Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for '25-26 Season

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met to confirm the eligibility status of nine Broadway productions for the 2025-2026 season. This was the first time this season that the Tony Awards Administration Committee met to decide the eligibility for the 79th Annual Tony Awards. 

The productions discussed today were: Call Me Izzy; Mamma Mia!; Art; Waiting for Godot; Punch; Ragtime; Liberation; Little Bear Ridge Road; and The Queen of Versailles. 

The committee made the following determinations:

Christine Sherrill will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category for their role in Mamma Mia!.

Andrew Bruce and Bobby Aitken will be considered eligible in the Best Sound Design of a Musical category for their work on  Mamma Mia!. 

Will Harrison will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for their role in Punch. 

Leanne Pinder (Movement Director) will be considered eligible in the Best Choreography category for their work on Punch.

Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, and Joshua Henry will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress/Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category for their respective roles in Ragtime.

Adam Honoré & Donald Holder (Lighting Design) and 59 Studio (Projection Design) will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Lighting Design of a Musical category for their work on Ragtime.

Susannah Flood will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play category for their role in Liberation. 

All other eligibility will be consistent with the opening night credits.

It is noteworthy that Andrew Bruce and Bobby Aitken are now eligible in the Best Sound Design of a Musical category for Mamma Mia! because when they created the sound design for the 2002 Broadway production, the Tonys had not yet established a category honoring sound design.