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Behold: A Complete List of 2023 Tony Award Nominations

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The Tony Awards just released a complete list of nominees for the 76th annual ceremony—courtesy of Glee alum Lea Michele and Tony Award winner Myles Frost. The show will take place on Sunday, June 11 at United Palace in New York, a first in the show's history.

Heather Hitchens, President and CEO of the American Theatre Wing and Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League, said in a statement, “We are excited to bring the Tony Awards to the historic United Palace for the first time. As we celebrate the best of this Broadway season and 76 years of the Tony Awards, we look forward to ushering in a new golden age for the show from this majestic, golden age theatre.”

The ceremony is set to broadcast on CBS and stream live on Paramount+. Plus, it will be hosted by none other than Oscar winner Ariana DeBose

Keep reading for all the details on the 2023 Tony Award nominations. 

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

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 Musical
& Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot

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

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

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

Best Lead Actress in a Play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders

Best Lead Actor in a Play
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog
Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy
Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman

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

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like It Hot
Kevin Cahoon, Shucked
Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo
Jordan Donica, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Alex Newell, Shucked

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

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

Best Book of a Musical
David West Read, & Juliet
David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo
David Thompson & Sharon Washington, New York, New York
Robert Horn, Shucked
Matthew López & Amber Ruffin, Some Like It Hot

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Almost Famous, music by Tom Kitt, lyrics by Cameron Crowe & Tom Kitt
Kimberly Akimbo, music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
KPOP, music and lyrics Helen Park & Max Vernon
Shucked, music and lyrics by Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally
Some Like It Hot, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman

Best Direction of a Play
Les Waters, Dana H.
Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy
Neil Pepe, American Buffalo
Camille A. Brown, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden, Parade
Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Jack O'Brien, Shucked
Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
Tim Hatley & Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
Rachel Hauck, Good Night, Oscar
Richard Hudson, Leopoldstadt
Dane Laffrey & Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Scott Pask, Shucked
Scott Pask, Some Like It Hot
Michael Yeargan & 59 Productions, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot

Best Costume Design in a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Hot
Clint Ramos & Sophia Choi, KPOP
Susan Hilferty, Parade
Jennifer Moeller, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Paloma Young, & Juliet
Donna Zakowska, New York, New York

Best Costume Design of a Play
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell, Life of Pi
Dominique Fawn Hill, Fat Ham
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt
Emilio Sosa, Ain't No Mo'
Emilio Sosa, Good Night, Oscar

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

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

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

Best Sound Design of a Play
Carolyn Downing, Life of Pi
Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol
Ben & Max Ringham, A Doll's House
Ben & Max Ringham, Prima Facie
Jonathan Deans & Taylor Williams, Ain't No Mo'

Best Orchestrations
Charlie Rosen & Bryan Carter, Some Like It Hot
John Clancy, Kimberly Akimbo
Daryl Waters & Sam Davis, New York, New York
Bill Sherman & Dominic Fallacaro, & Juliet
Jason Howland, Shucked

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