Ever since the excitement of the Olivier Awards had passed, we’ve been waiting with baited breath to see what shows have been nominated across the pond for the Tony Awards 2022.
It’s always exciting to see what talent and incredible shows are over on Broadway and hope and dream about what might make it over here as well as crossing our fingers that shows that were born on the West End do well over in America!
One such very British export is of course the smash-hit Six The Musical. It’s gone all the way around the world since opening in Edinburgh in 2017, including tours around the UK and US, Australia and New Zealand and even a Norwegian cruise line.
To anyone who’s seen the show or even heard the songs, it’s no surprise that it’s been a hit all around the world, but I can’t help but be continually surprised that the topic of a year 3 history lesson has been so popular outside of England. While we all know the ‘divorced, beheaded, died…’ rhyme, it is an incredible credit to Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow that they’ve managed to take such a quintessentially British piece of history and revamp it so much that it has international appeal.
The nominee list also includes previous London shows The Lehman Trilogy, Girl From The North Country, Company and Hangmen. Sharon D Clarke has been nominated for her performance in Caroline or Change.
Check out the Tony nominations 2022 in full below.
Best Play
Clyde’s
Hangmen
The Lehman Trilogy
The Minutes
Skeleton Crew
Best Musical
Girl From the North Country
MJ
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
Six
A Strange Loop
Best Book of a Musical
Girl From The North Country
MJ
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
A Strange Loop
Best Revival of a Musical
Caroline, or Change
Company
The Music Man
Best Revival of a Play
American Buffalo
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf
How I Learned to Drive
Take Me Out
Trouble In Mind
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Flying Over Sunset, music by Tom Kitt; lyrics by Michael Korie
Mr. Saturday Night, music by Jason Robert Brown; lyrics by Amanda Green
Paradise Square, music by Jason Howland and Larry Kirwan; lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare
Six, music and lyrics: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
A Strange Loop, music and lyrics: Michael R. Jackson
Best Direction of a Play
Les Waters, Dana H
Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy
Neil Pepe, American Buffalo
Camille A. Brown, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth
Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
Marianne Elliott, Company
Conor McPherson, Girl From the North Country
Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, Six
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy
David Threlfall, Hangmen
Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo
David Morse, How I Learned to Drive
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive
Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth
Ruth Negga, Macbeth
Deirdre O’Connell, Dana. H
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night
Myles Frost, MJ
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, Or Change
Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Mare Winningham, Girl From the North Country
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Alfie Allen, Hangmen
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s
Jesse Williams, Take Me Out
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s
Kara Young, Clyde’s
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew
Rachel Dratch, POTUS
Julie White, POTUS
Kenita R. Miller, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Matt Doyle, Company
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
A.J. Shively, Paradise Square
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Patti LuPone, Company
Jennifer Simard, Company
L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
Jeannette Bayardelle, Girl From the North Country
Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man
Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, Skeleton Crew
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen
Beowulf Boritt, POTUS
Scott Pask, American Buffalo
Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset
Bunny Christie, Company
Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, MJ
Allen Moyer, Paradise Square
Best Costume Design of a Play
Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth
Sarafina Bush, Pass Over
Emilio Sosa, Skeleton Crew
Jane Greenwood, Plaza Suite
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde’s
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Fly Davis, Caroline, or Change
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square
William Ivey Long, Diana, the Musical
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man
Gabriella Slade, Six
Paul Tazewell, MJ
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Joshua Carr, Hangmen
Jiyoun Chang, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy
Jane Cox, Macbeth
Yi Zhao, The Skin of Our Teeth
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Neil Austin, Company
Tim Deiling, Six
Donald Holder, Paradise Square
Natasha Katz, MJ
Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset
Jen Schriever, A Strange Loop
Best Sound Design of a Play
Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.
Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy
Justin Ellington, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Palmer Hefferan, The Skin of Our Teeth
Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company
Simon Baker, Girl From The North Country
Paul Gatehouse, Six: The Musical
Drew Levy, A Strange Loop
Gareth Owen, MJ
Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, Six
Bill T. Jones, Paradise Square
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ
Best Orchestrations
David Cullen, Company
Tom Curran, Six
Simon Hale, Girl From the North Country
Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg, MJ
Charlie Rosen, A Strange Loop