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This Year’s Tony Nominees Talk All Things Broadway at Exclusive ‘Meet The Nominees’ Press Event

by Annie Emans May 16, 2025
written by Annie Emans

On May 8, this year’s Tony nominees attended the 78th Annual Tony Awards’ “Meet the Nominees” event. Nominees in attendance included Academy Award-winning George Clooney and comedian Cole Escola — both nominated for Best Actor in a Play, as well as Tony-winning Megan Hilty for her role in “Death Becomes Her” and “Stranger Things” star Sadie Sink for her performance in “John Proctor is the Villain.”

Over a hundred nominees attended the event and spoke to the press about their experiences performing or working on their productions and their excitement for the future of theater.

At the event, Tom Francis — nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Joe Gillis in “Sunset Blvd.” — spoke to The Knockturnal about his experience bringing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic 1993 musical from The West End to Broadway.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 08: Tom Francis attends the 78th Annual Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Event at Sofitel New York on May 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

“The New York audience is so enthusiastic all the time,” Francis said. “Their reactions are brilliant, and that really feeds you as a performer and informs your [acting] choices.”

At just 25, this is Francis’s first Tony nomination, and his performance in “Sunset Boulevard” marks his Broadway debut. 

“I’m just excited to see what comes next for me, and see what doors [this experience] opens,” Francis said. 

Another Broadway newcomer, Jasmine Amy Rogers — nominated for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Betty Boop in “Boop! The Musical!” — also spoke to The Knockturnal about her first Tony nomination. She called her time on Broadway “ a dream come true” and a  “one-of-a-kind experience.”

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 08: Jasmine Amy Rogers attends the 78th Annual Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Event at Sofitel New York on May 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Rogers spoke about her initial audition for “Boop! The Musical,” which initially premiered at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, in 2023 before transferring to Broadway this March.

“I always tell myself: the goal isn’t to be Tony nominated, the goal is just to get to [perform] in the first place,” Rogers said.

Harry Lennix, known for his ten-year run on NBC’s hit television show “The Blacklist,” received a nomination for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Solomon in the Pulitzer Prize-winning production “Purpose.” He spoke to The Knockturnal about how “Purpose” fits into the Broadway 2025 season, calling the show the “definitive American play of the new millennium.”

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 08: (L-R) Debra Martin Chase, David Stone, Glenn Davis, Harry Lennix, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Kara Young, Jon Michael Hill, and LaChanze attend the 78th Annual Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Event at Sofitel New York on May 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

“I think it deals with every new issue that has come to the floor in the last 25 years,” Lennix said. 

Lennix told The Knockturnal that he’s pleased with the positive reception of this year’s Broadway season.

“This [Broadway] season seems especially robust — I’ve considered this a predictive season of what was promised during the pandemic. I think that a lot of people were working on these plays during the pandemic, and that they are now coming into fruition,” Lennix said. “I think that Broadway’s back, and if that’s the case, I think that American theater is back.”

The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards will broadcast live to both coasts on Sunday, June 8, 2025 (8:00 – 11:00 PM ET/5:00 – 8:00 PM PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.

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On The Scene: Inside of the 77th Annual Tony Awards!

by Sydney Hargrove June 23, 2024
written by Sydney Hargrove

On Sunday, Broadway’s biggest night took center stage as the 77th annual Tony Awards celebrated another year of Broadway excellence.

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On The Scene: J. Harrison Ghee Talks Tony Nomination and Representation In ‘Some Like It Hot’ at Meet The Nominees Press Day

by Sydney Hargrove May 10, 2023
written by Sydney Hargrove

Somewhere in the Prohibition Era, musicians Jerry and Joe witness a murder by the mafia and go into hiding by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-female band. As they navigate their new identities, they both fall in love with the band’s lead singer, Sugar, while trying to avoid being caught by the mob. Audiences can witness this lively turn of events eight times a week at the Shubert Theater in the grandiose Some Like It Hot, which is currently nominated for 13 Tony Awards, the most that any show has received this season. Based on the classic 1959 Billy Wilder film starring Marilyn Monroe, the musical is a mix of slapstick comedy, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglements, set to a jazzy score featuring classic songs from the 1920s and 30s.

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On The Scene: Stephen McKinley Henderson and Stephen Adly Guirgis Talk Tony Nominations for Between Riverside and Crazy at Meet The Nominees Press Day

by Sydney Hargrove May 10, 2023
written by Sydney Hargrove

n the midst of gentrification and a looming financial deal to drive preexisting renters away, retired policeman Walter “Pops” Washington sits in one of the last rent-controlled apartments on New York City’s riverside drive.

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Vineyard Theatre’s 40th Anniversary Gala

by Lenique Vincent March 20, 2023
written by Lenique Vincent

Vineyard Theatre celebrated their 40th Anniversary with a red carpeted fundraising gala that honored Tony winning actor, Billy Crudup. Funds raised from the event, held in the Edison Ballroom in NYC on Feb. 13, will support the theatre’s upcoming season; including their Fair Pay Initiative and the “Good Neighbor” ticket program which offers free and affordable theatre tickets to thousands of local theatre goers.

