Tony Nominees for Best Leading Actor in a Musical: Interviews

Nominees for Best Leading Actor in a Musical

• 🎭 The Tony Awards are approaching, featuring a competitive category for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
• 🤖 Darren Criss portrays a charming robot in the original musical Maybe Happy Ending, highlighting its new and original nature as its greatest asset.
• ✍️ Tom Francis delivers a performance as a Hollywood writer in Sunset Boulevard, featuring a large athletic number in Times Square.

Portrayals of Real People

• 🤠 Andrew Durand plays Elmer McCurtie, an outlaw whose story is a bizarre true story about his life and subsequent display after a police shootout, in Dead Outlaw: The Musical.
• ⛰️ Jeremy Jordan takes on the title role in Floyd Collins, a musical about a man trapped in a cave in 1925, focusing on unlocking the joy in this human.
• 🎺 James Monroe Iglehart embodies Louis Armstrong in A Wonderful World, crafting a layered performance that shows his journey of learning from mistakes to become the iconic figure known today.
• 🎤 Jonathan Groff plays the singer-songwriter Bobby Darin in Just in Time, showcasing his efforts to embody the artist by taking lessons in dance, piano, and drums.

Looking Ahead to the Tony Awards

• 🏆 CBS News New York's Dave Carlin interviewed these nominees, covering their roles playing a robot, a screenwriter, musicians, and historical figures.
• 📺 A special program, Broadway and Beyond at the Tony's, will air, featuring exclusive interviews and backstage access.
• 🌟 The Tony Awards ceremony will announce all the winners this Sunday, available on CBS and streaming on Paramount Plus.