Gewinnern Sarah Paulson und Wendell Pierce bekanntgegeben.
Die Nominierten wurden von einem unabhängigen Komitee aus 54 Theaterfachleuten ausgewählt, das vom Tony Awards Administration Committee ernannt wurde. Die Tony Awards 2025 werden von der Broadway League und dem American Theatre Wing verliehen.
Die 78. Tony Awards kehren nächsten Monat in die legendäre Radio City Music Hall in New York City zurück. Die Tony Awards des American Theatre Wing werden von der Tony-, Emmy- und Grammy-Preisträgerin und dreifachen Oscar-Nominierten Cynthia Erivo moderiert und am Sonntag, den 8. Juni 2025 LIVE an beiden US-Küsten auf CBS Television Network und in den USA auf Paramount+ gestreamt.* CBS und Pluto TV präsentieren „The Tony Awards: Act One“, eine Vorschau mit exklusiven Live-Inhalten auf die 78. Tony Awards.
Legitime Theaterproduktionen, die in der aktuellen Saison in einem der 41 teilnahmeberechtigten Broadway-Theatern Premiere feierten, konnten für die Tony-Nominierungen berücksichtigt werden. Die Teilnahmefrist 2024/2025 begann am 26. April 2024 und endete am 27. April 2025.
Die Tony Awards werden in 26 Wettbewerbskategorien von 840 ausgewählten Tony-Wählern aus der Theaterszene vergeben.
Eine begrenzte Anzahl von Tickets für die Show ist für die Öffentlichkeit erhältlich. Tickets sind ab 595 $ für Plätze im zweiten und dritten Zwischengeschoss auf TonyAwards.com und Ticketmaster.com erhältlich.
Die Tony Awards werden in Zusammenarbeit mit Tony Award Productions, einem Joint Venture des American Theatre Wing und der Broadway League, sowie White Cherry Entertainment produziert. Ricky Kirshner und Glenn Weiss sind ausführende Produzenten und Showrunner für White Cherry Entertainment. Weiss wird die Regie übernehmen.
Die Tony Awards des American Theatre Wing werden von der Broadway League und dem American Theatre Wing verliehen.
Die Nominierungen 2025
Best Play
- English (Author: Sanaz Toossi)
- The Hills of California (Author: Jez Butterworth)
- John Proctor is the Villain (Author: Kimberly Belflower)
- Oh, Mary! (Author: Cole Escola)
- Purpose (Author: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins)
Best Musical
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Dead Outlaw
- Death Becomes Her
- Maybe Happy Ending
- Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Best Book of a Musical
- Buena Vista Social Club (Marco Ramirez)
- Dead Outlaw (Itamar Moses)
- Death Becomes Her (Marco Pennette)
- Maybe Happy Ending (Will Aronson and Hue Park)
- Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts)
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
- Dead Outlaw (Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna)
- Death Becomes Her (Music & Lyrics: Julia Mattison and Noel Carey)
- Maybe Happy Ending (Music: Will Aronson, Lyrics: Will Aronson and Hue Park)
- Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (David Cumming, Felix Hagan Music & Lyrics Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts)
- Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (Music & Lyrics: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez)
Best Revival of a Play
- Eureka Day (Author: Jonathan Spector)
- Thornton Wilder’s Our Town
- Romeo + Juliet
- Yellow Face (Author: David Henry Hwang)
Best Revival of a Musical
- Floyd Collins (Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel. Book/Additional Lyrics: Tina Landau)
- Gypsy
- Pirates! The Penzance Musical
- Sunset Blvd.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
- George Clooney (for Good Night, and Good Luck)
- Cole Escola (for Oh, Mary!)
- Jon Michael Hill (for Purpose)
- Daniel Dae Kim (for Yellow Face)
- Harry Lennix (for Purpose)
- Louis McCartney (for Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
- Laura Donnelly (for The Hills of California)
- Mia Farrow (for The Roommate)
- LaTanya Richardson Jackson (for Purpose)
- Sadie Sink (for John Proctor is the Villain)
- Sarah Snook (for The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Darren Criss (for Maybe Happy Ending)
- Andrew Durand (for Dead Outlaw)
- Tom Francis (for Sunset Blvd.)
- Jonathan Groff (for Just In Time)
- James Monroe Iglehart (for A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical)
- Jeremy Jordan (for Floyd Collins)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Megan Hilty (for Death Becomes Her)
- Audra McDonald (for Gypsy)
- Jasmine Amy Rogers (for BOOP! The Musical)
- Nicole Scherzinger (for Sunset Blvd.)
