2023 Tony Awards nominations: 'Some Like It Hot' leads; Jessica Chastain, Samuel L. Jackson score
“Some Like It Hot” sizzled in Tuesday’s Tony Awards nominations.
The new Broadway production, adapted from the 1959 screwball comedy starring Marilyn Monroe, led this year’s crop with 13 nods, including best musical, best actor (Christian Borle and J. Harrison Ghee) and best featured actress (NaTasha Yvette Williams). The show features an original score by “Hairspray” team Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, and counts pop/R&B icon Mariah Carey among its producers.
A-listers cropped up in multiple categories in this season’s nominations. Jessica Chastain (“A Doll’s House”) and Jodie Comer (“Prima Facie”) are going head-to-head in best leading actress in a play for their powerhouse performances, while Samuel L. Jackson (“August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson”) earned his first Tony nod in the featured actor category.
Singers-turned-actors Sara Bareilles (“Into the Woods”) and Josh Groban (“Sweeney Todd”) were also recognized for their respective shows, which are both vying for myriad prizes including best revival of a musical.
Now in their 76th year, the Tony Awards honor the best of Broadway, with nominees voted on by an independent committee of 40 theater professionals. This year's ceremony will be held at New York’s historic United Palace on June 11 and broadcast on CBS (8 EDT/5 PDT). Oscar winner Ariana DeBose ("West Side Story") is returning to host the event for a second year.
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2023 Tony Awards nominations full list
Best musical
“& Juliet”
“Kimberly Akimbo”
“New York, New York”
“Shucked”
“Some Like It Hot”
Best play
“Ain’t No Mo’”
“Between Riverside and Crazy”
“Cost of Living”
“Fat Ham”
“Leopoldstadt”
Best revival of a musical
“Into the Woods”
“Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot”
“Parade”
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Best revival of a play
“August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson”
“A Doll’s House”
“The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window”
“Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog”
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog”
Corey Hawkins, “Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog”
Sean Hayes, “Good Night, Oscar”
Stephen McKinley Henderson, “Between Riverside and Crazy”
Wendell Pierce, “Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman”
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Jessica Chastain, “A Doll's House”
Jodie Comer, “Prima Facie”
Jessica Hecht, “Summer, 1976”
Audra McDonald, “Ohio State Murders”
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Christian Borle, “Some Like It Hot”
J. Harrison Ghee, “Some Like It Hot”
Josh Groban, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Brian d'Arcy James, “Into the Woods”
Ben Platt, “Parade”
Colton Ryan, “New York, New York”
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Annaleigh Ashford, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Sara Bareilles, “Into the Woods”
Victoria Clark, “Kimberly Akimbo”
Lorna Courtney, “& Juliet”
Micaela Diamond, “Parade”
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Jordan E. Cooper, “Ain't No Mo'”
Samuel L. Jackson, “August Wilson's The Piano Lesson”
Arian Moayed, “A Doll's House”
Brandon Uranowitz, “Leopoldstadt”
David Zayas, “Cost of Living”
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Nikki Crawford, “Fat Ham”
Crystal Lucas-Perry, “Ain't No Mo'”
Miriam Silverman, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window”
Katy Sullivan, “Cost of Living”
Kara Young, “Cost of Living”
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Kevin Cahoon, “Shucked”
Justin Cooley, “Kimberly Akimbo”
Kevin Del Aguila, “Some Like It Hot”
Jordan Donica, “Lerner & Loewe's Camelot”
Alex Newell, “Shucked”
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Julia Lester, “Into the Woods”
Ruthie Ann Miles, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Bonnie Milligan, “Kimberly Akimbo”
NaTasha Yvette Williams, “Some Like It Hot”
Betsy Wolfe, “& Juliet”
Best direction of a play
Saheem Ali, “Fat Ham”
Jo Bonney, “Cost of Living”
Jamie Lloyd, “A Doll's House”
Patrick Marber, “Leopoldstadt”
Stevie Walker-Webb, “Ain't No Mo'”
Max Webster, “Life of Pi”
Best direction of a musical
Michael Arden, “Parade”
Lear deBessonet, “Into the Woods”
Casey Nicholaw, “Some Like It Hot”
Jack O'Brien, “Shucked”
Jessica Stone, “Kimberly Akimbo”
Best book of a musical
"& Juliet"
"Kimberly Akimbo"
"New York, New York"
"Shucked"
"Some Like It Hot"
Best original score
"Almost Famous"
"Kimberly Akimbo"
"KPOP"
"Shucked"
"Some Like It Hot"
Best choreography
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
“Some Like It Hot”
“New York, New York”
“& Juliet”
“KPOP”
Best orchestrations
“& Juliet”
“Kimberly Akimbo”
“Shucked”
“Some Like It Hot”
“New York, New York”
Best sound design of a play
“Ain’t No Mo’”
“Life of Pi”
“A Christmas Carol”
“A Doll’s House”
“Prima Facie”
Best sound design of a musical
“New York, New York”
“Shucked”
“Into the Woods”
“& Juliet”
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Best lighting design of a play
“Leopoldstadt”
“Prima Facie”
“A Doll’s House”
“Fat Ham”
“Life of Pi”
“Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
“A Christmas Carol”
Best lighting design of a musical
“New York, New York”
“Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot”
“Parade”
“& Juliet”
“Some Like It Hot”
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Best costume design of a musical
“Some Like It Hot”
“Parade”
“Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot”
“KPOP”
“& Juliet”
“New York, New York”
Best costume design of a play
“Life of Pi”
“Fat Ham”
“Leopoldstadt”
“Ain’t No Mo’”
“Good Night, Oscar”
Best scenic design of a play
“Prima Facie”
“Life of Pi”
“Good Night, Oscar”
“Leopoldstadt”
“A Christmas Carol”
Best scenic design of a musical
“New York, New York”
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
“Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot”
“Shucked”
“Some Like It Hot”
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