Tony Nominees Answer One Question: What Would They Bring to Broadway With No Budget Limits? Here Are the Answers

This year’s Tony nominees are answering a hypothetical Broadway call.

Every nominee got the same closing question on the day of the Meet the Nominees event in New York City on May 14: With unlimited money, unlimited power, and no obligation to turn a profit — what would they bring to Broadway tomorrow?

The answers are mostly split into two tiers. Some named a show, while others built a new ecosystem. And one was answered before the question even finished.

“Rocky Horror Show” lead actress nominee Stephanie Hsu spent her imaginary infinite resources on access. “Every public school student in New York City should be able to see a Broadway show, any Broadway show,” Hsu says. “If there’s an empty seat, a young person should get to just be there.”

The directing duo of the musical revival “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, arrived independently at a near-identical instinct: the thing they would fund is the thing they already made, because “this culture of ballroom deserves everything,” Levingston shared.