75th Tony Awards 2022: Date, Winners, Nominees, Categories, Awards, best musical, best actress in a musical, best play, best featured in a musical, best actor in a musical, ceremony, host, how to watch, list, musical performance, nomination, and more 

75th Tony Awards 2022: It's show time! The 75th annual Tony award is coming back to New York's Radio City Music Hall and is set to be held on June 12, 2022, to recognize the achievement in Broadway productions during the 2021-2022 season. 

Nominated productions from the 2021-2022 Broadway season include Girl From The North Country, MJ, Mr. Saturday Night, Paradise Square, SIX: The Musical, and A Strange Loop. The ceremony will be held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City and will be hosted by Ariana DeBose.

The ceremony's telecast will be split between Paramount+ and CBS. Paramount+ will stream an hour-long pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One, at 7:00 p.m. ET, which will be hosted by Darren Criss and Julianne Hough and feature "special performances" and the presentation of selected awards.

It will be followed by the main ceremony telecast on CBS and Paramount+, which will be hosted by Ariana DeBose. For the first time, the ceremony will be televised live on the West Coast. 

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What is the Tony Award?

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre is more commonly known as the Tony Award. The awards were presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League in 1947. 

The awards were founded by theatre producer and director Brock Pemberton and are named after Antoinette "Tony" Perry, an actress, producer, and theatre director who was co-founder and secretary of the American Theatre Wing. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances. 

The Tony Awards are considered the highest U.S. theatre honor, as the honor given in the New York theatre industry's equivalent to the Academy Awards (Oscars) for film, the Emmy Awards for television, and the Grammy Awards for music.

The Tony Awards are also considered the equivalent of the Laurence Olivier Awards in the United Kingdom and the Molière Awards in France.

75th Tony Awards Date & Time, Location

• 75th Tony Award will be held on Sunday, June 12, 2022, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. 
• The ceremony will be held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, USA.
• Tune into the ceremony at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

How to watch the 75th Tony Awards? 

The 75th annual Tony Award will air live from coast to coast on CBS. The show will also stream live and on-demand on Paramount+. The ceremony's telecast will be split between Paramount+ and CBS. Paramount+ will stream an hour-long pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One, at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Ahead of the broadcast, Darren Criss and Julianne Hough will cohost The Tony Awards: Act One on Paramount+. The pre-show will be described as “one hour of exclusive content,” and will see the pair “bestowing multiple awards and introducing special performances.”

Who is hosting the 2022 Tony Awards?

Academy Award winner and past Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose is hosting this year’s show. Ariana Debose is an American actress, dancer, and singer. Credited for her various performances on stage and screen, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

In 2022, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. For this Ceremony, she was chosen to host this annual 75th Tony Awards, and she said in a previous press release. “This is a dream come true, and I’m excited to see you all on June 12th.”

Emmy Award winners Darren Criss and Julianne Hough will co-host THE TONY AWARDS: ACT ONE, an hour of exclusive content streaming live only on Paramount+, Sunday, June 12 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/4:00-5:00 PM, PT), prior to the live broadcast of the Tony Awards on CBS.

Who is performing at the 2022 75th Tony Awards?

The evening of the 75th annual Tony Award will feature performances by this year's Tony Award-nominated musicals, including "A Strange Loop," "Company," "Girl from the North Country, " "MJ," "Mr. Saturday Night," "Music Man," "Paradise Square" and "SIX."

Also taking the stage to help celebrate this extraordinary night will be Tony Award winners Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, and the original cast members of the 2007 Tony Award-winning musical "Spring Awakening."

Huge Jackman, Billy Porter, and the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus also performed at 75th Tony Awards.

Who are the nominees for 75th Tony Awards 2022?

There are lots of nominees according to their work and performance. I tried to show the nominees according to their categories let's check out below. 

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

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality leading roles in a Broadway play.

And the nominees are...

• Simon Russell Beale – The Lehman Trilogy as Henry Lehman
• Adrian Lester – The Lehman Trilogy as Emanuel Lehman
• Adam Godley – The Lehman Trilogy as Mayer Lehman
• David Morse – How I Learned to Drive as Uncle Peck
• Sam Rockwell – American Buffalo as Teach
• Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Lackawanna Blues as Various
• David Threlfall – Hangmen as Harry Wade

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

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre. The award is given to actresses for quality leading roles in a Broadway play.

And the nominees are...

