Ahead of the , which will be held on June 16 at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch in New York City, gathered six of the 2023-24 season’s standout performers at PMC’s east coast headquarters for our annual Tonys . Joining us to discuss their paths to Broadway, Tony-nominated parts and pet peeves were two nominees for best actress in a play, ( ) and ( ); best actor in a play nominee ( ); best actress in a musical nominee ( ); best actor in a musical nominee ( ); and best featured actor in a musical nominee ( ).
Three of them already have a Tony on their mantelpiece: O’Hara, 48, a longtime leading lady of Broadway musicals who has accumulated eight noms and won on her sixth for in 2015; Redmayne, 42, who was recognized for his work in in 2010, when he was last on the Great White Way, prior to becoming an Oscar-winning movie star; and Odom, also 42, who has been Broadway royalty since originating the role of Aaron Burr in the game-changing musical , for which he took home a statuette in 2016. Paulson, 49, and Radcliffe, 34, have, over the course of their careers, frequently moved between Hollywood and Broadway — she is best known for her many collaborations with Ryan Murphy, he for playing Harry Potter in eight blockbuster films — but neither had ever received a Tony nom prior to this year. Meanwhile, McAdams, 45, a movie star for 20 years, is nominated this year for her Broadway debut.
(Her best-known films, and , both from 2004, have recently been turned into Broadway .
