The 77th Annual Tony Award have arrived, and the event will honor the best in Broadway productions from the 2023–24 season. This year’s prestigious ceremony will be held at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City on June 16, 2024, and will be broadcast live on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+.
Ariana DeBose will return as host for the third consecutive year. The ceremony will also feature a pre-show broadcast on Pluto TV titled The Tony Awards: Act One, hosted by Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar.
Check out the full list of 2024 Tony Awards nominations here.
The musicals expected to perform at the ceremony include:
- Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
- Hell’s Kitchen
- Illinoise
- Merrily We Roll Along
- The Outsiders
- Suffs
- Water for Elephants
- The Who’s Tommy
Producer Glenn Weiss has also teased a possible performance from the cast of Stereophonic.
Eligibility
The eligibility period for the 2023-2024 Broadway season is April 28, 2023, through April 25, 2024. Productions must meet all other eligibility requirements as set forth by the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League. Nominations were announced on April 30, 2024.
When to Watch
2024 Tony Awards
- Date: Sunday, June 16, 2024
- Time: 8:00 PM ET/PT
- Channel: CBS
- Stream: Paramount+
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Paramount+ will stream the ceremony live and on-demand. You can also watch on the Tony Awards App and website.
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2024 Tony Award Nominations
- Best Play: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Mary Jane, Mother Play, Prayer for the French Republic, Stereophonic
- Best Musical: Hell’s Kitchen, Illinoise, The Outsiders, Suffs, Water for Elephants
- Best Revival of a Play: Appropriate, An Enemy of the People, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch
- Best Revival of a Musical: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Gutenberg! The Musical!, Merrily We Roll Along, Spamalot, The Who’s Tommy
- Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: William Jackson Harper, Leslie Odom Jr., Liev Schreiber, Jeremy Strong, Michael Stuhlbarg
- Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Betsy Aidem, Jessica Lange, Rachel McAdams, Sarah Paulson, Amy Ryan
- Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Brody Grant, Jonathan Groff, Dorian Harewood, Brian d’Arcy James, Eddie Redmayne
- Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Eden Espinosa, Maleah Joi Moon, Kelli O’Hara, Maryann Plunkett, Gayle Rankin
- Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Will Brill, Eli Gelb, Jim Parsons, Tom Pecinka, Corey Stoll
- Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Juliana Canfield, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Sarah Pidgeon, Kara Young
- Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Roger Bart, Joshua Boone, Brandon Victor Dixon, Sky Lakota-Lynch, Daniel Radcliffe, Steven Skybell
- Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Shoshana Bean, Amber Iman, Nikki M. James, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Kecia Lewis, Lindsay Mendez, Bebe Neuwirth
- Best Direction of a Play: Daniel Aukin, Anne Kauffman, Kenny Leon, Lila Neugebauer, Whitney White
- Best Direction of a Musical: Maria Friedman, Michael Greif, Leigh Silverman, Jessica Stone, Danya Taymor
- Best Book of a Musical: Kristoffer Diaz, Bekah Brunstetter, Justin Levine and Adam Rapp, Shaina Taub, Rick Elice
- Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Days of Wine and Roses – Adam Guettel; Here Lies Love – David Byrne and Fatboy Slim; Stereophonic – Will Butler; Suffs – Shaina Taub; The Outsiders – Jamestown Revival and Justin Levine
- Best Scenic Design of a Play: dots, Derek McLane, David Zinn, David Zinn
- Best Scenic Design of a Musical: AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian, Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, Takeshi Kata, David Korins, Tim Hatley and Finn Ross, Riccardo Hernández and Peter Nigrini, Tom Scutt
- Best Costume Design of a Play: Dede Ayite, Dede Ayite, Enver Chakartash, Emilio Sosa, David Zinn
- Best Costume Design of a Musical: Dede Ayite, Linda Cho, David Israel Reynoso, Tom Scutt, Paul Tazewell
- Best Lighting Design of a Play: Isabella Byrd, Amith Chandrashaker, Jiyoun Chang, Jane Cox, Natasha Katz
- Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Brandon Stirling Baker, David Bengali and Bradley King, Isabella Byrd, Natasha Katz, Hana S. Kim and Brian MacDevitt
- Best Sound Design of a Play: Stefania Bulbarella and Justin Ellington, Leah Gelpe, Tom Gibbons, Will Pickens and Bray Poor, Ryan Rumery
- Best Sound Design of a Musical: M. L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, Kai Harada, Nick Lidster for Autograph, Gareth Owen, Cody Spencer
- Best Choreography: Camille A. Brown, Shana Carroll and Jesse Robb, Jeff Kuperman and Rick Kuperman, Annie-B Parson, Justin Peck
- Best Orchestrations: Adam Blackstone and Tom Kitt, Will Butler and Justin Craig, Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine, and Jamestown Revival, Jonathan Tunick, Timo Andres
Productions with Multiple Nominations
- 13 nominations: Hell’s Kitchen, Stereophonic
- 12 nominations: The Outsiders
- 9 nominations: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
- 8 nominations: Appropriate
- 7 nominations: Merrily We Roll Along, Water for Elephants
- 6 nominations: Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch, Suffs
- 5 nominations: An Enemy of the People, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
- 4 nominations: Here Lies Love, Illinoise, Mary Jane, Mother Play
- 3 nominations: Days of Wine and Roses, Doubt: A Parable, Lempicka, The Notebook, Prayer for the French Republic
- 2 nominations: Back to the Future: The Musical, Grey House
Non-Competitive Awards
Three Special Tony Awards will be presented to Alex Edelman for his “exemplary debut” in his solo show Just for Us, Abe Jacob for his contributions to modern sound design in theater, and Nikiya Mathis for her hair and wig design for the play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding. The recipients for the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre this year are scenic projection designer Wendall K. Harrington, ASU Gammage Executive Director and Broadway League member Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, outgoing Playwrights Horizons Board Chair Judith O. Rubin, the Dramatists Guild Foundation, and the Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts. Billy Porter will receive the Isabelle Stevenson Award for his activism in the LGBTQIA+ community, particularly with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation and the Entertainment Community Fund. Directors Jack O’Brien and George C. Wolfe will receive Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia will receive the Regional Theatre Tony Award. The recipient of the Excellence in Theatre Education Award will be CJay Philip, the founder and creative director of Dance & BMore in Baltimore, Maryland.
Don’t miss this exciting celebration of Broadway, hosted by Ariana DeBose. Tune in to CBS or stream it live on Paramount+ to witness theater excellence.