Jordan E. Cooper, Michael R. Jackson, Christine Toy Johnson & More Named to 2023-2024 Tony Awards Nominating Committee

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has revealed the Nominating Committee for the 2023-2024 Broadway season.  The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. 

The Nominating Committee attends all productions during the Broadway season and meets on the date designated by the Administration Committee to determine, by vote, the Tony Award nominees for that season.  The 2023-2024 committee of the Tony Nominators will include 60 members.  Members of the committee serve a three-year term.

The 2023-2024 Nominating Committee includes:

• Warren Adams – Director/Choreographer/Producer
• Becky Ann Baker – Actor
• Bob Balaban** – Actor/Producer/Director/Writer
• Pun Bandhu – Actor/Producer
• Danielle Barlow** – Theatre Administrator
• Sarah Benson** – Director
• Rick Boynton** – Creative Producer, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
• Christopher Burney – Producer and Educator
• Kathleen Chalfant – Actor
• Adam Chanler-Berat **– Actor/Playwright
• Jordan E. Cooper** – Playwright/Actor/Director/Producer
• Carmel Dean – Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator/Music Director
• Ty Defoe** – Interdisciplinary Artist/Writer/Storyteller
• Jill BC Du Boff – Sound Designer
• Andy Einhorn** – Music Supervisor/Conductor
• Dionne Figgins – Choreographer, Co-Founder of Broadway Serves, Artistic Director of Ballet Tech
• Kamilah Forbes – Executive Producer, The Apollo Theater
• Dan Foster** – Actor/Director/Producer
• M L Geiger – Lighting Designer
• Linda Goodrich** – Director/Choreographer
• Miranda Haymon** – Director
• Michael R. Jackson – Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist
• Christine Toy Johnson** – Playwright/Actor/Director
• Raja Feather Kelly – Choreographer/Director
• John Kilgore – Sound Designer
• Michael Korie** – Librettist/Lyricist
• Kathy Landau – Executive Director, Symphony Space
• Andrea Lauer – Costume Designer
• Zhailon Levingston – Director
• Jonathan McCrory – Director/Artistic Director, National Black Theatre
• Lisa McNulty** – Producing Artistic Director, WP Theater
• Jess McLeod – Director
• Ira Mont** – Actor/Production Stage Manager
• Jacqueline Diane Moscou** – Actor/Director
• James C. Nicola – Director/Producer/Former Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop
• Antoinette Nwandu – Playwright
• Benj Pasek** – Songwriter
• Helen Park** – Composer/Lyricist
• Neil Patel – Scenic Designer
• Ralph B. Peña – Playwright/Artistic Director, Ma-Yi Theater Company
• Nancy Piccione – Retired Casting Director
• Jill Rafson** – Producing Artist Director, Classic Stage Co.
• Bill Rauch – Director/Artistic Director, The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center
• Susan Sampliner – Retired Company Manager
• Dick Scanlan – Librettist/Lyricist/Playwright/Director
• Florie Seery** – Associate Dean/Managing Director, David School of Drama/Yale Repertory Theatre
• Rachel Sheinkin – Playwright/Librettist
• Devario Simmons – Costume Designer
• Natasha Sinha – Associate Artistic Director, Playwrights Horizons
• Walt Spangler** – Scenic Designer
• Michael Stotts – Executive Director, Paper Mill Playhouse
• Jason Tam** – Actor
• Cori Thomas** – Playwright/Actor
• Reginald Van Lee – Theatre Arts Advocate/Patron and National Leader
• Michael Benjamin Washington – Playwright/Actor
• Ben Wexler – Composer/Lyricist
• Whitney White – Actor/Director/Musician
• Tracey Scott Wilson – Playwright/Television Writer, Producer/Screenwriter
• Patricia Wilcox** – Choreographer
• David C. Woolard** – Costume Designer

**Denotes new Nominating Committee Members

About the Tony Awards

The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.  At The Broadway League, Lauren Reid is Chair and Charlotte St. Martin is President.  At the American Theatre Wing, Emilio Sosa is Chair and Heather A. Hitchens is President & CEO.