The Next Best Theatre Podcast: Episode 57 - The 2025 Tony Award Nominations

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4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full podcast episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture The nominations for the 78th annual Tony Awards were announced earlier this week and were led by "Buena Vista Social Club," "Death Becomes Her," and "Maybe Happy Ending," with ten nominations each. "Dead Outlaw," "The Hills of California," "John Proctor Is the Villain" and "Sunset Boulevard" followed with seven nominations each. What did Cody Dericks, Lauren LaMagna & Dan Bayer think of this year's nominees? Which nominations surprised them, made them happy, and left them feeling the most disappointed? Please tune in below to listen to their thoughts and find out. NBT will return with a winner predictions episode shortly before the 2025 Tony Awards on June 8th. Thank you for all of your support. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happy Tony nominations day, everyone.
0:02.4	This is Cody Derrick's with Next Best Theater, and I'm here with Dan Bayer.
0:07.3	Hello, hello.
0:08.9	And Lauren LaMagna.
0:10.8	Hello.
0:12.4	As we do every year, we're here to hop into your podcast feed and talk about the best award show.
0:18.6	Sorry, Oscars, the Tony Awards.
0:20.9	And today, the nominations were announced for the 78th annual Tony Awards,
0:24.4	which cover the plays and musicals that opened on Broadway during the 2024-25 season.
0:30.4	And there were some surprises, there were some delights, there were some snubs, and we're going to talk about it.
0:35.5	So I think, just to give it a little bit of context, it helps to talk about what we three have seen this year.
0:41.6	And Dan, why don't you kick us off?
0:43.8	Sure.
0:44.4	This was a really, really cool season.
0:47.7	There were so many new shows this year.
0:52.8	Like the original plays and musicals, that's what, one, two, three,
0:56.5	14 new plays and I think the same number of new musicals, which is kind of...
1:03.9	Yes, it's exactly 14 new plays and musicals and exactly seven revivals in both play and musical.
1:10.7	The OCD Among Us love this little way this works out.
1:16.0	But because there was so much, it was very difficult to see as much as there was.
1:22.5	I got to see a few things.
1:24.4	I saw Cult of Love, which I quite enjoyed. I saw Left on 10th, the
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