Tony Awards 2018: Spongebob Squarepants and Mean Girls lead nominations
Acting honours go to Glenda Jackson, Laurie Metcalf and Denzel Washington
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Your support makes all the difference.The 2018 Tony Award nominees have been revealed with Mean Girls and Spongebob Squarepants: The Musical leading with 12 nominations.
There was a strong representation for the theatre world's British influence with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Angels in America receiving top nominations with 11 and 10 nods (respectively).
Overall, the standouts from the 2017-2018 Broadway season in this year's nominations include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Angels in America, Mean Girls, The Band's Visit and My Fair Lady leading this year's honours.
Highlights in acting nominations include Andrew Garfield in Angels In America, Amy Schumer in her Broadway debut Meteor Shower, Denzel Washington in The Iceman Cometh and Laurie Metcalf for Three Tall Women.
Nominations for this year's awards ceremony were revealed by Hamilton alum Leslie Odom Jr. and Waitress star Katharine McPhee.
Last year's Tony Awards saw Dear Evan Hansen take home the award for best musical with Laurie Metcalf, Ben Platt, Bette Midler and many more actors taking home accolades as well.
This year's awards ceremony will be hosted by musicians and Broadway stars Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban.
While nearly all award winners have yet to be revealed, it was previously announced that Chita Rivera and Andrew Lloyd Webber would be taking home the 2018 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement.
The Tony Awards will take place this Sunday June 10 at 8pm EST and will be broadcast live on CBS.
Here's everything you need to know about the ceremony this weekend.
Best Play
The Children
Farinelli and The King
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Junk
Latin History for Morons
Best Musical
The Band’s Visit
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Revival of a Play
Angels in America
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Lobby Hero
Travesties
Best Revival of a Musical
My Fair Lady
Once On This Island
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Best Book of a Musical
The Band’s Visit
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Angels in America
The Band’s Visit
Frozen
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Andrew Garfield, Angels in America
Tom Hollander, Travesties
Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Mark Rylance, Farinelli and The King
Denzel Washington, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Condola Rashad, Saint Joan
Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God
Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady
Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Tony Shalhoub, The Band’s Visit
Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady
Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island
LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit
Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls
Jessie Mueller, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Michael Cera, Lobby Hero
Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero
Nathan Lane, Angels in America
David Morse, Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Susan Brown, Angels in America
Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Deborah Findlay, The Children
Denise Gough, Angels in America
Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady
Alexander Gemignani, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Grey Henson, Mean Girls
Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Ari’el Stachel, The Band’s Visit
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ariana DeBose, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Renée Fleming, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Lindsay Mendez, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Ashley Park, Mean Girls
Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Farinelli and The King
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Angels in America
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Once On This Island
The Band’s Visit
Mean Girls
My Fair Lady
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Costume Design of a Play
Farinelli and The King
Angels in America
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Mean Girls
Once On This Island
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
My Fair Lady
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Angels in America
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Farinelli and The King
Junk
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Once On This Island
My Fair Lady
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
The Band’s Visit
Best Sound Design of a Play
Travesties
Angels in America
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
1984
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Sound Design of a Musical
The Band’s Visit
Once On This Island
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Best Direction of a Play
Angels in America
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Travesties
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh
Best Direction of a Musical
Once On This Island
The Band’s Visit
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Mean Girls
My Fair Lady
Best Choreography
My Fair Lady
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Mean Girls
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Best Orchestrations
Mean Girls
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Once On This Island
The Band’s Visit
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories
Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Chita Rivera
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Special Tony Awards
John Leguizamo
Bruce Springsteen
Regional Theatre Tony Award
La MaMa E.T.C., New York City
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Nick Scandalios
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
Sara Krulwich
Bessie Nelson
Ernest Winzer Cleaners
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