This year’s Tony Award nominees include many talented artists whose work has graced Arena’s stages over the years:
Martyna Majok
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Play for Cost of Living
Arena Credit:
Sanctuary City, 2022/23 Season
Ben Platt
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical nominee for Parade
Arena Credit:
Dear Evan Hansen, 2015/16 Season
Nikki Crawford
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play nominee for Fat Ham
Arena Credit:
Play On!, 2000/01 Season
Miriam Silverman
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role In a Play nominee for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Arena Credit:
Awake and Sing!, 2005/06 Season
NaTasha Yvette Williams
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical nominee for Some Like It Hot
Arena Credit:
Crowns, 2008/09 Season
Jo Bonney
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Direction of a Play for Cost of Living
Arena Credit:
Anna in the Tropics, 2004/05 Season
Tom Kitt
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Original Score Written for the Theatre for Almost Famous
Arena Credit:
Dave (2018/19 Season), Next to Normal (2008/09 Season)
Rachel Hauck
2023 Tony Nomination: Best Scenic Design of a Play for Good Night, Oscar
Arena Credit: Roe (2016/17 Season), Damn Yankees (2005/06 Season)
Beowulf Boritt
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Scenic Design of a Musical for New York, New York
Arena Credit:
Dear Jack, Dear Louise (2019/20 Season)
Mimi Lien
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Sweeney Todd
Arena Credit:
Elephant Room (2011/12 Season)
Michael Yeargan
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Camelot
Arena Credit:
The Rainmaker (2005/06 Season), Pygmalion(1990/91 Season)
Emilio Sosa
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Costume Design of a Play for Ain’t No Mo’ and Good Night, Oscar
Arena Credit:
Ruined (2010/11 Season), Cuttin’ Up (2005/06 Season), etc.
Susan Hilferty
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Costume Design of a Musical for Parade
Arena Credit:
Turn Me Loose (2018/19 Season)
Jennifer Moeller
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Costume Design of a Musical for Camelot
Arena Credit:
Sweat (2015/16 Season)
Clint Ramos
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Costume Design of a Musical for KPOP
Arena Credit:
Five Guys Named Moe (2014/15 Season), The Mountaintop (2012/13 Season)
Paloma Young
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Costume Design of a Musical for & Juliet
Arena Credit:
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2014/15 Season)
Mahershala Karim Ali in “The Great White Hope” (2000/01 Season). Photo by Scott Suchman.
Lap Chi Chu
2023 Tony Nomination:
Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Camelot
Arena Credit:
The Great White Hope (2000/01 Season)
Also a special shout out to Lear deBessonet who was nominated for Best Direction of a Musical for Into the Woods (she was our 2022 Andrew R. Ammerman Directing Award recipient)