Tony AwardsTony Awards Postpones Nomination Announcement, Extends Eligibility Cut-Off
The one-week delay will allow nominators to see Tony eligible shows following a number of COVID-related performance cancellations and cast outages.
By
Logan Culwell-Block
April 22, 2022
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The Tony Awards has postponed the announcement of this year's nominees and the eligibility cut-off following a string of COVID-related performance cancellations and cast outages. The move will allow nominators time to see all Tony eligible productions and performances. The ceremony remains set for June 12 at Radio City Music Hall, with a combination streaming and broadcast event on Paramount+ and CBS.
“Due to the challenges that Broadway has faced in recent weeks, and in an effort to allow nominators to see Tony eligible shows, we have decided to extend the deadline for eligibility requirements," shares Broadway League President Charlotte St. Martin and American Theatre Wing President and CEO Heather Hitchens in a statement. "Therefore, the Tony Nominations will now take place on Monday, May 9th."
Following last year's two-part broadcast shared by CBS and streamer Paramount+, the 2022 Tony Awards will include an hour of exclusive programming streaming on Paramount+ June 12 from 7 PM ET, followed by the three-hour main awards ceremony airing live on CBS and streaming simultaneously on Paramount+ (for premium-level subscribers only) from 8 PM ET, making this year's ceremony the first in Tony Awards history to be available live nationwide. The broadcast will also be available to stream on demand on Paramount+ for all membership tiers following the live stream.
Additional information, including specific performers and presenters, will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Can You Name the Performances That Earned These Stars Their First Tony Award?
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Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald as Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel
Joan Marcus
Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein as Arnold Beckoff in Torch Song Trilogy (Fierstein also one for Best Play the same year)
Ken Howard
Judith Light
Marc J. Franklin
Judith Light as Silda Grauman in Other Desert Cities
Sutton Foster
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Sutton Foster as Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie
Joan Marcus
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson in The Great White Hope
Bryan Cranston
Bryan Cranston as Lyndon B. Johnson in All The Way
Evgenia Eliseeva
Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera as Anna in the Rink
Ken Howard
Laurie Metcalf
Laurie Metcalf as Nora in A Doll's House, Part 2
Brigitte Lacombe
Nathan Lane
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Nathan Lane as Pseudolus/Prologus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Viola Davis
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Viola Davis as Tonya in King Hedley II
Bernadette Peters
Andrew Eccles
Bernadette Peters as Emma in Song and Dance
Kenn Duncan / The New York Public Library
Mark Rylance
Marc Rylance as Robert in Boeing-Boeing
Angela Lansbury
Monica Simoes
Angela Lansbury as Mame Dennis in Mame
Norbert Leo Butz
Norbert Leo Butz as Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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