Tony Awards 2023: Full list of nominations revealed as Jodie Comer and Jessica Chastain shortlisted for prize

The highly anticipated 76th Tony Awards is finally arriving as this year’s list of nominees has officially been revealed. Each year, the prestigious ceremony celebrates Broadway’s best shows and theatre achievements over a 12 month period. 

This year, the awards show, which will be held on June 11 at the historic United Palace in Washington Heights, New York, is set to welcome stars to the stage and acknowledge achievements in Broadway productions that opened between 2022–23.

Some Like it Hot leads the way with a total of 13 nominations while & Juliet, New York, New York and Shucked each have nine nominations.

Killing Eve star Jodie Comer and actress Jessica Chastain have been shortlisted for a prize under the best leading actress in a play. Comer for her role in the one-woman play Prima Facie and Chastain for her performance in A Doll’s House.

Below is a full list of the many nominees at this year’s glamorous Tony Awards.

Best book of a musical

& Juliet – David West Read

Kimberly Akimbo – David Lindsay-Abaire

New York, New York – David Thompson and Sharon Washington

Shucked – Robert Horn

Some Like It Hot – Matthew López and Amber Ruffin

Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theatre

Almost Famous – music: Tom Kitt, lyrics: Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt

Kimberly Akimbo – music: Jeanine Tesori, lyrics: 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 performance by an actor in a leading role 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 performance by an actress in a leading role in a play

Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House

Jodie Comer, Prima Facie

Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976

Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders

Best performance by an actor in a leading role 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 performance by an actress in a leading role 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 performance by an actor in a featured role 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 performance by an actress in a featured role in a play

Nikki Crawford, Fat Ham

Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain’t No Mo’