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The 77th Annual Tony Award Nominees Are…
- by Group Sales Box Office Staff
- Apr 30, 2024
Every year, on the last Tuesday of April – affectionately known as “Tony’s Tuesday” – Broadway is abuzz at 8:30am, an admittedly unusual hour of the day for most working on the “Main Stem”. And this year was no different as Tony Award winners Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton) and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) announced the nominees for the 77th Annual Tony Awards.
With 21 musicals and 16 plays opening throughout the 2023-2024 season (the most in recent memory), HELL’S KITCHEN and STEREOPHONIC led the way with 13 Tony Award nominations each, including Best Musical and Best Play, respectively.
The buzzy new musical THE OUTSIDERS garnered 12 nominations, including Best Musical. West-End transfer CABARET at the Kit Kat Club followed closely with 9 nominations, including Best Revival of a Musical. Competing for Best Revival of a Musical is the starry MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG which secured 7 nods.
Musicals making their Broadway debut this season had an excellent showing including WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (7 nominations, including Best Musical), SUFFS (6 nominations, including Best Musical), ILLINOISE (4 nominations, including Best Musical), LEMPICKA and THE NOTEBOOK (each with 3 nominations), BACK TO THE FUTURE (2 nominations), and THE GREAT GATSBY (1 nomination.) Returning to broadway this season, the revival of THE WHO’S TOMMY also received 1 nomination.
Looking at currently running Broadway plays, APPROPRIATE received 8 nominations, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE received 5, MARY JANE and MOTHER PLAY each received 4, and the starry revival of UNCLE VANYA received 1.
Tune in to the 77th annual Tony Awards on June 16, 2024 on CBS beginning at 8pm, and begin planning your group trips NOW for these nominated shows!
Best Musical
Hell’s Kitchen
Inspired by Alicia Keys’s own experiences in NYC
Illinoise
16 Weeks Only!
Suffs
An epic & timely new musical about the 1913 Women’s…
The Outsiders
The story that defined a generation.
Water for Elephants
The critically acclaimed bestselling novel comes to vivid life on…
Best Play
Mary Jane
Academy Award nominee Rachel McAdams stars.
Mother Play
Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons, and Celia Keenan-Bolger star.
Stereophonic
“The best play of the year.” –The Washington Post
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, which played its final Broadway performance on November 19, 2023, and Prayer for the French Republic, which played its final Broadway performance on March 3, 2024, are also nominated in this category.
Best Revival of a Play
Appropriate (Belasco Theatre)
Branden Jacob-Jenkins’ darkly comic American family drama.
An Enemy of the People
A strictly limited engagement you won’t want to miss.
Purlie Victorious, which played its final performance on February 4, 2024, is also nominated in this category.
Best Revival of a Musical
CABARET at the Kit Kat Club
The intimate, electrifying revival that has captivated London comes to…
Merrily We Roll Along
It’s our time, breathe it in; worlds to change and…
The Who’s Tommy
The rock opera that changed the course of music history.
Gutenberg! the Musical!, which played its final performance on January 28, 2024, is also nominated in this category.