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2018 Tony Award nominations revealed

2018 Tony Award Nominations
2018 Tony Award nominations revealed 06:49

Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. and "Waitress" star Katharine McPhee announced the nominations for major categories of the 2018 Tony Awards on "CBS This Morning" from Lincoln Center on Tuesday. Productions derived from film and TV, like "Spongebob SquarePants," "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," "Frozen" and "Mean Girls" had a strong presence at this year's Tony Award nominations.

Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will host the 72nd annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 10 for the first time from Radio City Music Hall. The show will air live at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT and delayed at 8 p.m. PT on CBS. 

Here's the full list of nominations. 

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play

Andrew Garfield, "Angels in America"
Tom Hollander, "Travesties"
Denzel Washington, "The Iceman Cometh"
Jamie Parker, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"
Mark Rylance, "Farinelli and the King"

Denzel Washington on "The Iceman Cometh" 08:26

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play

Glenda Jackson, "Edward Albee's Three Tall Women"
Condola Rashad, "Saint Joan"
Lauren Ridloff, "Children of a Lesser God"
Amy Schumer, "Meteor Shower"

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical

Harry Hadden-Paton, "My Fair Lady"
Joshua Henry, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel"
Tony Shalhoub, "The Band's Visit"
Ethan Slater, "Spongebob SquarePants The Musical"

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical

Lauren Ambrose, "My Fair Lady"
Hailey Kilgore, "Once on this Island" 
Lachanze, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical"
Katrina Lenk, "The Band's Visit"
Taylor Louderman, "Mean Girls"
Jessie Mueller, "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel" 

Best revival of a play

"Angels in America" by Tony Kushner
"Edward Albee's Three Tall Women" by Edward Albee
"Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh" by Eugene O'Neill
"Lobby Hero" by Kenneth Lonergan
"Travesties" by Tom Stoppard

Best revival of a musical 

"My Fair Lady"
"Once on this Island" 
"Rodgers & Hammersteins' Carousel"

Renée Fleming on her "Carousel" Broadway debut 05:08


Best play

"The Children" by Lucy Kirkwood
"Farinelli and the King" by Claire van Kampen
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two" by Jack Thorne
"Junk" by Ayad Akhtar
"Latin History for Morons" by John Leguizamo 

Best musical 

"The Band's Visit"
"Frozen"
"Mean Girls"
"Spongebob SquarePants: The Musical"

Best book of a musical

Itamar Moses, "The Band's Visit" 
Jennifer Lee, "Frozen" 
Tina Fey, "Mean Girls" 
Kyle Jarrow, "SpongeBob Squarepants: The Musical"

Best original score

Adrian Sutton, "Angels in America" 
David Yazbek, "The Band's Visit" 
Kristin Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, "Frozen" 
Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin, "Mean Girls" 
Various artists, "Spongebob SquarePants: The Musical" 

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play

Anthony Boyle, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two"
Michael Cera, "Lobby Hero"
Brian Tyree Henry, "Lobby Hero"
Nathan Lane, "Angels in America"
David Morse, "Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh"

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play

Susan Brown, "Angels in America"
Noma Dumezweni, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two"
Deborah Findlay, "The Children"
Denise Gough, "Angels in America"
Laurie Metcalf, "Edward Albee's Three Tall Women"

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical

Norbert Leo Butz, "My Fair Lady"
Alexander Gemignani, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel"
Grey Henson, "Mean Girls"
Gavin Lee, "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical"
Ari'el Stachel, "The Band's Visit"

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical

Ariana DeBose, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical"
Renée Fleming, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel"
Lindsay Mendez, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel"
Ashley Park, "Mean Girls"
Diana Rigg, "My Fair Lady"

Best scenic design of a play

Miriam Buether, "Edward Albee's Three Tall Women" 
Jonathan Fensom, "Farinelli and The King" 
Christine Jones, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two" 
Santo Loquasto, "Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh" 
Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce, "Angels in America" 

Best scenic design of a musical

Dane Laffrey, "Once On This Island"
Scott Pask, "The Band's Visit" 
Scott Pask, Finn Ross and Adam Young, "Mean Girls" 
Michael Yeargan, "My Fair Lady" 
David Zinn, "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical" 

Best costume design of a play

Jonathan Fensom, "Farinelli and The King" 
Nicky Gillibrand, "Angels in America" 
Katrina Lindsay, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two" 
Ann Roth, "Edward Albee's Three Tall Women" 
Ann Roth, "Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh" 

Best costume design of a musical

Gregg Barnes, "Mean Girls"
Clint Ramos, "Once On This Island"
Ann Roth, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel"
David Zinn, "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical"
Catherine Zuber, "My Fair Lady"

Best lighting design of a play

Neil Austin, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two"
Paule Constable, "Angels in America"
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, "Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh"
Paul Russell, "Farinelli and The King"
Ben Stanton, "Junk"

Best lighting design of a musical

Kevin Adams, "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical"
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, "Once On This Island"
Donald Holder, "My Fair Lady"
Brian MacDevitt, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel"
Tyler Micoleau, "The Band's Visit"

Best sound design of a play

Adam Cork, "Travesties"
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, "Angels in America"
Gareth Fry, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two"
Tom Gibbons, "1984"
Dan Moses Schreier, "Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh"

Best sound design of a musical

Kai Harada, "The Band's Visit"
Peter Hylenski, "Once On This Island"
Scott Lehrer, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel"
Brian Ronan, "Mean Girls"
Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson, "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical"

Best direction of a play

Marianne Elliott, "Angels in America"
Joe Mantello, "Edward Albee's Three Tall Women"
Patrick Marber, "Travesties"
John Tiffany, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two"
George C. Wolfe, "Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh"

Best direction of a musical

Michael Arden, "Once On This Island"
David Cromer, "The Band's Visit"
Tina Landau, "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical"
Casey Nicholaw, "Mean Girls"
Bartlett Sher, "My Fair Lady"

Best choreography

Christopher Gattelli, "My Fair Lady"
Christopher Gattelli, "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical"
Steven Hoggett, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two"
Casey Nicholaw, "Mean Girls"
Justin Peck, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel"

Best orchestrations

John Clancy, "Mean Girls"
Tom Kitt, "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical"
Annmarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin, "Once On This Island"
Jamshied Sharifi, "The Band's Visit"
Jonathan Tunick, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel"

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