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The complete list of 2025 Tony Award nominations

As well as how you can watch the upcoming ceremony…

The 2025 Tony Awards are officially on the horizon! 

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The nominations were announced on May 1, and the awards ceremony will take place at New York’s Radio City Music Hall in early June. 

Read on for everything you need to know about the Tony Awards and to see the complete list of nominations. 

Where can I watch the Tony Awards 2025?

The Tony Awards will kick off on Monday, June 9 at 10am AEST.

Australians can watch the ceremony live via Paramount+.

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Who has the most Tony nominations in 2025?

Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending and Buena Vista Social Club lead the nominations this year with 10 nods apiece. 

The complete list of 2025 nominations:

Best Musical

Buena Vista Social Club
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

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Death Becomes Her leads the nominations this year.
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Best Play

English
The Hills of California
John Proctor is the Villain
Oh, Mary!
Purpose

Best Revival of a Musical

Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Sunset Blvd.

Best Revival of a Play

Eureka Day
Romeo + Juliet
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town
Yellow Face

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

Megan Hilty – Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald – Gypsy
Jasmine Amy Rogers – Boop! The Musical
Nicole Scherzinger – Sunset Blvd.
Jennifer Simard – Death Becomes Her

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

Darren Criss – Maybe Happy Ending
Andrew Durand – Dead Outlaw
Tom Francis – Sunset Blvd.
Jonathan Groff – Just in Time
James Monroe Iglehart – A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Jeremy Jordan – Floyd Collins

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

Laura Donnelly – The Hills of California
Mia Farrow – The Roommate
LaTanya Richardson Jackson – Purpose
Sadie Sink – John Proctor is the Villain
Sarah SnookThe Picture of Dorian Gray

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

George ClooneyGood Night, and Good Luck
Cole Escola – Oh, Mary!
Jon Michael Hill – Purpose
Daniel Dae Kim – Yellow Face
Harry Lennix – Purpose
Louis McCartney – Stranger Things: The First Shadow

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

Brooks Ashmanskas – Smash
Jeb Brown – Dead Outlaw
Danny Burstein – Gypsy
Jak Malone – Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Taylor Trensch – Floyd Collins

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

Natalie Venetia Belcon – Buena Vista Social Club
Julia Knitel – Dead Outlaw
Gracie Lawrence – Just in Time
Justina Machado – Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
Joy Woods – Gypsy

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Sarah Snook is nominated for The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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

Glenn Davis – Purpose
Gabriel Ebert – John Proctor is the Villain
Francis Jue – Yellow Face
Bob Odenkirk – Glengarry Glen Ross
Conrad Ricamora – Oh, Mary!

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

Tala Ashe – English
Jessica Hecht – Eureka Day
Marjan Neshat – English
Fina Strazza – John Proctor is the Villain
Kara Young – Purpose

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Best Book of a Musical

Marco Ramirez – Buena Vista Social Club
Itamar Moses – Dead Outlaw
Marco Pennette – Death Becomes Her
Will Aronson and Hue Park – Maybe Happy Ending
David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts – Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna – Dead Outlaw
Julia Mattison and Noel Carey – Death Becomes Her
Will Aronson and Hue Park – Maybe Happy Ending
David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts – Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez – Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Marsha Ginsberg – English
Rob Howell – The Hills of California
Marg Horwell and David Bergman – The Picture of Dorian Gray
Miriam Buether and 59 – Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Scott Pask – Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Rachel Hauck – Swept Away
Dane Laffrey and George Reeve – Maybe Happy Ending
Arnulfo Maldonado – Buena Vista Social Club
Derek McLane – Death Becomes Her
Derek McLane – Just in Time

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Best Costume Design of a Play

Brenda Abbandandolo – Good Night, and Good Luck
Marg Horwell – The Picture of Dorian Gray
Rob Howell – The Hills of California
Holly Pierson – Oh, Mary!
Brigitte Reiffenstuel – Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Dede Ayite – Buena Vista Social Club
Gregg Barnes – Boop! The Musical
Clint Ramos – Maybe Happy Ending
Paul Tazewell – Death Becomes Her
Catherine Zuber – Just in Time

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George Clooney snagged a nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play.

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Natasha Chivers – The Hills of California
Jon Clark – Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Heather Gilbert and David Bengali – Good Night, and Good Luck
Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski – John Proctor is the Villain
Nick Schlieper – The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Jack Knowles – Sunset Blvd.
Tyler Micoleau – Buena Vista Social Club
Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun – Floyd Collins
Ben Stanton – Maybe Happy Ending
Justin Townsend – Death Becomes Her

Best Sound Design of a Play

Paul Arditti – Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Palmer Hefferan – John Proctor is the Villain
Daniel Kluger – Good Night, and Good Luck
Nick Powell – The Hills of California
Clemence Williams – The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Jonathan Deans – Buena Vista Social Club
Adam Fisher – Sunset Blvd.
Peter Hylenski – Just in Time
Peter Hylenski – Maybe Happy Ending
Dan Moses Schreier – Floyd Collins

Best Direction of a Play

Knud Adams – English
Sam Mendes – The Hills of California
Sam Pinkleton – Oh, Mary!
Danya Taymor – John Proctor is the Villain
Kip Williams – The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Best Direction of a Musical

Saheem Ali – Buena Vista Social Club
Michael Arden – Maybe Happy Ending
David Cromer – Dead Outlaw
Christopher Gattelli – Death Becomes Her
Jamie Lloyd – Sunset Blvd.

Best Choreography

Joshua Bergasse – Smash
Camille A. Brown – Gypsy
Christopher Gattelli – Death Becomes Her
Jerry Mitchell – Boop! The Musical
Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck – Buena Vista Social Club

Best Orchestrations

Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber – Just in Time
Will Aronson – Maybe Happy Ending
Bruce Coughlin – Floyd Collins
Marco Paguia – Buena Vista Social Club
David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber – Sunset Blvd.

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