The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced its Nominating Committee for the 2026-27 Broadway season, with former Washington Post chief theater critic Peter Marks and playwrights José Rivera and Migdalia Cruz among the new members.
Each Broadway season, the Nominating Committee attends all eligible productions and convenes to vote on that year’s Tony Award nominees. This year’s committee consists of 65 members who will serve staggered three-year terms.
New additions to the committee include Bonnie Becker, Keith Bunin, Bruce Coughlin, Migdalia Cruz, Scott Farthing, Wendall Harrington, Daniel K. Isaac, Mia Katigbak, Joyce Ketay, Michael Kooman, William Ivey Long, Khady Kamara Núñez, José Rivera, Linda Shelton, Rona Siddiqui, Pearl Sun, Sanaz Toossi, Allyson Tucker and Sam Willmott.
Presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, the Tony Awards are the highest honors in live theater. The upcoming Broadway season will feature productions including “Paddington: The Musical,” Dolly Parton’s “Dolly,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Warriors” and Jamie Lloyd’s “Evita,” starring Rachel Zegler.
At last season’s Tonys, “Schmigadoon,” a comedy about a couple who become trapped in a magical town, won best musical. “Liberation,” an exploration of feminism and social change, won best play. Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” won best revival of a play, while “Ragtime” won best revival of a musical. Acting honors went to John Lithgow (“Giant”), Lesley Manville (“Oedipus”), Joshua Henry (“Ragtime”), Caissie Levy (“Ragtime”), Laurie Metcalf (“Death of a Salesman”) among others.
See the complete list of the 2026-2027 Tony Awards Nominating Committee below.
(*Indicates new members.)
2026-2027 Tony Awards Nominating Committee
- Bryan Andes — Educator*
- Bonnie Becker — Stage Manager*
- Mark Bennett — Composer/Sound Designer/Educator
- Rob Berman — Music Director
- Jeremy Blocker — Creative Director/Executive Producer, Audible Theater
- Pamela Bradley — Performer*
- Brian Harlan Brooks — Director/Choreographer/DEI Director
- James Bundy — Professor of Drama, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale*
- Keith Bunin — Playwright*
- Dr. Jamie Cacciola-Price — Theater Educator/Director
- Kevin Cahoon — Actor/Director
- Jade King Carroll — Director/Producing Artistic Director, Chautauqua Theater Company
- Victoria Clark — Actor/Director/Educator
- Bruce Coughlin — Orchestrator*
- Migdalia Cruz — Playwright/Librettist/Translator/Educator*
- Will Davis — Choreographer/Director
- Scott Farthing — Cast Album Producer and Former Executive Vice President, Sony Masterworks US and Live Theater*
- Donald P. Gagnon, Ph.D. — Theater Arts Professor/Dramaturg
- Deeksha Gaur — Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund
- Tiffani Gavin — Executive Director, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
- Daniel Goldstein — Director/Writer
- Joshua Harmon — Playwright
- Wendall Harrington — Projection Designer*
- Richard Hinds — Associate Director/Choreographer
- Timothy Huang — Composer/Lyricist/Librettist
- James Ijames — Playwright/Director/Educator
- Daniel K. Isaac — Performer/Playwright*
- Anna K. Jacobs — Composer/Lyricist/Librettist
- Rosalie Joseph — Casting Director
- Rod Kaats — Producer/Director
- Peter Kaczorowski — Lighting Designer
- Mia Katigbak — Performer/Co-Founder, NAATCO*
- Glen Kelly — Amanuensis/Composer
- Joyce Ketay — Theatrical Agent*
- Michael Kooman — Composer*
- L Morgan Lee — Actor
- Kate Levin — Cultural Assets Management Principal, Bloomberg Associates*
- William Ivey Long — Costume Designer*
- Lorna Luft — Performer*
- Steve Mann — Retired/Account Director, Theatre Parties and Broadway Clubs/Group Sales, Broadway.com*
- Peter Marks — Former Chief Theater Critic, Washington Post
- Danny Mefford — Choreographer
- Khady Kamara Núñez — Executive Director, Perelman Performing Arts Center*
- Katherine Oliver — Media and Technology Principal, Bloomberg Associates*
- Jessica Paz — Sound Designer
- Georgina Pazcoguin — Actress/Producer/Diversity Advocate
- T. Oliver Reid — Actor/Director/Choreographer/Activist/Musical Theater Professor, Rider University
- José Rivera — Playwright/Director/Screenwriter*
- Liam Robinson — Music Director/Composer/Arranger/Performer
- Carole Rothman — Co-Founder and Former Artistic Director, Second Stage Theater
- Roslyn S. Ruff — Performer*
- Rafael Sánchez — Executive Artistic Director, Repertorio Español
- Linda Shelton — Executive Director, The Joyce Theater Foundation*
- Rona Siddiqui — Composer/Lyricist*
- Paul J. Smith — Stage Manager*
- Mark Stanley — Lighting Designer
- Susan Soon He Stanton — Playwright/Television Writer/Screenwriter
- Pearl Sun — Performer*
- Jeffrey Sweet — Playwright/Librettist
- Sanaz Toossi — Playwright*
- Allyson Tucker — Choreographer/Director/Performer*
- Alexandria Wailes — Actor/Director/Choreographer
- Charlotte Wilcox — Retired General Manager
- Sam Willmott — Composer/Lyricist*
- BD Wong — Actor/Director/Playwright/Author
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