New York, NY – The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League have announced the nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards, including the categories of Best Play, Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, Best Revival of a Play, and Best Revival of a Musical. The Guild congratulates all 36 dramatists who received nominations. See the nominees in each category below. The 76th Tony Awards will be held on June 11, 2023, at the United Palace in New York City.

Best Play 

Ain’t No Mo’ by Jordan E. Cooper
Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Cost of Living by Martyna Majok
Fat Ham by James Ijames
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard

Best Musical 

& Juliet, book by David West Read, music and lyrics by Max Martin
Kimberly Akimbo, book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, music by Jeanine Tesori
New York, New York, book by David Thompson and Sharon Washington, music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, additional lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Kander 
Shucked, book by Robert Horn, music and lyrics by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally
Some Like It Hot, book by Matthew López and Amber Ruffin, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman 

Best Book of a Musical 

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

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Tom Kitt (Music and Lyrics) and Cameron Crowe (Lyrics), Almost Famous
Jeanine Tesori Lyrics (Music) and David Lindsay-Abaire (Lyrics), Kimberly Akimbo
Helen Park and Max Vernon (Music and Lyrics), KPOP
Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally (Music and Lyrics), Shucked
Marc Shaiman  (Music and Lyrics) and Scott Wittman (Lyrics), Some Like It Hot

Best Revival of a Play

The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, adaptation by Amy Herzog
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window by Lorraine Hansberry
Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks

Best Revival of a Musical 

Into the Woods, book by James Lapine, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe, new book by Aaron Sorkin based on the original by Alan Jay Lerner.
Parade, book by Alfred Uhry, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, book by Hugh Wheeler, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim