After months of uncertainty in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis, Broadway's biggest night is heading online. The Broadway League and American Theatre Wing revealed August 21 that the 74th annual Tony Awards ceremony will be held digitally this fall, recognizing shows that played during the cut-short 2019–2020 season and have since navigated an atypical awards season.
Under new eligibility rulings, productions will have to have opened on or before February 19, 2020, in order to be in contention. Some shows had begun previews or opened between then and March 12 (the start of the Broadway shutdown), though nominators or voters may not have seen them in time to make determinations.
See below for the list of productions considered eligible for this year's awards. (Note: These are not the nominations, nor does a shortened list indicate that all contenders will receive a nomination. Additional rulings from the Tony Awards Administration Committee are expected to follow in the coming weeks.)
Best Musical
Opened July 25, 2019
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The Lightning Thief
Opened October 16, 2019
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Opened November 7, 2019
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Jagged Little Pill
Opened December 5, 2019
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New musicals scheduled for the season that did not open prior to the February 19 deadline: Girl From the North Country, Six, Diana, Mrs. Doubtfire, Flying Over Sunset, Sing Street
Best Play
Opened August 8, 2019
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The Height of the Storm (by Florian Zeller)
Opened September 24, 2019
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The Great Society (by Robert Schenkkan)
Opened October 1, 2019
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Slave Play (by Jeremy O. Harris)
Opened September 6, 2019
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Linda Vista (by Tracy Letts)
Opened October 10, 2019
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The Sound Inside (by Adam Rapp)
Opened October 17, 2019
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The Inheritance (by Matthew Lopez)
Opened November 17, 2019
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A Christmas Carol (by Jack Thorne)
Opened November 20, 2019
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My Name Is Lucy Barton (by Elizabeth Strout)
Opened January 15, 2020
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Grand Horizons (by Bess Wohl)
Opened January 23, 2020
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New plays scheduled for the season that did not open prior to the February 19 deadline: The Minutes (by Tracy Letts), Hangmen (by Martin McDonagh), The Lehman Trilogy (by Stefano Massini), Birthday Candles (by Noah Haidle)
Best Revival of a Musical
Musical revivals scheduled for the season that did not open prior to the February 19 deadline: West Side Story, Company, Caroline, or Change
Best Revival of a Play
Opened May 30, 2019
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Betrayal
Opened September 5, 2019
The Rose Tattoo
Opened October 15, 2019
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A Soldier’s Play (by Charles Fuller)*
Opened January 21, 2020
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Play revivals scheduled for the season that did not open prior to the February 19 deadline: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Plaza Suite, American Buffalo, How I Learned to Drive, Take Me Out
*Though A Soldier’s Play has never played Broadway before the 2020 production, it would likely be considered a revival as a previously established title (it ran Off-Broadway in 1981). In accordance with the Tony Administration Committee’s 2019 ruling regarding writers of revivals, playwright Charles Fuller would be a part of the production’s nomination. Similarly, Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive would likely be considered a revival.