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Other first time highlights: The Tony admin committee’s ruling that Life of Pi’s puppets would be considered part of its costume design paved the way for puppet designers Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, both of whom have had long careers on Broadway and in London’s West End, to become first-time Tony nominees. That last caveat includes names like Sharon Washington and Jessica Stone, nominated now as the co-book writer of New York, New York and the director of Kimberly Akimbo (respectively) after both appeared earlier on Broadway as actors.

This year’s crop includes a staggering 60 first-time nominees, including 30 for artists either making their Broadway debut or making their Broadway debut in their now Tony-nominated job. One of the most exciting parts of Tony day is the amount of artists that become Tony Award nominees for the first time. It goes to show if you want to see the hottest new play, just venture slightly outside of Broadway-or fly across the Atlantic. Fellow Best Play Tony nominee Leopoldstadt was a hit in the West End before transferring to Broadway. Ain't No Mo', Between Riverside and Crazy, Cost of Living, and Fat Ham all originated Off-Broadway and were well-lauded before they made their Broadway debuts. The two most robust pipelines for new plays on Broadway continue to be Off-Broadway and the West End. Off-Broadway and London's West End Dominate The current revival stands apart for featuring an adaptation-which implies a step further than a mere translation-from Herzog. The Ibsen play, originally performed in Dutch in 1879, has been produced on Broadway many times, generally in translations. The playwright does, however, share the Revival nomination if the Tony Admin committee rules the work a “classic.” This ruling gets made when a work is so well-known from prior non-Broadway productions as to make it unfair for it to be eligible alongside works completely new to voters.īut this year’s Revival of a Play category was pretty unique with 4,000 Miles playwright Amy Herzog getting a nod for her adaptation of Ibsen’s A Doll's House, meaning Herzog will get a statue if the plays wins. The same is not typically true of the Best Revival of a Play category, which is typically only awarded to the show’s producers.

Jason E.Typically, a work’s playwright shares a Best Play nomination along with the production’s producers, which started happening after the Tonys stopped awarding separate Best Play and Best Author categories (the latter was last awarded in 1965).

Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo, Far Cry 6.

Erika Mori as Alex Chen, Life is Strange: True Colors.

Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios).

The Artful Escape (Johnny Galvatron & Josh Abrahams, Composers).

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Richard Jacques, Composer).

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (Keiichi Okabe, Composer).

Cyberpunk 2077 (Marcin Przybylowicz, Piotr T.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/SQUARE ENIX).

Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/SQUARE ENIX).

The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers).

The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna).

Loop Hero (Four Quarters/Devolver Digital).Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital).

Death’s Door (Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital).12 Minutes (Luis Antonio/Annapurna Interactive).Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision).Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE).Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios).For more, check out GameSpot's roundup of all the big news from The Game Awards. Outside of the awards, there were plenty of big announcements, including Star Wars Eclipse from Quantic Dream, Wonder Woman from Monolith, and Alan Wake 2, just to name a few.

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