Tony Awards 2026: Full Nominations Announced

The 79th Annual Tony Awards will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ on June 7, 2026, from Radio City Music Hall.

The nominations were announced on May 5, 2026, by Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss. The ceremony, hosted by P!NK, recognizes achievement in Broadway theatre for the 2024–2025 season.

Leading Nominees

Two musicals tied for the most nominations: The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! each received 12. Ragtime followed close behind with 11 nominations.

In the play revival category, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman led with 9 nominations, tied with Cats: The Jellicle Ball and Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show.

Nomination Counts by Show

Major Category Nominees

Best Musical

• The Lost Boys
• Schmigadoon!
• Titanique
• Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best Play

• The Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire
• Giant by Mark Rosenblatt
• Liberation by Bess Wohl
• Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter

Best Musical Revival

• Cats: The Jellicle Ball
• Ragtime
• Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show

Best Play Revival

• Death of a Salesman
• Becky Shaw
• Every Brilliant Thing
• Fallen Angels
• Oedipus

Lead Performance Nominees

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

• Nicholas Christopher, Chess
• Luke Evans, The Rocky Horror Show
• Joshua Henry, Ragtime
• Sam Tutty, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
• Brandon Uranowitz, Ragtime

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

• Sara Chase, Schmigadoon!
• Stephanie Hsu, The Rocky Horror Show
• Caissie Levy, Ragtime
• Marla Mindelle, Titanique
• Christiani Pitts, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

• Will Harrison, Punch
• Nathan Lane, Death of a Salesman
• John Lithgow, Giant
• Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing
• Mark Strong, Oedipus

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

• Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels
• Carrie Coon, Bug
• Susannah Flood, Liberation
• Lesley Manville, Oedipus
• Kelli O'Hara, Fallen Angels

Special Awards and Honors

The following special awards will be presented at the ceremony:

• Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: André Bishop, Jules Fisher, James Lapine
• Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Mary-Mitchell Campbell
• Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: 1/52 Project, Jake Bell, Kenn Lubin, Loren Plotkin
• Special Tony Award: The League of Resident Theatres (LORT)

Notable Nomination Details

June Squibb, at age 96, became the oldest acting nominee in Tony history.

• Liberation, nominated for Best Play, won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
• Danny Burstein became the most-nominated male performer in Tony history with nine career nominations, all for his featured role in Marjorie Prime.
• Rose Byrne received a nomination for Best Actress in a Play for Fallen Angels — she also received an Oscar nomination earlier this year for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.
• Two plays — Death of a Salesman and Joe Turner's Come and Gone — received nominations for Best Original Score.
• Scott Rudin was nominated for Best Play Revival for Death of a Salesman and Best Play for Little Bear Ridge Road. Rudin stepped back from Broadway in 2021 following allegations of abusive behavior.
• Alden Ehrenreich received a Tony nomination for his Broadway debut in Becky Shaw.
• Layton Williams received a nomination for his role in Titanique.
• Will Harrison (born 1991) received a nomination for Best Actor in a Play for Punch.

Notable Omissions

Lea Michele was not nominated for her role in Chess, though three of her co-stars were.

• Lea Michele and Aaron Tveit were not nominated for Chess; however, co-stars Bryce Pinkham, Nicholas Christopher, and Hannah Cruz received nominations.
• The revival of Proof, starring Don Cheadle, Ayo Edebiri, and Kara Young, received no nominations.
• Beaches, The Musical received no nominations.
• Queen of Versailles, which closed in December 2025, received no nominations.
• The Fear of 13 received only sound and lighting design nominations; its lead performers Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson were not nominated.
• Adrien Brody and Jon Bernthal were not nominated for their Broadway debuts.
• Dog Day Afternoon received scenic, costume, and lighting nominations but not for its lead performers Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
• Laurie Metcalf was not nominated for her role in Little Bear Ridge Road, though she received a nomination for Death of a Salesman.
• Elliot Levey was not nominated for Giant despite winning an Olivier Award for the same role.
• Other performers not nominated include: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Waiting for Godot; Jean Smart in Call Me Izzy; Bobby Cannavale, Neil Patrick Harris, and James Corden in Art; and Chasity Moore in Cats: The Jellicle Ball.