77th Tony Awards
The 77th Tony Awards were held on June 16, 2024, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2023–24 season. The ceremony was held at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater in New York City, and aired on CBS. Ariana DeBose hosted for the third year in a row.
Having already become the most nominated play in the history of the ceremony, Stereophonic went on to win 5 awards, including Best Play, winning the most awards of the season. The musical adaptation of The Outsiders, which won Best Musical, garnered 4 awards in total, as did the Best Revival of a Musical recipient Merrily We Roll Along; the closest to those three shows - in terms of awards received - was Appropriate, which garnered three, including Best Revival of a Play.
For the first time in the history of the ceremony, all eight winners in the performance categories were receiving the award for the first time, with six of them winning for their first career nomination.
Ceremony information
streamed the pre-ceremony broadcast The Tony Awards: Act One, hosted by Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar.The nominees for the 77th Tony Awards were announced on April 30, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. ET by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry.
Eligibility
The Tony Awards eligibility dates for the 2023-2024 Broadway season were April 28, 2023, through April 25, 2024. Productions must meet all other eligibility requirements as set forth by the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League. There are 41 legitimate Broadway-eligible theaters in which a production must be performed in to attain eligibility for award consideration. Nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards were announced on April 30, 2024.;Original plays
- The Cottage
- Grey House
- I Need That
- Jaja's African Hair Braiding
- Mary Jane
- Mother Play
- Patriots
- Prayer for the French Republic
- The Shark Is Broken
- Stereophonic
- Back to the Future: The Musical
- Days of Wine and Roses
- The Great Gatsby
- Harmony
- The Heart of Rock and Roll
- Hell's Kitchen
- Here Lies Love
- How to Dance in Ohio
- Illinoise
- Lempicka
- The Notebook
- Once Upon a One More Time
- The Outsiders
- Suffs
- Water for Elephants
- Appropriate
- Doubt: A Parable
- An Enemy of the People
- Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate
- Uncle Vanya
- Cabaret
- Gutenberg! The Musical!
- Merrily We Roll Along
- Spamalot
- The Who's Tommy
- ''The Wiz''
Winners and nominations
Awards
‡ The award is presented to the producer of the musical or play.Non-competitive awards
Multiple nominations and awards
Productions with multiple nominations
| Nominations | Production |
| 13 | Hell's Kitchen |
| 13 | Stereophonic |
| 12 | The Outsiders |
| 9 | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club |
| 8 | Appropriate |
| 7 | Merrily We Roll Along |
| 7 | Water for Elephants |
| 6 | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch |
| 6 | Suffs |
| 5 | An Enemy of the People |
| 5 | Jaja's African Hair Braiding |
| 4 | Here Lies Love |
| 4 | Illinoise |
| 4 | Mary Jane |
| 4 | Mother Play |
| 3 | Days of Wine and Roses |
| 3 | Doubt: A Parable |
| 3 | Lempicka |
| 3 | The Notebook |
| 3 | Prayer for the French Republic |
| 2 | Back to the Future: The Musical |
| 2 | Grey House |
| Awards | Production |
| 5 | Stereophonic |
| 4 | Merrily We Roll Along |
| 4 | The Outsiders |
| 3 | Appropriate |
| 2 | Hell's Kitchen |
| 2 | Suffs |
Individuals with multiple nominations
Presenters and performers
Performances| Names | Song |
| The cast of Hell's Kitchen | "The Gospel" / "Authors of Forever" / "Fallin'" "Empire State of Mind Broken Down" / "Empire State of Mind" |
| The cast of The Who's Tommy | "See Me, Feel Me" / "Pinball Wizard" |
| Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez | "Second Transition" / "Old Friends" |
| The cast of Water for Elephants | "Anywhere/Another Train" / "The Road Don't Make You Young" |
| The ensemble of Illinoise | "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!" |
| The cast of Stereophonic | "Masquerade" |
| Eddie Redmayne and the cast of Cabaret | "Wilkommen" |
| The cast of Suffs | "Keep Marching" |
| The cast of The Outsiders | "Tulsa '67" / "Grease Got a Hold" / "The Rumble" |
| Nicole Scherzinger | "What I Did for Love" |
Controversy
Despite receiving a record 13 nominations to become the most nominated play in Tonys history, and other plays with music such as Choir Boy receiving musical performances on the broadcast, Stereophonic was not originally among the lineup of performing shows announced on June 6, with playwright David Adjmi saying "We wanted to perform, but they weren't into it." In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, producer Glenn Weiss said, "There's a lot of speculation and people forming their own judgments and opinions, and we are trying on our show to represent the season as well as we possibly can with the time that we have." On June 12, Stereophonic was announced to be performing at the ceremony.Days before the ceremony, it was announced that many Broadway press outlets were denied access to the red carpet for coverage including SiriusXM’s On Broadway's Julie James, BroadwayWorld’s Richard Ridge, TheaterMania's David Gordon, Broadway News’ Ruthie Fierberg, and Theatrely's Kobi Kassal. Eventually the decision was reversed after public outcry, an from the Editor-in-Chief of Theatrely, and multiple news articles called out the decision.
Reception
Reviews
The night's performances received mixed reviews. Alicia Keys's live performance of "Empire State of Mind", with the cast of Hell's Kitchen onstage and Jay-Z joining remotely, was noted as a highlight by the live audience and by critics. The opening number featuring Ariana DeBose, on the other hand, drew criticism. The awards were celebrated for more strongly featuring straight plays than in past years, with clips and interviews preceding awards in play categories.Ratings
The ceremony drew 3.5 million viewers on CBS, marking a 14% decrease from the previous year's ceremony.Accolades
The broadcast was nominated for a 2025 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode.''In Memoriam''
Singer and Actor Nicole Scherzinger performed What I Did for LoveFrom The Musical A Chorus Line.
- Hinton Battle
- Alan Arkin
- Glynis Johns
- Arthur Rubin
- Christopher Durang
- Bill Kenwright
- Michael McGrath
- Carrie Robbins
- Clifton Oliver
- Tanya Berezin
- Edgar Lansbury
- Mattew Serino
- Ellen Holly
- Robert Nolan
- Frances Sternhagen
- Chris Peluso
- Franne Lee
- Inga Swenson
- Ira Bernstein
- Richard M. Sherman
- Irio O'Farrill
- Janis Paige
- Jeffrey Fender
- Ron Simons
- Linda Balgord
- Alan Eisenberg
- Samm-Art Williams
- Pamela Blair
- Joanna Merlin
- Luigi Caiola
- Marilyn S. Miller
- Michael Gambon
- Mbongeni Ngema
- Michael Blakemore
- Nicolas Coster
- Pat Halloran
- Richard Pilbrow
- Rose Gregorio
- Sheldon Harnick
- Treat Williams
- Steven Lutvak
- Maurice Hines
- Thomas J. Gates
- Tom Jones
- Glenda Jackson
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- Ron Cephas Jones
- Martin McCallum
- Robert Brustein
- Fred Werner
- Chita Rivera