While some other awards presentations have had to make some changes or have outright cancelled the shows due to the Writer’s Guild strike, the annual Tony Awards will go on as planned June 11.

This year the musical “Some Like it Hot” lead the way with the most nominations with 13. “Shucked”, “& Juliet”, “New York, New York”, “Fat Ham”, Leopoldstadt”, “A Doll’s House”, “Life of Pi”, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”, and “Kimberly Akimbo” all earned multiple nominations. Despite closing after only 17 performances, “KPOP” earned three nominations.

The nominees for the 2023 Tony Awards are:
Best Musical:
“& Juliet”
“Kimberly Akimbo”
“New York, New York”
“Shucked”
“Some Like it Hot”

Best Play:
“Ain’t No Mo’”
“Between Riverside and Crazy”
“Cost of Living”
“Fat Ham”
“Leopoldstadt”

Best Revival of a Musical:
Lerner and Loewe’s “Camelot”
“Into the Woods”
“Parade”
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

Best Revival of a Play:
“A Doll’s House”
August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson”
“The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window”
Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Topdog/Underdog”

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play:
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in “Topdog/Underdog”
Corey Hawkins in “Topdog/Underdog”
Sean Hayes in “Good Night, Oscar”
Stephen McKinley Henderson in “Between Riverside & Crazy”
Wendell Pierce in “Death of a Salesman

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play:
Jessica Chastain in “A Doll’s House”
Jodie Comer in “Prima Facie”
Jessica Hecht in “Summer, 1976”
Audra McDonald in “Ohio State Murders”

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical:
Christian Borle in “Some Like it Hot”
J. Harrison Ghee in “Some Like it Hot”
Josh Groban in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Brian D’Arcy James in “Into the Woods”
Ben Platt in “Parade”
Colton Ryan in “New York, New York”

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical:
Annaleigh Ashford in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Sara Bareilles in “Into the Woods”
Victoria Clark in “Kimberly Akimbo”
Lorna Courtney “& Juliet”
Micaela Diamond in “Parade”

Best Book of a Musical:
David West Read for “& Juliet”
David Lindsay-Abaire for “Kimberly Akimbo”
David Thompson and Sharon Washington for “New York, New York”
Robert Horn for “Shucked”
Matthew Lopez and Amber Ruffin for for “Some Like it Hot”

Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe for “Almost Famous”
Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire for “Kimberly Akimbo”
Helen Park and Max Vernon for “KPOP”
Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally for “Shucked”
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for “Some Like it Hot”

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play:
Jordan E. Cooper in “Ain’t No Mo’”
Samuel L. Jackson in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson”
Arian Moayed in “A Doll’ House”
Brandon Uranowitz in “Leopoldstadt”
David Zayas in “Cost of Living”

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:
Nikki Crawford in “Fat Ham”
Crystal Lucas-Perry in “Ain’t No Mo’”
Miriam Silverman in “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window”
Katy Sullivan in “Cost of Living”
Kara Young in “Cost of Living”

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:
Kevin Cahoon in “Shucked”
Justin Cooley in “Kimberly Akimbo”
Kevin Del Aguila in “Some Like it Hot”
Jordan Donica in Lerner & Lowew’s “Camelot”
Alex Newell in “Shucked”

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:
Julia Lester in “Into the Woods”
Ruthie Ann Miles in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Bonnie Milligan in “Kimberly Akimbo”
NaTasha Yvette Williams in “Some Like it Hot”
Betsy Wolfe in “& Juliet”

Best Scenic Design of a Play:
Miriam Buether for “Prima Facie”
Tim Hatley and Andrezej Goulding for “Life of Pi”
Rachel Hauck for “Good Night, Oscar”
Richard Hudson for “Leopoldstadt”
Dane Laffrey and Lucy Mackinnon for “A Christmas Carol”


Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Beowulf Boritt for “New York, New York”
Mimi Lein for “Sweeney Todd; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Michael Yeargan and 59 Productions for Lerner & Lowew’s “Camelot”
Scott Pask for “Shucked”
Scott Pask for “Some Like it Hot”

Best Costume Design of a Play:
Tim Hatley, Nich Barnes, and Finn Caldwell for “Life of Pi”
Dominique Fawn Hill for “Fat Ham”
Brigitte Reiffenstuel for “Leopoldstadt”
Emilio Sosa for “Ain’t No Mo’”
Emilio Sosa for “Good Night, Oscar”

Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Gregg Barnes for “Some Like it Hot”
Susan Hilferty for “Parade”
Jennifer Moeller for Lerner & Loewe’s “Camelot”
Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi for “KPOP”
Paloma Young for “& Juliet
Donna Zakowska for “New York, New York”

Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Neil Austin for “Leopoldstadt”
Natasha Chivers for “Prima Facie”
Jon Clark for “A Doll’s House”
Bradley King for “Fat Ham”
Tim Lutkin for “Life of Pi”
Jen Schriever for Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”
Ben Stanton for “A Christmas Carol”

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Ken Billington for “New York, New York”
Lap Chi Chu for Lerner & Loewe’s “Camelot”
Heather Gilbert for “Parade”
Howard Hudson for “& Juliet”
Natasha Katz for “Some Like it Hot”
Natasha Katz for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

Best Sound Design of a Play:
Jonathan Deans and Taylor Williams for “Ain’t No Mo’”
Carolyn Downing for “Life of Pi”
Joshua D. Reid for “A Christmas Carol”
Ben and Max Ringham for “A Doll’s House”
Ben and Max Ringham for “Prima Facie”

Best Sound Design of a Musical:
Kai Harada for “New York, New York”
John Shivers for “Shucked”
Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann for “Into the Woods”
Gareth Owen for “& Juliet”
Nevin Steinberg for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

Best Direction of a Play:
Saheem Ali for “Fat Ham”
Jo Bonney for “Cost of Living”
Jamie Lloyd for “A Doll’s House”
Patrick Marber for “Leopoldstadt”
Stevie Walker-Webb for “Ain’t No Mo’”
Max Webster for “Life of Pi”

Best Direction of a Musical:
Michael Arden for “Parade”
Lear deBessonet for “Into the Woods”
Casey Nicholaw for “Some Like it Hot”
Jack O’Brien for “Shucked”
Jessica Stone for “Kimberly Akimbo”

Best Choreography:
Steven Hoggett for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Casey Nicholaw for “Some Like it Hot”
Susan Stroman for “New York, New York”
Jennifer Weber for “& Juliet”
Jennifer Weber for “KPOP”

Best Orchestrations:
Bell Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro for “& Juliet”
John Claney for “Kimberly Akimbo
Jason Howland for “Shucked”
Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter for “Some Like it Hot”
Daryl Waters and Sam Davis for “New York, New York”

Special Award presentations:
Isabelle Stevens Tony Award: Jerry Mitchell

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre:
Production Stage Manager: Lisa Dawn Cave
Victoria Bailey, Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund
Robert Fried, theatrical accountant