Tony Awards Committee Deems Eighteen Broadway Productions Eligible For 2020 Nominations

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NEW YORK -- Despite being interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the shortened Broadway season will nonetheless have a Tony Awards. Tony Award Productions said Friday that the celebration of live theater will be digital but offered no date or streaming platform.

The Tony awards, the annual honours celebrating the best in Broadway theatre, will be announced during a digital ceremony this fall, organizers said in a statement on Friday.The Tonys had been scheduled for June but were postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Eligible productions from the 2019-2020 season include A Christmas Carol, The Great Society, The Height of the Storm, The Inheritance, Linda Vista, Sea Wall/A Life, Slave Play, The Sound Inside, Jagged Little Pill, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Betrayal, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, The Rose Tattoo, and West Side Story.

 2019-2020 Broadway season short, it was a year full of extraordinary work that deserves to be recognized,” said Charlotte St. Martin, President of the Broadway League, and Heather Hitchens, President & CEO of the American Theatre Wing.

The 2020 Tony Awards are making a big change.