Tony Awards 2026, The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon lead nominations
The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! led Tony nominations with 12 apiece, signaling a Broadway season built on revivals, adaptations and familiar names.
The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! sat at the top of the Tony race with 12 nominations each, while the revival of Ragtime followed with 11. The lineup pointed to a Broadway season driven less by novelty than by recognizable titles, familiar stories and productions with clear commercial appeal.
Taken together, the nominations sketched a business-minded picture of American theater. Twenty-four Broadway shows were competing across 26 competitive categories, and the field showed how heavily the season leaned on revivals and literary or screen-based material. That pattern matters because Broadway increasingly depends on productions that can sell quickly, travel easily in conversation and justify high ticket prices before awards season can provide a lift.
The eligibility season ran from April 28, 2025, through April 26, 2026, and the nominations were announced on May 5 by Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss. With 857 designated Tony voters making the decisions, the result was a snapshot of what the industry had put on its stages and what the electorate viewed as most worthy of a prize. In practical terms, the nominations also served as an early measure of which shows might need a Tony boost to extend their commercial lives.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 7, with broadcast coverage on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. ET, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. PT. P!NK hosted the ceremony, while CBS and Pluto TV presented The Tony Awards: Act One, hosted by Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess. The show’s structure underscored Broadway’s reliance on spectacle, with all nominees for best musical and best revival of a musical set to perform during the telecast.
That combination of star power, performance slots and a nomination slate led by The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon! and Ragtime reflected a clear market reality. Broadway’s current center of gravity favored brands audiences already knew, and the Tonys once again became the industry’s clearest test of which kinds of shows could still command attention, investment and staying power.
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