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The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced the Nominating Committee for the 2025-2026 Broadway season, with newcomer nominators including Jaja’s African Hair Braiding playwright Jocelyn Bioh, Prayer For The French Republic playwright Joshua Harmon and actor-director-playwright Bd Wong.

The Nominating Committee attends all productions during the Broadway season and meets on a date designated by the Administration Committee to determine, by vote, the Tony Award nominees for that season. The 2025-2026 committee of Tony Nominators will include 64 members. Members of the committee serve a three-year term.

Tony voters include voting members of The Broadway League and the board of directors and designated members of the advisory committee of the American Theatre Wing, along with members of the governing boards of Actors’ Equity Association; the Dramatists Guild; the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society; United Scenic Artists; and the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. Other eligible voters include members...

Tony Award-winning performers Victoria Clark and Bd Wong and nominated playwrights Jocelyn Bioh, Jordan E. Cooper, Joshua Harmon, and James Ijames are among the 64 theater experts who will decide the nominees for the 2026 Tony Awards.

The 2025-26 Broadway season's Nominating Committee features a total of 21 new members, including Bioh and Harmon, who both earned Tony nominations in the Best Play category in 2024 for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding and Prayer for the French Republic, respectively. Other newcomers include A Strange Loop star and Tony nominee L Morgan Lee and Wong, who won the Featured Actor in a Play award in 1988 for M. Butterfly. Each committee member serves a three-year term, though the three years do not need to be consecutive.

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Unlike the Oscars, Emmys and Grammys, the Tonys delegate the task of deciding on the nominees to a small group of theater professionals. These dedicated theater-goers attend every eligible production during the Broadway season. At the end of April they get together to discuss the contenders and decide on the nominees in the 26 competitive categories. This season’s winners will be revealed during the 78th Tony Awards on June 8, 2025.

The Tony Awards nominating committee roster numbers 62 this year; that is up by two from last year. Members serve on a rolling three-year basis and new additions to the committee are denoted by an * in the list below.

Bob Balaban – Actor / Producer / Director / Writer

Danielle Barlow – Theatre Administrator

Sarah Benson – Director

Rick Boynton – Producer / Script Consultant / Dramaturg

Brian Harlan Brooks* – Director / Choreographer / Dei Director

Dr. Jamie Cacciola-Price* – Theatre Educator / Director

Kevin Cahoon* – Actor / Director

Adam Chanler-Berat – Actor / Playwright

Victoria Clark...