WATCH NOW! Zooming in on the Tony Nominees: Jez Butterworth

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 Jez Butterworth!

Quick Facts About Jez

His Nomination: Best Play

The Show: The Ferryman

Up Against: Choir Boy Author (Tarell Alvin McCraney), Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (Taylor Mac), Ink (James Graham), What the Constitution Means to Me (Heidi Schreck)

Did You Know?: This is Jez's second Tony nomination. He earned a nod in 2011 for his play Jerusalem.

Jez on The Ferryman: "Anytime you've got about two dozen people, it takes on its own energy and that energy can either become a nightmare of a show or like it did with this show, like it did with Jerusalem... it becomes this wistful, blissful band that you're part of, that has this free-willing quality that takes on a really magical air."

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