Shively, an actor nominated for “Paradise Square.” “I really hope that trend continues.” “I’m very, very excited about all the new voices we’re hearing, all the new new writers who are represented on Broadway for the first time,” said A.J. Jackson and “Paradise Square” co-book writer Christina Anderson.
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Adam Rigg, scenic designer of “The Skin of Our Teeth,” became the first out agender designer nominated and Toby Marlow, “Six” co-creator is the first out nonbinary composer-lyricist nominated.Įleven performers - including Jaquel Spivey from “A Strange Loop,” Myles Frost in ”MJ” and Kara Young from “Clyde’s” - received a nod for their Broadway debut performances and 10 designers received nominations for their Broadway debuts, as did creators like “A Strange Loop” playwright Michael R. Other firsts this season included L Morgan Lee of “A Strange Loop” becoming the first out trans performer to be nominated for a Tony. The new crop of nominees also boasts more women and people of color in design categories, such as first-time nominees Palmer Hefferan for sound design of a play (“The Skin of Our Teeth”), Yi Zhao for lighting design of a play (“The Skin of Our Teeth”) and Sarafina Bush for costume design of a play (“for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf”). “Let’s hope that the diversity that we saw in the season continues to be the norm for Broadway, that this isn’t just an anomaly or a blip in reaction to what we’ve been through, but just a reset,” said Lynn Nottage, the first writer to be nominated for both a play ("Clyde’s") and musical ("MJ") in a single season. There are 16 Black performance nods out of 33 slots - a very healthy 48%.īy comparison, at the 2016 Tonys - the breakout season that included the diverse “Hamilton,” “Eclipsed” and “The Color Purple” revival - 14 of the 40 acting nominees for plays and musicals or 35% were actors of color. Multiple Black artists were nominated in every single performance category, including three of five featured actors in a musical, four of six featured actresses in a play, two of seven leading actors in a play and three of five leading actresses in a play.