Tony awards 2017: complete list of nominations

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 leads with 12 nominations, with Tim Minchin’s Groundhog Day in contention for best new musical – here are the nominees in full

Best play

A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath
Indecent by Paula Vogel
Oslo by JT Rogers
Sweat by Lynn Nottage

Best musical

Come from Away
Dear Evan Hansen
Groundhog Day the Musical
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

Best book of a musical

Come from Away by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levenson
Groundhog Day the Musical by Danny Rubin
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy

Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre

Come from Away by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Groundhog Day the Musical by Tim Minchin
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy

Best revival of a play

August Wilson’s Jitney
Lillian Hellman’s the Little Foxes
Noel Coward’s Present Laughter
John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation

Best revival of a musical

Falsettos
Hello, Dolly!
Miss Saigon

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play

Denis Arndt, Heisenberg
Chris Cooper, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Corey Hawkins, Six Degrees of Separation
Kevin Kline, Present Laughter
Jefferson Mays, Oslo

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play

Cate Blanchett, The Present
Jennifer Ehle, Oslo
Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie
Laura Linney, The Little Foxes
Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical

Christian Borle, Falsettos
Josh Groban, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Andy Karl, Groundhog Day the Musical
David Hyde Pierce, Hello, Dolly!
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical

Denée Benton, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Christine Ebersole, War Paint
Patti LuPone, War Paint
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play

Michael Aronov, Oslo
Danny DeVito, The Price
Nathan Lane, The Front Page
Richard Thomas, The Little Foxes
John Douglas Thompson, Jitney

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play

Johanna Day, Sweat
Jayne Houdyshell, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Cynthia Nixon, The Little Foxes
Condola Rashad, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Michelle Wilson, Sweat

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical

Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!
Mike Faist, Dear Evan Hansen
Andrew Rannells, Falsettos
Lucas Steele, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Brandon Uranowitz, Falsettos

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical

Kate Baldwin, Hello, Dolly!
Stephanie J Block, Falsettos
Jenn Colella, Come from Away
Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen
Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia

Best scenic design of a play

David Gallo, Jitney
Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong
Douglas W Schmidt, The Front Page
Michael Yeargan, Oslo

Best scenic design of a musical

Rob Howell, Groundhog Day the Musical
David Korins, War Paint
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly!

Best costume design of a play

Jane Greenwood, The Little Foxes
Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter
Toni-Leslie James, Jitney
David Zinn, A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best costume design of a musical

Linda Cho, Anastasia
Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly!
Paloma Young, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Catherine Zuber, War Paint

Best lighting design of a play

Christopher Akerlind, Indecent
Jane Cox, Jitney
Donald Holder, Oslo
Jennifer Tipton, A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best lighting design of a musical

Howell Binkley, Come from Away
Natasha Katz, Hello, Dolly!
Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Japhy Weideman, Dear Evan Hansen

Best direction of a play

Sam Gold, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jitney
Bartlett Sher, Oslo
Daniel Sullivan, The Little Foxes
Rebecca Taichman, Indecent

Best direction of a musical

Christopher Ashley, Come from Away
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Michael Greif, Dear Evan Hansen
Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day the Musical
Jerry Zaks, Hello, Dolly!

Best choreography

Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand
Peter Darling and Ellen Kane, Groundhog Day the Musical
Kelly Devine, Come from Away
Denis Jones, Holiday Inn, the New Irving Berlin Musical
Sam Pinkleton, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

Best orchestration

Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen, Bandstand
Larry Hochman, Hello, Dolly!
Alex Lacamoire, Dear Evan Hansen
Dave Malloy, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

Recipients of awards and honours in non-competitive categories

Special Tony award for lifetime achievement in the theatre
James Earl Jones

Special Tony award
Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin, sound designers for The Encounter

Regional theatre Tony award
Dallas Theater Center, Dallas, Texas

Isabelle Stevenson Tony award
Baayork Lee

Tony honours for excellence in the theatre
Nina Lannan
Alan Wasser

  • The winners will be announced on 11 June.

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