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The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced the Nominating Committee for the 2026-2027 Broadway season. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

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 2026-2027 committee of Tony Nominators will include 65 members. Members of the committee serve a three-year term.

The 2026-2027 Nominating Committee includes: [Highlighted below are the six Designers (9.2%) on the Nominating Committee. 2 Sound Designers, 2 Lighting Designers, 1 Costume Designer, 1 Projection Designer. And 2 Stage Managers. No Scenic, Wig, Hair and Makeup, or Props Designers.]

Bryan Andes – Educator**
Bonnie Becker – Stage Manager**
Mark Bennett – Composer / Sound Designer / Educator
Rob Berman – Music Director
Jeremy Blocker – Creative Director / Executive Producer for Audible Theater
Pamela Bradley – Performer**
Brian Harlan Brooks - Director / Choreographer / DEI Director
James Bundy - Professor of Drama, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale**
Keith Bunin – Playwright**
Dr. Jamie Cacciola-Price – Theatre Educator / Director
Kevin Cahoon – Actor / Director
Jade King Carroll – Director / Producing Artistic Director, Chautauqua Theater Company
Victoria Clark – Actor / Director / Educator
Bruce Coughlin – Orchestrator**
Migdalia Cruz – Playwright / Librettist / Translator / Educator**
Will Davis – Choreographer / Director
Scott Farthing – Cast Album Producer and Former Exec. V.P., Sony Masterworks US and Live Theater**
Donald P. Gagnon, Ph.D. –Theatre Arts Professor / Dramaturg
Deeksha Gaur – Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund
Tiffani Gavin – Executive Director, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
Daniel Goldstein – Director / Writer
Joshua Harmon – Playwright
Wendall Harrington – Projection Designer**
Richard Hinds – Associate Director / Choreographer
Timothy Huang – Composer / Lyricist / Librettist
James Ijames – Playwright / Director / Educator
Daniel K. Isaac – Performer / Playwright**
Anna K. Jacobs – Composer / Lyricist / Librettist
Rosalie Joseph –Casting Director
Rod Kaats – Producer / Director
Peter Kaczorowski – Lighting Designer
Mia Katigbak – Performer / Co-Founder, NAATCO**
Glen Kelly – Amanuensis / Composer
Joyce Ketay – Theatrical Agent**
Michael Kooman – Composer**
L Morgan Lee – Actor
Kate Levin – Cultural Assets Management Principal, Bloomberg Associates**
William Ivey Long – Costume Designer**
Lorna Luft – Performer**
Steve Mann – Retired / Acct Dir. Theatre Parties and Broadway Clubs / Group Sales B.O. at Broadway.com**
Peter Marks – Former Chief Theatre Critic, Washington Post
Danny Mefford – Choreographer
Khady Kamara Nunez – Executive Director, Perelman Performing Arts Center**
Katherine Oliver – Media and Technology Principal, Bloomberg Associates**
Jessica Paz – Sound Designer
Georgina Pazcoguin – Actress / Producer / Diversity Advocate
T. Oliver Reid – Actor / Director / Choreographer / Activist / Musical Theater Professor at Rider University
José Rivera – Playwright / Director / Screenwriter**
Liam Robinson – Music Director / Composer / Arranger / Performer
Carole Rothman – Co-Founder and Former Artistic Director, Second Stage Theater
Roslyn S. Ruff – Performer**
Rafael Sánchez – Executive Artistic Director, Repertorio Español
Linda Shelton – Executive Director, The Joyce Theater Foundation**
Rona Siddiqui – Composer / Lyricist**
Paul J. Smith – Stage Manager**
Mark Stanley - Lighting Designer
Susan Soon He Stanton – Playwright / Television Writer / Screenwriter
Pearl Sun – Performer**
Jeffrey Sweet – Playwright / Librettist
Sanaz Toossi – Playwright**
Allyson Tucker – Choreographer / Director / Performer**
Alexandria Wailes – Actor / Director / Choreographer
Charlotte Wilcox – Retired General Manager
Sam Willmott – Composer / Lyricist**
BD Wong – Actor / Director / Playwright / Author
**Denotes new Nominating Committee Members

