Tony Award Nominations 2022: Full List of Nominees Led by 'A Strange Loop'

Theater fans, it's finally time for the stars of the stage to shine. After weeks of anticipation, the nominees for the 75th Annual Tony Award nominations have been revealed, celebrating everything Broadway has had to offer over the past year.

There have been some dazzling musicals and gripping plays such as Six the Musical, Thoughts of a Colored Man, Macbeth, The Skin of our Teeth, The Lehman Trilogy Company and Funny Girl.

On Sunday, June 12, Broadway's biggest stars will gather to celebrate the best shows on the American stage in a ceremony hosted by West Side Story star and Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose.

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Beanie Feldstein poses at the opening night of the musical "Funny Girl" on Broadway at The August Wilson Theatre on April 24, 2022 in New York City. Funny Girl received no nominations. (Photo by... Bruce Glikas/WireImage

A Strange Loop leads the way with 11 nominations, including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for Jaquel Spivey, followed by The Lehman Trilogy with seven nominations, MJ The Musical with six and For Colored Girls with five.

Newsweek has the full list of Tony Award nominations 2022 below:

The Full List of Tony Award Nominations 2022

Best Play

Clyde's
Hangmen
The Lehman Trilogy
The Minutes
Skeleton Crew

Best Musical

MJ the Musical
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
Six
A Strange Loop

Best Revival of a Play

American Buffalo
for colored girls...
How I Learned to Drive
Take Me Out
Trouble in Mind

Best Revival of a Musical

Caroline, or Change
Company
The Music Man

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy
David Morse, How I Learned to Drive
Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
David Threlfall, Hangmen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
Ruth Negga, Macbeth
Deirdre O'Connell, Dana H.
Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night
Myles Frost, MJ the Musical
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop

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Hugh Jackman performs onstage during the opening night curtain call for "The Music Man" at Winter Garden Theatre on February 10, 2022 in New York City. Hugh Jackman is up for Best Leading Actor in... Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic

Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Mare Winningham, Girl from the North Country

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Matt Doyle, Company
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop
A.J. Shively, Paradise Square

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Jeannette Bayardelle, Girl From the North Country
Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night
Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man
L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
Patti LuPone, Company
Jennifer Simard, Company

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Alfie Allen, Hangmen
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde's
Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out
Jesse Williams, Take Me Out

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Uzo Aduba, Clyde's
Rachel Dratch, POTUS
Kenita R. Miller, For Colored Girls
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew
Julie White, POTUS
Kara Young, Clyde's

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Beowulf Boritt, POTUS
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, Skelton Crew
Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen
Scott Pask, American Buffalo
Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset
Bunny Christie, Company
Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, MJ
Allen Moyer, Paradise Square

Best Costume Design of a Play

Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth
Sarafina Bush, For Colored Girls
Emilo Sosa, Trouble in Mind
Jane Greenwood, Neil Simon's Plaza Suits
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde's

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Fly Davis, Caroline or Change
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square
William Ivey Long, Diana, The Musical
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man
Gabriella Slade, Six: The Musical
Paul Tazewell, MJ

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Joshua Carr, Hangmen
Jiyoun Chang, For Colored Girls
John Clark, The Lehman Trilogy
Jane Cox, Macbeth
Yi Zhao, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Neil Austin, Company
Tim Deiling, Six
Donald Holder, Paradise Square
Natasha Katz, MJ
Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset
Jen Schriever, A Strange Loop

Best Sound Design of a Play

Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.
Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy
Justin Ellington, For Colored Girls
Palmer Hefferan, The Skin of Our Teeth
Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Simon Baker, Girl From the North Country
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company
Paul Gatehouse, Six: The Musical
Drew Levy, A Strange Loop
Gareth Owen, MJ

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