The 2018 Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today the Nominating Committee for the 2018-2017 Broadway season. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
The Nominating Committee attends all productions during the Broadway season and meets on the date designated by the Administration Committee to determine, by vote, the Tony Award nominees for that season. The committee of Tony Nominations will include 51 member for the 2016-2018 season. Members of the committee serve a three-year term.
The 2018 Tony Awards - hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming – will be broadcast on Sunday, June 7th, 2018 (8:00 – 11:00 p.m. ET/PT time delay) on the CBS Television Network, live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The Tony Awards, which honors theater professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway, has been broadcast on CBS since 1978. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
The 2018-2017 Nominating Committee includes:
Douglas Aibel – Artistic Dir., The Vineyard Theatre
Adrian Bailey – Actor**
Victoria Bailey – Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund**
Ira Bernstein – Former Producer/General Manager/Stage Manager/Casting Director
Hope Clarke – Choreographer**
Veronica Claypool – Arts Management Consultant, Full Circle Management Group/Former GM
Paul Cremo – Dramaturg/Director of Opera Commissioning Program, The Metropolitan Opera
Trip Cullman – Director**
Harvey Evans – Actor
Sean Patrick Flahaven – Writer/Composer/Orchestrator/Conductor/Producer**
Paul Gallo – Lighting Designer
Kent Gash – Director/Founding Dir., of NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ New Studio on Broadway
Jenny Gersten – Former Executive Director, Friends of the High Line
Daniel Goldfarb – Playwright / Book writer**
Sam Gonzalez – Dir. of Operations, Pfizer Medical/Board of Trustees Playwrights Horizons**
Adam Gwon – Composer/Lyricist**
Roy Harris – Production Stage Manager**
Philip Himberg – Artistic Director, Sundance Institute Theatre Program
Jack Hofsiss – Theatre/Film/Television Director
Julie Hughes – Former Casting Director
Lou Jacob – Director/Chair of the MFA Directing Program at the New School for Drama**
Stephen Karam – Playwright
Tom Kitt – Composer**
Corby Kummer – Senior Editor, The Atlantic Magazine
Fran Kumin – Consultant – Perf. Arts Organizations/Foundations/University Theatre Programs**
Dick Latessa – Actor
Kate Levin – Cultural Assets Management Principal, Bloomberg Associates
Reynold Levy – Former President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Sara Lukinson – Documentary Film Producer/Television Writer
Patricia Marx – American Humorist and Writer/Former Television Writer
Marsha Mason – Actor/Director
Jim McLaughlin – Former Producer, CBS News
Debra Monk - Actor
Roger Morgan – Lighting Designer/Theatre Designer
Laurence O’Keefe – Composer**
Katherine Oliver – Media and Technology Principal, Bloomberg Associates
Christian Parker – Chair, Graduate Theatre Program, Columbia University
Paige Price – Actor/1st Vice President of AEA/Executive Artistic Director, Theatre Aspen**
Ravi S. Rajan – Dean, School of the Arts – SUNY Purchase
Nigel Redden – Gen. Dir., Spoleto Festival USA/Dir., Lincoln Center Festival
Susan H. Schulman – Director/President, Stage Directors and Choreographers
Scott Schwartz - Director
Linda Shelton – Executive Dir., Joyce Theater Foundation
Warner Shook – Director**
Arlene Shuler – President & CEO, New York City Center
Edward Strong – Producer**
Wynn Thomas – Production Designer
Jennifer von Mayrhauser – Costume Designer**
Robin Wagner – Scenic Designer
Tom Watson – Retired Executive-Television Advertising**
Preston Whiteway – Executive Director, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center