Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss Announce Key 2026 Tony Award Nominees on CBS Mornings

Tony Award nominee Uzo Aduba and Tony Award winner Darren Criss announced nominees in several top categories for the 2026 Tony Awards on Tuesday's "CBS Mornings."

More nominations will follow on the Tony Awards' YouTube channel at 9 a.m. ET. Pop star P!NK hosts the 79th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, at New York City's Radio City Music Hall at 8 p.m. ET. The event airs on CBS and Paramount+. The singer said in a statement, "It is the honor of an entire lifetime to host a night celebrating the literal hardest working people in showbiz."

Nominees in leading acting categories include:

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Rose Byrne, "Fallen Angels"
Carrie Coon, "Bug"
Susannah Flood, "Liberation"
Lesley Manville, "Oedipus"
Kelli O'Hara, "Fallen Angels"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Will Harrison, "Punch"
Nathan Lane, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman"
John Lithgow, "Giant"
Daniel Radcliffe, "Every Brilliant Thing"
Mark Strong, "Oedipus"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sara Chase, "Schmigadoon!"
Stephanie Hsu, "Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show"
Caissie Levy, "Ragtime"
Marla Mindelle, "Titaníque"
Christiani Pitts, "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Nicholas Christopher, "Chess"
Luke Evans, "Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show"
Joshua Henry, "Ragtime"
Sam Tutty, "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)"
Brandon Uranowitz, "Ragtime"

Best Musical
The Lost Boys
Schmigadoon!
Titaníque
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best Play
The Balusters
Giant
Liberation
Little Bear Ridge Road

Additional categories will be announced later.