Tony Awards 2022: Broadway Celebrates A Year Of Theater

NEW YORK CITY — It's the biggest night of the year for theater nerds across the nation. The 2022 Tony Awards are back for the 75th celebration of all things Broadway.

For those of you lacking "The Minutes," exhausted from being "Mr. Saturday Night," or as out-of-touch as "The Girl From North Country," here's everything you need to know about the show.

And, for your entertainment pleasure, a theater quiz. Can you name the shows quoted in italics below?

Time

Sunday, June 12th.

The pre-show begins at 7 p.m. and the show starts at.... "Eight o'clock, the theater's always at eight. (Button) F---ing tourists."

Place

The 75th Annual Tony Awards will be held at Radio City Music Hall in Midtown.

How To Get On Broadway

Practice. Or,"Tell ’em you was in the last revival of 'Porgy and Bess.'"

Host And Guest Appearances

Emmy Award-winners Darren Criss and Julianne Hough will co-host The Tony Awards: Act One, one hour of exclusive content streaming live only on Paramount+.

Academy Award winner and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose will host the awards.

Special appearances include, in alphabetical order: Zach Braff, Len Cariou, RuPaul, Jessica Chastain, Lilli Cooper, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Andrew Garfield, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Nathan Lane, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O’Hara, Sarah Paulson, Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Tony Shalhoub, Sarah Silverman and George Takei.

Dress Code

• At Rockefeller Center: Black tie.
• On your sofa: Sweatpants preferred.

How To Watch

The best ways to watch the Tonys are live on CBS or live-streamed on Paramount+....Unless you have a ticket — in which case, smell you — or have been nominated, in which case, best of luck. "Won't their faces be stony, when they see on their Sony, someone handing the phony the Tony Award?"

Nominations

BEST PLAY

• "Clyde's" by Lynn Nottage
• "Hangmen" by Martin McDonagh
• "The Lehman Trilogy" by Stefano Massini, Ben Power
• "The Minutes" by Tracy Letts
• "Skeleton Crew" by Dominique Morisseau

BEST MUSICAL

• "Girl from the North Country"
• "MJ"
• "Mr. Saturday Night"
• "Paradise Square"
• "SIX: The Musical"

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

• "Girl from the North Country" by Conor McPherson
• "MJ" by Lynn Nottage
• "Mr. Saturday Night" by Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel
• "Paradise Square" by Christina Anderson & Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan
• "A Strange Loop" by Michael R. Jackson

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE

• Flying Over Sunset
  • Music: Tom Kitt
  • Lyrics: Michael Korie
• Mr. Saturday Night
  • Music: Jason Robert Brown
  • Lyrics: Amanda Green
• Paradise Square
  • Music: Jason Howland
  • Lyrics: Nathan Tysen & Masi Asare
• SIX: The Musical
  • Music and Lyrics: Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss
• A Strange Loop
  • Music & Lyrics: Michael R. Jackson

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY

• "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf" by Ntozake Shange
• "How I Learned to Drive" by Paula Vogel
• "Take Me Out" by Richard Greenberg
• "Trouble in Mind" by Alice Childress

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

• "Caroline, or Change"
• "Company"
• "The Music Man"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

• Gabby Beans For "The Skin of Our Teeth
• "LaChanze For "Trouble in Mind"
• "Ruth Negga For "Macbeth"
• "Deirdre O'Connell For "Dana H."
• "Mary-Louise Parker For "How I Learned to Drive"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

• Simon Russell Beale For "The Lehman Trilogy"
• Adam Godley For "The Lehman Trilogy"
• Adrian Lester For "The Lehman Trilogy"
• David Morse For "How I Learned to Drive"
• Sam Rockwell For "American Buffalo"
• Ruben Santiago-Hudson For "Lackawanna Blues"
• David Threlfall For "Hangmen"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

• Sharon D Clarke For "Caroline, or Change"
• Carmen Cusack For "Flying Over Sunset"
• Sutton Foster For "The Music Man"
• Joaquina Kalukango For "Paradise Square"
• Mare Winningham For "Girl from the North Country"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

• Billy Crystal For Mr. Saturday Night"
• Myles Frost For "MJ"
• Hugh Jackman For "The Music Man"
• Rob McClure For "Mrs. Doubtfire"
• Jaquel Spivey For "A Strange Loop"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

• Uzo Aduba For "Clyde's"
• Rachel Dratch For "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive"
• Kenita R. Miller For "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf"
• Phylicia Rashad For "Skeleton Crew"
• Julie White For "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive"
• Kara Young For "Clyde's"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

• Alfie Allen For "Hangmen"
• Chuck Cooper For "Trouble in Mind"
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson For "Take Me Out"
• Ron Cephas Jones For "Clyde's"
• Michael Oberholtzer For "Take Me Out"
• Jesse Williams For "Take Me Out"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

• Jeannette Bayardelle For "Girl from the North Country"
• Shoshana Bean For "Mr. Saturday Night"
• Jayne Houdyshell For "The Music Man"
• L Morgan Lee For "A Strange Loop"
• Patti LuPone For "Company"
• Jennifer Simard For "Company"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

• Matt Doyle For "Company"
• Sidney DuPont For "Paradise Square"
• Jared Grimes For "Funny Girl"
• John-Andrew Morrison For "A Strange Loop"
• A.J. Shively For "Paradise Square"

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY

• Lileana Blain-Cruz For "The Skin of Our Teeth"
• Camille A. Brown For "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf"
• Sam Mendes For "The Lehman Trilogy"
• Neil Pepe For "American Buffalo"
• Les Waters For "Dana H."

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

• Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage For "SIX: The Musical"
• Stephen Brackett For "A Strange Loop"
• Marianne Elliott For "Company"
• Conor McPherson For "Girl from the North Country"
• Christopher Wheeldon For "MJ"

Read the full list of nominations here.

Theater Quiz Answers

1. "Theater's always at eight." — Roy Cohn in "Angels In America" by Tony Kushner.
2. "Tell ’em you was in the last revival of 'Porgy and Bess.'" — Wiletta in "Trouble In Mind" by Alice Childress.
3. "Won't their faces be stony, when they see on their Sony, someone handing the phony the Tony Award?" — Lyrics from "It's a Hit!"/"Merrily We Roll Along" By Stephen Sondheim