This morning, Tony winner Adrienne Warren and three-time nominee Joshua Henry announced the nominations in the 26 competitive categories of the American Theatre Wing’s 75th annual Antoinette Perry Awards, which will be hosted by Tony nominee and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 12 on the CBS-TV and Paramount+. As previously announced, Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre will be presented to the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, Broadway For All, music copyist Emily Grishman, Feinstein’s/54 Below, and United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE. In addition, the Isabelle Stevenson Award will be presented to Robert E. Wankel and a Special Tony Award will be given to James C. Nicola, artistic director of New York Theatre Workshop since 1988.
Leading the field, with 11 nominations is the Pulitzer winner A Strange Loop, followed by MJ and Paradise Square, which each earned 10 nods. The citations for A Strange Loop include best musical, book (Michael R. Jackson), score (Michael R. Jackson), actor (Jaquel Spivey), featured actor (John-Andrew Morrison), featured actress (L Morgan Lee), scenic design (Arnulfo Maldonado), lighting design (Jen Schriever), sound design (Drew Levy), direction (Stephen Brackett), and orchestrations (Charlie Rosen).
The nominations for MJ include best musical, book (Lynn Nottage), actor (Myles Frost), scenic design (Derek McLane, Peter Nigrini), costume design (Paul Tazewell), lighting design (Natasha Katz), sound design (Gareth Owen), direction (Christopher Wheeldon), choreography (Christopher Wheeldon), and orchestraions (Jason Michael Webb, David Holcenberg).
Paradise Square earned notices for best musical, book (Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas, Larry Kirwan), score (Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, Masi Asare), actress (Joaquina Kalukango), featured actor (Sidney DuPont), featured actor (A.J. Shively), scenic design (Allen Moyer), costume design (Toni-Leslie James), lighting design (Donald Holder), and choreography (Bill T. Jones).
The three other best musical nominees include Girl from the North Country, Mr. Saturday Night, and Six, which earned additional notices for score (Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss), costume design (Gabriella Slade), lighting design (Tim Deiling), sound design (Paul Gatehouse), direction (Lucy Moss, Jamie Armitage), choreography (Carrie-Anne Ingrouille), and orchestrations (Tom Curran).
Girl from the North Country earned additional nods for book (Conor McPherson), actress (Mare Winningham), featured actress (Jeannette Bayardelle), sound design (Simon Baker), direction (Conor McPherson), and orchestrations (Simon Hale); while Mr. Saturday Night also earned nominations for book (Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel), score (Jason Robert Brown, Amanda Green), actor (Billy Crystal), and featured actress (Shoshana Bean).
The best revival nominees include Caroline, or Change, The Music Man, and Company, which earned additional nods for featured actor (Matt Doyle), featured actress (Patti LuPone), fetured actress (Jennifer Simard), scenic design (Bunny Christie), lighting design (Neil Austin), sound design (Ian Dickinson for Autograph), direction (Marianne Elliott), and orchestrations (David Cullen).
Caroline, or Change earned additional nods for actress (Sharon D Clarke) and costume design (Fly Davis), while The Music Man also earned nominations for actor (Hugh Jackman), actress (Sutton Foster), featured actres (Jayne Houdyshell), costume design (Santo Loquasto), and choreography (Warren Carlyle).
The original Flying over Sunset earned four nominations, including score (Tom Kitt, Michael Korie), actress (Carmen Cusack), scenic design (Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions), and lighting design (Bradley King).
Musicals with one nomination each include Mrs. Doubtfire for actor Rob McClure, Funny Girl for featured actor Jared Grimes, and Diana for costume designer William Ivey Long. The revival of the choreopoem for colored girls … earned seven nominations in total, including one for its choreography by Camille A. Brown.