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Tony Award Nominations to be released this week

The American Theatre Wing will announce the nomination for the 74th Annual Tony Awards on Friday October 16th at 2am AEST/3am AEDT.

The announcement will be hosted by James Monroe Inglehart (Aladdin, Hamilton) on the official Tony Awards YouTube channel.

No date for the ceremony has been set, but it is speculated to be taking place in December.

Heather Hitchens, President and CEO of the American Theatre Wing, and Charlotte St. Martin, President of the Broadway League commented:

We are thrilled to have the opportunity to recognize Broadway’s magnificent work of during the 2019-2020 season. Our Broadway community has been incredibly resilient during this difficult time, and we look forward to paying tribute to the performers and artists.

Due to the COVID closures, the eligibility cutoff date for productions was Thursday, February 19th. Therefore, the productions eligible for the 2019-2020 award season are:

  • Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
  • Moulin Rouge! The Musical
  • Sea Wall/A Life
  • Betrayal
  • The Height of the Storm
  • The Great Society
  • Slave Play
  • Linda Vista
  • The Rose Tattoo
  • The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
  • The Sound Inside
  • Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
  • The Inheritance
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Jagged Little Pill
  • My Name is Lucy Barton
  • A Soldier’s Play
  • Grand Horizons
Gabi Bergman

Gabi Bergman is a Melbourne-based performer and educator, and is the current Deputy Editor-in-Chief of AussieTheatre.com. She holds a Double Arts degree in Theatre Studies and Film/Screen Studies and a Master of Teaching (Secondary Education). Gabi has always been an avid lover of theatre, specifically musicals, and spends way too much money than she’d like to admit on tickets. Her most prized possession is her crate of theatre programs.

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