• Gabby Beans – The Skin of Our Teeth as Sabina
• LaChanze – Trouble in Mind as Wiletta Mayer
• Ruth Negga – Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
• Mary-Louise Parker – How I Learned to Drive as Li'l Bit
• Deirdre O'Connell – Dana H. as Dana H.

Best Musical

The Tony Award for Best Musical is given annually to the best new Broadway musical, as determined by Tony Award voters. The award is one of the ceremony's longest-standing awards, having been presented each year since 1949.

And the nominees are...

• A Strange Loop
• Girl from the North Country
• MJ
• Mr. Saturday Night
• Paradise Square
• Six

Best play

The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award given to the best new (non-musical) play on Broadway, as determined by Tony Award voters.

And the nominees are...

• Clyde's – Lynn Nottage
• Hangmen – MartinMcDonagh
• Skeleton Crew – Dominique Morisseau
• The Lehman Trilogy – Stefano Massini and Ben Power
• The Minutes – Tracy Letts

Best Revival of a play 

The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play has only been awarded since 1994. Prior to that, plays and musicals were considered together for the Tony Award for Best Revival. The award is given to the best non-musical play that has appeared on Broadway in a previous production. The award goes to the producers of the play.

And the nominees are...

• American Buffalo
• For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
• How I Learned to Drive
• Take Me Out
• Trouble in Mind

Best Revival of a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical has been awarded since 1994. Before that time, both plays and musicals were considered together for the Tony Award for Best Revival. The award is given to the best musical play which has already appeared on Broadway in a previous production or is regarded as being in the common theatrical repertoire. The award goes to the producers of the musical. Like Best Musical, songs from the musicals that are nominated for this award are usually performed during the ceremony before this award is presented.

And the nominees are...

• Caroline, or Change
• Company
• The Music Man

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been given since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been publicly announced since 1956.

And the nominees are...

• Billy Crystal – Mr. Saturday Night as Buddy Young Jr.
• Myles Frost – MJ as MJ
• Hugh Jackman – The Music Man as Harold Hill
• Rob McClure – Mrs. Doubtfire as Daniel Hillard / Euphegenia Doubtfire
• Jaquel Spivey – A Strange Loop as Usher

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical is awarded to the best actress in a musical, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been given since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been publicly announced since 1956.

And the nominees are...

• Sharon D. Clarke – Caroline, or Change as CarolineThibodeaux
• Carmen Cusack – Flying Over Sunset as Clare Boothe Luce
• Sutton Foster – The Music Man as Marian Paroo
• Joaquina Kalukango – Paradise Square as Nelly O'Brien
• Mare Winningham – Girl from the North Country as Elizabeth Laine

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Alfie Allen – Hangmen as Mooney
• Chuck Cooper – Trouble in Mind as Sheldon Forrester
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Take Me Out as Mason Marzac
• Ron Cephas Jone – Clyde's as Montrellous
• Michael Oberholtzer – Take Me Out as Shane Mungitt
• Jesse Williams – Take Me Out as Darren Lemming

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Uzo Aduba – Clyde's as Clyde
• Rachel Dratch – POTUS as Stephanie
• Kenita R. Miller – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is Enuf as Lady in Red
• Phylicia Rashad – Skeleton Crew as Faye
• Julie White – POTUS as Harriet
• Kara Young – Clyde's as Letitia

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Matt Doyle – Company as Jamie
• Sidney DuPont – Paradise Square as Washington Henry
• Jared Grimes – Funny Girl as Eddie Ryan
• John-Andrew Morrison – A Strange Loop as Thought 4
• A. J. Shively – Paradise Square as Owen Duignan

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Jeannette Bayardelle – Girl from the North Country as Mrs. Neilsen
• Shoshana Bean – Mr. Saturday Night as Susan Young
• Jayne Houdyshell – The Music Man as Eulalie McKechnie Shinn
• L Morgan Lee – A Strange Loop as Thought 1
• Patti LuPone – Company as Joanne
• Jennifer Simard – Company as Sarah

Best Direction of a Play

• Lileana Blain-Cruz – The Skin of Our Teeth
• Camille A. Brown – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
• Sam Mendes – The Lehman Trilogy
• Neil Pepe – American Buffalo
• Les Waters – Dana H.

