The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon Lead Tony Nominations with Record-Breaking Entries
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The Dance Quotes and Callbacks in ‘Schmigadoon’ and ‘The Jellicle Ball’ Breaking down the choreographic allusions in “Schmigadoon” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” two gotta-dance, Tony-nominated shows.
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NEW YORK — “The Lost Boys” and “Schmigadoon!” each earned a leading 12 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, as nominators also made June Squibb the oldest Tony-nominated actor in history at 96. Danny Burstein is now the most-nominated male actor in Tony history.
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The Guardian CultureThe Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! lead this year’s Tony nominations with 12 nods each.
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Rose Byrne, the “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” star who plays one of those upper-crust ladies in “Fallen Angels,” secured a nomination for best actress in a play, becoming the 22nd actor in history to be Oscar- and Tony-nominated in the same year. Her co-star, Kelli O’Hara, also secured a nod, as did Lesley Manville for “Oedipus,” Susannah Flood for “Liberation” and Carrie Coon for her work in her husband Tracy Letts’ play “Bug.”
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The Guardian CultureMusical revival Ragtime follows with 11 nominations. After scoring her first Oscar nomination for anxiety-fuelled dark comedy If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Rose Byrne has now received her first Tony nomination in the category of best actress in a play for her role in Noel Coward comedy Fallen Angels. Her co-star Kelli O’Hara has also received a nod, making it her ninth nomination.
Vanity FairBest Leading Actress in a Play Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels Carrie Coon, Bug Susannah Flood, Liberation
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After winning a Tony for his performance in Merrily We Roll Along, Daniel Radcliffe has received another nomination this year for taking on acclaimed one-man show Every Brilliant Thing. He will compete in the category of lead actor in a play along with Nathan Lane for Death of a Salesman, Will Harrison for Punch, Mark Strong for Oedipus and John Lithgow for Giant. Lithgow won the Olivier for his performance in 2025.
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Washington Times CultureLithgow, who has two Tonys already, will get his third if he beats leading actor in a play nominees Lane, Radcliffe, Mark Strong in “Oedipus” and Will Harrison from “Punch,” which looks at restorative justice following the death of a man from a physical punch.
Vanity FairJohn Lithgow, Giant Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing Mark Strong, Oedipus
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Luke Evans has received a lead actor in a musical nomination for his Broadway debut in The Rocky Horror Show. He will face off against Nicholas Christopher for Chess, Sam Tutty for Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) and Brandon Uranowitz and Joshua Henry for Ragtime. On Monday night Henry opened this year’s Met Gala with a special musical performance.
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Washington Times CultureBest actor in a musical nominees include Joshua Henry and Brandon Uranowitz, both from “Ragtime,” Sam Tutty in “Two Strangers,” Nicholas Christopher in “Chess” and Luke Evans from “The Rocky Horror Show.”
Vanity FairNicholas Christopher, Chess Luke Evans, The Rocky Horror Show Joshua Henry, Ragtime
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On the women’s side, the nominees are: Caissie Levy from “Ragtime,” Marla Mindelle for “Titanique,” Christiani Pitts from “Two Strangers,” Sara Chase from “Schmigadoon!” and Stephanie Hsu in “The Rocky Horror Show.”
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The Guardian CultureIn the category of lead actress in a musical, the nominees are Sara Chase for Schmigadoon!, Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu for The Rocky Horror Show, Caissie Levy for Ragtime, Marla Mindelle for Titanique and Christiani Pitts for Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York).
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Best New Musical The Lost Boys Schmigadoon! Titaníque Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
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Washington Times CultureThe best new musical crown will be between “The Lost Boys,” “Schmigadoon!,” “Titanique,” a camp musical comedy that reimagines the 1997 megahit movie “Titanic,” and “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York),” an opposites-attract rom-com set during a New York City weekend.
NYT ArtsDaniel Radcliffe, John Lithgow and Lesley Manville Pick Up Tony Nominations The first batch of nominees included best new musical: “The Lost Boys,” “Titaníque,” “Schmigadoon!” and “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” were selected.
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01 NYT Arts How the Stars of 6 Tony-Nominated Broadway Shows Get Into Character For Nathan Lane, Taraji P. Henson, Daniel Radcliffe and other actors, it can take wigs, group hugs or banishing ghosts to make the transformation.
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02 The Guardian Culture The pair will face off against Carrie Coon for Bug, Susannah Flood for Liberation and Lesley Manville for Oedipus. Manville previously won the Olivier for her performance in the show’s West End run.
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03 Washington Times Culture “The Lost Boys,” an adaptation of a 1987 teen movie vampire thriller, and “Schmigadoon!,” an adaptation of an Apple TV series that gently mocks Broadway musicals, were followed by a revival of “Ragtime,” a big, soaring musical celebrating early 20th-century America, with 11 nominations, and “Death of a Salesman,” Arthur Miller’s masterpiece that looks at the unraveling of the American Dream, starring Nathan Lane, which nabbed nine nods.
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04 Vanity Fair Good morning, Broadway babies—and welcome to the nominations for the 79th annual Tony Awards. The nominees are being announced right now by Darren Criss and Uzo Aduba; we’re updating the list live. Below, find all the names that have been revealed so far.
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