George Clooney will get Tony Award nomination for Broadway debut

George Clooney has stated it’s a “thrill” to have acquired his first Tony Award nomination, for his debut Broadway efficiency.

The Hollywood actor, who’s starring on stage in Good Night time, and Good Luck, was one in all a variety of stars to obtain their first Tony nods on Thursday.

Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger, Succession’s Sarah Snook and Breaking Unhealthy’s Bob Odenkirk had been nominated for his or her roles in Sundown Blvd, The Image of Dorian Grey and Glengarry Glen Ross respectively.

The Tonys reward excellence in Broadway theatre over the previous yr. This yr’s nominations are led general by the musicals Buena Vista Social Membership, Demise Turns into Her and Perhaps Comfortable Ending, which have 10 every.

They’re all up for finest musical in a crowded discipline that additionally consists of Useless Outlaw and Operation Mincemeat, which has transferred to New York from London.

Elsewhere, Audra McDonald acquired her eleventh Tony nomination, for her position in Gypsy, making her probably the most nominated performer in historical past.

Rosemary’s Child actress Mia Farrow is one other well-known display star up for her first Tony award, for her half in The Roommate.

Clooney is up for finest efficiency by an actor in a number one position in a play, for his position within the stage adaptation of 2005 movie Good Night time, and Good Luck.

It focuses on the battle between veteran TV journalist Edward R Murrow and US senator Joseph McCarthy.

“It is a thrill to have 5 nominations for this play,” Clooney stated of the play, which he additionally co-wrote, based on the Hollywood Reporter.

“For everybody concerned, this has been an unimaginable expertise. I could not be extra proud or really feel extra fortunate.”

Nevertheless, Clooney’s drama was not listed in the most effective play class, regardless of being the very best grossing manufacturing on Broadway in latest weeks.

The contenders for that prize embrace English, The Hills of California, John Proctor Is The Villain, Oh Mary! and Function.

In the meantime, one of the vital costly productions on Broadway, Othello, led by Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, was snubbed fully within the nominations.

The play has been drawing within the crowds but additionally acquired combined critiques from critics.

New musical Redwood, starring Idina Menzel, was additionally solely shut out, as was one other musical, The Final 5 Years, starring Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren.

Robert Downey Jr had much less luck on his Broadway debut than Clooney, as his one-act stage play McNeal acquired no nominations.

Romeo + Juliet was recognised for finest revival of a play, however its stars Rachel Zegler and Equipment Connor missed out.

However Gracie Lawrence, from TV present The Intercourse Lives of Faculty Women, acquired her first Tony nomination too for her Broadway musical debut in Simply In Time.

The Tony Awards ceremony will happen on 8 June on the Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York, hosted by Depraved star Cynthia Erivo.

• See the complete listing of the 2025 Tony Awards nominees right here.