The Tony Awards administration committee has announced eligibility for 14 shows that opened during the 2023-2024 Broadway season. Over the course of two meetings, the committee discussed the following shows: “I Need That,” “Harmony,” “Spamalot,” “How to Dance in Ohio,” “Appropriate,” “Prayer for the French Republic,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Doubt,” “The Notebook,” “An Enemy of the People,” “Water for Elephants,” “The Who’s Tommy,” “The Outsiders” and “Lempicka.”
The committee made the following determinations:
Chip Zien will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category for his performance as Rabbi in “Harmony.”
Scenic designer Beowulf Boritt and media designer Batwin + Robin will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Scenic Design of a Musical category for their work on “Harmony.”
James Monroe Iglehart and Taran Killam will each be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category for their performances as King Arthur and Sir Lancelot, respectively, in “Spamalot.”
“Appropriate” will be considered eligible in the Best Revival of a Play category. Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will be considered eligible in this category as author.
Sarah Paulson will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play category for her performance as Toni in “Appropriate.”
Betsy Aidem will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her performance as Marcelle Salomon Benhamou in “Prayer for the French Republic.”
Maryann Plunkett and Dorian Harewood will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress/Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical categories for their performances as Older Allie and Older Noah, respectively, in “The Notebook.”
Lighting designer Ben Stanton and projection designer Lucy Mackinnon will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Lighting Design of a Musical category for their work in “The Notebook.”
Isabelle McCalla and Grant Gustin will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress/Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical categories for their performances as Marlena/June and Jacob Jankowski, respectively, in “Water for Elephants.”
Lighting designer Bradley King and projection designer David Bengali will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Lighting Design of a Musical category for their work on “Water for Elephants.”
Ali Louis Bourzgui will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in Leading Role in a Musical category for his performance as Tommy in “The Who’s Tommy.”
Scenic designer David Korins and projection designer Peter Nigrini will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Scenic Design of a Musical category for their work on “The Who’s Tommy.”
Steve Margoshes and Rick Fox will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Orchestrations category for their work on “The Who’s Tommy.”
Des McAnuff will be considered eligible in the Best Direction of a Musical category for his work on “The Who’s Tommy.”
Brody Grant will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category for his performance as Ponyboy Curtis in “The Outsiders.”
Lighting designer Brian MacDevitt and projection designer Hana S. Kim will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Lighting Design of a Musical category for their work on “The Outsiders.”
Eden Espinosa will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category for her performance as Tamara de Lempicka in “Lempicka.”
Scenic designer Riccardo Hernández and projection designer Peter Nigrini will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Scenic Design of a Musical for their work on “Lempicka.”
All other eligibility will be consistent with opening-night credits for each production. This refers to the production’s title page as printed in the opening-night program. Unless indicated above, performers whose names are billed above the show’s title are eligible in leading actor/actress categories; performers listed below the show’s title will be considered in featured actor/actress categories. Projection designers are noted here as there is no category specifically for the discipline; the committee can approve placing those designers in scenic or lighting categories. Jacobs-Jenkins is eligible alongside “Appropriate”’s producers in the Best Revival of a Play category according to a rule introduced in 2019, which allows authors of revivals to be eligible if the production has never before appeared on Broadway. McAnuff, who won a 1993 Tony for directing the original production of “Tommy,” is eligible for helming the currently running revival as it is not a replica production.
A production opening on Broadway does not automatically mark it eligible for Tony awards. The production must complete eligibility requirements, as outlined in the Tonys’ rules and regulations. The Tony Awards administration committee, comprised of 24 industry professionals, then convenes to discuss the categories in which each element of a production is eligible. The administration committee is a separate group of individuals that make up the Tony nominating committee (those select nominees in all 26 competitive categories) than Tony voters (those who vote for the winners). The committee previously met in November 2023 to finalize eligibility of 10 productions that opened earlier in the season.
As previously announced, the 77th annual Tony Awards will take place on June 16 at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Nominations will be announced on April 30.
The Tony Awards are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
