Hugh Jackman, Jesse Williams and Rachel Dratch Among 2022 Tony Award Nominees: See the Complete List
09.05.2022 - 19:11
/ usmagazine.com
Curtains up, light the lights! Stars like Hugh Jackman, Jesse Williams and Rachel Dratch were among the performers honored when the 2022 Tony Award nominations were announced on Monday, May 9.
New musical A Strange Loop led the pack with 11 nominations, while the Michael Jackson musical, MJ, earned an impressive 10 nods. Jackman, 53, earned his second honor for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his work in The Music Man, which earned six nominations overall, including Best Revival of a Musical and best actress in a Musical for his costar, Sutton Foster.
“[Hugh] is a dream to work with. As talented as he is, he is [also] kind, generous and humble,” the Younger alum told Elle in March about her leading man. “He is everything that you hope he would be and more. He is a true partner. One of the greatest things that has happened with this whole experience is that I can now call him a friend. It is just a joy to play with him every day, have fun and make each other laugh.”
This is Foster’s seventh nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. She has previously won in 2002 and 2011 Thoroughly Modern Millie and Anything Goes, respectively.
Another star-studded production that racked up several Tony nominations in 2022 is Take Me Out, which centers on a baseball team dealing with the ramifications of their star player coming out as gay in the middle of the season. Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Michael Oberholtzer and Jesse Williams were all nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play, while the show itself was nominated for Best Revival of a Play.
Williams, who is making his Broadway debut in the leading role of Darren Lemming, joined Take Me Out shortly