The long-delayed Tony Awards finally have a date — Sept. 26
A date has been set for Broadway's biggest night! CBS and Tony Award
Productions will celebrate the return of live theater on Broadway with a
multi-platform event, The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back! on
September 26 beginning at 9PM ET on CBS. Many of the awards will be presented
with a streaming presentation,
but three awards—Best Play, Best Revival of a Play and Best Musical—will be
broadcast on the network. Other winners will be celebrated throughout the
broadcast.
The evening will kick off with the 74th Annual Tony Awards at
7PM ET live exclusively on Paramount+. The streaming presentation will honor
the outstanding shows, performances and artistry of the 2019-2020 Broadway
season, which was brought to a halt by the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally scheduled for
June 7, 2020 at Radio City Music Hall, the ceremony was also postponed due to the
coronavirus crisis.The Tony Awards are presented by the Broadway League and The
American Theatre Wing.
“After this devastating past year and a half for our industry,
our city and for the entire world, we are excited to finally be able to celebrate
the return of Broadway, our Tony Award nominees and winners in this new and
exciting format,” said Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League,
and Heather Hitchens, President and CEO of the American Theatre Wing in a joint
statement
Immediately following the streaming event, The Tony
Awards Present: Broadway’s Back! will air on the network. It will be a
live concert, featuring star entertainers and Tony winners reuniting on stage
to perform beloved classics and celebrate theater.
“We are thrilled to bring the best of Broadway to television
viewers who have been through so much without the joys, comfort and excitement
that live theater provides,” said Jack Sussman, Executive Vice President,
Specials, Music, Live Events and Alternative Programming, CBS Entertainment.
“With the combined power of CBS and Paramount+, the show will honor this year’s
Tony Award nominees and winners in a new format.”
Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart announced
the nominees on October 15, 2020. Leading the nominations are the
musicals Jagged
Little Pill with 15, Moulin
Rouge! with 14 and Slave
Play with a record-breaking 12 nods—the most ever given to a
play. Check out the full list of 2020 Tony nominations here. Top winners at the
2019 Tony Awards included Hadestown and The Ferryman.
Nominations for the 2020 American Theatre
Wing’s Tony Awards:
Best Play
Grand Horizons
Author: Bess Wohl
Producers: Second Stage Theater, Carole Rothman, Williamstown Theatre Festival,
Mandy Greenfield
The Inheritance
Author: Matthew López
Sea Wall/A Life
Author: Simon Stephens & Nick Payne
Slave Play
Author: Jeremy O. Harris
The Sound Inside
Author: Adam Rapp
Best Musical
Jagged Little Pill
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Revival of a Play
Betrayal
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Author: Terrence McNally
A Soldier’s Play
Author: Charles Fuller
Best Book of a Musical
Jagged Little Pill
Diablo Cody
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
John Logan
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics)
Written for the Theatre
A Christmas Carol
Music: Christopher Nightingale
The Inheritance
Music: Paul Englishby
The Rose Tattoo
Music: Fitz Patton and Jason Michael Webb
Slave Play
Music: Lindsay Jones
The Sound Inside
Music: Daniel Kluger
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading
Role in a Play
Ian Barford, Linda Vista
Andrew Burnap, The Inheritance
Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall/A Life
Tom Hiddleston, Betrayal
Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life
Blair Underwood, A Soldier’s Play
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading
Role in a Play
Joaquina Kalukango, Slave Play
Laura Linney, My Name is Lucy Barton
Audra McDonald, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Mary-Louise Parker, The Sound Inside
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading
Role in a Musical
Aaron Tveit, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading
Role in a Musical
Karen Olivo, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Elizabeth Stanley, Jagged Little Pill
Adrienne Warren, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured
Role in a Play
Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play
James Cusati-Moyer, Slave Play
David Alan Grier, A Soldier’s Play
John Benjamin Hickey, The Inheritance
Paul Hilton, The Inheritance
Best Performance by an Actress in a
Featured Role in a Play
Jane Alexander, Grand Horizons
Chalia La Tour, Slave Play
Annie McNamara, Slave Play
Lois Smith, The Inheritance
Cora Vander Broek, Linda Vista
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured
Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Derek Klena, Jagged Little Pill
Sean Allan Krill, Jagged Little Pill
Sahr Ngaujah, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Daniel J. Watts, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a
Featured Role in a Musical
Kathryn Gallagher, Jagged Little Pill
Celia Rose Gooding, Jagged Little Pill
Robyn Hurder, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Lauren Patten, Jagged Little Pill
Myra Lucretia Taylor, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bob Crowley, The Inheritance
Soutra Gilmour, Betrayal
Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol
Derek McLane, A Soldier’s Play
Clint Ramos, Slave Play
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Riccardo Hernández and Lucy Mackinnon, Jagged Little Pill
Derek McLane, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Costume Design of a Play
Dede Ayite, Slave Play
Dede Ayite, A Soldier’s Play
Bob Crowley, The Inheritance
Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol
Clint Ramos, The Rose Tattoo
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Emily Rebholz, Jagged Little Pill
Mark Thompson, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Jiyoun Chang, Slave Play
Jon Clark, The Inheritance
Heather Gilbert, The Sound Inside
Allen Lee Hughes, A Soldier’s Play
Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Bruno Poet, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Justin Townsend, Jagged Little Pill
Justin Townsend, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti & Christopher Reid, The Inheritance
Simon Baker, A Christmas Carol
Lindsay Jones, Slave Play
Daniel Kluger, Sea Wall/A Life
Daniel Kluger, The Sound Inside
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Jonathan Deans, Jagged Little Pill
Peter Hylenski, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Nevin Steinberg, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Direction of a Play
David Cromer, The Sound Inside
Stephen Daldry, The Inheritance
Kenny Leon, A Soldier’s Play
Jamie Lloyd, Betrayal
Robert O’Hara, Slave Play
Best Direction of a Musical
Phyllida Lloyd, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Diane Paulus, Jagged Little Pill
Alex Timbers, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Best Choreography
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jagged Little Pill
Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Anthony Van Laast, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best Orchestrations
Tom Kitt, Jagged Little Pill
Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stine and Justin Levine, Moulin Rouge! The
Musical
Ethan Popp, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back! will
be produced in collaboration with Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of
The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, and White Cherry
Entertainment, the team behind the annual Tony Awards telecast. Ricky Kirshner
and Glenn Weiss are executive producers for White Cherry Entertainment. Weiss
will serve as director.
The Antoinette Perry "Tony" Award, founded by the
American Theatre Wing in 1947, is bestowed annually on theater professionals
for distinguished achievement on Broadway. The Tony is one of the most coveted
awards in the entertainment industry.