The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time Wednesday to determine eligibility for the 75th Annual Tony Awards.
While the date for the next Tony Awards has not yet been announced, the committee discussed the eligibility of 12 Broadway productions: “Girl from the North Country,” which opened before the cut-off date for the last Tony Awards, “Pass Over,” “Lackawanna Blues,” “Six,” “Chicken & Biscuits,” “Is This A Room,” “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” “The Lehman Trilogy,” “Dana H.,” “Caroline, or Change,” “Diana” and “Trouble in Mind.”
Among the determinations, “Lackawanna Blues” and “Trouble in Mind” will both be considered in the Best Revival of a Play category, even though neither had previously appeared on Broadway before this season. The two plays had previous Off-Broadway runs.
Additionally, all actors in “Six,” Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macasaet, Abby Mueller, Brittney Mack, Samantha Pauly and Anna Uzele, will be considered eligible for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical.
“West Side Story,” which was also excluded from the 2020 Tony Awards due to its later opening date, will not be considered for the upcoming Tony Awards. The production did not reopen after the Broadway shutdown.
Additional determinations:
Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Adrian Lester will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for their respective performances in “The Lehman Trilogy.”
Lucas Hnath and Dana Higginbotham will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Play category for their work as co-authors on “Dana H.”
Jay O. Sanders and Mare Winningham will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical categories for their respective performances in “Girl from the North Country. “
Colin Bates will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical category for his performance in “Girl from the North Country.”
Jon Michael Hill and Namir Smallwood will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for their respective performances in “Pass Over.”
Bill Sims Jr. will be considered eligible in the Best Score category for his work on “Lackawanna Blues.”
Cleo King and Ebony Marshall-Oliver will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play category for their respective performances in “Chicken & Biscuits.”
Emily Davis will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play category for her performance in “Is This A Room.”
Te’La, Kamauu, and Keenan Scott II will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Original Score category for their work on “Thoughts of a Colored Man.”
Stefano Massini and Ben Power will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Play category for their work as co-authors on “The Lehman Trilogy.”
Deirdre O’Connell will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play category for her performance in “Dana H.”
Jeanna De Waal will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category for her performance in “Diana”
