Tony Awards 2022 viewing guide

The Tony Awards will return to Radio City Music Hall on Sunday for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic.

It’s Broadway’s biggest event of the year, celebrating the best theater on the Great White Way.

“West Side Story” star and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose is host of the show and spoke to CNN earlier this week about what to expect.

“I think I’m going to be doing what everyone thinks I’m going to do, which is sing dance and try to act and make it an extravaganza,” she said laughing. “And maybe I’ll surprise some folks too, who knows it’s live from coast to coast … and that’s what makes it exciting. There’s nothing like live theater.

“A self-described fan of all things theater, DeBose said she turned to the past Tony Awards shows to prep for her role on Sunday.

“I have re-watched countless, countless Tony Award shows and I am no James Corden, I am certainly no Neil Patrick Harris or Hugh Jackman for that matter. And I am no Whoopi Goldberg, but I have been inspired by all of them,” DeBose said. “I’m excited about it because it’s a playground for me. I have never done this so I get to just sort of experiment and the good thing is that I love these people and I don’t mind falling on my face and looking like a little bit of an idiot for people I love. So here we go!”

See the full list of nominees

Best Play

“Clyde’s,” Lynn Nottage”Hangmen,” Martin McDonagh”The Lehman Trilogy,” Stefano Massini and Ben Power”The Minutes,” Tracy Letts”Skeleton Crew,” Dominique Morrisseau

Best Musical

“Girl From the North Country””MJ””Mr. Saturday Night””Paradise Square””SIX: The Musical””A Strange Loop”

Best Revival of a Play

“American Buffalo””for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf””How I Learned to Drive””Take Me Out””Trouble in Mind”

Best Revival of a Musical

“Caroline, or Change””Company””The Music Man”

Best Book of a Musical

“Girl From The North Country,” Conor McPherson”MJ,” Lynn Nottage”Mr. Saturday Night,” Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel”Paradise Square,” Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan”A Strange Loop,” Michael R. Jackson

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

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

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

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

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Gabby Beans, “The Skin of Our Teeth”LaChanze, “Trouble in Mind”Ruth Negga, “Macbeth”Deirdre O’Connell, “Dana H.”Mary-Louise Parker, “How I Learned to Drive”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Billy Crystal, “Mr. Saturday Night”Myles Frost, “MJ”Hugh Jackman, “The Music Man”Rob McClure, “Mrs. Doubtfire”Jaquel Spivey, “A Strange Loop”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Sharon D Clarke, “Caroline, or Change”Carmen Cusack, “Flying Over Sunset”Sutton Foster, “The Music Man”Joaquina Kalukango, “Paradise Square”Mare Winningham, “Girl From The North Country”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Alfie Allen, “Hangmen”Chuck Cooper, “Trouble in Mind”Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “Take Me Out”Ron Cephas Jones, “Clyde’s”Michael Oberholtzer, “Take Me Out”Jesse Williams, “Take Me Out”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

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

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Matt Doyle, “Company”Sidney DuPont, “Paradise Square”Jared Grimes, “Funny Girl”John-Andrew Morrison, “A Strange Loop”A.J. Shively, “Paradise Square”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Jeannette Bayardelle, “Girl From The North Country”Shoshana Bean, “Mr. Saturday Night”Jayne Houdyshell, “The Music Man”L Morgan Lee, “A Strange Loop”Patti LuPone, “Company”Jennifer Simard, “Company”

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Beowulf Boritt, “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive”Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, “Skeleton Crew”Es Devlin, “The Lehman Trilogy”Anna Fleischle, “Hangmen”Scott Pask, “American Buffalo”Adam Rigg, “The Skin of Our Teeth”

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, “Flying Over Sunset”Bunny Christie, “Company”Arnulfo Maldonado, “A Strange Loop”Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, “MJ”Allen Moyer, “Paradise Square”

Best Costume Design of a Play

Montana Levi Blanco, “The Skin of Our Teeth”Sarafina Bush, “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf”Emilio Sosa, “Trouble in Mind”Jane Greenwood, “Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite”Jennifer Moeller, “Clyde’s”

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Fly Davis, “Caroline, or Change”Toni-Leslie James, “Paradise Square”William Ivey Long, “Diana, The Musical”Santo Loquasto, “The Music Man”Gabriella Slade, “SIX: The Musical”Paul Tazewell, “MJ”

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Joshua Carr, “Hangmen”Jiyoun Chang, “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf”Jon Clark, “The Lehman Trilogy”Jane Cox, “Macbeth”Yi Zhao, “The Skin of Our Teeth”

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Neil Austin, “Company”Tim Deiling, “SIX: The Musical”Donald Holder, “Paradise Square”Natasha Katz, “MJ”Bradley King, “Flying Over Sunset”Jen Schriever, “A Strange Loop”

Best Sound Design of a Play

Justin Ellington, “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf”Mikhail Fiksel, “Dana H.”Palmer Hefferan, “The Skin of Our Teeth”Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, “The Lehman Trilogy”Mikaal Sulaiman, “Macbeth”

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Simon Baker, “Girl From The North Country”Paul Gatehouse, “SIX: The Musical”Ian Dickinson for Autograph, “Company”Drew Levy, “A Strange Loop”Gareth Owen, “MJ”

Best Direction of a Play

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

Best Direction of a Musical

Stephen Brackett, “A Strange Loop”Marianne Elliott, “Company”Conor McPherson, “Girl From The North Country”Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage, “SIX: The Musical”Christopher Wheeldon, “MJ”

Best Choreography

Camille A. Brown, “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf”Warren Carlyle, “The Music Man”Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, “SIX: The Musical”Bill T. Jones, “Paradise Square”Christopher Wheeldon, “MJ”

Best Orchestrations

David Cullen, “Company”Tom Curran, “SIX: The Musical”Simon Hale, “Girl From The North Country”Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg, “MJ”Charlie Rosen, “A Strange Loop”

Source: cnn.com