Tony Award Nominations 2023: ‘Some Like It Sizzling’ Dominates, Adopted by ‘& Juliet,’ ‘Shucked,’ ‘New York, New York’

“Some Like It Sizzling,” a jazzy re-imagining of the basic comedy movie about two musicians on the run, dominated the nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards, which had been introduced on Tuesday, with 13 nods.

It was adopted intently behind by “& Juliet,” “Shucked” and “New York, New York,” which every scored 9 nominations apiece. All of those productions will vie for finest musical honors, dealing with off in opposition to one of many 12 months’s most acclaimed exhibits, “Kimberly Akimbo,” the story of a young person who has a medical situation that causes her to age quickly. “Kimberly Akimbo” is up for eight prizes, together with for supporting performers Bonnie Milligan and Justin Cooley, in addition to for Victoria Clark’s flip within the title function.

The Jessica Chastain-led revival of a stripped-down “A Doll’s Home,” Tom Stoppard’s sprawling “Leopoldstadt,” and the political satire “Ain’t No Mo’” had been essentially the most nominated performs, with six nods every. It’s an necessary second of recognition for “Ain’t No Mo’,” which was embraced by critics, however struggled to search out its viewers, closing last winter after a complete of simply 28 performances.

However “Ain’t No Mo” isn’t the one manufacturing that confronted fierce industrial headwinds. The annual awards present, honoring the perfect of Broadway, is unfolding because the theater business continues to be clawing again from greater than a 12 months of COVID-related closures and the chilling impression that had on tourism in New York Metropolis, the lifeblood of the enterprise. Profitable a Tony might turbocharge the field workplace of a present like “Some Like It Sizzling” or “Shucked.”

Regardless of the challenges, there have been hits, reminiscent of an acclaimed re-imaging of “Parade” with Ben Platt (selecting up six nominations) and “Sweeney Todd” with Josh Groban brandishing a razor as Fleet Avenue’s demon barber (eight nominations) for “Humorous Woman” with Lea Michele subbing in for unique star Beanie Feldstein (ineligible as a result of it opened final season). Michele might not be getting a Tony, however she did announce Tuesday’s nominations with “MJ” star Myles Frost. 

Among the many different main classes, finest musical revival can be a race between “Parade,” “Sweeney Todd,” in addition to “Into the Woods,” which transferred from New York Metropolis Heart to Broadway to turn out to be a late summer season hit, and, in a shock, Lincoln Heart’s critically-derided revival of “Camelot.”

“Ain’t No Mo” and “Leopoldstadt” are up for finest play alongside “Between Riverside and Loopy,” “Price of Dwelling” and “Fats Ham,” which received final 12 months’s Pulitzer Prize for drama. Greatest revival of a play nominees embody “A Doll’s Home,” “The Check in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” “Suzan Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog,” and “August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson.”

A number of main Hollywood actors had been acknowledged for his or her stage work this season, together with Chastain, Jodie Comer for “Prima Facie,” Samuel L. Jackson for “”The Piano Lesson,” and Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II for “Topdog/Underdog.”

However there have been some notable omissions, as nicely. Laura Linney was ignored at the same time as her “Summer time 1976” co-star Jessica Hecht was acknowledged, LaTanya Richardson Jackson was snubbed for steering “The Piano Lesson,” and Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan for “The Check in Sidney Brustein’s Window” had been left off the record of honorees.

See the complete record of nominees:

Greatest Play

Ain’t No Mo’

Between Riverside and Loopy

Price of Dwelling

Fats Ham

Leopoldstadt

Greatest Musical

& Juliet

Kimberly Akimbo

New York, New York

Shucked

Some Like It Sizzling

Greatest Revival of a Play

August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson

A Doll’s Home

The Check in Sidney Brustein’s Window

Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog

Greatest Revival of a Musical

Into the Woods

Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot

Parade

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue

Greatest E book of a Musical

& Juliet

David West Learn

Kimberly Akimbo

David Lindsay-Abaire

New York, New York

David Thompson & Sharon Washington

Shucked

Robert Horn

Some Like It Sizzling

Matthew López & Amber Ruffin

Greatest Unique Rating (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Nearly Well-known

