NEW YORK—The nominees for the 2018 Tony Awards were unveiled on Tuesday, May 1 by Leslie Odom Jr. and Katharine McPhee. Leading all contenders were the musicals “Mean Girls” and “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical” with a total of 12 nominations apiece including Best Musical.
Followed close behind were “Angels in America,” “The Band’s Visit” and “Rodger’s & Hammerstein’s Carousel” with 11 nominations each. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part 1 and Part 2” and “My Fair Lady” earned 10 nominations apiece. A partial list of this year’s nominees can be viewed below:
Best Musical
-“Mean Girls”
-“The Band’s Visit”
-“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
-“Frozen”
Best Play
-“The Children”
-“Farinelli and the King”
-“Junk”
-“Latin History for Morons”
-“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
Best Revival of a Play
-“Angels in America”
-“The Iceman Cometh”
-“Three Tall Women”
-“Lobby Hero”
-“Travesties”
Best Revival of a Musical
-“My Fair Lady”
-“Once On This Island”
-“Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Best Actress in a Play
-Glenda Jackson “Three Tall Women”
-Condola Rashad “Saint Joan”
-Lauren Ridloff “Children of a Lesser God”
-Amy Schumer “Meteor Shower”
Best Actor in a Play
-Andrew Garfield “Angels in America”
-Tom Hollander “Travesties”
-Jamie Parker “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
-Mark Rylance “Farinelli and The King”
-Denzel Washington “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
-Anthony Boyle “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
-Michael Cera “Lobby Hero”
-Brian Tyree Henry “Lobby Hero”
-Nathan Lane “Angels in America”
-David Morse “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Feature Role in a Play
-Susan Brown “Angels in America”
-Noma Dumezweni “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
-Deborah Findlay “The Children”
-Denise Gough “Angels in America”
-Laurie Metcalf “Three Tall Women”
Best Actress in a Musical
-Lauren Ambrose “My Fair Lady”
-Hailey Kilgore “Once on This Island”
-LaChanze “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”
-Katrina Lenk “The Band’s Visit”
-Taylor Louderman “Mean Girls”
-Jessie Mueller “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Best Actor in a Musical
-Harry Hadden-Paton “My Fair Lady”
-Joshua Henry “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
-Tony Shalhoub “The Band’s Visit”
-Ethan Slater “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
-Ariana DeBose “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”
-Renee Fleming “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
-Lindsay Mendez “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
-Ashley Park “Mean Girls”
-Diana Rigg “My Fair Lady”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
-Norbert Leo Butz “My Fair Lady”
-Alexander Gemignani “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
-Grey Hanson “Mean Girls”
-Gavin Lee “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
-Ari’el Stachel “The Band’s Visit”
Best Direction of a Play
-Marianne Elliott “Angels in America”
-Joe Mantello “Three Tall Women”
-Patrick Marber “Travesties”
-John Tiffany “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
-George C. Wolfe “The Iceman Cometh”
Best Direction of a Musical
-Michael Arden “Once on This Island”
-David Cromer “The Band’s Visit”
-Tina Landau “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
-Casey Nicholaw “Mean Girls”
-Bartlett Sher “My Fair Lady”
Best Book of a Musical
-“The Band’s Visit”
-“Frozen”
-“Mean Girls”
-“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
Best Original Score
-“Angels in America”
-“The Band’s Visit”
-“Frozen”
-“Mean Girls”
-“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
The 72nd Annual Tony Awards will be handed out on June 10 at 8 p.m. from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The ceremony will air live on CBS and will be hosted by singers Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban.
