Tony Nominations Announced

The 2023 Tony Award nominations were announced on Tuesday (May 2nd), with Some Like it Hot leading the roster with 13 nods. & Juliet, Shucked, and New York, New York followed close behind with nine nods each. The most-nominated plays include A Doll’s House, Leopoldstadt, and Ain’t No Mo’ with six nods each.

Jessica Chastain celebrated her nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Play for her role in A Doll’s House on Instagram Tuesday (May 2nd). “If I could tell that girl who yearly recorded the Tony Awards on her VHS that this would happen, it would have blown my world open. To tell her she’d be living in New York, performing in A Doll’s House, and nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress… It is a dream come true,” she wrote alongside a throwback photo of herself.

Private Practice star Audra McDonald was also nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Play for her role in Ohio State Murders. Entertainment Tonight reports that this is McDonald’s 10th nomination, making her one of the most-nominated individual performers in Tony Awards history, alongside Chita Rivera and Julie Harris.

See the full list of nominations below:

Best New Play
“Ain’t No Mo’”
“Between Riverside and Crazy”
“Cost of Living”
“Fat Ham”
“Leopoldstadt”

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Best New Musical
“& Juliet”
“Kimberly Akimbo”
“New York, New York”
“Shucked”
“Some Like It Hot”

Best Play Revival
“A Doll’s House”
“The Piano Lesson”
“The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window”
“Topdog/Underdog”

Best Musical Revival
“Camelot”
“Into the Woods”
“Parade”
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

Best Leading Actress in a Play
Jessica Chastain, “A Do