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Wendy October 17th, 2020
To say it's been a weird year is an understatement. It's been a CRAZY year, crazier than a revival of that Spiderman musical. Some Broadway shows have had to shut before their opening night, and many more haven't even been able to open at all. But, as the eternal entertainment adage goes, the show must go on! And so it shall. Well, the Tony Awards specifically. Rather than let a global pandemic halt the prestigious annual ceremony, for right or wrong it's going ahead! Albeit with only a handful of nominees, which has made for some VERY interesting categories...
Firstly, if you're a betting person, I'll suggest putting ALL your money on Aaron Tveit for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical". Why? Well he's literally the only nominee! And secondly, you may find the nominees for "Best Original Score" surprising - there's not a single musical nominated. That's right, the "Best Original Score" nominees for 2020 are all plays. Though that's probably because the only three musicals contending are all jukeboxes!
Will it get any weirder? We'll have to watch the live - online! - ceremony later this year to find out! In the meantime, here are some of the nominees. Leading the way for musicals are Jagged Little PIll with 15 nominations and Moulin Rouge! with 14. Slave Play is the most nominated play with 12.
Best Musical
Jagged Little Pill
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Best Play
Grand Horizons
The Inheritance
Sea Wall/A Life
Slave Play
The Sound Inside
Best Book of a Musical
Jagged Little Pill
Moulin Rouge!
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Best Original Score
A Christmas Carol
The Inheritance
The Rose Tattoo
Slave Play
The Sound Inside
Best Revival of a Play
Betrayal
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
A Soldier's Play
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Karen Olivo, Moulin Rouge!
Elizabeth Stanley, Jagged Little Pill
Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Aaron Tveit, Moulin Rouge!
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Joaquina Kalukango, Slave Play
Laura Linney, My Name is Lucy Barton
Audra McDonald, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Mary-Louise Parker, The Sound Inside
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Ian Barford, Linda Vista
Andrew Burnap, The Inheritance
Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall/A Life
Tom Hiddleston, Betrayal
Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life
Blair Underwood, A Soldier's Play
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein, Moulin Rouge!
Derek Klena, Jagged Little Pill
Sean Allan Krill, Jagged Little Pill
Sahr Ngaujah, Moulin Rouge!
Daniel J. Watts, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Kathryn Gallagher, Jagged Little Pill
Celia Rose Gooding, Jagged Little Pill
Robyn Hurder, Moulin Rouge!
Lauren Patten, Jagged Little Pill
Myra Lucretia Taylor, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play
James Cusati-Moyer, Slave Play
David Alan Grier, A Soldier's Play
John Benjamin Hickey, The Inheritance
Paul Hilton, The Inheritance
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Jane Alexander, Grand Horizons
Chalia La Tour, Slave Play
Annie McNamara, Slave Play
Lois Smith, The Inheritance
Cora Vander Broek, Linda Vista
It easily clears the low bar of jukebox success to stand alongside the dark original musicals that have been sustaining the best hopes of Broadway in recent years
The New York Times
