April 30 (UPI) — Nominations have been announced for the 2024 Tony Awards.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry unveiled this year’s nominees at an event Tuesday at the Sofitel New York.
Stereophonic, a play written by David Adjmi and featuring music by Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, and Hell’s Kitchen, a musical featuring a book by Kristoffer Diaz and music and lyrics by Alicia Keys, lead the nominees with 13 nominations each.
The Outsiders, a musical based on the S. E. Hinton novel and its 1983 film adaptation, follows with 12 nominations. Merrily We Roll Along and Water for Elephants are both up for seven awards,
The 77th annual Tony Awards will take place June 16 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center and air at 8 p.m. EDT on CBS. The show will also stream on Paramount+.
Ariana DeBose will host the event for the third consecutive year.
The 2024 Tony Awards nominations include:
Best Musical
Hell’s Kitchen
Illinoise
The Outsiders
Suffs
Water for Elephants
Best Play
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Mary Jane
Mother Play
Prayer for the French Republic
Stereophonic
Best Revival of a Musical
Cabaret
Gutenberg! The Musical
Merrily We Roll Along
Spamalot
The Who’s Tommy
The Wiz
Best Revival of a Play
An Enemy of the People
Appropriate
Doubt
Purlie Victorious
Uncle Vanya
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Brian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses
Brody Grant, The Outsiders
Jonathan Groff, Merrily We Roll Along
Dorian Harewood, The Notebook
Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Eden Espinosa, Lempicka
Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen
Kelli O’Hara, Days of Wine and Roses
Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook
Gayle Rankin, Cabaret
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
William Jackson Harper, Uncle Vanya
Leslie Odom Jr., Purlie Victorious
Liev Schreiber, Doubt
Jeremy Strong, An Enemy of the People
Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Betsy Aidem, Prayer for the French Republic
Jessica Lange, Mother Play
Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane
Sarah Paulson, Appropriate
Amy Ryan, Doubt