From ‘Titanique’ to ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball,' the 2026 Tony Awards Nominations Are Incredibly Queer
Nominations for the 79th Tony Awards showcase significant LGBTQ+ representation, with 'Schmigadoon!' and 'The Lost Boys' each receiving 12 nominations.
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Tony-Nominated Director Bill Rauch Infuses LGBTQ Ballroom Culture in Broadway Revival of CATS: The Jellicle Ball
Bill Rauch, fresh off a 2026 Tony nomination for Best Direction of a Musical, with co-director Zhailon Levingston, is the visionary behind CATS: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, this time, set in New York City’s underground ballroom culture, which in recent years has gone mainstream. Theatregoers have strong [...] The post Tony-Nominated Director Bill Rauch Infuses LGBTQ Ballroom Culture in Broadway Reviva…
Shreveport's Zhailon Levingston earns Tony Award nomination
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) - Shreveport native Zhailon Levingston has earned a 2026 Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical for "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," co-directed with Bill Rauch. "This marks Levingston’s first Tony Award nomination for directing on Broadway, further cementing his reputation as one of the most innovative voices in contemporary theater," [...]
The Complete 2026 TONY* Nominations
Today we are proud to announce the annual TONY* nominations, which honor the best work on Broadway in the 2025–26 season. The very last thing we want is to confuse, so let us be super clear: TONY is an acronym for Time Out New York, and the list below is what we at TONY (i.e. Time Out New York) would nominate for the Tony Awards (i.e. the Antoinette Perry Awards) if we were the Tony Award nominating committee, which we are not. Note also, please…
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