“The Lost Boys” and “Schmigadoon!” dominated the nominations for the 79th Tony Awards, which Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss announced on Tuesday morning. Both shows earned 12 nominations a piece, including best musical, direction, score and book.
“Ragtime” came in second place with 11 nods that included best musical revival, direction of a musical for Lear deBessonet, lead actor for Joshua Henry and Brandon Uranowitz, lead actress for Caissie Levy, choreography and costume design.
With nine nominations each, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman,” “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” and “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show” tied for third place. “Death of a Salesman” was the most recognized play, earning nods for lead actor Nathan Lane, supporting actress Laurie Metcalf, supporting actor Christopher Abbott and director Joe Mantello. Also nominated was Scott Rudin who, after retreating from the spotlight following the 2021 allegations of abusive behavior at work, made his Broadway comeback as producer of “Death of a Salesman” as well as “Little Bear Ridge Road,” which eked out a single nom, for best play.
Rose Byrne’s charmed year continued when she scored her first Tony nomination, lead actress in a play for “Fallen Angels,” which makes a tidy pair with the first Oscar nomination she earned in February, for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.” Byrne joins an elite group of 33 thespians who have pulled off the hat trick of landing Tony and Oscar nominations in the same year, the last of whom was Adam Driver in 2019 for “Burn This” and “BlacKkKlansman.” The last woman to do it was Metcalf in 2018 for “Three Tall Women” and “Lady Bird.”
Another one for the history books: Featured actress in a play nominee June Squibb is now the oldest actor to score a Tony nod. Her nomination for “Marjorie Prime” also happens to be the first for the grande dame who made her Broadway debut in 1959 and has been enjoying a renaissance since her 2013 Oscar nomination for “Nebraska.”
The 79th Tony Awards will be take place on Sunday, June 7, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Hosted by Pink, the show will be broadcast live on CBS and Paramount+ at 8 p.m. ET./5 p.m. PT.
Below, the complete list of nominees.
Tony Award Nominations 2026
Best Musical
“The Lost Boys”
“Schmigadoon!”
“Titanique”
“Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Best Play
“The Balusters”
“Giant”
“Liberation”
“Little Bear Ridge Road”
Musical Revival
“Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
“Ragtime”
“Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Play Revival
“Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
“Becky Shaw”
“Every Brilliant Thing”
“Fallen Angels”
“Oedipus”
Actor in a Musical
Nicholas Christopher, “Chess”
Luke Evans, “Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Joshua Henry, “Ragtime”
Sam Tutty, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Brandon Uranowitz,”Ragtime”
Actor in a Play
Will Harrison, “Punch”
Nathan Lane, “Death of a Salesman”
John Lithgow, “Giant”
Daniel Radcliffe, “Every Brilliant Thing”
Mark Strong, “Oedipus”
Actress in a Musical
Sara Chase, “Schmigadoon!”
Stephanie Hsu, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Caissie Levy, “Ragtime”
Marla Mindelle, “Titanique”
Christiani Pitts, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Actress in a Play
Rose Byrne, “Fallen Angels”
Carrie Coon, “Bug”
Susannah Flood, “Liberation”
Lesley Manville, “Oedipus”
Kelli O’Hara, “Fallen Angels”
Featured Actor in a Play
Christopher Abbott, “Death of a Salesman”
Danny Burstein, “Marjorie Prime”
Brandon J. Dirden, “Waiting for Godot”
Alden Ehrenreich, “Becky Shaw”
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Richard Thomas, “The Balusters”
Featured Actress in a Play
Betsy Aidem, “Liberation”
Marylouse Burke, “The Balusters”
Aya Cash, “Giant”
Laurie Metcalf, “Death of a Salesman”
June Squibb, “Marjorie Prime”
Featured Actor in a Musical
Ali Louis Bourzgui, “The Lost Boys”
Andre De Shields, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Bryce Pinkham, “Chess”
Ben Levi Ross, “Ragtime”
Layton Williams, “Titanique”
Featured Actress in a Musical
Shoshana Bean, “The Lost Boys”
Hanna Cruz, “Chess”
Rachel Dratch, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Ana Gasteyer, “Schmigadoon!”
Nichelle Lewis, “Ragtime”
Original Score
Caroline Shaw, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Steve Bargonetti, “August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
The Rescues, “The Lost Boys”
Cinco Paul, “Schmigadoon!”
Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Book of a Musical
David Hornsby and Chris Hoch, “The Lost Boys”
Cinco Paul, “Schmigadoon!”
Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue, “Titanique”
Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Scenic Design of a Play
Hildegard Bechtler, “Oedipus”
Takeshi Kata, “Bug”
David Korins, “Dog Day Afternoon”
Chloe Lamford, “Death of a Salesman”
David Rockwell, “Fallen Angels”
Scenic Design of a Musical
dots, “The Rock Horror Picture Show”
Soutra Gilmour, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Rachel Hauck, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Dane Laffrey, “The Lost Boys”
Scott Pask, “Schmigadoon!”
Costume Design of a Play
Brenda Abbandandolo, “Dog Day Afternoon”
Qween Jean, “Liberation”
Jeff Mahshie, “Fallen Angels”
Emilio Sosa, “The Balusters”
Paul Tazewell, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Costume Design of a Musical
Linda Cho, “Ragtime”
Linda Cho, “Schmigadoon!”
Qween Jean, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Ryan Park, “The Lost Boys”
David I. Reynoso, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Lighting Design of a Play
Isabella Byrd, “Dog Day Afternoon”
Natasha Chivers, “Oedipus”
Stacey Derosier, “August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Heather Gilbert, “Bug”
Heather Gilbert, “The Fear of 13”
Jack Knowles, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams, “Chess”
Jane Cox, “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Donald Holder, “Schmigadoon!”
Adam Honoré, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Adam Honoré and Donald Holder (Lighting Design) and 59 Studio (Projection Design), “Ragtime”
Jen Schriever and Michael Arden, “The Lost Boys”
Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington, “August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Tom Gibbons, “Oedipus”
Lee Kinney, “The Fear of 13”
Josh Schmidt, “Bug”
Mikaal Sulaiman, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Kai Harada, “Ragtime”
Adam Fisher, “The Lost Boys”
Brian Ronan, “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Walter Trarbach, “Schmigadoon!”
Director of a Musical
Michael Arden, “The Lost Boys”
Lear deBessonet, “Ragtime”
Christopher Gattelli, “Schmigadoon!”
Tim Jackson, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Director of a Play
Nicholas Hytner, “Giant”
Robert Icke, “Oedipus”
Kenny Leon, “The Balusters”
Joe Mantello, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Whitney White, “Liberation”
Choreography
Christopher Gattelli, “Schmigadoon!”
Ellenore Scott, “Ragtime”
Ani Taj, “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant, “The Lost Boys”
Orchestrations
Doug Besterman and Mike Morris, “Schmigadoon!”
Ethan Popp, Kyler England, Adrianne “AG” Gonzalez and Gabriel Mann, “The Lost Boys”
Lux Pyramid, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Brian Usifer, “Chess”
Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Wilson, Trevor Holder and Doug Schadt, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
