The 77th annual Tony Award nominations were announced today, and music lovers were given plenty to celebrate.
Illinoise, the recently-mounted musical adaptation of Sufjan Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois, received four nominations, including Best Musical. Meanwhile, the Broadway revival of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s 2012 musical Here Lies Love received four nominations as well, including one for Best Original Score.
There were a few other music-centric highlights for this year’s Tony nominations; Hell’s Kitchen, the semi-autobiographical musical from Alicia Keys, leads the nominees this year with 13, including Best Musical and Best Direction. Stereophonic, a new play by David Adjmi that follows a Fleetwood Mac-esque band in the ’70s struggling to write music together due to their interpersonal conflicts, was also among the biggest nominees with 13 as well. Stereophonic featured music from Will Butler, known for his film scores and work with Arcade Fire, and received a nomination for Best Original Score.
Elsewhere, Jamestown Revival were given a nod for Best Original Score for their work on Adam Rapp and Justin Levine’s adaptation of The Outsiders, which received 12 nominations. The newly remounted production of The Who’s Tommy wasn’t shown as much love regarding the total number of nominations, but the rock opera was given a nod for Best Revival of a Musical.
In the acting categories, Eddie Redmayne received a nomination for his work in the new Cabaret revival, Jeremy Strong earned a nod for his performance in the Ibsen classic An Enemy of the People, and all three actors headlining the new revival of Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along (Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, and Daniel Radcliffe) were nominated. Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons, Rachel McAdams, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Sarah Paulson also received nominations this year.
The 77th Tony Awards will be hosted once again by Ariana DeBose and will air on CBS on Sunday, June 16th at 8:00 p.m. EST. See the full list of nominations here.
