The Tony Awards has revealed the 54 theatre industry members who will serve on the 2019–2020 Nominating Committee.
New to the roster this season are composer Benj Pasek; playwrights Sarah Ruhl and Antoinette Nwandu; director-choreographer Warrren Adams; designers Jill BC Du Boff, John Kilgore, and Neil Patel; general manager Nina Lannan; performers Becky Ann Baker, Pun Bandhu, Kathleen Chalfant, and Michael Benjamin Washington; and tri-state area theatre leaders Christopher Burney, Kamilah Forbes, Jonathan McCrory, Jim Nicola, Natasha Sinha, Nigel Smith, and Michael Stotts.
Members serve three-year terms, attend every eligible Broadway production, and meet at the conclusion of the season to determine the nominations. A full calendar of Tony Awards events—including the nominations announcement and the 74th annual ceremony—will be revealed later.
See below for the full list.
· Warren Adams – Director/Choreographer/Producer*
· Emily Altman – Attorney/Foundation President
· Bob Alwine – Associate Producer, Goodspeed Musicals
· Becky Ann Baker – Actor*
· Pun Bandhu – Actor/Producer*
· Milly Barranger – Author/Educator
· Suzy Benzinger – Costume Designer
· Brenda Braxton – Actor/Author
· Christopher Burney – Artistic Director, New York Stage and Film*
· Kathleen Chalfant – Actor*
· Dawn Chiang – Lighting Designer
· Eisa Davis – Actor/Writer/Singer/Song Writer
· Carmen de Lavallade – Choreographer
· Kristoffer Diaz – Playwright
· Jerry Dixon – Actor/Director
· Judith Dolan – Costume Designer
· Jill BC Du Boff – Sound Designer*
· John Erman – Director/Producer
· Tim Federle – Novelist/Playwright
· Peter Jay Fernandez – Actor/Educator
· Kamilah Forbes – Executive Producer, The Apollo Theatre*
· Scott Frankel – Composer
· Maija Garcia – Choreographer
· Anna Glass – Executive Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem
· Mason Granger – Director of Grants, Hearst Foundation
· Katori Hall – Playwright
· Ann Harada - Actor
· JoAnn Hunter – Actor/Choreographer
· Branden Jacobs-Jenkins - Playwright
· Michael Kantor – Executive Producer, American Masters
· Celia Keenan-Bolger – Actor
· John Kilgore – Sound Designer*
· Nina Lannan – General Manager*
· Priscilla Lopez – Actor
· Martyna Majok - Playwright
· John Mauceri – Conductor
· Jonathan McCrory – Director/Artistic Director, National Black Theatre*
· Sheila Nevins – President, HBO Documentary Films
· Jim Nicola – Director/Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop*
· Antoinette Nwandu – Playwright*
· Peter Parnell – Playwright/Librettist
· Benj Pasek – Songwriter*
· Neil Patel – Scenic Designer*
· Rosalba Rolón – Artistic Director, Pregones Theater
· Daphne Ruben-Vega – Actor
· Sarah Ruhl – Playwright*
· Don Scardino – Actor/Director
· Kimberly Senior – Freelance Director
· Natasha Sinha – Producer/Dramaturg/Director of Artistic Programs at Signature Theatre*
· Randy Skinner - Choreographer/Director
· Niegel Smith – Director/Performance Artist/Artistic Director, The Flea*
· Michael Stotts – Managing Director, Papermill Playhouse*
· Michael Benjamin Washington – Playwright/Actor*
· Mark Wendland – Scenic Designer
*Denotes new member