Tony Awards Nominations 2023: Some Like It Hot Leads With 13 Nominations

The 76th Tony Awards nominations were released Tuesday morning. Here are the people who made the cut:

Nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards were revealed Tuesday by Lea Michele, who is presently performing on Broadway in "Funny Girl," and Myles Frost, who won a Tony Award in 2022 for his depiction of Michael Jackson in the Broadway musical "MJ." Some categories were announced live on CBS at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, while others were revealed via a livestream on the Tony Awards YouTube page.

This year, 38 shows competed for Tony nominations. A Broadway production must have opened between April 29, 2022 and April 27, 2023 to be eligible. The awards ceremony for this year is scheduled for Sunday, June 11.

"Some Like It Hot," the Broadway musical adaptation of the Billy Wilder film, received the most nominations of any production, with 13 in all. "Romeo and Juliet," "New York, New York," and "Shucked" garnered nine nominations each. Jodie Comer of "Killing Eve" fame received a nomination for best leading actress in a play for her performance in "Prima Facie." In addition, Justin Cooley, a 19-year-old Kansas actor, was nominated for his Broadway debut in "Kimberly Akimbo." The complete list of nominees is provided below.

Best New Play

• Ain’t No Mo’
• Between Riverside and Crazy
• Cost of Living
• Fat Ham
• Leopoldstadt

Best New Musical

• & Juliet
• Kimberly Akimbo
• New York, New York
• Shucked
• Some Like It Hot

Best Play Revival

• A Doll’s House
• The Piano Lesson
• The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
• Topdog/Underdog

Best Musical Revival

• Camelot
• Into the Woods
• Parade
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Leading Actor in a Play

• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topdog/Underdog
• Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
• Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
• Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy
• Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman

Best Leading Actress in a Play

• Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
• Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
• Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976
• Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders

Best Leading Actress in a Musical

• Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods
• Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
• Lorna Courtney, & Juliet
• Micaela Diamond, Parade

Best Leading Actor in a Musical

• Christian Borle, Some Like It Hot
• J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
• Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Brian d’Arcy James, Into the Woods
• Ben Platt, Parade
• Colton Ryan, New York, New York

Best Featured Actor in a Play

• Jordan E. Cooper, Ain’t No Mo’
• Samuel L. Jackson, The Piano Lesson
• Arian Moayed, A Doll’s House
• Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
• David Zayas, Cost of Living

Best Featured Actress in a Play

• Nikki Crawford, Fat Ham
• Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo’
• Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
• Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living
• Kara Young, Cost of Living

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

• Kevin Cahoon, Shucked
• Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo
• Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like It Hot
• Jordan Donica, Camelot
• Alex Newell, Shucked

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

• Julia Lester, Into the Woods
• Ruthie Ann Miles, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo
• NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot
• Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet

Best Direction of a Play

• Saheem Ali, Fat Ham
• Jo Bonney, Cost of Living
• Jamie Lloyd, A Doll’s House
• Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt
• Stevie Walker-Webb, Ain’t No Mo’
• Max Webster, Life of Pi

Best Direction of a Musical

• Michael Arden, Parade
• Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods
• Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
• Jack O’Brien, Shucked
• Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo

Best Book of a Musical

• David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo
• Robert Horn, Shucked
• Matthew López and Amber Ruffin,Some Like It Hot
• David West Read, & Juliet
• David Thompson and Sharon Washington, New York, New York

Best Original Score

• Almost Famous, music by Tom Kitt; lyrics by Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt
• Kimberly Akimbo, music by Jeanine Tesori; lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
• KPOP, music and lyrics: Helen Park and Max Vernon
• Shucked, music and lyrics: Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark
• Some Like It Hot, music and lyrics: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman

Best Choreography

• Steven Hoggett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
• Susan Stroman, New York, New York
• Jennifer Weber, & Juliet
• Jennifer Weber, KPOP

Best Orchestrations

• John Clancy, Kimberly Akimbo
• Jason Howland, Shucked
• Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, Some Like It Hot
• Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro, & Juliet
• Daryl Waters and Sam Davis, New York, New York

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
• Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
• Rachel Hauck, Good Night, Oscar
• Richard Hudson, Leopoldstadt
• Dane Laffrey and Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
• Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Scott Pask, Shucked
• Scott Pask, Some Like It Hot
• Michael Yeargan and 59 Productions, Camelot

Best Costume Design of a Play

• Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, Life of Pi
• Dominique Fawn Hill, Fat Ham
• Brigitte Reiffensutel, Leopoldstadt
• Emilio Sosa, Ain’t No Mo’
• Emilio Sosa, Good Night, Oscar

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Hot
• Susan Hilferty, Parade
• Jennifer Moeller, Camelot
• Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi, KPOP
• Paloma Young, & Juliet
• Donna Zakowska, New York, New York

Best Sound Design of a Play

• Jonathan Deans and Taylor Williams, Ain’t No Mo’
• Carolyn Downing, Life of Pi
• Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol
• Ben and Max Ringham, A Doll’s House
• Ben and Max Ringham, Prima Facie

Best Sound Design of a Musical

• Kai Harada, New York, New York
• John Shivers, Shucked
• Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann, Into the Woods
• Gareth Owen, & Juliet
• Nevin Steinberg, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Lighting Design of a Play

• Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt
• Natasha Chivers, Prima Facie
• Jon Clark, A Doll’s House
• Bradley King, Fat Ham
• Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi
• Jen Schriever, Death of a Salesman
• Ben Stanton, A Christmas Carol

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• Ken Billington, New York, New York
• Lap Chi Chu, Camelot
• Heather Gilbert, Parade
• Howard Hudson, & Juliet
• Natasha Katz, Some Like It Hot
• Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street