The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced the first round of approvals for this Broadway season, which will determine some of the more difficult potential nominees and their respective categories.
Both co-star of Cooperation —Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope — will be considered for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, rather than being split into lead and featured spots. murders in the state of ohio, Written in 1991 by Adrienne Kennedy and performed regionally but never on Broadway until this season, it is billed as a revival, in line with similar statements in recent years about Broadway debuts of older shows such as The boys in the band.
Perhaps one of the more surprising statements concerns Sharon D. Clarke, who played Linda Loman opposite Wendell Pierce’s Willy Loman in Miranda Cromwell’s death of a seller Revival Clarke qualifies as a popular actress instead of a lead actress.
For the 2022-23 season only, the committee has decided that Tony voters will have the opportunity to vote in any category where the voter has not seen a performance of each production and to a creative element that for a award nominated, was, and more to a performance by each artist nominated for an award. In the past, voters had to see all the nominated items in order to vote in those categories. Possible reason: The fall season was marked by several high-profile early closures – KPOP, Ain’t No Mo’, Walking With Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne – which may not have been around long enough to do justice to all voters.
The 76th Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast live from the United Palace Theater in New York on Sunday, June 11 on CBS and streamed live and on demand on Paramount+. The eligibility deadline for the Tony Awards for the 2022-2023 season is Thursday, April 27, with nominations announced on Tuesday, May 2.
Here is the list of eligibility decisions announced today (additional decisions are expected later in the season):
- Gavin Creel, Joshua Henry and Phillipa Soo are up for their respective performances in the Best Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Musical category In the forest.
- Amir Arison is nominated for his performance in the best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play category kite runner.
- Crystal Lucas-Perry is nominated for her performance in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category 1776.
- Sharon D. Clarke is up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her role in Arthur Miller death of a seller.
- Samuel L. Jackson and Danielle Brooks are up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for their respective performances in August Wilson’s The piano lesson.
- Casey Likes is nominated for his performance in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category Almost known.
- Victoria Clark is nominated for her performance in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category Kimberly Akimbo.
- A Christmas song qualifies in the Best Game category. Jefferson Mays, Susan Lyons and Michael Arden are suitable writers for the adaptation.
- Jefferson Mays is nominated for his performance in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category A Christmas song.
- Dane Laffrey and Lucy Mackinnon were nominated for Best Scenic Design for a Play for their work together A Christmas carol.
- Lorna Courtney is up for her performance in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category & Julia.
- Soutra Gilmour and Andrzej Goulding are being considered for their work together in the Best Scenic Design of a Musical category & Julia.
- Luna is qualified for her performance in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category KPOP.
- Gabriel Hainer Evansohn and Peter Nigrini are considered for their work together in the Best Stage Design for a Musical category KPOP.
- Will Swenson is up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical A beautiful sound, the Neil Diamond Musical.
- Murders in the State of Ohio qualifies for the Best Revival of a Play category. Adrienne Kennedy is considered a writer.
- Beowulf Boritt and Jeff Sugg are jointly considered for their work in the Best Scenic Design of a Play category Murders in the State of Ohio.
- Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee and Adrianna Hicks are up for their respective performances in the Best Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Musical category Some love it when it’s hot.
- Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope are up for their respective performances in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category Cooperation.
- Ben Stanton and Duncan McLean are up for Best Lighting Design in a Play for their work together Cooperation.
Source: Deadline
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