There were stumbles, heartbreak, elation and plenty of cancellations, but Broadway made it through its first full post-shutdown season and on Monday announced the Tony Award nominations to prove it.
Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, “A Strange Loop,” about a gay Black man struggling to write an original musical, came out on top with 11 nominations, including best musical, book, original score, performance by an actor in a leading role and direction of a musical.
“The Lehman Trilogy,” about the epic rise and fall of one of the country’s largest financial institutions, led the pack for plays, with eight nominations including best play. The revival of a musical is led by “Company,” which scored nine nominations and is the first gender-reversed version of the show to be licensed by Stephen Sondheim.
