77th Tony Awards
2024 theatrical awards ceremony
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The 77th Tony Awards were held on June 16, 2024, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2023–24 season. The ceremony was held at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater in New York City,[1] and aired on CBS.[2] Ariana DeBose hosted for the third year in a row.[3]
| 77th Tony Awards | |
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| Date | June 16, 2024 |
| Venue | David H. Koch Theater |
| Hosted by | Ariana DeBose |
| Most wins | Stereophonic (5) |
| Most nominations | Hell's Kitchen and Stereophonic (13) |
| Website | tonyawards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBS Paramount+ Pluto TV |
| Viewership | 3.5 million |
| Produced by | Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss |
| Directed by | Glenn Weiss |
Having already become the most nominated play in the history of the ceremony, Stereophonic went on to win 5 awards, including Best Play, winning the most awards of the season. The musical adaptation of The Outsiders, which won Best Musical, garnered 4 awards in total, as did the Best Revival of a Musical recipient Merrily We Roll Along; the closest to those three shows - in terms of awards received - was Appropriate, which garnered three, including Best Revival of a Play.[4]
For the first time in the history of the ceremony, all eight winners in the performance categories were receiving the award for the first time, with six of them winning for their first career nomination.[5]
Ceremony information
Pluto TV streamed the pre-ceremony broadcast The Tony Awards: Act One, hosted by Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar.[6] The nominees for the 77th Tony Awards were announced on April 30, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. ET by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry.
Eligibility
The Tony Awards eligibility dates for the 2023-2024 Broadway season were April 28, 2023, through April 25, 2024. Productions must meet all other eligibility requirements as set forth by the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League. There are 41 legitimate Broadway-eligible theaters in which a production must be performed in to attain eligibility for award consideration. Nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards were announced on April 30, 2024.[7][8][9][10]
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Winners and nominations
Awards
‡ The award is presented to the producer(s) of the musical or play.
Non-competitive awards
| Names | Accolade |
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| Jack O'Brien | Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre[11] |
| George C. Wolfe | |
| Billy Porter[a] | Isabelle Stevenson Award |
| Alex Edelman[b] | Special Tony Awards |
| Abe Jacob[c] | |
| Nikiya Mathis[d] | |
| Wendall K. Harrington | Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre[13] |
| Colleen Jennings-Roggensack[e] | |
| outgoing Playwrights Horizons Board Chair Judith O. Rubin | |
| the Dramatists Guild Foundation | |
| the Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts. | |
| The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia | Regional Theatre Tony Award.[14] |
| CJay Philip from Dance & BMore in Baltimore, Maryland | Excellence in Theatre Education Award.[15] |
Multiple nominations and awards
Productions with multiple nominations and awards |
Individuals with multiple nominations and awards
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Presenters and performers
Performances
| Names | Song(s) |
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| The cast of Hell's Kitchen (with Alicia Keys and Jay-Z) |
"The Gospel" / "Authors of Forever" / "Fallin'" "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" / "Empire State of Mind" |
| The cast of The Who's Tommy (with Pete Townshend) | "See Me, Feel Me" / "Pinball Wizard" |
| Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez (from Merrily We Roll Along) |
"Second Transition" / "Old Friends" |
| The cast of Water for Elephants | "Anywhere/Another Train" / "The Road Don't Make You Young" |
| The ensemble of Illinoise | "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!" |
| The cast of Stereophonic | "Masquerade"[18][19] |
| Eddie Redmayne and the cast of Cabaret | "Wilkommen" |
| The cast of Suffs | "Keep Marching" |
| The cast of The Outsiders | "Tulsa '67" / "Grease Got a Hold" / "The Rumble" |
| Nicole Scherzinger (In Memoriam) | "What I Did for Love"[16] |
Controversy
Despite receiving a record 13 nominations to become the most nominated play in Tonys history, and other plays with music such as Choir Boy receiving musical performances on the broadcast, Stereophonic was not originally among the lineup of performing shows announced on June 6, with playwright David Adjmi saying "We wanted to perform, but they weren't into it."[20] In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, producer Glenn Weiss said, "There's a lot of speculation and people forming their own judgments and opinions, and we are trying on our show to represent the season as well as we possibly can with the time that we have."[20] On June 12, Stereophonic was announced to be performing at the ceremony.[17]
Days before the ceremony, it was announced that many Broadway press outlets were denied access to the red carpet for coverage including SiriusXM’s On Broadway's Julie James, BroadwayWorld’s Richard Ridge, TheaterMania's David Gordon, Broadway News’ Ruthie Fierberg, and Theatrely's Kobi Kassal.[21] Eventually the decision was reversed after public outcry, an open letter from the Editor-in-Chief of Theatrely, and multiple news articles called out the decision.[22]
Reception
Reviews
The night's performances received mixed reviews. Alicia Keys's live performance of "Empire State of Mind", with the cast of Hell's Kitchen onstage and Jay-Z joining remotely, was noted as a highlight by the live audience and by critics.[23] The opening number featuring Ariana DeBose, on the other hand, drew criticism.[24][25] The awards were celebrated for more strongly featuring straight plays than in past years, with clips and interviews preceding awards in play categories.[24]
Ratings
The ceremony drew 3.5 million viewers on CBS, marking a 14% decrease from the previous year's ceremony.[26]
Accolades
The broadcast was nominated for a 2025 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode.[27]
In Memoriam
Singer and Actor Nicole Scherzinger performed What I Did for Love From The Musical A Chorus Line.
- Hinton Battle
- Alan Arkin
- Glynis Johns
- Arthur Rubin
- Christopher Durang
- Bill Kenwright
- Michael McGrath
- Carrie Robbins
- Clifton Oliver
- Tanya Berezin
- Edgar Lansbury
- Mattew Serino
- Ellen Holly
- Robert Nolan
- Frances Sternhagen
- Chris Peluso
- Franne Lee
- Inga Swenson
- Ira Bernstein
- Richard M. Sherman
- Irio O'Farrill
- Janis Paige
- Jeffrey Fender
- Ron Simons
- Linda Balgord
- Alan Eisenberg
- Samm-Art Williams
- Pamela Blair
- Joanna Merlin
- Luigi Caiola
- Marilyn S. Miller
- Michael Gambon
- Mbongeni Ngema
- Michael Blakemore
- Nicolas Coster
- Pat Halloran
- Richard Pilbrow
- Rose Gregorio
- Sheldon Harnick
- Treat Williams
- Steven Lutvak
- Maurice Hines
- Thomas J. Gates
- Tom Jones
- Glenda Jackson
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- Ron Cephas Jones
- Martin McCallum
- Robert Brustein
- Fred Werner
- Chita Rivera
