Maybe Happy Ending (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
The Tony Nominations will be announced on Thursday, May 1. Between there and now, there will many factors that will affect the nominations, including rulings by the Tony Awards Committee regarding category eligibility, which is very unpredictable. There will also be awards announcements from other organizations that may sway the nominating committe. But, as of today, here are my best guesses for who will be nominated for this year's Tony Awards.
Enjoy!
The Interested Bystander’s 2024-25 Tony Nomination Predictions
PLAYS
Oh, Mary! (c) Emilio Madrid
Play
English by Sanaz Toossi
John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Bellflower
Oh, Mary! By Cole Escola
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Kipp Williams
Purpose by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
(possible)
Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney and Grant Heslov
Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry
Glengarry Glen Ross (c) Emilio Madrid
Play Revival
Eureka Day
Glengarry Glen Ross
Our Town
Romeo + Juliet
Othello
Yellow Face
Actor (Play)
Kit Conner, Romeo + Juliet
George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
Denzel Washington, Othello
Jake Gyllenhaal, Othello
Jim Parsons, Our Town
Romeo + Juliet (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
Actress (Play)
Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose
Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain
Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Rachel Zegler, Romeo + Juliet
Mia Farrow, The Roommate
Sydney Lemmon, JOB
Featured Actress (Play)
Alana Arenas, Purpose
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
Bianca Leigh, Oh, Mary!
Marjan Neshat, English
Kara Young, Purpose
Mare Winningham, Cult of Love
Amalia Yoo, John Proctor is the Villain
Eureka Day (c) Jeremy Daniel
Featured Actor (Play)
Bill Burr, Glengarry Glen Ross
Tommy Dorfman, Romeo + Juliet
Bill Irwin, Eureka Day
Louis McCartney, Stranger Things, The First Shadow
Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!
Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Michael McKean, Glengarry Glen Ross
Director (Play)
Knud Adams, English
Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!
Phylicia Rashad, Purpose
Danya Taymour, John Proctor is the Villain
Kipp Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sam Gold, Romeo + Juliet
Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, Stranger Things, The First Shadow
MUSICALS
Operation Mincemeat (c) Julieta Cervantes
Musical
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Just in Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat
Buena Vista Social Club
Smash
Pirates! A Penzance Musical (c) Joan Marcus
Musical Revival
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Sunset Blvd.
The Last Five Years
Once Upon a Mattress
Book of a Musical
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Just in Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat
Real Women Have Curves
Smash
Score
Dead Outlaw
Death Becomes Her
Maybe Happy Ending
Operation Mincemeat
Swept Away
Boop! The Musical
Smash
Boop! The Musical (c) Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
Actress (Musical)
Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald, Gypsy
Jinx Monsson, Pirates! A Penzance Musical
Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical
Helen J. Shen, Maybe Happy Ending
Natasha Hodgson, Operation Mincemeat
Idina Menzel, Redwood
Actor (Musical)
Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd.
Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins
Nick Jonas, The Last Five Years
Ramin Karimloo, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Smash (c) Matthew Murphy
Featured Actress (Musical)
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
Bella Coppola, Smash
Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw
Lizzie McAlpine, Floyd Collins
Michelle Williams, Death Becomes Her
Lesli Margherita, Gypsy
Michele Pawk, Just in Time
Featured Actor (Musical)
Danny Burstein, Gypsy
Jason Gotay, Floyd Collins
Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat
David Hyde Pierce, Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Stark Sands, Swept Away
Thom Sesma, Dead Outlaw
Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins
Buena Vista Social Club (c) Matthew Murphy