6 Tony Nominees Preview Broadway Race Ahead of June 7 Awards

1 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jun 4

Six 79th Tony nominees — John Lithgow, Nathan Lane, Joshua Henry, Shoshana Bean, Rose Byrne and Marla Mindelle — gathered at The Hollywood Reporter’s roundtable before the June 7 ceremony to discuss their shows and careers.
Lithgow said Giant recouped in 10 weeks and described playing Roald Dahl’s “horrifying cruelty,” while Lane traced his Death of a Salesman turn to a decades-long ambition and the stamina needed for the role.
Mindelle recounted Titaníque’s rise from a post-pandemic basement venue under a Gristedes to Broadway, and Henry said Ragtime reconnected him with a role tied to his immigrant family story.
Bean said The Lost Boys helped her push back against being typecast as “another mom” at 48, while Byrne called Fallen Angels a rare chance to play full comedy and master a carefully calibrated drunken arc.
The group also complained about phone filming and noisy wrappers, favored six or fewer performances a week, and largely backed screen adaptations as Broadway heads into Sunday’s Tony Awards.