Tony Award nominations led by The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon!

The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! led this year’s Tony Award nominations with 12 apiece, turning a Broadway season crowded with revivals, star names and buzzy new work into a tightly packed race for June’s ceremony. Ragtime followed with 11 nominations, while Death of a Salesman and Cats: The Jellicle Ball each landed nine, a sign that audiences and voters alike are responding to both reimagined classics and newly mounted productions.

Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss announced the nominations across 26 competitive categories, with the first round revealed on CBS Mornings and the rest posted afterward on the Tony Awards’ YouTube channel and the Tony Awards website. The nominations were chosen by an independent committee of 55 theater professionals, then decided by 857 designated Tony voters. The eligibility window ran from April 28, 2025, through April 26, 2026, giving the slate a full year’s worth of Broadway competition to sort through.

The best play field underscored the season’s range, with The Balusters, Giant, Liberation and Little Bear Ridge Road all in contention. Liberation entered the Tony race with added heat after winning the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, a recognition that gave the play extra awards-season momentum and placed it among the most closely watched titles in the field. The broader nomination list also reflected a season in which familiar properties were repeatedly transformed for the Broadway stage, rather than simply revived.

The acting categories drew their own share of attention. Daniel Radcliffe, Nathan Lane, John Lithgow and Rose Byrne were among the nominees highlighted in the field, while June Squibb made history at 96 as the oldest acting nominee in Tony history. That mix of established names and record-setting newcomers helped broaden the reach of a nomination list that already pointed to a highly competitive year.

The 79th Tony Awards will be handed out on Sunday, June 7, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The telecast will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET, with a pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One, set for CBS and Pluto TV. P!NK will host the ceremony and called the Broadway community “the hardest working people in showbiz.” The Tony organization also is honoring LORT with a Special Tony Award; the League of Resident Theatres has 82 member theaters in 30 states and the District of Columbia, and nearly 400 Broadway productions have developed and originated at its member theaters.