Limelight, or Violet Light? Congratulations to the many NYU alumni who received 2019 Tony Awards and nominations.

Best Musical

  • Hunter Arnold (STERN '13), Producer, Hadestown - Winner
  • Craig Balsam (LAW '86), Producer, Hadestown - Winner
  • Marc Bell (SPS '89), Producer, Beetlejuice
  • Linda Bernstein Rubin (GAL '75), Producer, Hadestown - Winner
  • Rose Caiola (TSOA '91), Producer, Tootsie
  • Jane Dubin (STERN '88), Producer, The Prom
  • Wendy Federman (STERN '79), Producer, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations, Beetlejuice, Tootsie, Hadestown - Winner
  • Alia Jones (STERN '03), Producer, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
  • Christopher Ketner (STEINHARDT '09), Producer, The Prom
  • Tom Kirdahy (WSC '85, LAW '88), Producer, Hadestown - Winner
  • Manny Klausner (LAW '62), Producer, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations, Hadestown - Winner
  • Heni Koenigsberg (STEINHARDT '74), Producer, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations, Tootsie, Hadestown - Winner
  • Douglas L. Meyer (STERN '73), Producer, Tootsie
  • Marvin Rosen (LAW '74), Producer, Tootsie
  • Shanna Silva (CAS ’92) Producer, Tootsie
  • Steven Silva (WSC ’87), Producer, Tootsie
  • Tom Smedes (GAL '85), Producer, The Prom
  • Adam Zell (TSOA '16), Producer, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Best Play

  • Christopher Ketner (STEINHARDT '09), Producer, The Ferryman - Winner
  • Adam Rodner (TSOA '18), Producer, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
  • Rachel Sussman (TSOA '12), Producer, What the Constitution Means to Me

Best Revival of a Play

  • Wendy Federman (STERN '79), Producer, The Waverly Gallery
  • Richie Jackson (TSOA '87), Producer, Torch Song
  • Heni Koenigsberg (STEINHARDT '74), Producer, The Waverly Gallery
  • Kenneth Lonergan (TSOA '86), Author, The Waverly Gallery
  • Carole Rothman (TSOA '72), Producer, Torch Song
  • Barbara Whitman (GAL '88), Producer, Burn This

Best Revival of a Musical

  • Caleb Hammons (TSOA '07), Producer, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! - Winner

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

  • Alex Brightman (TSOA), Beetlejuice
  • Damon Daunno (TSOA '06), Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

  • Gideon Glick (LS '09, CAS '15), To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Brandon Uranowitz (TSOA '08), Burn This

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

  • André De Shields (GAL '91), Hadestown - Winner *NYUAA Award Recipient 2003*

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

  • Amber Gray (TSOA '10), Hadestown
  • Ali Stroker (TSOA '09), Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! - Winner *NYUAA Award Recipient 2016-2017*

Best Book of a Musical

  • Chad Beguelin (TSOA '92), The Prom

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

  • Chad Beguelin (TSOA '92), Lyricist, The Prom
  • Joe Iconis (STEINHARDT '03, TSOA '05), Composer, Be More Chill

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

  • Laura Jellinek (TSOA '09), Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Best Costume Design of a Play

  • Clint Ramos (TSOA '97), Torch Song

Best Costume Design of a Musical

  • Paul Tazewell (TSOA '89), Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

  • Bradley King (TSOA '05), Hadestown - Winner

Best Direction of a Play

  • George C. Wolfe (TSOA '84), Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus *NYUAA Award Recipient 1990-1991*

Best Direction of a Musical

  • Rachel Chavkin (TSOA '02), Hadestown - Winner

Best Choreography

  • Denis Jones (TSOA '92), Tootsie

There are so many amazing alumni stealing the show, sometimes it's hard to keep track! Did we miss someone? Please let us know! Send an email to alumni.info@nyu.edu.