The awards will be presented June 9 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, airing on CBS.
“Hadestown,” singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s Broadway debut, earned a leading 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, followed by the jukebox musical “Ain’t Too Proud,” built around songs by the Temptations, which received a dozen nominations.
The musical “Hadestown,” which intertwines the myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone, elbowed aside more familiar names, including stage adaptations of “Tootsie” and “Beetlejuice,” which both also got best musical nods. The heartwarming “The Prom” rounds out the best new musical category.
The best play nominees are the Northern Irish drama “The Ferryman” from Jez Butterworth, the Rupert Murdoch play “Ink,” Taylor Mac’s Broadway debut “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,” Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “Choir Boy” and Heidi Schreck’s play “What the Constitution Means to Me,” a personal tour of the landmark document at the heart of so many American divisions.
Theater veterans were surprised to see Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a play about Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and the stage adaptation of the media satire film “Network” not getting best play nods, though they did earn recognition in other categories.
