If you want to check out Dear Evan Hansen,Farmer’s Wife: Handle with Care! Part 1: Angel Advent (2021) the buzzy new toast of Broadway, you better hope to already have tickets for this summer.

The Tony Awards just announced its list of 2017 nominees on Tuesday, and the blockbuster new show just scored nine Tony noms, including one for Best Actor frontrunner Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect).

It'll compete for best new musical alongside Come From Away, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812and Groundhog Day. The race was mainly thought to be a two-way competition between Evan Hansen, about an anxious teen and a lie that spirals out of control, and Come From Away, which is based on a true story about a small town in Canada in the days following 9/11. But Natasha, Pierre ... scoring 12 nominations (!) total this morning could be considered the rising dark horse.

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Other shows that have got to be thrilled by this morning's news include the revival of Hello Dolly, which nabbed 10 nods and stars Best Actress frontrunner Bette Midler, who somehow has never won a competitive Tony before.

A full list of nominees is below.

Best Musical Come From Away Dear Evan Hansen Groundhog Day Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Play A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath Indecent by Paula Vogel Oslo by J. T. Rogers Sweat by Lynn Nottage

Best Revival of a Musical Falsettos Hello, Dolly! Miss Saigon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Christian Borle, Falsettos Josh Groban, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 David Hyde Pierce, Hello, Dolly! Andy Karl, Groundhog Day Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Denée Benton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Christine Ebersole, War Paint Patti LuPone, War Paint Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly! Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayDenis Arndt, Heisenberg Chris Cooper, A Doll’s House, Part 2 Corey Hawkins, Six Degrees of Separation Kevin Kline, Present Laughter Jefferson Mays, Oslo

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Cate Blanchett, The Present Jennifer Ehle, Oslo Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie Laura Linney, The Little Foxes Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2

Best Book of a Musical Come From Away, David Hein and Irene Sankoff Dear Evan Hansen, Steven Levenson Groundhog Day, Danny Rubin Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Dave Malloy

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Best Choreography Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand Peter Darling and Ellen Kane, Groundhog Day Kelly Devine, Come From Away Denis Jones, Holiday Inn Sam Pinkleton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Costume Design in a Musical Linda Cho, Anastasia Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly! Paloma Young, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Catherine Zuber, War Paint

Best Orchestrations Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen, Bandstand Larry Hochman, Hello, Dolly! Alex Lacamoire, Dear Evan Hansen Dave Malloy, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Best Costume Design of a Play Jane Greenwood, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter Toni-Leslie James, August Wilson's Jitney David Zinn, A Doll's House, Part 2

Best Scenic Design in a Musical Rob Howell, Groundhog Day David Korins, War Paint Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly!

Best Scenic Design in a Play David Gallo, Jitney Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong Douglas W. Schmidt, The Front Page Michael Yeargan, Oslo

Best Lighting Design of a Play Christopher Akerlind, Indecent Jane Cox, August Wilson's Jitney Donald Holder, Oslo Jennifer Tipton, A Doll's House, Part 2

Best Lighting Design of a Musical Howell Binkley, Come From Away Natasha Katz, Hello, Dolly! Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Japhy Weideman, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Featured Actor in a Play:

Michael Aronov, OsloDanny DeVito, The PriceNathan Lane, The Front PageRichard Thomas, The Little FoxesJohn Douglas Thompson, Jitney

Best Featured Actress in a Play:

Johanna Day, SweatJayne Houdyshell, A Doll’s House, Part 2Cynthia Nixon, The Little FoxesCondola Rashad, A Doll’s House, Part 2Michelle Wilson, Sweat

Best Featured Actor in a Musical:

Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!Mike Faist, Dear Evan HansenAndrew Rannells, FalsettosLucas Steele, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812Brandon Uranowitz, Falsettos

Best Featured Actress in a Musical:

Kate Baldwin, Hello, Dolly!Stephanie J. Block, FalsettosJenn Colella, Come From AwayRachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan HansenMary Beth Peil, Anastasia

The Tony Awards, hosted by Kevin Spacey, will air live on CBS Sunday June 11.

Disclosure: Mashable's Chief Operating Officer, Mike Kriak, is a producer for Dear Evan Hansen.

 


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