The 72nd Tony Awards Show is Sunday – Here’s Your Cheat Sheet

We learned earlier in the year that Bruce Springsteen will receive a Special Tony Award for his ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ production, a show that has exceeded all revenue and popularity expectations; Bruce is expected to perform this Sunday night, on CBS. The 72nd Tony Awards will be hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban.

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. To bring you up to speed again, here are the Tony 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

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