WATCH NOW! Zooming in on the Tony Nominees: Anais Mitchell

The Tony Awards are like Christmas in June for theatre lovers, and that makes this year's nominees the reason for the season. This year's Tony nominees transported us with the magic of theatre, and we're saluting their work by taking a closer look at their extraordinary accomplishments. Today we're studying up on Anaïs Mitchell!

Quick Facts About Anaïs

Her Nomination: Best Book of a Musical and Best Score

The Show: Hadestown

Up Against: Dominique Morisseau (Ain't Too Proud), Scott Brown & Anthony King (Beetlejuice), Bob Martin & Chad Beguelin (The Prom), Robert Horn (Tootsie)

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Joe Iconis (Be More Chill), Eddie Perfect (Beetlejuice), Matthew Sklar & Chad Beguelin (The Prom), Adam Guettel (To Kill a Mockingbird), David Yazbek (Tootsie)

Did You Know?: Anaïs first released Hadestown as a concept album in 2010 before bringing it off-Broadway (2016), Edmonton (2017), London (2018), and now Broadway.

Anaïs on Her Nomination: "I feel so lucky to have been embraced by this community. It's such a supportive community with traditions and history and ghosts and ancestors. I feel so lucky to be a part of that."

watch as Anaïs tells us all about what this nomination means to her, how she's preparing for the Tonys, and so much more!