West End Theatre dominates 2022 Tony Awards nominations

West End theatre stars and practitioners have made a big impact in this year’s Tony Award nominations.

Announced today (9 May 2022) in New York, the list of 26 categories up for Tony Awards including a number of London shows that have transferred to Broadway, and British and Irish theatre people working on the Great White Way.

Here’s our run-down on who has crossed the pond and is making it big on Broadway!

Best Book of a Musical
Girl From The North Country, Conor McPherson

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
SIX: The Musical, Music and Lyrics: Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy
David Threlfall, Hangmen
(Not Daniel Craig)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Ruth Negga, Macbeth

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bunny Christie, Company

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gabriella Slade, SIX: The Musical

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Jane Cox, Macbeth

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Tim Deiling, SIX: The Musical (American but based in UK)

Best Sound Design of a Play
Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Simon Baker, Girl From The North Country
Paul Gatehouse, SIX: The Musical
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company

Best Direction of a Play
Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy

Best Direction of a Musical
Marianne Elliott, Company
Conor McPherson, Girl From The North Country
Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage, SIX: The Musical
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ

Best Choreography
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, SIX: The Musical

Best Orchestrations
David Cullen, Company
Simon Hale, Girl From The North Country

Did we miss anyone? Let us know!