This year, the Tony Awards recognized 23 actors and 20 creatives that have never been Tony nominated before! (Congrats all!) Below, we spotlight each one.
THE ACTORS
Alex Brightman (School of Rock)
Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton)
Zachary Levi (She Loves Me)
Carmen Cusack (Bright Star)
Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple)
Phillipa Soo (Hamilton)
Mark Strong (A View From the Bridge)
Tim Pigott-Smith (King Charles III)
Jessica Lange (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
Lupita Nyong’o (Eclipsed)
Michelle Williams (Blackbird)
Christopher Jackson (Hamilton)
Daveed Diggs (Hamilton)
Adrienne Warren (Shuffle Along)
Jennifer Simard (Disaster!)
Renee Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton)
Bill Camp (The Crucible)
David Furr (Noises Off)
Michael Shannon (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
Richard Goulding (King Charles III)
Megan Hilty (Noises Off)
Pascale Armand (Eclipsed)
Saycon Sengbloh (Eclipsed)
THE CREATIVES
Danai Gurira, playwright of Eclipsed
Stephen Karam, playwright of The Humans
Mike Bartlett, playwright of King Charles III
Michael Arden, director of Spring Awakening
Ivo van Hove, director of A View From the Bridge
Jonathan Kent, director of Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Liesl Tommy, director of Eclipsed
Rupert Goold, director of King Charles III
Hofesh Shechter, choreographer of Fiddler on the Roof
Julian Fellowes, book of School of Rock
Steve Martin, book and score of Bright Star
Edie Brickell, score of Bright Star
Sara Bareilles, score of Waitress
David Korins, scenic design for Hamilton
Jan Versweyveld, scenic and lighting design for A View From the Bridge and lighting design for The Crucible
Jeff Mahshie, costume design for She Loves Me
Clint Ramos, costume design for Eclipsed
Tom Scutt, costume design for King Charles III
Justin Townsend, lighting design for American Psycho and The Humans
August Eriksmoen, orchestrations for Bright Star
