Many artists will work their entire career for a single Tony Award nomination. But it is the rare person who receives multiple Tony nominations. The 2025 Tony Awards is standing out so far for the numerous artists who are up for multiple prizes, arguably increasing their chances of getting one or pulling a Shaina Taub and getting two in one night.
Here are the artists who have been nominated for 2025 Tony Awards in multiple categories.
Cole Escola: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play and Best Play
Escola both wrote and stars in Oh, Mary!
Darren Criss: Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical and Best Musical
Criss is a co-producer on Maybe Happy Ending and stars in it as Oliver. If Maybe Happy Ending wins Best Musical, Criss will receive a Tony as a producer (as is typical for any Best Musical and Best Play winner).
Will Aronson: Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Orchestrations, Best Musical
Aronson wrote the music and lyrics to Maybe Happy Ending, orchestrated the score, and is also a producer on the show.
Hue Park: Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Musical
Park wrote the music and lyrics to Maybe Happy Ending, and is also a producer on the show.
Dane Laffrey: Best Set Design of a Musical and Best Musical
Laffrey designed the set of Maybe Happy Ending and is a producer on the show.
Michael Arden: Best Direction of a Musical and Best Musical
Arden directed Maybe Happy Ending and is a producer on the show.
David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zo毛 Roberts: Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score
Even though Cumming, Hagan, Hodgson, and Roberts created Operation Mincemeat鈥攂ecause this quartet was nominated for Best Book and Original Score鈥攊f their show wins Best Musical, they do not receive a Tony for that. They will only receive a Tony if they win in the book or score category. The Best Musical statuettes typically go to a show's producers.
Marg Horwell: Best Scenic Design of a Play and Best Costume Design of a Play
Horwell is nominated for her work on The Picture of Dorian Gray. She shares the set design nomination with David Bergman.
Derek McLane: Best Scenic Design of a Musical
McLane is nominated twice in one category, one for Death Becomes Her and the other for Just in Time.
Rob Howell: Best Scenic Design of a Play and Best Costume Design of a Play
Howell is nominated in both categories for The Hills of California.
Peter Hylenski: Best Sound Design of a Musical
Hylenski is nominated twice in one category: one for Just in Time and the other for Maybe Happy Ending.
Christopher Gattelli: Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography
He did it for the gaze; Gattelli is nominated twice for his work in Death Becomes Her.
The 78th Annual Tony Awards ceremony will broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall June 8, beginning at 8 PM ET on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S. Wicked film star and Tony winner Cynthia Erivo is set to host the evening.
The Tony Awards are produced in collaboration with Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, and White Cherry Entertainment. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss are executive producers and showrunners for White Cherry Entertainment. Weiss will serve as director.
The American Theatre Wing鈥檚 Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. At the Broadway League, Kristin Caskey is chair, and Jason Laks is president. At the American Theatre Wing, Emilio Sosa is chair, and Heather Hitchens is president and CEO.
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