The 76th Tony Awards will recognize the achievements in

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productions during the 2022–23 season. The ceremony is scheduled to be held at the

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in New York City on June 11, 2023, with Ariana DeBose returning as host for the second year in a row. Nominees were announced on May 2, 2023; the musical '' Some Like It Hot'' was the most-nominated show of the season, while '' Ain't No Mo''' and ''Leopoldstadt'' are tied for most nominated play.

Ceremony information

In January 2023,

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and

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renewed its contract with Ricky Kirshner and

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's White Cherry Entertainment to produce the ceremony. On April 12, 2023, it was announced that Ariana DeBose would return as host for a second consecutive year. On April 25, 2023, it was announced that the streaming pre-show ''The Tony Awards: Act One'' would move from

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to the

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(FAST) service

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, prior to the main presentation on

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and streaming on Paramount+.

Impact of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike

On May 2, 2023, the

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(WGA) went on

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. On May 12, the WGA denied the American Theatre Wing's request for a waiver to allow the broadcast, thereby placing the ceremony's broadcast in uncertainty. The Tony Awards Management Committee held an emergency meeting on May 15 to discuss the future of the ceremony. The meeting was unproductive. Sources said the committee would make another effort to convince the WGA for a strike waiver. The options are to either hold a non-televised press conference on the original date—akin to the response of the

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to the 2007–08 strike—or to postpone the ceremony until the strike is resolved—similar to the

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, which were postponed by more than a year due to the

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. The same day as the emergency meeting, the WGA announced they would not picket the event, but still once again denied the waiver, and the broadcast would continue as planned. The ceremony is currently expected to be unscripted;

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initially wrote an opening number for the awards, but it will not be performed because of the strike.

Performances

Announced performances will include musical numbers from the casts of: *''

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'' *''

Into the Woods ''Into the Woods'' is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. T ...

'' *''

& Juliet ''& Juliet'' is a 2019 coming-of-age stage musical featuring the music of Swedish pop songwriter Max Martin, with a book by David West Read. The story focuses on a "what if" scenario, where Juliet does not die at the end of Shakespeare's ' ...

'' *'' Kimberly Akimbo'' *'' New York, New York'' *'' Parade'' *'' Shucked'' *'' Some Like It Hot'' *'' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' Other performances will include: *A performance by

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*A special tribute to 2023 Lifetime Achievement Tony Honorees

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and

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In addition, the ceremony will include performances from non-nominated musicals including: *'' A Beautiful Noise'' * Lea Michele and the cast of '' Funny Girl''

Eligibility

The Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date for the 2022–23 season is April 27, 2023, for all Broadway productions which meet all other eligibility requirements. ;Original plays * '' Ain't No Mo''' * '' Between Riverside and Crazy'' * '' A Christmas Carol'' * '' The Collaboration'' * ''

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'' * '' Fat Ham'' * ''

Good Night, Oscar ''Good Night, Oscar'' is a comedy-drama play written by Doug Wright. The story revolves around Oscar Levant portrayed by Sean Hayes who appears on the ''The Tonight Show'' with Jack Paar. It began previews at the Belasco Theatre on April 7, 2 ...

'' * ''

The Kite Runner ''The Kite Runner'' is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul. The story is set against a backdrop of ...

'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool'' * '' Peter Pan Goes Wrong'' * '' Pictures from Home'' * '' Prima Facie'' * '' Summer, 1976'' * '' The Thanksgiving Play'' * '' Walking with Ghosts'' ;Original musicals * ''

'' * ''

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'' * '' Bad Cinderella'' * '' A Beautiful Noise'' * '' Kimberly Akimbo'' * ''

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'' * '' New York, New York'' * '' Shucked'' * '' Some Like It Hot'' ;Play revivals * ''

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'' * ''

Death of a Salesman ''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1949 stage play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a montage ...

'' * '' Ohio State Murders'' * ''

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'' * '' The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window'' * ''

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'' ;Musical revivals * ''

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'' * '' Bob Fosse's Dancin''' * ''

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'' * '' Parade'' * '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''

Events

Nominations

The nominees for the 76th Tony Awards were announced on May 2, 2023 by Lea Michele and

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. The year's nominations included several non-binary performers, with

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(for '' Some Like It Hot'') and Alex Newell (for '' Shucked'') becoming the first two

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performers to be nominated for performances in the same year, while others, such as Justin David Sullivan (from ''

''), opted out of Tony consideration due to their gendered categories, urging awards shows to "expand their reach". The musical ''Some Like It Hot'', based on the the classic 1959 Billy Wilder film of the same name, led the nominations, with 13 nominations, while '' Ain't No Mo''' and ''Leopoldstadt'' tied for the most nominations for a play, each receiving six.

Nominees

The winners, when announced, will be listed first, and will be highlighted in boldface. ‡ The award is presented to the producer(s) of the musical or play.

Nominations per production

Individuals with multiple nominations

References

External links

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Ceremony information

Impact of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike

Performances

Eligibility

Events

Nominations

Nominees

Nominations per production

Individuals with multiple nominations

See also

References

External links