Tony Awards 2024 nominations: Canadian Rachel McAdams earns nod, while Alicia Keys musical dominates

“Stereophonic,” a new play that charts the highs and lows of a fictional 1970s rock band on the cusp of superstardom, also earned 13 nods. Written by David Adjmi, it features music by Will Butler, a former member of the Canadian rock band Arcade Fire. 

An immersive production of the John Kander and Fred Ebb musical “Cabaret” earned nine nominations, the most of this season’s musical revivals, while “Appropriate” was the most nominated play revival, with eight nods. 

Big-name stars were among the nominees, including Daniel Radcliffe, Eddie Redmayne, Jonathan Groff and Canadian actor Rachel McAdams. 

The Tony Award nominations were announced live from New York City by former winners Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. The awards ceremony is set to be held at the Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater on June 16. Oscar winner Ariana DeBose will host the event for the third consecutive year. 

Best musical

• “Hell’s Kitchen”
• “Illinoise”
• “The Outsiders”
• “Suffs”
• “Water for Elephants”

Best play

• “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” 
• “Mary Jane”
• “Mother Play”
• “Prayer for the French Republic”
• “Stereophonic”

Best revival of a musical

• “Cabaret”
• “Gutenberg! The Musical” 
• “Merrily We Roll Along”
• “The Who’s Tommy”

Best revival of a play

• “Appropriate”
• “An Enemy of the People”
• “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• Brody Grant — “The Outsiders” 
• Jonathan Groff — “Merrily We Roll Along”
• Dorian Harewood — “The Notebook” 
• Brian D’Arcy James — “Days of Wine and Roses”
• Eddie Redmayne — “Cabaret”

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Eden Espinosa — “Lempicka”
• Maleah Joi Moon — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Kelli O’Hara — “Days of Wine and Roses”
• Maryann Plunkett — “The Notebook”
• Gayle Rankin — “Cabaret”

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• William Jackson Harper — “Uncle Vanya”
• Leslie Odom, Jr. — “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
• Liev Schreiber — “Doubt: A Parable”
• Jeremy Strong — “An Enemy of the People”
• Michael Stuhlbarg — “Patriots”

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Betsy Aidem — “Prayer for the French Republic”
• Jessica Lange — “Mother Play”
• Rachel McAdams — “Mary Jane”
• Sarah Paulson — “Appropriate”
• Amy Ryan — “Doubt: A Parable”

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• Roger Bart — “Back to the Future: The Musical”
• Joshua Boone — “The Outsiders”
• Brandon Victor Dixon — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Sky Lakota-Lynch — “The Outsiders”
• Daniel Radcliffe — “Merrily We Roll Along”
• Steven Skybell — “Cabaret”

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Shoshana Bean — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Amber Iman — “Lempicka”
• Nikki M. James — “Suffs”
• Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer — “Monty Python’s Spamalot”
• Kecia Lewis — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Lindsay Mendez — “Merrily We Roll Along”
• Bebe Neuwirth — “Cabaret”

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• Will Brill — “Stereophonic” 
• Eli Gelb — “Stereophonic”
• Jim Parsons — “Mother Play”
• Tom Pecinka — “Stereophonic”
• Corey Stoll — “Appropriate”

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Quincy Tyler Bernstine — “Doubt: A Parable”
• Juliana Canfield — “Stereophonic”
• Celia Keenan-Bolger — “Mother Play”
• Sarah Pidgeon — “Stereophonic”
• Kara Young — “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”

Best direction of a musical

• Maria Friedman — “Merrily We Roll Along”
• Michael Greif — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Leigh Silverman — “Suffs”
• Jessica Stone — “Water for Elephants”
• Danya Taymor — “The Outsiders”

Best direction of a play

• Daniel Aukin — “Stereophonic”
• Anne Kauffman — “Mary Jane”
• Kenny Leon — “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
• Lila Neugebauer — “Appropriate”
• Whitney White — Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”

Best original score

• Adam Guettel — “Days of Wine and Roses”
• David Byrne and Fatboy Slim — “Here Lies Love”
• Will Butler — “Stereophonic”
• Shaina Taub — “Suffs”
• Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine — “The Outsiders”

Best book of a musical

• Bekah Brunstetter — “The Notebook”
• Kristoffer Diaz — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Rick Elice — “Water for Elephants”
• Adam Rapp and Justin Levine — “The Outsiders”
• Shaina Taub — “Suffs”

Best orchestrations

• Timo Andres — “Illinoise”
• Will Butler and Justin Craig — “Stereophonic”
• Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) — “The Outsiders”
• Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Jonathan Tunick — “Merrily We Roll Along”

Best choreography

• Camille A. Brown — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Anne-B Parson — “Here Lies Love”
• Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman — “The Outsiders”
• Justin Peck — “Illinoise” 
• Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll — “Water for Elephants”

Best scenic design in a musical

• AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian — “The Outsiders”
• Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Takeshi Kata — “Water for Elephants”
• David Korins — “Here Lies Love”
• Riccardo Henández and Peter Nigrini — “Lempicka”
• Tim Hately and Finn Ross — “Back to the Future: The Musical”
• Tom Scutt — “Cabaret”

Best scenic design in a play

• dots — “Appropriate” 
• dots — “Enemy of the People”
• Derek McLane — “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
• David Zinn — “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
• David Zinn — “Stereophonic”

Best costume design in a musical

• Dede Ayite — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Linda Cho — “The Great Gatsby”
• David Israel Reynoso — “Water for Elephants”
• Tom Scutt — “Cabaret”
• Paul Tazewell — “Suffs”

Best costume design in a play

• Dede Ayite — “Appropriate”
• Dede Ayite — “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
• Enver Chakartash — “Stereophonic”
• Emilio Soso — “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch”
• David Zinn — “An Enemy of the People”

Best lighting design in a musical

• Brandon Stirling Baker — “Illinoise”
• Isabella Byrd — “Cabaret”
• Natasha Katz — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Bradley King and David Bengali — “Water for Elephants”
• Brain MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim — “The Outsiders”

Best lighting design in a play

• Isabella Byrd — “An Enemy of the People” 
• Amith Chandrashaker — “Prayer for the French Republic”
• Jiyoun Chang — “Stereophonic”
• Jane Cox — “Appropriate”
• Natasha Katz — “Grey House”

Best sound design in a musical

• M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer — “Here Lies Love”
• Kai Harada — “Merrily We Roll Along”
• Nick Lidster for Autograph — “Cabaret”
• Gareth Owen — “Hell’s Kitchen”
• Cody Spencer — “The Outsiders”

Best sound design in a play

• Justin Ellington and Stefania Bulbarella — “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”
• Leah Gelpe — “Mary Jane”
• Tom Gibbons — “Grey House”
• Bray Poor and Will Pickens — “Appropriate”
• Ryan Rumery — “Stereophonic”