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As the 76th Tony Awards loom—they’re now only nine days away!—several big questions remain. What will an unscripted ceremony look like? (More specifically, how will host Ariana DeBose do the thing with no writers?) How will the historic United Palace theater in Washington Heights hold up as a venue? And which Broadway shows will come away the big winners by night’s end?
While the odds-on favorite for best musical is David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori’s funny and affirming Kimberly Akimbo, starring the great Victoria Clark, Some Like It Hot is the year’s most-nominated production, with 13 nods across 12 categories. (Both Christian Borle and J. Harrison Ghee are up for the best-leading-actor prize.) Meanwhile, a startlingly good new Sweeney Todd, starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, looks likely to take best revival of a musical—unless, of course, it goes to the timely and poignant Parade, with Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond.
Elsewhere in the field, Tom Stoppard’s sweeping Leopoldstadt and Amy Herzog’s adaptation of A Doll’s House, tied at six nominations each, are the favorites to win best play and best revival of a play, respectively, although the acting awards may well go elsewhere. Wendell Pierce gave one of the most celebrated performances of the season in Death of a Salesman, while Jodie Comer’s one-woman Broadway debut in Prima Facie has already won her a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award.
All this is to say that whatever form the telecast takes, this year’s Tonys should not be missed—and neither should the shows they’re honoring. Here, we’ve gathered the 16 that you can still book now. Break a leg!
Juliet
Nominations: Best musical, best book of a musical (David West Read), best leading actress in a musical (Lorna Courtney), best featured actress in a musical (Betsy Wolfe), best costume design of a musical (Paloma Young), best lighting design of a musical (Howard Hudson), best sound design of a musical (Gareth Owen), best choreography (Jennifer Weber), best orchestrations (Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro).
Closing date: Open run.
Camelot
Nominations: Best revival of a musical, best featured actor in a musical (Jordan Donica), best scenic design of a musical (Michael Yeargan and 59 Productions), best costume design of a musical (Jennifer Moeller), best lighting design of a musical (Lap Chi Chu).
Closing date: Open run.
A Doll’s House
Nominations: Best revival of a play, best leading actress in a play (Jessica Chastain), best featured actor in a play (Arian Moayed), best lighting design of a play (Jon Clark), best sound design of a play (Ben and Max Ringham), best direction of a play (Jamie Lloyd).
Closing date: June 10, 2023.
Fat Ham
Nominations: Best play, best featured actress in a play (Nikki Crawford), best costume design of a play (Dominique Fawn Hill), best lighting design of a play (Bradley King), best direction of a play (Saheem Ali).
Closing date: June 25, 2023.
Good Night, Oscar
Nominations: Best leading actor in a play (Sean Hayes), best scenic design of a play (Rachel Hauck), best costume design of a play (Emilio Sosa).
Closing date: August 27, 2023.
Leopoldstadt
Nominations: Best play, best featured actor in a play (Brandon Uranowitz), best scenic design of a play (Richard Hudson), best costume design of a play (Brigitte Reiffenstuel), best lighting design of a play (Neil Austin), best direction of a play (Patrick Marber).
Closing date: July 2, 2023.
Life of Pi
Nominations: Best scenic design of a play (Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding), best costume design of a play (Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes, and Finn Caldwell), best lighting design of a play (Tim Lutkin), best sound design of a play (Carolyn Downing), best direction of a play (Max Webster).
Closing date: Open run.
Kimberly Akimbo
Nominations: Best musical, best book of a musical (David Lindsay-Abaire), best original score (Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire), best leading actress in a musical (Victoria Clark), best featured actor in a musical (Justin Cooley), best featured actress in a musical (Bonnie Milligan), best direction of a musical (Jessica Stone), best orchestrations (John Clancy).
Closing date: Open run.
New York, New York
Nominations: Best musical, best book of a musical (David Thompson and Sharon Washington), best leading actor in a musical (Colton Ryan), best scenic design of a musical (Beowulf Boritt), best costume design of a musical (Donna Zakowska), best lighting design of a musical (Ken Billington), best sound design of a musical (Kai Harada), best choreography (Susan Stroman), best orchestrations (Daryl Waters and Sam Davis).
Closing date: Open run.
Parade
Nominations: Best revival of a musical, best leading actor in a musical (Ben Platt), best leading actress in a musical (Micaela Diamond), best costume design of a musical (Susan Hilferty), best lighting design of a musical (Heather Gilbert), best direction of a musical (Michael Arden).
Closing date: August 6, 2023.
Prima Facie
Nominations: Best leading actress in a play (Jodie Comer), best scenic design of a play (Miriam Buether), best lighting design of a play (Natasha Chivers), best sound design of a play (Ben and Max Ringham).
Closing date: July 2, 2023.
Shucked
Nominations: Best musical, best book of a musical (Robert Horn), best original score (Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally), best featured actor in a musical (Kevin Cahoon), best featured actor in a musical (Alex Newell), best scenic design of a musical (Scott Pask), best sound design of a musical (John Shivers), best direction of a musical (Jack O’Brien), best orchestrations (Jason Howland).
Closing date: Open run.
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Nominations: Best revival of a play, best featured actress in a play (Miriam Silverman).
Closing date: July 2, 2023.
Some Like It Hot
Nominations: Best musical, best book of a musical (Matthew López and Amber Ruffin), best original score (Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman), best leading actor in a musical (Christian Borle), best leading actor in a musical (J. Harrison Ghee), best featured actor in a musical (Kevin Del Aguila), best featured actress in a musical (NaTasha Yvette Williams), best scenic design of a musical (Scott Pask), best costume design of a musical (Gregg Barnes), best lighting design of a musical (Natasha Katz), best direction of a musical (Casey Nicholaw), best choreography (Casey Nicholaw), best orchestrations (Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter).
Closing date: Open run.
Summer, 1976
Nomination: Best leading actress in a play (Jessica Hecht).
Closing date: June 18, 2023.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Nominations: Best revival of a musical, best leading actor in a musical (Josh Groban), best leading actress in a musical (Annaleigh Ashford), best featured actress in a musical (Ruthie Ann Miles), best scenic design of a musical (Mimi Lien), best lighting design of a musical (Natasha Katz), best sound design of a musical (Nevin Steinberg), best choreography (Steven Hoggett).
Closing date: Open run.
