When Pink takes the stage at Radio City Music Hall to host the 79th Tony Awards, she surely won’t be the only Jewish star in attendance!
Nominations for Broadway’s highest honors were released today, and the list includes a nearly full rolodex of talented Jewish actors — like a young Han Solo, a former SNL cast member and one of the oldest Oscar nominees in history. We’ll get to those in a second…
Still, there were some pretty substantial snubs. Both Adrien Brody and Jon Bernthal did not receive nominations for their respective Broadway debuts. Brody is currently starring in “The Fear of 13,” while Bernthal plays Sonny Amato in the stage adaption of “Dog Day Afternoon.” Plus, Lea Michele, who does not seem to identify as Jewish but does have Jewish heritage, failed once again to get any love from the Tony voters. She is currently starring in the revival of the musical “Chess” (and, despite a very successful career, has somehow never been nominated for a Tony).
On the show level, “Ragtime,” a musical which includes the story of a Jewish immigrant living out the American Dream in the early 20th century, received 11 Tony nominations. Bess Wohl’s “Liberation,” fresh off winning the Pulitzer Prize for drama yesterday, got a respectable five nominations. “[When writing the Jewish character of Susan] I was thinking about the relationship between Judaism and social justice and the call to action that’s so rooted in the tradition,” Wohl told Hey Alma back in October.
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“Giant” also did well for itself, garnering four nominations. The John Lithgow-led play takes on Roald Dahl and his antisemitic views.
Ahead of the June 7 ceremony, here are all the notable Jewish nominees to root for at the 2026 Tony Awards.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Daniel Radcliffe (“Every Brilliant Thing”)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Caissie Levy (“Ragtime”)
Marla Mindelle (“Titanique”)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Brandon Uranowitz (“Ragtime”)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Danny Burstein (“Marjorie Prime”)
Alden Ehrenreich (“Becky Shaw”)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Betsy Aidem (“Liberation”)
Aya Cash (“Giant”)
June Squibb (“Marjorie Prime”)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ben Levi Ross (“Ragtime”)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Shoshana Bean (“The Lost Boys”)
Rachel Dratch (“Richard O’Brien’s ‘The Rocky Horror Show'”)