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On The Scene: Meet Your 2022 Tony Award Nominees!

by Sydney Hargrove May 16, 2022
written by Sydney Hargrove

 

This season on Broadway has taken us to new worlds, taught us life lessons, and entertained us beyond belief with the most magical teams of performers, designers, directors, musicians, and so much more. This year we’ve been brought to the Five Points in 1800’s Manhattan, gotten seranaded by the wives of Henry the 8th, watched life through the perspective of a queer Broadway usher, witnessed the highs and lows of a struggling family through the music of Bob Dylan, sat right in the studio during the making of Michael Jackson’s thriller video, and so much more. It’s truly been a season for the ages, and after Broadway’s reopening in September, being able to witness live performances has never felt so incredible.

The nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards we’re announced on Monday, being read by Adrianne Warren, a nominee herself for her show stopping performance of Tina Turner in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical last year.  The nominations couldn’t be more well deserved, with the Pulitzer Prize winning musical A Strange Loop leading with 11 nominations. Not far behind, Larry Kirwan’s Paradise Square walked away with 10 nominations. The nominations this year marked so many historical triumphs, paving the way for years to come.

There is something so astonishing about the creation of a new story based on incredible music, and Connor McPherson’s Girl From The North Country proves that with seven nominations. The show features a family living in a boarding house, trying to survive through the ups and downs of life, with a score made up of the music of Bob Dylan. Mare Winningham plays a woman struggling with dementia, constantly going back and fourth between having a lifeless distance to her, to childlike outbursts. The role is incredibly complex and layered, and Winningham has earned a very well deserved nomination for best leading actress in a musical. “She’s such a great character for the way that Connor Mcpherson has threaded her through the play,” Winningham said while talking about her character. “She’s hearing things that the others aren’t. So even though she is in that boarding house, she is trying to figure out how to survive like all the rest of them, she is hearing music and the others aren’t. In some ways, she’s with you, with the audience, she crosses the fourth wall and participates.”

It’s a new era of Broadway, and the shows we have seen this season have transcended. “I think that I wanted to do something that was so overwhelming that it was only possible in live theater,” The Skin of Our Teeth Set designer Adam Rigg said while being asked about the creation of this incredible show. “I think that coming back after the pandemic, everyone had been staring at screens for two years. And if we’d done it before the pandemic it wouldn’t have been any smaller, but every production that I’d worked on had been very scared back just because of the nature of how we’re working and how we have to work now for safety. But this one we made it to scale, we wanted people to look at it and see that this is what we do- this is what we can do.”

Broadway is a constant representation of what we can do, and what we constantly continue to do. Michael R Jackson built his pulitzer prize winning musical A Strange Loop up from the ground, and he is now nominated for two Tony Awards, for best score and best book of a musical. Not only that, but his show is leading for most nominations this year, with an incredible 11 nominations. “I think the thing that kept me going was trying to understand the experience of Usher,” Jackson said. “I did draw from personal experience to write it, but at a certain point it became not about me, it became about the idea of me, of I, of self. And I wanted to try to capture that, that Black, queer, gay self in a jar. The nuance of it, the specificity of it. I felt that if I could do it on the level of other pieces of art that I felt moved by, that that would love the needle somehow. It just was the story itself, I had to understand the loop.”

We loved getting to chat with the 2022 Tony Award nominees! Tune into CBS on June 12th at 8pm to watch the show!

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Exclusive: Tony Award Winners Speak at Virtual Press Room

by Sydney Hargrove September 28, 2021
written by Sydney Hargrove

Last night symbolized the official reopening of Broadway as the iconic Winter Garden Theatre housed the 74th Annual Tony Awards.

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The 73rd Annual Tony Awards Tackles Diversity, Inclusion, and Relevancy

by Samantha Bergeson June 12, 2019
written by Samantha Bergeson

The 73rd Annual Tony Awards, airing last Sunday, brought diversity and inclusion to the forefront, with moving speeches by winners and presenters alike. Nominees and special guests walked the rainbow-themed red carpet, honoring the 50th anniversary of Stonewall and Pride Month with an array of hand-painted roses.

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Ali Stroker and Jessica Paz Make History with Tony Award Wins

by Samantha Bergeson June 10, 2019
written by Samantha Bergeson

The Tony Awards made history tonight with two winners breaking barriers: Jessica Paz, the first woman to win for Best Sound Design of a Musical for her work with Hadestown, and actress Ali Stroker as the first actress who uses a wheelchair to win for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!.

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On The Scene: The 73rd Annual Tony Awards Red Carpet

by Samantha Bergeson June 10, 2019
written by Samantha Bergeson

Broadway descends on Radio City Music Hall to celebrate this year’s performances in plays and musicals, with host James Corden. Fans crowded on the corner of 50th Street and 6th Avenue to catch a glimpse of the star-studded red carpet that was adorned with real hand-painted rainbow hued roses in honor of Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall.

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