2020 Tony Award Nominees
September 26, 2021 on Paramount+ from 7-9pm & CBS
​(featuring the "Broadway's Back" Concert) from 9-11pm

Best Musical

Best Play

Best Revival of a Play

The Rest of the Nominations

Bold= Winner
Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Special Tony Awards
The Broadway Advocacy Coalition
American Utopia
Freestyle Love Supreme

Isabelle Stevenson Award

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

Best Book of a Musical
Diablo Coby, Jagged Little Pill
Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, Kees Prins, Tina
John Logan, Moulin Rouge!

Best Original Score for the Theatre
The Inheritance (Music by Paul Englishby)
Slave Play (Music by Lindsay Jones)
The Sound Inside (Music by Daniel Kluger)
A Christmas Carol (Music by Christopher Nightingale)
The Rose Tattoo (Music by Fitz Patton & Jason Michael Webb)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Ian Barford, Linda Vista
Anthony Burnap, The Inheritance
Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall/A Life
Tom Hiddleston, Betrayal
Tom Sturridge, Sea Wall/A Life
Blair Underwood, A Soldier’s Play

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Aaron Tveit, Moulin Rouge!

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 at the Claire de Lune
Mary-Louise Parker, The Sound Inside

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Karen Olivo, Moulin Rouge!
Elizabeth Stanley, Jagged Little Pill
Adrienne Warren, Tina

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play
James Cusati-Moyer, Slave Play
David Alan Grier, A Soldier’s Play
John Benjamin Hickey, The Inheritance
Paul Hilton, The Inheritance
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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 Featured Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein, Moulin Rouge!
Derek Klena, Jagged Little Pill
Sean Allan Krill, Jagged Little Pill
Sahr Ngaujah, Moulin Rouge!
Daniel J. Watts, Tina

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

Best Direction of a Play
David Cromer, The Sound Inside
Stephen Daldry, The Inheritance
Kenny Leon, A Soldier's Play
Jamie Lloyd, Betrayal
Robert O'Hara, Slave Play

Best Direction of a Musical
Phyllida Lloyd, Tina
Diane Paulus, Jagged Little Pill
Alex Timbers, Moulin Rouge!

Best Choreography
Sidi Larbi Cerkaoui, Jagged Little Pill
Sonya Teyah, Moulin Rouge!
Anthony Van Laast, Tina

Best Orchestrations
Tom Kitt, Jagged Little Pill
Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stein, Justin Levine, Moulin Rouge!
Ethan Popp, Tina

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bob Crowley, The Inheritance
Soutra Gilmore, Betrayal
Robert Howell, A Christmas Carol
Derek McLane, A Soldier’s Play
Clint Ramos, Slave Play

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Ricardo Hernandez & Lucy Mackinnon, Jagged Little Pill
Derek McLane, Moulin Rouge!
Mark Thompson & Jeff Sugg, Tina

Best Costume Design of a Play
Dede Ayite, Slave Play
Dede Ayite, A Soldier's Play
Bob Crowley, The Inheritance
Rob Howell, A Christmas Carol
Clint Ramos, The Rose Tattoo
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Best Costume Design of a Musical
Emily Rebholz, Jagged Little Pill
Mark Thompson, Tina
Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge!

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Jiyoun Chang, Slave Play
Jon Clark, The Inheritance
Heather Gilbert, The Sound Inside
Allen Lee Hughes, A Soldier’s Play
Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Bruno Poet, Tina
Justin Townsend, Jagged Little Pill
Justin Townsend, Moulin Rouge!

Best Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti & Christopher Reid, The Inheritance
Simon Baker, A Christmas Carol
Lindsay Jones, Slave Play
Daniel Kluger, Sea Wall/A Life
Daniel Kluger, The Sound Inside

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Jonathan Deans, Jagged Little Pill
Peter Hylenski, Moulin Rouge!
Nevin Steinberg, Tina

Regional Theatre Tony Award