Tony nominations 2023: Mariah Carey earns her first Tony nod
Tony nominations 2023: Mariah Carey earns her FIRST Tony nod as a producer of the hit musical Some Like It Hot
Mariah Carey has landed her first Tony nomination.
The 54-year-old singer has been singled out for her producing efforts on the hit show Some Like It Hot.
Film-turned-musical Some Like It Hot – which starred Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis on the big screen in 1959 – led the nominations with a total of 13. The stage adaptation opened on Broadway in December. Carey does not star in the show.
Three of her major achievements include: Billboard’s Artist of the Decade (1990s), World Music Awards’ Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium and a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1991. Throughout her career, Carey has won five Grammy Awards, 19 World Music Awards and 16 Billboard Music Awards.
Bravo: Mariah Carey has landed her first Tony nomination. The singer has been singled out for her producing efforts on the hit show Some Like It Hot
Not on stage: The legendary singer does not star in the show but worked only behind the scenes
Good call: The 2023 Tony nominations were announced on Tuesday morning. Some Like It Hot led the nominations with a total of 13. The stage adaptation opened on Broadway in December
Other shows that did well when the Tony nods were announced on Tuesday were &Juliet, New York, New York and Shucked.
Kimberly Akimbo, and a revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, also topped the list of nominations.
Best new musical nominees were Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, New York, New York, Shucked and Some Like it Hot.
Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods were among the productions earning nods for best musical revival.
Best new play nominees were Ain’t No Mo’, Between Riverside and Crazy, Cost of Living, Fat Ham and Leopoldstadt.
August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog earned nominations for best revival of a play, among other productions.
Several Hollywood stars were nominated including A Doll’s House‘s Jessica Chastain, Prima Facie’s Jodie Comer, The Piano Lesson’s Samuel L. Jackson, and Topdog/Underdog‘s Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
Sing it: Here is the cast of Some Like It Hot seen earlier this year in NYC
But Laura Linney for Summer 1976, and Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window were snubbed.
This will be the 76th annual awards.
The show is put on by the Tony Awards committee in New York City.
The nominations were announced by Funny Girl star Lea Michele and Myles Frost, who won last year for his performance in MJ: The Musical.
Shucked: Brandy Clark, Jack O’Brien, Robert Horn, Sarah O’Gleby, Ashley D. Kelley, Kevin Cahoon, Caroline Innerbilcher, Andrew Durand, Alex Newell and John Behlmann
They did it: The nominations were announced by Funny Girl star Lea Michele and Myles Frost, who won last year for his performance in MJ: The Musical
Actress Ariana DeBose will again host the ceremony, scheduled for June 11 at New York City’s United Palace theater.
‘I was honored to serve as host last year and even more so to be asked back,’ DeBose previously said in a statement.
‘So looking forward to celebrating this incredible season and the people who make the work happen. Here’s to adding some uptown flavor to the magic of the Tony Awards.’
The show will air live on CBS and on demand on Paramount+.
TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS 2023
Best Musical
&Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
Best Play
Ain’t No Mo’
Between Riverside and Crazy
Cost of Living
Fat Ham
Leopoldstadt
Best Musical Revival
Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
Camelot
Into the Woods
Parade
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Play Revival
A Doll’s House
The Piano Lesson
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Topdog/Underdog
Best Leading Actress of 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
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Best Leading Actress of a Play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
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Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders
Best Leading Actor of 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 at the Met Gala 2023
Ben Platt, Parade
Colton Ryan, New York, New York
Best Leading Actor of 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
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