The Next Best Theatre Podcast: Episode 60 - The 2026 Tony Award Nominations

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 15 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 79th annual Tony Awards were announced yesterday and were led by "The Lost Boys" and "Schmigadoon!" with 12 nominations each. "Ragtime" received 11 nominations, while "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," "Death of a Salesman," and "Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show" each received 9 nominations. 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 2026 Tony Awards on June 7th. 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	Do you ever want to shake Corey Matthews or DJ Tanner and be like, ugh, your life is so easy? Well, mine wasn't.
0:08.8	Hi, I'm Holly Brown, and everybody knows but me is a narrative podcast about my chaotic childhood,
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0:27.7	knows but me wherever you get your podcasts.
0:36.0	All right, theater fans, thanks for tuning in to Next Best Theater, part of Next Best Picture,
0:41.1	and we are here with our annual May and June, hop into your podcast feeds to discuss the Tony
0:48.9	nominations.
0:51.0	All right, and I'm here with Dan Bayer. Having angelical time, Cody.
0:55.6	And Lauren LaMagna.
0:57.6	I have so many emotions about this list.
1:01.3	I feel you, girl.
1:02.7	I understand.
1:04.4	Yeah, we're here to discuss the 70th annual Tony Awards,
1:07.4	honoring the best in Broadway for the 2025-26 season.
1:11.6	The actual ceremony is going to be next month, June 7th.
1:16.6	We'll have plenty of time to talk about predictions and who we think is going to win and what's going to happen in the actual ceremony.
1:21.6	But today we are here just to discuss the nominees themselves.
1:25.6	What happened, what went down, what surprised us, what excites us.
1:30.1	So let's just start with some overall thoughts on the nominations as a whole.
1:34.7	Dan, you ready to go first?
1:35.8	I can absolutely go first.
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