Each competitive category of the Tony Awards will include five nominees if there at least nine eligible candidates, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Friday.
That determination was made in the fourth and final meeting of the committee, where 10 plays and musicals were discussed. Among other determinations: both Erika Henningsen and Taylor Louderman will be considered eligible for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for their roles in “Mean Girls.”
There are 26 competitive categories included in the Tony Awards.
Other determinations included LaChanze eligible for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category for her performance in “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.”
Jamie Parker will be considered eligible for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two.”
Lauren Ambrose and Harry Hadden-Paton will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress/Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical categories for their performances in “My Fair Lady.”
Condola Rashad will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play category for her role in “Saint Joan.”
Renée Fleming will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical category for her performance in “Carousel.”
Projection and video designers of three productions were also deemed eligible in the Best Scenic Design categories.
That ruling applied to Finn Ross and Adam Young, who worked on the projection design for “Mean Girls,” and will be jointly eligible alongside Scott Pask, for Best Scenic Design of a Musical category for their work on “Mean Girls.”
It also pertains to Sean Nieuwenhuis, who worked on projections, and set designer Robert Brill who will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Scenic Design of a Musical category for their work on “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.”
Tim Reid who worked on video design on “1984” will be considered eligible along with Chloe Lamford for Best Scenic Design of a Play category.
The committee discussed: “Mean Girls,” “Children of a Lesser God,” “Carousel,” “My Fair Lady,” “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two,” “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,” “Travesties,” “Saint Joan,” “The Iceman Cometh” and “1984,” which was deemed eligible for Tony Awards consideration at the last meeting.
Tony nominations will be announced at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
