This year's Tony nominations are filled with so many LGBTQ+ standouts
Queer theater kids, this is our moment!
The 77th Tony Awards are scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 16 at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater in New York City. The 2024 Tonys will be broadcast on CBS — and for the third consecutive year, queer superstar Ariana DeBose will host the ceremony.
The Broadway productions that were eligible to receive nominations at the 2024 Tony Awards took place between April 28, 2023 and April 25, 2024. So, without further ado, let's break down all of this year's Tony Awards nominees along with the standout LGBTQ+ nominations!
Scroll through to see all the nominees at the 77th Tony Awards, which airs Sunday, June 26 on CBS.
Best Musical
Hell's Kitchen
Illinoise
The Outsiders
Suffs
Water for Elephants
Best Play
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Mary Jane
Mother Play
Prayer for the French Republic
Stereophonic
Best Revival of a Musical
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Gutenberg! The Musical!
Merrily We Roll Along
The Who's Tommy
Best Revival of a Play
Appropriate
An Enemy of the People
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Brody Grant — The Outsiders
Jonathan Groff — Merrily We Roll Along
Dorian Harewood — The Notebook
Brian d'Arcy James — Days of Wine and Roses
Eddie Redmayne — Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Betsy Aidem — Prayer for the French Republic
Jessica Lange — Mother Play
Rachel McAdams — Mary Jane
Sarah Paulson — Appropriate
Amy Ryan — Doubt: A Parable
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Will Brill — Stereophonic
Eli Gelb — Stereophonic
Jim Parsons — Mother Play
Tom Pecinka — Stereophonic
Corey Stoll — Appropriate
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Roger Bart — Back To The Future: The Musical
Joshua Boone — The Outsiders
Brandon Victor Dixon — Hell's Kitchen
Sky Lakota-Lynch — The Outsiders
Daniel Radcliffe — Merrily We Roll Along
Steven Skybell — Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Eden Espinosa — Lempicka
Maleah Joi Moon — Hell's Kitchen
Kelli O'Hara — Days of Wine and Roses
Maryann Plunkett — The Notebook
Gayle Rankin — Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
William Jackson Harper — Uncle Vanya
Leslie Odom, Jr. — Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Liev Schreiber — Doubt: A Parable
Jeremy Strong — An Enemy of the People
Michael Stuhlbarg — Patriots
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine — Doubt: A Parable
Juliana Canfield — Stereophonic
Celia Keenan-Bolger — Mother Play
Sarah Pidgeon — Stereophonic
Kara Young — Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Shoshana Bean — Hell's Kitchen
Amber Iman — Lempicka
Nikki M. James — Suffs
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer — Monty Python's Spamalot
Kecia Lewis — Hell's Kitchen
Lindsay Mendez — Merrily We Roll Along
Bebe Neuwirth — Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Book of a Musical
Hell's Kitchen — Kristoffer Diaz
The Notebook — Bekah Brunstetter
The Outsiders — Adam Rapp and Justin Levine
Suffs — Shaina Taub
Water for Elephants — Rick Elice
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Days of Wine and Roses — Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel
Here Lies Love — Music: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim; Lyrics: David Byrne
The Outsiders — Music & Lyrics: Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine
Stereophonic — Music & Lyrics: Will Butler
Suffs — Music & Lyrics: Shaina Taub
Best Direction of a Musical
Merrily We Roll Along — Maria Friedman
Hell's Kitchen — Michael Greif
Suffs — Leigh Silverman
Water for Elephants — Jessica Stone
The Outsiders — Danya Taymor
Best Direction of a Play
Stereophonic — Daniel Aukin
Mary Jane — Anne Kauffman
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch — Kenny Leon
Appropriate — Lila Neugebauer
Jaja's African Hair Braiding — Whitney White
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
The Outsiders
Hell's Kitchen
Water for Elephants
Here Lies Love
Lempicka
Back To The Future: The Musical
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Best Choreography
Here Lies Love — Annie-B Parson
Hell's Kitchen — Camille A. Brown
The Outsiders — Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman
Illinoise — Justin Peck
Water for Elephants — Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll
Best Orchestrations
Illinoise — Timo Andres
Stereophonic — Will Butler and Justin Craig
The Outsiders — Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance)
Hell's Kitchen — Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone
Merrily We Roll Along — Jonathan Tunick
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Appropriate
An Enemy of the People
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Stereophonic
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Hell's Kitchen
The Great Gatsby
Water for Elephants
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Suffs
Best Costume Design of a Play
Appropriate
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Stereophonic
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
An Enemy of the People
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Illinoise
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Hell's Kitchen
Water for Elephants
The Outsiders
Best Lighting Design of a Play
An Enemy of the People
Prayer for the French Republic
Stereophonic
Appropriate
Grey House
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Here Lies Love
Merrily We Roll Along
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Hell's Kitchen
The Outsiders
Best Sound Design of a Play
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Mary Jane
Grey House
Appropriate
Stereophonic