Designing hair and wigs on screen and onstage, Nikiya Mathis asks all the questions. (Broadway News Paywall) Read More

On a recent sunny day, Hilferty was sitting outside the Baruch Performing Arts Center on the Manhattan campus of Baruch College during a break from a meeting about her latest project, “Galileo: A New Musical,” which opens at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre in November, when she took a Zoom call to discuss “Wicked,” "Galileo: A New Musical" and more. Read MoreI

Set Design — Beowulf Boritt
Costume Design — Karen Perry
Lighting Design — Allen Lee Hughes
Sound Design and Original Music — John Gromada
Hair and Wig Design — Nikiya Mathis

Scenic Design — Scott Pask
Costume Design — Tom Broecker
Lighting Design — Natasha Katz
Sound Design and Original Music — Mikaal Sulaiman
Hair and Wig Design — Robert Pickens
Production Stage Manager — Richard A. Hodge

Production Manager — Aurora Productions
Production Stage Manager — David De Santis

Scenic Design — Dane Laffrey
Costume Design — Alejo Vietti
Lighting Design — Japhy Weideman
Sound Design — Joshua D. Reid
Hair & Wig Design — Cookie Jordan
Production Stage Manager — Charles Means

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No closings this week.

St. Ann's Warehouse
45 Water Street, Brooklyn, NY
First Preview 09.27.26 • Opening Night 10.04.26 • Closing Date 10.24.26

Scenic Design — Jim Findlay, Josh Higgason & Amy Rubin
Costume Design — Terese Wadden
Lighting Design — Scott Zielinski
Sound Design — Tei Blow
Production Stage Manager — Alina Novotny

Orpheum Theatre
126 Second Avenue, New York, NY
First Preview 09.17.26 • Opening Night 10.04.26 • Closing Date 11.30.26

Scenic Design — Adam Koch
Costume Design — Sarah Lockwood
Lighting Design — Jamie Roderick
Sound Design — Gage Baker
Video Design — Zack Lobel
Props Design — Devin Orr
Stage Manager — Nikita Chernin
Production Manager — Stuart Metcalf

Irish Repertory Theatre — Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage
132 West 22nd Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.25.26 • Opening Night 10.04.26 • Closing Date 11.15.26

Set Design — Charlie Corcoran
Costume Design — Orla Long
Lighting Design — Michael Gottlieb
Sound Design — Florian Staab
Properties — Nicole Rozanski
Production Stage Manager — Pamela Brusoski
Assistant Stage Manager — Gabriella Walko

St. Luke's Theatre — The Loft
308 West 46th Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.30.26 • Opening Night 10.05.26 • Closing Date 11.08.26

Scenic Design — Sean Frank
Costume Design — Gina Ruiz
Lighting Design — Paige Seber
Sound Design — Jordana Abrenica
Production Stage Manager — Kai Stanton
Assistant Stage Manager — Sarah Adams

Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre
18 Minetta Lane, New York, NY
First Preview 10.03.26 • Opening Night 10.09.26 • Closing Date 11.22.26

Set & Costume Design — Anisha Fields
Lighting Design — Ben Jacobs
Sound Design — Ben & Max Ringham
Production Stage Manager — Howard Tilkin

The Public Theater — Martinson Hall
425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.24.26 • Opening Night 10.09.26 • Closing Date 10.25.26

Scenic Design — Afsoon Pajoufar
Costume Design — Enver Chakartash
Lighting Design — Barbara Samuels
Sound Design — Ryan Gamblin
Hair and Wig Design — Robert Pickens
Production Stage Manager — Katie Ailinger
Stage Manager — Rico Froehlich

Associate Scenic Designer — Josh Barilla
Associate Costume Designer — Miriam Cortes
Associate Lighting Designer — Kaia Merrell
Associate Sound Designer — Nina Field
Associate Hair and Wigs Designer — Harley Haberman
Assistant Hair and Wigs Designer — Colin Jeffrey Gallaher
Production Manager — Jon Grenay

SHOPS
Masque Sound (Sound Equipment) - @masquesound
4Wall Entertainment (Lighting Equipment) - @4wall
Foliage & Floral Design, Inc. (Japanese Red Maple Tree)

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