Tony Award Nominations Postponed Because of Coronavirus Delays

This 12 months’s Tony Award nominations will probably be delayed by practically every week, directors of the awards stated Friday, as a result of sufficient actors have been out with coronavirus circumstances that it has turn out to be tough for awards nominators to see all of the eligible performances.

The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing, who current the awards, stated nominations would now be introduced on Could 9, as a substitute of Could 3. The awards ceremony itself will stay, as scheduled, on June 12.

The change displays the extraordinary disruption the coronavirus pandemic has brought on to this theater season. A number of reveals — on Broadway, Off Broadway, across the nation, and in Britain, Canada and elsewhere — have been pressured to cancel performances and shift schedules due to coronavirus circumstances.

On Broadway a number of reveals have been scrambling to open earlier than the eligibility deadline, which was scheduled to be April 28, however will now be Could 4. 4 reveals — “Paradise Sq.,” “Macbeth,” “Plaza Suite” and “A Unusual Loop” — canceled a number of performances due to coronavirus circumstances. (Amongst these testing constructive have been the “Macbeth” star Daniel Craig and the “Plaza Suite” stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.)

Even now, when all reveals are operating, some actors are nonetheless out. That has made it arduous for the nominators to see all of the eligible reveals with all eligible performers onstage.

There are six reveals scheduled to open subsequent week, together with “Humorous Lady,” “The Pores and skin of Our Enamel,” “A Unusual Loop,” “POTUS,” “Mr. Saturday Evening” and “Macbeth.”