Tony Award winners Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce have revealed some of the nominees for the 2025 Tony Awards exclusively on “CBS Mornings” on Thursday.
The rest of the nominations will be shared on the Tony Awards’ YouTube channel at 9 a.m. ET.
Broadway’s biggest night, hosted by “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo, will be held at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 8, at 8 p.m. ET. The Oscar-nominated actress said she proud to take on the “glorious honor.”
List of 2025 Tony Awards nominations
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Laura Donnelly, “The Hills of California” Mia Farrow, “The Roommate” LaTanya Richardson Jackson, “Purpose” Sadie Sink, “John Proctor is the Villain” Sarah Snook, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
George Clooney, “Good Night and Good Luck” Cole Escola, “Oh, Mary!” Jon Michael Hill, “Purpose” Daniel Dae Kim, “Yellowface” Henry Lennix, “Purpose” Louis McCartney, “Stranger Things: The First Shadow”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Megan Hilty, “Death Becomes Her” Audra McDonald, “Gypsy” Jasmine Amy Rogers, “Boop! The Musical” Nicole Scherzinger, “Sunset Boulevard” Jennifer Simard, “Death Becomes Her”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Darren Criss, “Maybe Happy Ending” Andrew Durand, “Dead Outlaw” Tom Francis, “Sunset Boulevard” Jonathan Groff, “Just In Time” James Monroe Iglehart, “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical” Jeremy Jordan, “Floyd Collins”
Best Play
“English” “The Hills of California” “John Proctor is the Villain” “Oh, Mary!” “Purpose”
Best Musical
“The Buena Vista Social Club” “Dead Outlaw””Death Becomes Her” “Maybe Happy Ending” “Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical”
Check back here for a full list of nominees after they are announced.
Watch the 2025 Tonys live on CBS television stations and Paramount+ with SHOWTIME. Paramount+ Essential subscribers will not have the option to stream live, but on-demand video will be available the day after the special airs on Monday, June 9. (CBS News is owned by Paramount Global, which offers the streaming service Paramount+.)
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