Daniel Radcliffe Earns First Ever Tony Nomination For Merrily We Roll Along; Deets Here

Daniel Radcliffe's first Tony nomination comes for his role in the Broadway hit Merrily We Roll Along.

By Nidhi Joshi

Updated on Jun 19, 2024 | 05:30 PM IST | 83.5K

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Daniel Radcliffe wins first nomination for Merrily We Roll Along
Tony Awards Nomination 2024 Complete List
Best New Play
Best New Musical
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Revival of a Play

Daniel Radcliffe got his first Tony nomination for his role in a popular Broadway show called Merrily We Roll Along. This award nomination marks his first one ever!

After finishing his time as Harry Potter, Radcliffe took on many acting jobs. He often picked roles that were challenging and different from what people expected. This is his fifth time performing on Broadway since 2008.

Daniel Radcliffe wins first nomination for Merrily We Roll Along

On receiving the nomination, Radcliffe said, "I have always felt like doing stage and particularly doing it here has been such a huge part of my career and sort of like finding out who I was as an actor outside of Harry Potter," per CNA Lifestyle.

Daniel Radcliffe has focused a lot on theater after the Harry Potter movies. He recently got his first Tony nomination for his role in the musical Merrily We Roll Along..

He started doing theater in 2007 with a play called Equus. Then, in 2011, he did a famous play called How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Since then, he’s done a mix of different kinds of plays. Some are serious, like The Cripple of Inishmaan, while others are more experimental, like The Lifespan of a Fact. He’s been a valuable part of the New York theater scene for a long time.

Merrily We Roll Along is a musical from 1981 about the slow breakdown of a friendship between three people. In this new version, Radcliffe plays a character named Charley Kringas, who is a writer of songs and plays.

The New York Times' theater critic, Jesse Green, gave Radcliffe a big thumbs up for his performance. He said Radcliffe showed great cleverness and humility in his role. Green especially loved how Radcliffe sang his character’s big song in the show.

This year, the Tony nominations showed love to a variety of shows and actors, including some well-known celebrities like Rachel McAdams, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Paulson, and Jessica Lange.

The 77th Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Winners will be announced on June 16, 2024. The award show will air live on CBS and paramount+.

Tony Awards Nomination 2024 Complete List

Best New Play

Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Mary Jane
Mother Play
Prayer for the French Republic
Stereophonic

Best New Musical

Hell's Kitchen
The Outsiders
Water for Elephants
Suffs

Best Revival of a Musical

Gutenberg! The Musical!
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
The Who's Tommy
Merrily We Roll Along

Best Revival of a Play

An Enemy of the People
Appropriate
Purlie Victorious

Best Book of a Musical

Hell's Kitchen by Kristoffer Diaz
The Notebook by Bekah Brunstetter
Water for Elephants by Rick Elice
The Outsiders by Adam Rapp and Justin Levine
Suffs by Shaina Taub

Best Leading Actor in a Play

Leslie Odom Jr in Purlie Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
William Jackson Harper in Uncle Vanya
Jeremy Strong in An Enemy of the People
Michael Stuhlbarg in Patriots
Liev Schreiber in Doubt: A Parable

Best Leading Actress in Play

Jessica Lange in Mother Play
Sarah Paulson in Appropriate
Betsy Aidem in Prayer for the French Republic
Rachel McAdams in Mary Jane
Amy Ryan in Doubt: A Parable

Best Leading Actress in a Musical

Maleah Joi Moon in Hell's Kitchen
Eden Espinosa in Lempicka
Maryann Plunkett in The Notebook
Kelli O'Hara in Days of Wine and Roses
Gayle Rankin in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Best Leading Actor in a Musical

Jonathan Groff in Merrily We Roll Along
Brody Grant in The Outsiders
Eddie Redmayne in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Dorian Harewood in The Notebook
Brian d'Arcy James in Days of Wine and Roses

Best Featured Actress in a Play

Celia Keenan-Bolger in Mother Play
Quincy Tyler Bernstine in Doubt: A Parable
Sarah Pidgeon in Stereophonic
Kara Young in Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Juliana Canfield in Stereophonic

Best Featured Actor in a Play

Eli Gelb in Stereophonic
Jim Parsons in Mother Play
Will Brill in Stereophonic
Corey Stoll in Appropriate
Tom Pecinka in Stereophonic

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Kecia Lewis in Hell's Kitchen
Bebe Neuwirth in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Lindsay Mendez in Merrily We Roll Along
Amber Iman in Lempicka
Nikki M James in Suffs
Shoshana Bean in Hell's Kitchen
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer in Monty Python's Spamalot

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll Along
Steven Skybell in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Brandon Victor Dixon in Hell's Kitchen
Joshua Boone in The Outsiders
Sky Lakota-Lynch in The Outsiders
Roger Bart in Back the Future: The Musical

Best Direction - Play

Anne Kauffman for Mary Jane
Daniel Aukin for Stereophonic
Kenny Leon for Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Whitney White for Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Lila Neugebauer for Appropriate