- Jennifer Simard (for Death Becomes Her)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
- Glenn Davis (for Purpose)
- Gabriel Ebert (for John Proctor is the Villain)
- Francis Jue (for Yellow Face)
- Bob Odenkirk (for Glengarry Glen Ross)
- Conrad Ricamora (for Oh, Mary!)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
- Tala Ashe (for English
- Jessica Hecht (for Eureka Day)
- Marjan Neshat (for English)
- Fina Strazza (for John Proctor is the Villain)
- Kara Young (for Purpose)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Brooks Ashmanskas (for SMASH)
- Jeb Brown (for Dead Outlaw)
- Danny Burstein (for Gypsy)
- Jak Malone (for Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical)
- Taylor Trensch (for Floyd Collins)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Natalie Venetia Belcon (for Buena Vista Social Club)
- Julia Knitel (for Dead Outlaw)
- Gracie Lawrence (for Just In Time)
- Justina Machado (for Real Women Have Curves: The Musical)
- Joy Woods (for Gypsy)
Best Scenic Design of a Play
- Miriam Buether and 59 (for Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
- Marg Horwell and David Bergman (for The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- Marsha Ginsberg (for: English
- Rob Howell (for The Hills of California)
- Scott Pask (for Good Night, and Good Luck)
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
- Rachel Hauck (for Swept Away)
- Arnulfo Maldonado (for Buena Vista Social Club)
- Derek McLane (for Death Becomes Her)
- Derek McLane (for Just In Time)
- Dane Laffrey and George Reeve (for Maybe Happy Ending)
Best Costume Design of a Play
- Brenda Abbandandolo (for Good Night, and Good Luck)
- Marg Horwell (for The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- Rob Howell (for The Hills of California)
- Holly Pierson (for Oh, Mary!)
- Brigitte Reiffenstuel (for Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
Best Costume Design of a Musical
- Dede Ayite (for Buena Vista Social Club)
- Gregg Barnes (for BOOP! The Musical)
- Clint Ramos (for Maybe Happy Ending)
- Paul Tazewell (for Death Becomes Her)
- Catherine Zuber (for Just In Time)
Best Lighting Design of a Play
- Heather Gilbert and David Bengali (for Good Night, and Good Luck)
- Natasha Chivers (for The Hills of California)
- Jon Clark (for Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
- Nick Schlieper (for The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski (for John Proctor is the Villain)
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
- Jack Knowles (for Sunset Blvd.)
- Tyler Micoleau (for Buena Vista Social Club)
- Ben Stanton (for Maybe Happy Ending)
- Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun (for Floyd Collins)
- Justin Townsend (for Death Becomes Her)
Best Sound Design of a Play
- Paul Arditti (for Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
- Palmer Hefferan (for John Proctor is the Villain)
- Daniel Kluger (for Good Night, and Good Luck)
- Nick Powell (for The Hills of California)
- Clemence Williams (for The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Best Sound Design of a Musical
- Jonathan Deans (for Buena Vista Social Club)
- Adam Fisher (for Sunset Blvd.)
- Peter Hylenski (for Just In Time)
- Peter Hylenski (for Maybe Happy Ending)
- Dan Moses Schreier (for Floyd Collins)
Best Direction of a Play
- Knud Adams (for English)
- Sam Mendes (for The Hills of California)
- Sam Pinkleton (for Oh, Mary!)
- Danya Taymor (for John Proctor is the Villain)
- Kip Williams (for The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Best Direction of a Musical
- Saheem Ali (for Buena Vista Social Club)
- Michael Arden (for Maybe Happy Ending)
- David Cromer (for Dead Outlaw)
- Christopher Gattelli (for Death Becomes Her)
- Jamie Lloyd (for Sunset Blvd.)
Best Choreography
- Joshua Bergasse (for SMASH)
- Camille A. Brown (for Gypsy)
- Christopher Gattelli (for Death Becomes Her)
- Jerry Mitchell (for BOOP! The Musical)
- Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck (for Buena Vista Social Club)
Best Orchestrations
- Will Aronson (for Maybe Happy Ending)
- Bruce Coughlin (for Floyd Collins)
- Marco Paguia (for Buena Vista Social Club)
- Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber (for Just In Time)
- David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber (for Sunset Blvd.)
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
- Harvey Fierstein
Special Tony Award
- The musicians who make up the band of Buena Vista Social Club
- The Illusions & Technical Effects of Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
- Celia Keenan-Bolger
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
- Great Performances
- Michael Price
- New 42
- The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
