The place artwork thou Tony nominations?
A number of the largest stars in Hollywood have been snubbed when the 2025 Tony Award nominations have been introduced Tuesday.
Whereas George Clooney, Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Snook, Sadie Sink and extra have been acknowledged for his or her Broadway performances, different actors like Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal and Kieran Culkin didn’t make the nominations checklist.
Washington, 70, and Gyllenhaal, 44, have been snubbed for his or her main performances in “Othello,” which has generated controversy for its excessive ticket prices. The present was utterly shut out of the nominations.
Some seats for “Othello” are upwards of $900. The difference of the Shakespearean tragedy offered over $2.8 million in tickets throughout its first full week of previews on the Barrymore Theater in March, changing into the highest-grossing Broadway play on the time.
The “Othello” ticket costs have been slammed in a March 8 column by Publish theater critic Johnny Oleksinski, who later stated the individuals behind the present withdrew his invitation to evaluate it in response.
“I’ve been blessed beyond measure for a long time,” Washington stated to Leisure Tonight final month when requested in regards to the excessive ticket costs. “I’m not bragging, but I’ve been a part of sold-out shows before.”
“God has blessed me with a great ability, and I’m humbled by the reaction and the response that we’re getting, and I’m humbled by the opportunity to share with celebrity, or to use my celebrity to help others,” he continued. “That’s what it’s about.”
Washington additionally missed out on an Oscar nomination for his function in “Gladiator II” earlier this yr, although he later stated he wasn’t bothered by the snub.
Culkin, 42, was anticipated to obtain a Tony nom for “Glengarry Glen Ross.” Each he and Invoice Burr have been snubbed, whereas their co-star Bob Odenkirk secured his first-ever Tony nomination.
Culkin notably gained an Oscar in March for “A Real Pain” and an Emmy final yr for “Succession.”
Different stars who have been snubbed by the Tonys embody Idina Menzel for “Redwood,” Jim Parsons for “Our Town,” Robert Downey Jr. for “McNeal” and Julianna Margulies for “Left on Tenth.”
Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren additionally didn’t land nominations for “The Last Five Years.”
“Maybe Happy Ending,” “Death Becomes Her” and “Buena Vista Social Club” led the 2025 nominations with 10 nods every.
Clooney (“Good Night, and Good Luck”), Scherzinger (“Sunset Boulevard”), Snook (“The Picture of Dorian Gray”) and Sink (“John Proctor Is the Villain”) have been among the many first-time nominees.
In the meantime, Audra McDonald made historical past with probably the most Tony nominations of any performer in Broadway historical past. Her function in “Gypsy” marked her eleventh nomination.
Different nominees embody Cole Escola for “Oh, Mary!,” Jeremy Jordan for “Floyd Collins,” Tom Francis for “Sunset Boulevard,” Megan Hilty for “Death Becomes Her,” Mia Farrow for “The Roommate,” Daniel Dae Kim for “Yellow Face,” Jonathan Groff for “Just in Time” and Darren Criss for “Maybe Happy Ending.”
The 2025 Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo, will air dwell from New York Metropolis’s Radio Metropolis Music Corridor on Sunday, June 8, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
