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"A Strange Loop," winner of the 2020 Pulitzer
Prize for drama, will compete for best musical with "MJ," a
biographical musical that features two dozen Michael Jackson
hits, and race relations story "Paradise Square."
"MJ" and "Paradise Square" received 10 nods each.
Other shows vying for best musical are Billy Crystal's comedy
"Mr. Saturday Night," "Six," a feminist take on the wives of
England's King Henry VIII; and "Girl from the North Country,"
which features songs by Bob Dylan.
Contenders for best play include "The Lehman Trilogy," the story
of the rise and fall of investment firm Lehman Brothers. It will
compete with "Clyde's," "The Minutes," "Hangmen" and "Skeleton
Crew."
Winners will be announced on June 12 at Radio City Music Hall at
a ceremony that will be broadcast live on CBS television and
streamed in Paramount+.
The show will be a celebration of Broadway's comeback after a
17-month shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Productions
began to return last August and several shows debuted in recent
weeks to meet the deadline for Tony nominations.
"The Music Man" starring Hugh Jackman was nominated for best
musical revival alongside "Company" and "Caroline, or Change."
Jackman will compete for best lead actor in a musical. Other
acting nominees included Uzo Adubo, Phylicia Rashad, Sam
Rockwell and Mary-Louise Parker.
"Macbeth" star Ruth Negga was nominated for her role as Lady
Macbeth, but voters passed over co-star Daniel Craig.
Also left out were Sarah Jessica Parker and husband Matthew
Broderick, who star in Neil Simon comedy "Plaza Suite."
A revival of "Funny Girl" received one nomination, for actor
Jared Grimes.
(Reporting by Lisa RichwineEditing by Chizu Nomiyama and Nick
Zieminski)
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