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Tony Awards 2020: Nominees include Adrienne Warren, Tom Hiddleston and Jake Gyllenhaal

This year’s nominees have been revealed!

Alex Wood

Alex Wood

| London |

15 October 2020

Adrienne Warren and Tom Hiddleston
Adrienne Warren and Tom Hiddleston
© Dan Wooller for WhatsOnStage

The nominees for this year's Tony Awards have been revealed in a digital ceremony.

Only 18 productions were eligible for this year's awards, after the season was cut short by the ongoing pandemic. As it stands, Broadway is set to be closed until June 2021.

In a shock turn, Aaron Tveit was the only nominee for the Best Actor in a Musical category – so he must have to do some major act of self-sabotage not to win there.

Jagged Little Pill scored the most nominations in the musical category (15), while Slave Play got the most for the plays (12). The Inheritance, which first premiered at the Young Vic got 11, while Moulin Rouge!, set to open in the West End next autumn, got 14.

See the full list of nominees below:

Best Play

A Christmas Carol – Jack Thorne
Grand Horizons – Bess Wohl
Slave Play – Jeremy O Harris
The Inheritance – Matthew Lopez
The Sound Inside – Adam Rapp
Sea Wall / A Life – Simon Stephens / Nick Payne

Best Musical

Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Jagged Little Pill

Best Book of a Musical

Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins – Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
John Logan – Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Diablo Cody – Jagged Little Pill

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Christopher Nightingale – A Christmas Carol
Paul Englishby – The Inheritance
Fitz Patton and Jason Michael Webb – The Rose Tattoo
Lindsay Jones – Slave Play
Daniel Kluger – The Sound Inside

Best Choreography

Anthony Van Laast – Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Sonya Tayeh – Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui – Jagged Little Pill

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Clint Ramos – Slave Play – Jeremy O Harris
Bob Crowley – The Inheritance – Matthew Lopez
Derek McLane – A Soldier's Play – Charles Fuller
Rob Howell – A Christmas Carol – Jack Thorne
Soutra Gilmour – Betrayal – Harold Pinter

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg – Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Derek McLane – Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Riccardo Hernández and Lucy Mackinnon – Jagged Little Pill

Best Costume Design of a Play

Dede Ayite – Slave Play – Jeremy O Harris
Dede Ayite – A Soldier's Play – Charles Fuller
Bob Crowley – The Inheritance – Matthew Lopez
Rob Howell – A Christmas Carol – Jack Thorne
Clint Ramos – The Rose Tattoo – Tennessee Williams

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Mark Thompson – Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Catherine Zuber – Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Emily Rebholz – Jagged Little Pill

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jiyoun Chang – Slave Play – Jeremy O Harris
Jon Clark – The Inheritance – Matthew Lopez
Heather Gilbert – The Sound Inside – Adam Rapp
Allen Lee Hughes – A Soldier's Play – Charles Fuller
Hugh Vanstone – A Christmas Carol – Jack Thorne

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Bruno Poet – Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Justin Townsend – Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Justin Townsend – Jagged Little Pill

Best Sound Design of a Play

Paul Arditti & Christopher Reid – The Inheritance – Matthew Lopez
Simon Baker – A Christmas Carol – Jack Thorne
Lindsay Jones – Sea Wall / A Life – Simon Stephens / Nick Payne
Daniel Kluger – Slave Play – Jeremy O Harris
Daniel Kluger – The Sound Inside – Adam Rapp

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Nevin Steinberg – Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Peter Hylenski – Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Jonathan Deans – Jagged Little Pill

Best Director of a Play

Jamie Lloyd – Betrayal – Harold Pinter
David Cromer – The Sound Inside – Adam Rapp
Robert O'Hara – Slave Play – Jeremy O Harris
Kenny Leon – A Soldier's Play – Charles Fuller

Best Director of a Musical

Phyllida Lloyd – Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Alex Timbers – Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Diane Paulus – Jagged Little Pill

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Ian Barford – Linda Vista
Andrew Burnap – The Inheritance
Jake Gylenhaal – Sea Wall / A Life
Tom Hiddleston – Betrayal
Tom Sturridge – Sea Wall / A Life
Blair Underwood – A Soldier's Play

Best Performance by a Leading Actress 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 a Featured Actor in a Play

Ato Blankson-Wood – Slave Play
James Cusati-Moyer – Slave Play
David Alan Grier – Soldier's Play
John Benjamin Hickey – The Inheritance
Paul Hilton – The Inheritance

Best Performance by a Featured Actress 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

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Karen Olivo – Moulin Rouge!
Elizabeth Stanley – Jagged Little Pill
Adrienne Warren – Tina – The Tina Turner Musical

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Aaron Tveit – Moulin Rouge!

Best Performance by a Featured Actress 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 a Featured Actor in a Musical

Danny Burstein – Moulin Rouge!
Derek Klena – Jagged Little Pill
Sean Allan Krill – Jagged Little Pill
Sahr Kgaujah – Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Daniel J Watts – Tina – The Tina Turner Musical

Best Orchestrations

Ethan Popp – Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stine and Justin Levine – Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Tom Kitt – Jagged Little Pill

Best Revival of a Play

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune – Terrence McNally
Betrayal – Harold Pinter
A Soldier's Play – Charles Fuller

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