Best Direction of a Musical

• Jamie Armitage and Lucy Moss – Six
• Stephen Brackett – A Strange Loop
• Marianne Elliott – Company
• Conor McPherson – Girl from the North Country
• Christopher Wheeldon – MJ

Best Book of a Musical

• A Strange Loop – Michael R. Jackson
• Girl from the North Country – Conor McPherson
• MJ – Lynn Nottage
• Mr. Saturday Night – Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel
• Paradise Square – Christina Anderson, Larry Kirwan, and Craig Lucas

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

• A Strange Loop – Michael R. Jackson (music and lyrics)
• Flying Over Sunset – Tom Kitt (music) and Michael Korie (lyrics)
• Mr. Saturday Night – Jason Robert Brown (music) and Amanda Green (lyrics)
• Paradise Square – Masi Asare and Nathan Tysen (lyrics) and Jason Howland (music)
• Six – Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (music and lyrics)

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• Beowulf Boritt – POTUS
• Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong – Skeleton Crew
• Es Devlin – The Lehman Trilogy
• Anna Fleischle – Hangmen
• Scott Pask – Amer Buffalo
• Adam Rigg – The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions – Flying Over Sunset
• Bunny Christie – Company
• Arnulfo Maldonado – A Strange Loop
• Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini – MJ
• Allen Moyer – Paradise Square

Best Costume Design of a Play

• Montana Levi Blanco – The Skin of Our Teeth
• Sarafina Bush – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
• Emilio Sosa – Trouble in Mind
• Jane Greenwood – Plaza Suite
• Jennifer Moeller – Clyde's

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• Fly Davis – Caroline, or Change
• Toni-Leslie James – Paradise Square
• William Ivey Long – Diana
• Santo Loquasto – The Music Man
• Gabriella Slade – Six
• Paul Tazewell – MJ

Best Lighting Design of a Play

• Joshua Carr – Hangmen
• Jiyoun Chang – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
• Jon Clark – The Lehman Trilogy
• Jane Cox  – Macbeth
• Yi Zhao – The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• Neil Austin – Company
• Tim Deiling – Six
• Donald Holder – Paradise Square
• Natasha Katz – MJ
• Bradley King – Flying Over Sunset
• Jen Schriever – A Strange Loop

Best Sound Design of a Play

• Dominic Bilkey and Nick Powell – The Lehman Trilogy
• Justin Ellington – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
• Mikhail Fiksel – Dana H.
• Palmer Hefferan – The Skin of Our Teeth
• Mikaal Sulaiman – Macbeth

Best Sound Design of a Musical

• Simon Baker – Girl from the North Country
• Paul Gatehouse – Six
• Ian Dickinson for Autograph – Company
• Drew Levy – A Strange Loop
• Gareth Owen – MJ

Best Choreography

• Camille A. Brown – for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
• Warren Carlyle – The Music Man
• Carrie-Anne Ingrouille – Six
• Bill T. Jones – Paradise Square
• Christopher Wheeldon – MJ

Best Orchestrations

• David Cullen – Company
• Tom Curran – Six
• Simon Hale – Girl from the North Country
• David Holcenberg and Jason Michael Webb – MJ
• Charlie Rosen – A Strang Loop

Eligibility:

The Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date for the 2021–22 season is May 4, 2022, for all Broadway productions which meet all other eligibility requirements. Nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards were announced by Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry on May 9, 2022. They were initially going to be announced on May 3 but were extended a week to accommodate possible COVID-19 outbreaks.

A revival of West Side Story that opened on February 20, 2020, was considered ineligible for the 74th Tony Awards because too few nominators and voters had seen it before Broadway shut down on March 12, 2020, due to the pandemic, and it did not resume when Broadway reopened in September 2021.

FAQs about the 75th Tony Awards

Let's discuss some important frequently asked questions about the 75th Tony Award 2022. Here I am trying to share some FAQs about the event.

1. when are the 75th annual Tony Awards?

Ans. The 75th annual Tony Awards will be held on Sunday, June 12, 2022.

2. Where will be the 75th annual Awards?

Ans. The ceremony will be held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, USA.

3. Who will host this show? 

Ans. Ariana DeBose will host the show. 

4. What time are the 2022 Tony Awards?

Ans. The ceremony will start in the evening at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. 

5. How to watch the 2022 75th Tony Awards?

Ans. The 75th annual Tonys will air live from coast to coast on CBS. The show will also stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.

6. Who is performing at the 2022 Tony Awards?

Ans. The cast of Spring Awakening will have a reunion performance at the 2022 Tony Awards, as well as Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Billy Crystal, Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Billy Porter, and the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus.

Summary: 

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