2018 Tony Nominations Announced

The plays “Mean Girls” and “SpongeBob SquarePants” lead the nominations list for the 2018 Tony Awards, both have 12 in their camps as we speak. The 72nd annual Tony Awards will be held at New York Radio City’s Music June 10 on CBS, hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban. Here are the nominations of note.

Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Chita Rivera
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Special Tony Awards
Bruce Springsteen
John Leguizamo

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Andrew Garfield, “Angels in America”
Mark Rylance, “Farinelli and The King”
Denzel Washington, “Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh”
Tom Hollander, “Travesties”
Jamie Parker, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Lauren Ridloff, “Children of a Lesser God”
Amy Schumer, “Meteor Shower”
Glenda Jackson, “Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
Condola Rashad, “Saint Joan”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Tony Shalhoub, “The Band’s Visit”
Harry Hadden-Paton, “My Fair Lady”
Joshua Henry, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Ethan Slater, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”

Best Play
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two”
“Junk”
“The Children”
“Farinelli and The King”
“Latin History for Morons”

Best Original Score
“Mean Girls”
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
“Angels in America”
“The Band’s Visit”
“Frozen”

Best Musical
“Mean Girls”
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”
“The Band’s Visit”
“Frozen”

Best Revival of a Play
“Angels in America”
“Lobby Hero”
“Travesties”
“Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women”
“Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh”

Best Revival of a Musical
“My Fair Lady”
“Once On This Island”
“Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”

Best Book of a Musical
“The Band’s Visit,” Itamar Moses
“Frozen,” Jennifer Lee
“Mean Girls,” Tina Fey
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical,” Kyle Jarrow