These are the nominations for the Tony Awards 2025... and there are many surprises

Best Play

• English
  Author: Sanaz Toossi
• The Hills of California
  Author: Jez Butterworth
• John Proctor is the Villain
  Author: Kimberly Belflower
• Oh, Mary!
  Author: Cole Escola
• Purpose
  Author: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Best Musical

• Buena Vista Social Club
• Dead Outlaw
• Death Becomes Her
• Maybe Happy Ending
• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Best Book of a Musical

• Buena Vista Social Club: Marco Ramirez
• Dead Outlaw: Itamar Moses
• Death Becomes Her: Marco Pennette
• Maybe Happy Ending: Will Aronson and Hue Park
• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts

Best Revival of a Play

• Eureka Day
• Romeo + Juliet
• Thornton Wilder's Our Town
• Yellow Face
• Best Revival of a Musical
• Floyd Collins
• Gypsy
• Pirates! The Penzance Musical
• Sunset Boulevard

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

• Dead Outlaw (Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna)
• Death Becomes Her (Music & Lyrics: Julia Mattison and Noel Carey)
• Maybe Happy Ending (Music: Will Aronson; Lyrics:  Will Aronson and Hue Park)
• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (Music & Lyrics: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts)
• Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (Music & Lyrics: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

• George Clooney: Good Night, and Good Luck
• Cole Escola: Oh, Mary!
• Jon Michael Hill: Purpose
• Daniel Dae Kim: Yellow Face
• Harry Lennix: Purpose
• Louis McCartney: Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

• Laura Donnelly: The Hills of California
• Mia Farrow: The Roommate
• LaTanya Richardson Jackson: Purpose
• Sadie Sink: John Proctor is the Villain
• Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

• Darren Criss: Maybe Happy Ending
• Andrew Durand: Dead Outlaw
• Tom Francis: Sunset Boulevard
• Jonathan Groff: Just in Time
• James Monroe Iglehart: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
• Jeremy Jordan: Floyd Collins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

• Megan Hilty: Death Becomes Her
• Audra McDonald: Gypsy
• Jasmine Amy Rogers: BOOP! The Musical
• Nicole Scherzinger: Sunset Boulevard
• Jennifer Simard: Death Becomes Her

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

• Glenn Davis: Purpose
• Gabriel Ebert: John Proctor is the Villain
• Francis Jue:Yellow Face
• Bob Odenkirk: Glengarry Glen Ross
• Conrad Ricamora: Oh, Mary!

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

• Tala Ashe: English
• Jessica Hecht: Eureka Day
• Marjan Neshat: English
• Fina Strazza: John Proctor is the Villain
• Kara Young: Purpose

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

• Brooks Ashmanskas: SMASH
• Jeb Brown: Dead Outlaw
• Danny Burstein: Gypsy
• Jak Malone: Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
• Taylor Trensch: Floyd Collins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

• Natalie Venetia Belcon: Buena Vista Social Club
• Julia Knitel: Dead Outlaw
• Gracie Lawrence: Just in Time
• Justina Machado: Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
• Joy Woods: Gypsy

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• Marsha Ginsberg: English
• Rob Howell: The Hills of California
• Marg Horwell and David Bergman: The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Miriam Buether and 59: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• Scott Pask: Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• Rachel Hauck: Swept Away
• Dane Laffrey and George Reeve: Maybe Happy Ending
• Arnulfo Maldonado: Buena Vista Social Club
• Derek McLane: Death Becomes Her
• Derek McLane: Just in Time

Best Costume Design of a Play

• Brenda Abbandandolo: Good Night, and Good Luck
• Marg Horwell: The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Rob Howell: The Hills of California
• Holly Pierson: Oh, Mary!
• Brigitte Reiffenstuel: Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• Dede Ayite: Buena Vista Social Club
• Gregg Barnes: BOOP! The Musical
• Clint Ramos: Maybe Happy Ending
• Paul Tazewell: Death Becomes Her
• Catherine Zuber: Just in Time

Best Lighting Design of a Play

• Natasha Chivers: The Hills of California
• Jon Clark: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• Heather Gilbert and David Bengali: Good Night, and Good Luck
• Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski: John Proctor is the Villain
• Nick Schlieper: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• Jack Knowles: Sunset Boulevard
• Tyler Micoleau: Buena Vista Social Club
• Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun: Floyd Collins
• Ben Stanton: Maybe Happy Ending
• Justin Townsend: Death Becomes Her

Best Sound Design of a Play

• Paul Arditti: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• Palmer Hefferan: John Proctor is the Villain
• Daniel Kluger: Good Night, and Good Luck
• Nick Powell: The Hills of California
• Clemence Williams: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Sound Design of a Musical

• Jonathan Deans: Buena Vista Social Club
• Adam Fisher: Sunset Blvd.
• Peter Hylenski: Just in Time
• Peter Hylenski: Maybe Happy Ending
• Dan Moses Schreier: Floyd Collins

Best Direction of a Play

• Knud Adams: English
• Sam Mendes: The Hills of California
• Sam Pinkleton: Oh, Mary!
• Danya Taymor: John Proctor is the Villain
• Kip Williams: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Direction of a Musical

• Saheem Ali: Buena Vista Social Club
• Michael Arden: Maybe Happy Ending
• David Cromer: Dead Outlaw
• Christopher Gattelli: Death Becomes Her
• Jamie Lloyd: Sunset Blvd.

Best Choreography

• Joshua Bergasse: SMASH
• Camille A. Brown: Gypsy
• Christopher Gattelli: Death Becomes Her
• Jerry Mitchell: BOOP! The Musical
• Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck: Buena Vista Social Club

Best Orchestrations

• Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber: Just in Time
• Will Aronson: Maybe Happy Ending
• Bruce Coughlin: Floyd Collins
• Marco Paguia: Buena Vista Social Club
• David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber: Sunset Blvd.