Actors Bob Balaban, Jordan E. Cooper, and BD Wong, along with notable theater artisans such as director Sarah Benson and Repertorio Español executive artistic director Rafael Sánchez, have been named to the 2025–2026 Broadway season Tony Awards Nominating Committee.
Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, the Tony Awards are the most prestigious honors in the theater industry. The Nominating Committee plays the key role in determining which Broadway productions receive nominations and ultimately win Tony statuettes. Members attend all eligible productions throughout the season and then convene to vote on the nominees.
The 64-person committee serves staggered three-year terms and is composed of professionals from a wide array of disciplines including acting, directing, producing, design, and education. For the 2025–2026 season, the committee features a mix of returning members and newly appointed experts.
New additions to the committee this year include Mark Bennett, Rob Berman, Jocelyn Bioh, Jeremy Blocker, Jade King Carroll, Will Davis, Daniel Goldstein, Joshua Harmon, Ricky Hinds, Timothy Huang, Anna K. Jacobs, Jessica Jahn, Peter Kaczorowski, Glen Kelly, Danny Mefford, Rafael Sánchez, Jeffrey Sweet, BD Wong, and Charlotte Wilcox.
At the 78th Tony Awards earlier this year, “Maybe Happy Ending,” a touching love story involving two abandoned robots, was named best musical. “Purpose,” a sharply funny exploration of a Civil Rights icon’s dysfunctional family, won best play. A stripped-down revival of “Sunset Boulevard” won best musical revival, while “Eureka Day,” a comedic take on vaccine mandates, earned best revival of a play.
Among the acting winners were Darren Criss (“Maybe Happy Ending”), Cole Escola (“Oh, Mary!”), Nicole Scherzinger (“Gypsy”), and Sarah Snook (“The Picture of Dorian Gray”).
Below is the complete list of the 2025–2026 Tony Awards Nominating Committee.
(*Indicates new members.)
2025-2026 Tony Awards Nominating Committee
- Bob Balaban – Actor / Producer / Director / Writer
- Dani Barlow – Theatre Administrator
- Mark Benett – Sound Designer*
- Sarah Benson – Director
- Rob Berman – Music Director*
- Jocelyn Bioh – Playwright*
- Jeremy Blocker – Creative Director / Executive Producer for Audible Theater*
- Rick Boynton – Creative Producer, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
- Brian Harlan Brooks – Director / Choreographer / DEI Director
- Dr. Jamie Cacciola-Price – Theatre Educator / Director
- Kevin Cahoon – Actor / Director
- Jade King Carroll – Director / Producing Artistic Director, Chautauqua Theater Company*
- Adam Chanler-Berat – Actor / Playwright
- Victoria Clark – Actor / Director / Educator
- Jordan E. Cooper – Playwright / Actor / Director / Producer
- Will Davis – Choreographer / Director*
- Ty Defoe – Interdisciplinary Artist / Writer / Storyteller
- Andy Einhorn – Music Supervisor / Conductor
- Dan Foster – Actor / Director / Producer
- Donald P. Gagnon, Ph.D. – Theatre Arts Professor / Dramaturg
- Deeksha Gaur – Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund
- Tiffani Gavin – Executive Director, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center*
- Daniel Goldstein – Director / Writer*
- Linda Goodrich – Director / Choreographer
- Joshua Harmon – Playwright*
- Miranda Haymon – Director
- Ricky Hinds – Associate Director / Choreographer*
- Timothy Huang – Composer / Lyricist / Librettist*
- James Ijames – Playwright / Director / Educator
- Anna K. Jacobs – Composer / Lyricist / Librettist*
- Jessica Jahn – Costume Designer*
- Christine Toy Johnson – Playwright / Actor / Director
- Rosalie Joseph – Casting Director
- Rod Kaats – Producer / Director
- Peter Kaczorowski – Lighting Designer*
- Glen Kelly – Amanuensis / Composer*
- Michael Korie – Librettist / Lyricist
- L Morgan Lee – Actor*
- Peter Marks – Former Chief Theatre Critic, The Washington Post
- Lisa McNulty – Producing Artistic Director, WP Theater
- Danny Mefford – Choreographer*
- Ira Mont – Production Stage Manager
- Jacqueline Diane Moscou – Actor / Director
- Helen Park – Composer / Lyricist
- Jessica Paz – Sound Designer
- Georgina Pazcoguin – Actress / Producer / Diversity Advocate
- Karen Perry – Costume Designer
- Jill Rafson – Producing Artistic Director, Classic Stage Company
- T. Oliver Reid – Actor / Director / Choreographer / Activist / Musical Theater Professor at Rider University
- Liam Robinson – Composer / Arranger / Music Supervisor
- Carole Rothman – Co-Founder and Former Artistic Director, Second Stage Theater
- Rafael Sánchez – Executive Artistic Director, Repertorio Español*
- Florie Seery – Associate Dean / Managing Director, David Geffen School of Drama / Yale Repertory Theatre
- Walt Spangler – Scenic Designer
- Mark Stanley – Lighting Designer
- Susan Soon He Stanton – Playwright / Television Writer / Screenwriter
- Jeffrey Sweet – Playwright / Librettist*
- Jason Tam – Actor
- Cori Thomas – Playwright / Actor
- Alexandria Wailes – Actor / Director / Choreographer
- Charlotte Wilcox – Retired General Manager*
- Patricia Wilcox – Choreographer
- BD Wong – Actor / Director / Playwright / Author*
- David C. Woolard – Costume Designer
