“Jagged Little Capsule,” a ferocious reimagining of Alanis Morissette’s album of the identical title, captured a number one 15 Tony Award nominations on Thursday. The present, which pulls again the curtain on a seemingly excellent suburban household to point out their struggles with every little thing from sexual assault to drug habit, was a success with critics and audiences earlier than the Broadway season was reduce brief by coronavirus.
“Jagged Little Capsule” nabbed a finest musical nod. To win the highest prize, it should cope with “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” an adaptation of the 2001 movie that picked up 14 nominations. The present was an enormous field workplace success earlier than Broadway dimmed its lights in March, attracting sellout crowds and celebrities similar to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Nicole Kidman, star of the unique film.
“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” was additionally nominated for finest musical. “Slave Play,” Jeremy O. Harris’ searing have a look at race and sexuality, nabbed 12 Tony noms and set a brand new document for probably the most nominations for a brand new play. It was adopted carefully behind by Matthew Lopez’s epic “The Inheritance,” a two-part have a look at the legacy of the AIDS disaster, that scored 11 nods. Different finest play contenders embody Bess Wohl’s “Grand Horizons,” Adam Rapp’s “The Sound Inside,” and Simon Stephens and Nick Payne’s “Sea Wall: A Life.”
Finest play revival nominations went to “Betrayal,” “A Soldier’s Play” and “Frankie and Johnny within the Clair de Lune.” There have been no finest musical revival nominations. The cutoff for nominations was Feb. 19, which meant that a number of exhibits that will have been possible contenders similar to revivals of “Firm” and “West Aspect Story” both opened after that date or have been nonetheless in previews when the pandemic hit. As a result of shortened season, classes had fewer nominees than regular or have been skipped completely, which explains why Aaron Tveit (“Moulin Rouge!: The Musical”) has the main actor in a musical race completely to himself.
The 12 months’s performing contenders have been sprinkled with some A-list Hollywood expertise, together with Jake Gyllenhaal (“Sea Wall/A Life”), Tom Hiddleston (“Betrayal”) and Laura Linney (“My Title Is Lucy Barton”).
James Monroe Iglehart, who gained the 2014 Tony for finest featured actor for his position as Genie in “Aladdin,” introduced this 12 months’s nominees on Thursday morning on the Tony Awards YouTube channel.
No date has been set for this 12 months’s ceremony, however sources say organizers are tentatively planning for the primary half of December. Most award exhibits have gone digital this 12 months attributable to social-distancing pointers across the nation, and sources say Tonys organizers intend to include reside or pre-taped performances of some sort.
See the total listing of nominees under.
Finest Musical
“Jagged Little Capsule”
“Moulin Rouge: The Musical”
“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Finest Play
“Grand Horizons”
“The Inheritance”
“Sea Wall: A Life”
“Slave Play”
Finest Revival of a Play
“Betrayal”
“Frankie and Johnny within the Clair de Lune”
“A Soldier’s Play”
Finest Guide of a Musical
“Jagged Little Capsule”
Diablo Cody
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
John Logan
“Tina – The Tina Turner Musical”
Katori Corridor, Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins
Finest Authentic Rating (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
“A Christmas Carol”
Music: Christopher Nightingale
“The Inheritance”
Music: Paul Englishby
“The Rose Tattoo”
Music: Fitz Patton and Jason Michael Webb
“Slave Play”
Music: Lindsay Jones
“The Sound Inside”
Music: Daniel Kluger
Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Main Position 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”
Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Main Position in a Play
Joaquina Kalukango, “Slave Play”
Laura Linney, “My Title is Lucy Barton”
Audra McDonald, “Frankie and Johnny within the Clair de Lune”
Mary-Louise Parker, “The Sound Inside”
Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Main Position in a Musical
Aaron Tveit, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Main Position in a Musical
Karen Olivo, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Elizabeth Stanley, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Adrienne Warren, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical”
Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Position in a Play
Ato Blankson-Wooden, “Slave Play”
James Cusati-Moyer, “Slave Play”
David Alan Grier, “A Soldier’s Play”
John Benjamin Hickey, “The Inheritance”
Paul Hilton, “The Inheritance”
Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Featured Position 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”
Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Position in a Musical
Danny Burstein, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Derek Klena, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Sean Allan Krill, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Sahr Ngaujah, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Daniel J. Watts, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical”
Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Featured Position in a Musical
Kathryn Gallagher, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Celia Rose Gooding, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Robyn Hurder, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Lauren Patten, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Myra Lucretia Taylor, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical”
Finest Scenic Design of a Play
Bob Crowley, “The Inheritance”
Soutra Gilmour, “Betrayal”
Rob Howell, “A Christmas Carol”
Derek McLane, “A Soldier’s Play”
Clint Ramos, “Slave Play”
Finest Scenic Design of a Musical
Riccardo Hernández and Lucy Mackinnon, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Derek McLane, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical”
Finest Costume Design of a Play
Dede Ayite, “Slave Play”
Dede Ayite, “A Soldier’s Play”
Bob Crowley, “The Inheritance”
Rob Howell, “A Christmas Carol”
Clint Ramos, “The Rose Tattoo”
Finest Costume Design of a Musical
Emily Rebholz, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Mark Thompson, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical”
Catherine Zuber, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Finest Lighting Design of a Play
Jiyoun Chang, “Slave Play”
Jon Clark, “The Inheritance”
Heather Gilbert, “The Sound Inside”
Allen Lee Hughes, “A Soldier’s Play”
Hugh Vanstone, “A Christmas Carol”
Finest Lighting Design of a Musical
Bruno Poet, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical”
Justin Townsend, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Justin Townsend, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Finest Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti & Christopher Reid, “The Inheritance”
Simon Baker, “A Christmas Carol”
Lindsay Jones, “Slave Play”
Daniel Kluger, “Sea Wall/A Life”
Daniel Kluger, “The Sound Inside”
Finest Sound Design of a Musical
Jonathan Deans, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Peter Hylenski, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Nevin Steinberg, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical”
Finest Course of a Play
David Cromer, “The Sound Inside”
Stephen Daldry, “The Inheritance”
Kenny Leon, “A Soldier’s Play”
Jamie Lloyd, “Betrayal”
Robert O’Hara, “Slave Play”
Finest Course of a Musical
Phyllida Lloyd, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical”
Diane Paulus, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Alex Timbers, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Finest Choreography
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Sonya Tayeh, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Anthony Van Laast, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical”
Finest Orchestrations
Tom Kitt, “Jagged Little Capsule”
Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stine and Justin Levine, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
Ethan Popp, “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical”
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