The 2025 Tony Award nominees are out. The winners will be announced June 8.

The nominees of genre interest are named below. The Wikipedia’s help has been enlisted to explain why some of these have been included.

• Oh, Mary! is set in the days leading up to Lincoln’s assassination, which occurred while he and Mary were watching Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre. The show portrays Mary as someone who longs to live a life away from politics and be a cabaret performer, while Lincoln uses her as a beard to hide his sexuality, and is often away from home dealing with the issues of the Civil War, leaving her alone in the White House.
• Maybe Happy Ending follows two life-like helper-bots, Oliver and Claire, who discover each other in Seoul in the late 21st century and develop a connection that challenges what they believe is possible for themselves, relationships, and love.
• Death Becomes Her is a musical based on the 1992 sff/h movie.
• Boop! The Musical is a musical based on the animated character Betty Boop. Betty leaves the black-and-white world and finds colorful adventures and romance with Dwayne, a jazz musician boyfriend in present-day New York City, where she is surprised to find that her fame has preceded her.

The complete list of nominees is at The Hollywood Reporter.

Best Play

• Oh, Mary! Author: Cole Escola

Best Musical

• Death Becomes Her
• Maybe Happy Ending

Best Revival of a Musical

• Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Best Book of a Musical

• Death Becomes Her, Marco Pennette
• Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

• Death Becomes Her: Music & Lyrics: Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
• Maybe Happy Ending: Music: Will Aronson; Lyrics:  Will Aronson and Hue Park

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

• Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
• Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

• Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

• Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
• Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical
• Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

• Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

• Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending
• Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her

Best Costume Design of a Play

• Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary!
• Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• Gregg Barnes, BOOP! The Musical
• Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending
• Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her

Best Lighting Design of a Play

• Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• Nick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending
• Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her

Best Sound Design of a Play

• Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• Clemence Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Sound Design of a Musical

• Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending

Best Direction of a Play

• Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!
• Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Direction of a Musical

• Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
• Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her

Best Choreography

• Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
• Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Musical

Best Orchestrations

• Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending

Special Tonys are also going to be awarded to the musicians who make up the band in Buena Vista Social Club and to the illusions and technical effects team at Stranger Things: The First Shadow.

[Thanks to Mike Kennedy for the story.]