As Broadway remains shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s at least one bright spot for the theater community: the nominations for the 2020 Tony Awards have been announced.
The Alanis Morissette musical "Jagged Little Pill" scored the most nods out of any production with 15 and following close behind was "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" with 14. Both "Jagged Little Pill" and "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" are up for Best Musical.
MORE: Broadway performances cancelled through May 2021"Slave Play" had the most nominations of any play with 12, including Best Play.
Other nominees include Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge, up for their dual leading roles in the play "Sea Wall/A Life," which was also nominated for Best Play. Acting nods also went to Tom Hiddleston for "Betrayal" and Blair Underwood for "A Soldier’s Play."
In the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play category, the nominees include Laura Linney for "My Name is Lucy Barton," Audra McDonald for "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" and Mary-Louise Parker for "The Sound Inside."
The 74th annual Tony Awards will be presented digitally this fall/winter. They were originally scheduled to take place in June.
Here is a full list of the 2020 Tony Award nominations:
"Grand Horizons"
"The Inheritance"
"Sea Wall/A Life"
"Slave Play"
"The Sound Inside"
"Jagged Little Pill"
"Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
"Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
"Betrayal"
"Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune"
"A Soldier's Play"
"Jagged Little Pill"
"Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
"Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
"A Christmas Carol"
"The Inheritance"
"The Rose Tattoo"
"Slave Play"
"The Sound Inside"
Ian Barford, "Linda Vista"
Andrew Burnap, "The Inheritance"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Sea Wall/A Life"
Tom Hiddleston, "Betrayal"
Tom Sturridge, "Sea Wall/A Life"
Blair Underwood, "A Soldier's Play"
Joaquina Kalukango, "Slave Play"
Laura Linney, "My Name is Lucy Barton"
Audra McDonald, "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune"
Mary-Louise Parker, "The Sound Inside"
Aaron Tveit, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
**From The Tony Awards Rules: If the Tony Awards Nominating Committee has determined that if there is only one nominee in a category listed, such category shall be submitted to the Tony Voters which may, by the affirmative vote of sixty (60%) percent of the total ballots cast, grant an Award in that category.
Karen Olivo, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
Elizabeth Stanley, "Jagged Little Pill"
Adrienne Warren, "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
Ato Blankson-Wood, "Slave Play"
James Cusati-Moyer, "Slave Play"
David Alan Grier, "A Soldier's Play"
John Benjamin Hickey, "The Inheritance"
Paul Hilton, "The Inheritance"
Jane Alexander, "Grand Horizons"
Chalia La Tour, "Slave Play"
Annie McNamara, "Slave Play"
Lois Smith, "The Inheritance"
Cora Vander Broek, "Linda Vista"
Danny Burstein, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
Derek Klena, "Jagged Little Pill"
Sean Allan Krill, "Jagged Little Pill"
Sahr Ngaujah, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
Daniel J. Watts, "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
Kathryn Gallagher, "Jagged Little Pill"
Celia Rose Gooding, "Jagged Little Pill"
Robyn Hurder, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
Lauren Patten, "Jagged Little Pill"
Myra Lucretia Taylor, "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
Bob Crowley, "The Inheritance"
Soutra Gilmour, "Betrayal"
Rob Howell, "A Christmas Carol"
Derek McLane, "A Soldier's Play"
Clint Ramos, "Slave Play"
Riccardo Hernández and Lucy Mackinnon, "Jagged Little Pill"
Derek McLane, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg, "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
Dede Ayite, "Slave Play"
Dede Ayite, "A Soldier's Play"
Bob Crowley, "The Inheritance"
Rob Howell, "A Christmas Carol"
Clint Ramos, "The Rose Tattoo"
Emily Rebholz, "Jagged Little Pill"
Mark Thompson, "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
Catherine Zuber, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
Jiyoun Chang, "Slave Play"
Jon Clark, "The Inheritance"
Heather Gilbert, "The Sound Inside"
Allen Lee Hughes, "A Soldier's Play"
Hugh Vanstone, "A Christmas Carol"
Bruno Poet, "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
Justin Townsend, "Jagged Little Pill"
Justin Townsend, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid, "The Inheritance"
Simon Baker, "A Christmas Carol"
Lindsay Jones, "Slave Play"
Daniel Kluger, "Sea Wall/A Life"
Daniel Kluger, "The Sound Inside"
Jonathan Deans, "Jagged Little Pill"
Peter Hylenski, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
Nevin Steinberg, "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
David Cromer, "The Sound Inside"
Stephen Daldry, "The Inheritance"
Kenny Leon, "A Soldier's Play"
Jamie Lloyd, "Betrayal"
Robert O'Hara, "Slave Play"
Phyllida Lloyd, "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
Diane Paulus, "Jagged Little Pill"
Alex Timbers, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, "Jagged Little Pill"
Sonya Tayeh, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
Anthony Van Laast, "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
Tom Kitt, "Jagged Little Pill"
Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stine and Justin Levine, "Moulin Rouge! The Musical"
Ethan Popp, "Tina - The Tina Turner Musical"
