Tony Awards Snubs & Surprises: Screen Star Shut-Out With No Noms For Adrien Brody, Keanu Reeves, Lea Michele, Jon Bernthal, Ayo Edebiri, Jean Smart, Patrick Ball, Cedric The Entertainer, Don Cheadle & Taraji P. Henson, Among Others

If last year was Broadway’s Season of the Hollywood Stars — with George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal and Kieran Culkin leading spring 2025 to steep box office heights (and ticket prices) — today’s Tony Award nominations just might suggest a backlash.

While some performers better known for TV or film roles made their Broadway debuts to the welcoming arms of Tony nominators — Rose Byrne, and Alden Ehrenreich come to mind — other stars of screens big and small went totally ignored.

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