Unlike other major awards bodies, the Tony Awards decide their nominations via a committee of industry members who commit to seeing every single production that opens during the Broadway season. This committee can thus make informed decisions on what shows, performers and creatives should earn recognition from New York theatre’s top honor.
In 2023, 40 theatre professionals saw all 38 eligible musicals and plays and selected the nominees in 26 competitive categories.
Below, a complete list of the 2023 Tony Awards nominating committee members including their professions plus past Tony nominations and wins:
Warren Adams, choreographer, director and producer
Tony winner for Best Revival of a Musical for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” (2014)
Becky Ann Baker, actor
Pun Bandhu, actor and producer
Two-time Tony winner for Best Revival of a Play for “Glengarry Glen Ross” (2005) and Best Musical for “Spring Awakening” (2007) and Tony nominee for “Beetlejuice” (2019)
Brenda Braxton, actor and author
Tony-nominee for Featured...
In 2023, 40 theatre professionals saw all 38 eligible musicals and plays and selected the nominees in 26 competitive categories.
Below, a complete list of the 2023 Tony Awards nominating committee members including their professions plus past Tony nominations and wins:
Warren Adams, choreographer, director and producer
Tony winner for Best Revival of a Musical for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” (2014)
Becky Ann Baker, actor
Pun Bandhu, actor and producer
Two-time Tony winner for Best Revival of a Play for “Glengarry Glen Ross” (2005) and Best Musical for “Spring Awakening” (2007) and Tony nominee for “Beetlejuice” (2019)
Brenda Braxton, actor and author
Tony-nominee for Featured...
- 5/2/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
A coalition of Bipoc theater workers has released a detailed, 29-page set of demands and strategies to combat racism in the Broadway theater, recommendations that dive deep into the foundational structure of the industry.
The coalition, known as We See You, White American Theater, calls for what would be a massive shift in employment demographics in which Bipoc workers would make up “the majority of writers, directors and designers onstage for the foreseeable future.” Nonprofit theater companies should staff a Bipoc majority of leadership, middle management and literary departments.
Under the terms of the document titled Bipoc Demands For White American Theatre, Broadway would be required to rename half of its theaters for artists of color, staff cast and creative teams so that Bipoc workers make up half of their number, and impose term limits on industry leaders. Broadway companies also should provide on-site...
The coalition, known as We See You, White American Theater, calls for what would be a massive shift in employment demographics in which Bipoc workers would make up “the majority of writers, directors and designers onstage for the foreseeable future.” Nonprofit theater companies should staff a Bipoc majority of leadership, middle management and literary departments.
Under the terms of the document titled Bipoc Demands For White American Theatre, Broadway would be required to rename half of its theaters for artists of color, staff cast and creative teams so that Bipoc workers make up half of their number, and impose term limits on industry leaders. Broadway companies also should provide on-site...
- 7/13/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
As protests and rallies against racial injustice and the killing of black lives continue, there is a seismic shift happening in the country as the civic unrest is shining a blinding light on systemic racism against black, indigenous and people of color (Bipoc) — and the world of theater is the latest to get that spotlight.
An open letter addressed to “White American Theater” and demanding change was published Monday. The letter was filled with ugly truths that those who have worked in the theater industry have experienced for decades. Among the 300 BIPOCs who signed the letter were Lin-Manuel Miranda, Viola Davis, Sandra Oh, Uzo Aduba, Sterling K. Brown, Cynthia Erivo, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Danai Gurira, Andre Holland, Conrad Ricamora, Tanya Saracho, Anika Noni Rose, Jessica Hagedorn, Leslie Odom Jr., Katori Hall and others.
The letter bluntly calls out the industry: “We see you. We have always seen you. We have...
An open letter addressed to “White American Theater” and demanding change was published Monday. The letter was filled with ugly truths that those who have worked in the theater industry have experienced for decades. Among the 300 BIPOCs who signed the letter were Lin-Manuel Miranda, Viola Davis, Sandra Oh, Uzo Aduba, Sterling K. Brown, Cynthia Erivo, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Danai Gurira, Andre Holland, Conrad Ricamora, Tanya Saracho, Anika Noni Rose, Jessica Hagedorn, Leslie Odom Jr., Katori Hall and others.
The letter bluntly calls out the industry: “We see you. We have always seen you. We have...
- 6/9/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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