Music: Tom Kitt

Lyrics: Cameron Crowe & Tom Kitt

Kimberly Akimbo

Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire

KPOP

Music & Lyrics: Helen Park & Max Vernon

Shucked

Music and Lyrics: Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally

Some Like It Sizzling

Music: Marc Shaiman

Lyrics: Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman

Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Main Position in a Play

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog

Corey Hawkins, Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog

Sean Hayes, Good Night time, Oscar

Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Loopy

Wendell Pierce, Arthur Miller’s Loss of life of a Salesman

Greatest Efficiency by an Actress in a Main Position in a Play

Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s Home

Jodie Comer, Prima Facie

Jessica Hecht, Summer time, 1976

Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders

Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Main Position in a Musical

Christian Borle, Some Like It Sizzling

J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Sizzling

Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue

Brian d’Arcy James, Into the Woods

Ben Platt, Parade

Colton Ryan, New York, New York

Greatest Efficiency by an Actress in a Main Position in a Musical

Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue

Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods

Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo

Lorna Courtney, & Juliet

Micaela Diamond, Parade

Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Position in a Play

Jordan E. Cooper, Ain’t No Mo’

Samuel L. Jackson, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson

Arian Moayed, A Doll’s Home

Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt

David Zayas, Price of Dwelling

Greatest Efficiency by an Actress in a Featured Position in a Play

Nikki Crawford, Fats Ham

Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo’

Miriam Silverman, The Check in Sidney Brustein’s Window

Katy Sullivan, Price of Dwelling

Kara Younger, Price of Dwelling

Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Position in a Musical

Kevin Cahoon, Shucked

Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo

Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like It Sizzling

Jordan Donica, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot

Alex Newell, Shucked

Greatest Efficiency by an Actress in a Featured Position in a Musical

Julia Lester, Into the Woods

Ruthie Ann Miles, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue

Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo

NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Sizzling

Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet

Greatest Scenic Design of a Play

Miriam Buether, Prima Facie

Tim Hatley & Andrzej Goulding, Lifetime of Pi

Rachel Hauck, Good Night time, Oscar

Richard Hudson, Leopoldstadt

Dane Laffrey & Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol

Greatest Scenic Design of a Musical

Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York

Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue

Michael Yeargan & 59 Productions, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot

Scott Pask, Shucked

Scott Pask, Some Like It Sizzling

Greatest Costume Design of a Play

Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell, Lifetime of Pi

Dominique Fawn Hill, Fats Ham

Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt

Emilio Sosa, Ain’t No Mo’

Emilio Sosa, Good Night time, Oscar

Greatest Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Sizzling

Susan Hilferty, Parade

Jennifer Moeller, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot

Clint Ramos & Sophia Choi, KPOP

Paloma Younger, & Juliet

Donna Zakowska, New York, New York

Greatest Lighting Design of a Play

Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt

Natasha Chivers, Prima Facie

Jon Clark, A Doll’s Home Bradley King, Fats Ham

Tim Lutkin, Lifetime of Pi

Jen Schriever, Arthur Miller’s Loss of life of a Salesman

Ben Stanton, A Christmas Carol

Greatest Lighting Design of a Musical

Ken Billington, New York, New York

Lap Chi Chu, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot

Heather Gilbert, Parade

Howard Hudson, & Juliet

Natasha Katz, Some Like It Sizzling

Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue

Greatest Sound Design of a Play

Jonathan Deans & Taylor Williams, Ain’t No Mo’

Carolyn Downing, Lifetime of Pi

Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol

Ben & Max Ringham, A Doll’s House

Ben & Max Ringham, Prima Facie

Greatest Sound Design of a Musical

Kai Harada, New York, New York

John Shivers, Shucked

Scott Lehrer & Alex Neumann, Into the Woods

Gareth Owen, & Juliet

Nevin Steinberg, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue

Greatest Path of a Play

Saheem Ali, Fats Ham

Jo Bonney, Price of Dwelling

Jamie Lloyd, A Doll’s Home

Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt

Stevie Walker-Webb, Ain’t No Mo’ Max Webster, Lifetime of Pi

Greatest Path of a Musical

Michael Arden, Parade

Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods

Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Sizzling

Jack O’Brien, Shucked

Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo

Greatest Choreography

Steven Hoggett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue

Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Sizzling

Susan Stroman, New York, New York

Jennifer Weber, & Juliet

Jennifer Weber, KPOP

Greatest Orchestrations

Invoice Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro, & Juliet

John Clancy, Kimberly Akimbo

Jason Howland, Shucked

Charlie Rosen & Bryan Carter, Some Like It Sizzling

Daryl Waters & Sam Davis, New York, New York

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