Tony Award nominations announced

Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss revealed the list of nominations for the 79th annual Tony Awards today. Here they are in full:

Best Musical

The Lost Boys
Schmigadoon!
Titaníque
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best Play

The Balusters
Giant
Liberation
Little Bear Ridge Road

Best Revival of a Play

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Becky Shaw
Every Brilliant Thing
Fallen Angels
Oedipus

Best Revival of a Musical

Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Ragtime
The Rocky Horror Show

Best Leading Actor in a Musical

Nicholas Christopher, Chess
Luke Evans, The Rocky Horror Show
Joshua Henry, Ragtime
Sam Tutty, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Brandon Uranowitz, Ragtime

Best Leading Actress in a Musical

Sara Chase, Schmigadoon!
Stephanie Hsu, The Rocky Horror Show
Caissie Levy, Ragtime
Marla Mindelle, Titaníque
Christiani Pitts, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best Leading Actor in a Play

Will Harrison, Punch
Nathan Lane, Death of a Salesman
John Lithgow, Giant
Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing
Mark Strong, Oedipus

Best Leading Actress in a Play

Rose Byrne, Fallen Angels
Carrie Coon, Bug
Susannah Flood, Liberation
Lesley Manville, Oedipus
Kelli O’Hara, Fallen Angels

Best Featured Actress in a Play

Betsy Aidem, Liberation
Marylouise Burke, The Balusters
Aya Cash, Giant
Laurie Metcalf, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
June Squibb, Marjorie Prime

Best Featured Actor in a Play

Christopher Abbott, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Danny Burstein, Marjorie Prime
Brandon J. Dirden, Waiting for Godot
Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Richard Thomas, The Balusters

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Shosnana Bean, The Lost Boys
Hannah Cruz, Chess
Rachel Dratch, The Rocky Horror Show
Ana Gasteyer, Schmigadoon!
Nichelle Lewis, Ragtime

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Lost Boys
André de Shields, Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Bryce Pinkham, Chess
Ben Levi Ross, Ragtime
Layton Williams, Titaníque

Best Book of a Musical

The Lost Boys
Schmigadoon
Titaníque
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best Original Score

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
The Lost Boys
Schmigadoon!
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best Direction of a Play

Nicholas Hytner, Giant
Robert Icke, Oedipus
Kenny Leon, The Balusters
Joe Mantello, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Whitney White, Liberation

Best Direction of a Musical

Michael Arden, The Lost Boys
Lear deBessonet, Ragtime
Christopher Gattelli, Schmigadoon!
Tim Jackson, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Best Choreography

Cats: The Jellicle Ball
The Lost Boys
Schmigadoon!
Ragtime
The Rocky Horror Show

Best Orchestrations

Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Chess
The Lost Boys
Schmigadoon!
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Bug
Dog Day Afternoon
Fallen Angels
Oedipus

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Cats: The Jellicle Ball
The Lost Boys
The Rocky Horror Show
Schmigadoon!
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best Costume Design of a Play

August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
The Balusters
Dog Day Afternoon
Fallen Angels
Liberation

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Cats: The Jellicle Ball
The Lost Boys
Ragtime
The Rocky Horror Show
Schmigadoon

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Bug
Dog Day Afternoon
The Fear of 13
Oedipus

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Chess
The Lost Boys
Ragtime
The Rocky Horror Show
Schmigadoon!

Best Sound Design of a Play

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Bug
The Fear of 13
Oedipus

Best Sound Design of a Play

Cats: The Jellicle Ball
The Lost Boys
Ragtime
The Rocky Horror Show
Schmigadoon!

And if we have totted up the noms correctly, the total nominations by production are as follows:

Tony Nominations by Production

Schmigadoon! – 12
The Lost Boys – 12
Ragtime – 11
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman – 9
Cats: The Jellicle Ball – 9
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show – 9
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) – 8
Oedipus – 7
August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone – 5
The Balusters – 5
Chess – 5
Fallen Angels – 5
Liberation – 5
Bug – 4
Giant – 4
Titaníque – 4
Dog Day Afternoon – 3
Becky Shaw – 2
Every Brilliant Thing – 2
The Fear of 13 – 2
Marjorie Prime – 2
Little Bear Ridge Road – 1
Punch – 1
Waiting for Godot – 1

As a quick, immediate sum-up, here are our headline takeaways.

Design Sweeps for The Lost Boys and Cats: The Jellicle Ball

The big musical flops really got nothing: Queen of Versailles and Beaches got nothing. Not even a sympathy nod for Chenoweth or Vosk. Given how Beaches has been playiing to virtually empty houses at the Majestic, it seems inevitable having failed to secure a single nomination, its closure notice will surely be posted soon.

Star power did not translate into nominations: Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody, making his Broadway debut in The Fear of 13, shockingly Chess star Lea Michele, Waiting for Godot’s Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, and Cynthia Nixon for Marjorie Prime were all conspicuous by their absence from the nomination lists.

The Rocky Horror Show had perhaps a better showing than expected.

And The Recs was particularly thrilled that our lovely British Layton Williams snatched a Best Featured Actor in a Musical nod. Go that iceberg!